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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
Looks like Kerry will run for president again
Via the Boston Globe:
WASHINGTON — As Senator John F. Kerry prepared to make a return to presidential-style politics with a classic day of New Hampshire campaigning, he said that the 2004 run left him tougher and more eager to fight.
”When you get knocked on your ass and lose a race, you’ve got to stop and reflect on what you’re doing, why you’re doing it, what matters, and what’s important. And I did,” Kerry said in an interview in his Senate office on Thursday. ”There’s a very different John Kerry now who is absolutely crystal clear about how I communicate what I need to communicate. . . . People are going to be looking for leadership.”
Kerry’s efforts to launch another presidential bid have prompted grumbling from some Democrats, who question whether a second Kerry candidacy would be good for the party — or even realistic. Some party insiders expect that leading fund-raisers and strategists will push Kerry out before the race starts, in favor of a fresh face for a party desperate to retake power.
But in most respects, the Massachusetts Democrat has never stopped running for president. He has maintained an aggressive financial operation that, since the end of the last campaign, has raised nearly $4 million for Democrats in races across the country, and has sent $3 million of his own campaign funds to help other candidates.
”I only know that I’m in a position to make this choice,” Kerry said, reflecting his belief that he’d be a viable candidate should he decide to run. ”I’ll do what I think is the right thing to do, based on my own gut and desire. I will not worry one instant about conventional wisdom. It was dead wrong in the last race, and it probably will be dead wrong again this time. I just don’t buy into some of the things I hear around here based upon what happens when I go out and see people around the country.”
I think his inability to win the last election would keep him from getting the nomination again. The Dems, very much like the Reps, are going to want a fresh face – someone who can effectively get across the message their respective parties are trying to get out to the American people. I am not ruling out the possibility that Kerry’s ‘04 running mate and former NC Senator John Edwards will be the Dem man in ‘08. A lot of people are speculating it will be Hillary, but she’s too polarizing. Edwards comes across as “everyman” and is every bit as effective a communicator as the Slickster. He’s good looking, charming, comes from a modest background, is a family man, and seems sincere. He’ll be the one to watch.
(Also blogged about this at Blogs For Bush)
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The gift that keeps on giving….
“….I will not worry one instant about conventional wisdom….”
(voice in the back of the room):
“Yeh…We kind of already knew that…any sort of wisdom isn’t one of your strong points….*snicker*..”
- Until Lurch comes up with that 180 he has as much chance of getting the nomination as Fidel Castro. Even if he did, and somehow he wiggled out of the damning evidence, his chances with his on people are lower than Bill O’Reilly…
- Bang
Oh Oh Can I start…*Grins Evilly*
Pictures are worth a thousand words. so lets see some pictures:
Which man do terrorists fear?
Pitch from the mound!
How to catch and how NOT to catch a football!
link
Link
AH good pic luvin:
Kerry footbal or new yoga?
Is it me or is that not the way to swing a bat?
Kerry Kicking Football
Kerry trying to catch a football or swat it?
Kerry Pass
I have no idea what he is trying to do here..
Sorry, just when you posted this, I remembered all the funny photos that just BEGGED to be brought back up…lol
- Incidently, I don’t think Elmer Fudwards will be able to shed the sight of his “sort of anti-gay” comments to Cheney, during the debates. Little things like that always come back to haunt you. He looked like such a small minded bigot when he did that in front of the entire viewing nation.
- My own take is, depending on the Congressional voting outcome, the Dems are going to move back toward moderation, which means I expect them to jetison anyone and everyone that were involved in the last mess, which opens the door for someone with real leadership qualities like Bill Richardson. The question is if he really would want it.
- Hillery keeps making mistakes, pandering to focus groups to garner votes, but losing as much support as she gains evrytime she speaks out. She’ll lose even more support as she tries to swing hard center to appeal to moderates, and more Liberal Republicans. I agree shes just got too much baggage.
- Dean is failing so miserably in raising funds, I think they may replace him. Theres still three years to go so a lot will probably change. The Republicans are already rumored to have over 100 million in the kitty, and they havn’t even started a serious fund raising drive.
- Bang
Looks like Kerry will run for president again
He’ll never get the nomination…
sanity – You forgot the “bunny suit” incident, and even more hilarious, in keeping with his trying to be on every side of an issue, some observers on the scene at the ski resort said he hurt himself trying to ski down all four sides of the mountain at once…..
- Bang
- I can hear Lurches campaign Pledge….
“Friends….I won in 2004, but that was before I lost….This time I’ll run a much more steady race, no more Flip-Flopping, thats my pledge….I’ll lose right out of the box and stay the course…”
- Bang
Nope bang, got bunny suit covered.
Look at link of which man do you think the terrorists fear…
The Democrats did nominate Adlai Stevenson again in 1956, only four years after he’d lost to Eisenhower, but I think the milieu has changed quite a bit since then. As for Richard Nixon, he let eight years pass before putting himself forward again — and he might not have beaten a candidate stronger than the incredibly weak Hubert Humphrey.
No Democrat that voted to go to war in Iraq, will become the president in 2008. That leaves Fiengold and Kucinich. Peace
I don’t think Edwards is the man S.T. A more conservative Dem like Warner from Virginia is the only hope the Dems have. Leftists like Stevepeace are the death of their party.Here’s why:
Lots of Republicans were Dems a few years ago (like you S.T., and me) There once were conservative Dems, but Reagan galvanized both parties and conservatives became pretty staunch Repubs. A lot of folks switched in the 80’s and 90’s. A conservative Dem against a liberal Repub (Warner vs. McCain) would make me stop and review both candidates carefully before voting. A liberal like Kucinich or “Winter soldier” Kerry against almost every Rep is a no brainer for conservatives.
Stevepeace is the death of the Dems. His own party voted with Repubs 460-2 to keep the troops in Iraq after Murtha’s disastrous debacle. Staunch Dems here in West Virginia will only vote for a (pro-life) Dem who strongly supports the military. Sorry Stevepeace, that includes the war they are currently fighting.
- Hillary’s “WalMart effect” problems, How your history can dog you, even when you try to do good…. here
- Bang
Bang, your link doesn’t work. – -ST
Hmmmm… try here instead…. Story about a Chinese gal/Religious intolorance there also….
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Oh GOD!!!! I don’t know if I can stomach any more visits by Kerry to Dubuque.
Is there a law against puking on Presidential Candidates?