John Kerry is mad, dammit!

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-12-07 03:20pm

http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/43544.htm

Any bets on how long before he drops out of the race? One month? Three months?

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-12-07 03:31pm

Crazy mad or angry mad? I can't tell from the article.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-12-07 03:45pm

Mr. Kerry, you ARE the Weakest Link. Good-bye.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-12-07 05:51pm

Actually, I think that'd be Al Sharpton.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-12-07 10:25pm

I find it refreshing.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-12-07 10:27pm

Hmmm, maybe consider to have balls by the general public?

~Jason

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-12-07 10:34pm

Vympel wrote:I find it refreshing.

How can you possibly find that refreshing? Dean's been doing the exact same shit for months now, he's just managed to abstain from using dirty words.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-12-07 10:41pm

Dirty words make it refreshing, Durran.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-12-07 11:12pm

Durran Korr wrote:
How can you possibly find that refreshing? Dean's been doing the exact same shit for months now, he's just managed to abstain from using dirty words.

You just never hear a politician curse. That's what's refreshing about it. Of course, his campaign is probably dead- but hey, everyone's is. Who the hell is interested in Lieberman, Gephardt, Edwards, and Kerry? Noone. Only Dean and Clark seem to have any real presence. The others are just filler, it seems to me.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-12-07 11:16pm

If Dubya hadn't supported the Kosovo adventure, the Bush camp could probably use that to pretty soundly clobber Clark on national security. But alas, he did, and Clark is still in. I still say Dean takes the nom, though.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-12-07 11:20pm

The NY Post article wrote:Kerry yesterday angrily cited his war record in Vietnam when asked by a New Hampshire student about charges that it's unpatriotic to attack the commander-in- chief, fuming: "I left some blood on a battlefield that President Bush never left anywhere."

That's a good one.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-12-08 07:22am

kojikun wrote:Dirty words make it refreshing, Durran.

dirty words must have made an impression on the focus group and made him look like he has a 'dark side'. It's is marketing, plain and simple. God damn, he is so transparant.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2003-12-08 08:52am

Since when is "fuck" X-rated language?

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-12-08 10:17am

Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:Since when is "fuck" X-rated language?

It probably just seems more explicit because it's coming from the mouth of a politician, probably.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-12-08 10:20am

Durran Korr wrote:If Dubya hadn't supported the Kosovo adventure, the Bush camp could probably use that to pretty soundly clobber Clark on national security. But alas, he did, and Clark is still in. I still say Dean takes the nom, though.

I'm surprised we haven't seen anyone play on the 'Clark almost started WW3 against the Russians' yet. That would be interesting to see how he replied to it.

Axis Kast · Post by **Axis Kast** » 2003-12-08 01:15pm

But the Russians did the same thing to the British shortly after the fact. Go figure.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-12-08 01:36pm

Nathan F wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:If Dubya hadn't supported the Kosovo adventure, the Bush camp could probably use that to pretty soundly clobber Clark on national security. But alas, he did, and Clark is still in. I still say Dean takes the nom, though.
I'm surprised we haven't seen anyone play on the 'Clark almost started WW3 against the Russians' yet. That would be interesting to see how he replied to it.

Because it would be blatent political blather and positioning. It wouldn't help him much and probably hurt him more. If Clark win's the nomination *snicker* the Republicans might bring it up to diminish Clarks military background but.......

EmperorChrostas the Cruel · Post by **EmperorChrostas the Cruel** » 2003-12-08 03:58pm

This just gets better.
Rush Limbaugh is now calling him "John Effin' Kerry."
That one's going to stick!

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2003-12-08 04:03pm

Oh hell, I remember Jimmy Carter being caught on a live mike saying 'I'll whip his ass' when someone asked him about being challenged for the 1980 nomination by Ted Kennedy.

This is nothing new, and you can bet that it was a planned outburst.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-12-08 09:11pm

Kerry's new campaign slogan, according to Jon Stewart:

"Dean can lick my cornhole."

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-12-09 03:56am

Nathan F wrote:
I'm surprised we haven't seen anyone play on the 'Clark almost started WW3 against the Russians' yet. That would be interesting to see how he replied to it.

It's probably not something they want to advertise. The naturally pro-war stance of knee-jerk right wingers would backfire on them.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-12-09 08:58am

Sen. Kerry (Mass.) used the undeleted expletive to express his frustration and anger over how the Iraq issue has hurt him because he voted for the war resolution while Democratic front-runner Howard Dean has soared by opposing it.

betcha Five bucks that if Dean were actually in the Federal government (Senate or House) he would've gone with it at the beginning. The fact that Kerry is a Senator and was in the poisition where he would have to actually vote on a resolution is a bit of a handicap. Dean had the luxury of not having to decide until he could pick what was most convenient. Screw Dean anyway, I don't want a rich white guy from a small state the northeast running the country.

Kerry yesterday angrily cited his war record in Vietnam when asked by a New Hampshire student about charges that it's unpatriotic to attack the commander-in-chief, fuming: "I left some blood on a battlefield that President Bush never left anywhere."

This I like, another five dollar bet that the student had no idea Kerry even served in Vietnam.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-12-09 09:10am

Darth Fanboy wrote:betcha Five bucks that if Dean were actually in the Federal government (Senate or House) he would've gone with it at the beginning.

And your point is? Dean is a human being, his overall platform doesn't depend on any specific plank, other than the statement that America can be better than what we've allowed it to be, and that we have the power to change it for the better.

The fact that Kerry is a Senator and was in the poisition where he would have to actually vote on a resolution is a bit of a handicap. Dean had the luxury of not having to decide until he could pick what was most convenient.

Except his stance on being against this war (not all wars) was consistent from the start. Kerry has to live with his vote and the consequences of it, and Sen. Wellstone was the only Senator who had enough balls to vote against the resolution. Deal. Screw Kerry. He voted for the war, being on the Senate Intelligence Committee, and now he has the nerve to say that Bush misled him. Nice intelligence there, guy.

Screw Dean anyway, I don't want a rich white guy from a small state the northeast running the country.

Oh, this is rich. You're supporting one rich white guy from the Northeast (Kerry) by saying that you don't want another rich white guy from the Northeast (Dean) to run the country. News flash, genius: Poor and middle-class people don't make credible runs for the Presidency. Running for President takes a lot of money and the ability to take time - maybe even four years - away from your job. The Presidency was designed to be filled from the upper class.

Dean did a pretty damn good job of running his state - I'd say that clears a pretty important hurdle to running the country: job experience. We know he can run a tight ship.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-12-09 09:11am

Darth Fanboy wrote:I don't want a rich white guy from a small state the northeast running the country.

BTW, does this statement make you a racist, classist, regionist or all three?