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Dems Announce Speakers For Boston Convention
And what a lineup it could have been...The right is upset that the GOP presidential convention is excluding conservative speakers, and now radical Democrats as well as centrists will be in a dither that Uh, if you eliminate volatile, moderates and conservatives, whoâs left to do the speaking, the rats at the North Station rail tracks? The Mad Dog swilling bums on Causeway Street? Mayor âMumblesâ Menino? The party today announced its lineup of prime-time speakers. True, John Kerry couldnât shun his mentor Teddy Kennedy, but he did manage to brush off his previous mentor Michael Dukakis. Dukakisâ appearance would have brough on the inevitable comparisons, thatâs a no-brainer. "Hereâs just a sample of people who werenât rolled out today and, if the snub continues, are sure to make major waves come convention week: Hillary (âFucking Jew bastardâ) Clinton, Al (Tawana Brawley) Sharpton, Howard (âBush Knew! YEEEAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!â) Dean, Dennis (Dept. Of Peace) Kucinich, Dick (âmiserable faiureâ) Gephardt, Tom (âIâm deeeeeply saddened) Daschele, Nancy (âclear the airâ) Pelosi, Wesley (Bush was a deserter) Clark, Carol Mosley (mostly convicted) Braun, Joe Lieberman, Bob Graham and, of course, Mike (Captain Abrams) Dukakis," the Boston Heraldâs David Guarino noted today. A murdererâs row of misfits and the LLL standard bearers. Not surprisingly, the snubbed also include Sen. Patty "Osama Mama" Murray, Rep. "Baghdad" Jim McDermott, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, ex-Klansman Sen. Robert Byrd, Cynthia McKinney, New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, etc., etc. In terms of the 1986 Boston Celtics, this would be the âGreen Teamâ, almost as good as the starting five of Bird, McHale, Parrish, Ainge & Johnson. Those who will speak, or rant, in prime time include Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Max Cleland, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, Baltimore Mayor Martin OâMalley and Reps. Stephanie Tubbs, Tammy Baldwin and Bob Menendez, in addition to Kerry, John Edwards and their wives. Never heard of the last five there, any opinions on them? Iâm betting theyâre either centrists or the stuffed shirt equivalent of JFKerry. Guarino observed: "This morning at the National Press Club in Washington, the Kerry campaign and DNC leaders, unveiled a convention agenda they say will highlight an America thatâs âstronger at home, respected in the world.â How, exactly, they plan to do that with Jimmy Carter and Al Gore, I donât know." Some jokes just write themselves... Posted by: Raj 2004-07-13 |
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