Comments on: It’s those “travel expenses”…

By: Buddy Larsen

Buddy Larsen — Sat, 07 May 2005 01:08:25 +0000

That a piece of work like John Kerry could get 47% of the vote is beyond my capacity to understand.

By: rosignol

rosignol — Thu, 05 May 2005 12:25:18 +0000

Sorry, diplomatic plates wouldn’t do Kerry any good- diplomatic immunity makes you immune to foreign laws, not those of your home country.

By: Pat Curley

Pat Curley — Thu, 05 May 2005 04:48:37 +0000

Thanks for the memories, Kyda! Kerry’s sports photo ops were an endless source of amusement for us (I ran Kerry Haters). Remember “Lambert Field”? Remember him getting great applause in Ohio when he mentioned liking Buckeye football, so he tried the same line in Michigan?

Neo-neo, I’m with you on fear of Kerry, but the nomination in 2008 is going to Hillary if she wants it and we all know she does. The problem Kerry has is that everybody thought beating Chimpy Shrub McHitler was going to be easy, and since Kerry didn’t do it, he ran a terrible campaign. He did run a bad campaign in parts (like August-September), but still came within a touch of knocking off an incumbent President in wartime with low unemployment, low interest rates and low inflation.

The good thing is nobody really liked Kerry, they just tolerated him because they felt like “anybody but Bush. I do think that Kerry could be troublesome if he gets another chance, because he’s been gone over with the proverbial fine-tooth comb, and nobody’s going to be interested in the medals or his Senate testimony or his meeting with the North Vietnamese….

That’s a great post that Neo-neo wrote by the way, and it ties into something I’ve been blogging about. Off to link!

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Thu, 05 May 2005 03:31:22 +0000

Yes, not only did Kerry run for President, but as many have pointed out, he seems to be aiming to run again.

I don’t think he will be nominated–fortunately–but I do think that, if nominated, he could get quite a few votes. I still sweat it out that we came as close as we did to electing him in 2004. If he starts running in 2008 I, for one, will probably start to have nightmares. He is like the Undead–rising, phoenix-like, from his own ashes (I know, I know, it’s a mixed metaphor).

As far as the recent promise he made to sign the Form 180 goes, it is so interesting how even this egregious failure to keep his own documented word is virtually ignored by the press. The guy has lived a charmed life, virtually never being called to account–except for us poor bloggers, and of course the “debunked” [sic] Swift Vets– for anything he says or does. I recently wrote this post about an on-air pledge Kerry made 33 years ago that–at least as far as I have been able to determine–has not been fulfilled yet.

By: Charlie (Colorado)

Charlie (Colorado) — Thu, 05 May 2005 01:05:03 +0000

No decently run public company in America would allow its employees to expense parking tickets, even if they were, er, “incurred” on company business. Not only is the idea inherently offensive, but it creates a moral hazard. Why would employees be careful about where they park if the company is going to indemnify them for the ticket?

Uh, TigerHawk — God, I hate to be in the position of defending Kerry’s campaign — but where exactly do you live? In places like Boston, companies expense parking tickets for employees all the time; in general, if people doing things like making deliveries didn’t risk parking tickets on a daily basis, deliveries wouldn’t get made at all.

By: Kyda Sylvester

Kyda Sylvester — Thu, 05 May 2005 00:30:45 +0000

Now, now, Pat, you know that Senator "Reporting for Doody" bounced that pitch on purpose because he was trying to go easy on the inexperienced, nervous soldier who was catching. That shot of him right before he releases the ball is one of my favorites. Why his handlers continued to allow sports photo ops, I'll never know--to say he throws like a girl is an insult to girls everywhere (and remember the hunting? oy vey). I just hope he's able to stay in the '08 race long enough to get down and dirty with Hillary. (Scroll down to compare and contrast and remember that perfect pitch.)

By: Pat Curley

Pat Curley — Wed, 04 May 2005 22:30:56 +0000

I’m just happy that Kerry blew $3,000 on the tickets to see that Red Sox game where he “threw” out the first pitch (and bounced it in the dirt five feet before home plate). We had a lot of fun with that pitch; it was one of my favorite moments of the entire campaign.

By: Sandy P

Sandy P — Wed, 04 May 2005 21:33:50 +0000

Kind of OT, Roger. Has any of your lib friends admitted they’re kind of glad Gore didn’t get elected after all his meltdowns?

By: Sandy P

Sandy P — Wed, 04 May 2005 21:32:45 +0000

What do you expect from the Boston Brahmin?

It’s not like they got a fire hydrant moved so they could park in front of their house or anything.

By: Syl

Syl — Wed, 04 May 2005 19:33:43 +0000

If Kerry truly does attempt to run again he will finally feel the humiliation. The only reason he was selected in the primaries was because the voters thought he was more ‘electable’ than Dean.

Next time around they won’t look twice at him. What reason would they have to think Kerry would be more electable in 2008 than he was in 2004? Besides I’m sure they’ll zero in on someone else who they decide will be more electable than Kerry.