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Home Front: Politix
Alexandra Kerry: Dad Gave Hamster CPR
2004-07-30
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Would-be first daughter Alexandra Kerry revealed Thursday night that her father's habit of throwing saving men overboard didn't end with his Swift Boat rescue of fellow Vietnam veteran Jim Rassman.
Really? Do say more!
In a very, very, very bizarre recollection, Alexandra told the Democratic Convention crowd how the family waited dockside one summer day to embark on a trip, when the cage housing her sister's hamster "Licorice" tumbled into the drink.
Rich. Vivid. Imagery.
"My dad jumped in, grabbed an oar, fished the cage from the water, hunched over the soggy hamster and began to administer CPR," the Kerry daughter told the audience. "There are still to this day some reports of mouth-to-mouth, but I admit it's probably a trick of memory."
Or dad was lying about what really happened between him and the hamster.
Posted by:Dragon Fly

#9  Remember when some magazine asked the assorted candidates which pet had most effect on them?Here we have Kerry jumping into water to save a glorified rat because it was his daughters' pet(a nice thing to do IMHO);just the sort of story that would humanize him and would have gone over very well w/the youth-oriented magazines' readers.Instead,Kerry stated his favorite pet was a dog that belonged to one of crewman aboard his boat in Viet Nam.Just how can someone be both so calculating and so inept at same time?
Posted by: Stephen   2004-07-30 2:02:51 PM  

#8  I would love to have seen Teddy Kennedy's face as she told this story.

Are you thinking like I'm thinking that it was actually Swimmer who kicked the hamster cage into the water in the first place? He, he, he...
Posted by: rex   2004-07-30 1:39:23 PM  

#7  "My dad jumped in, grabbed an oar, fished the cage from the water, hunched over the soggy hamster and began to administer CPR," the Kerry daughter told the audience.

Uhhh, yeah.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-07-30 12:59:40 PM  

#6  I'm starting to understand why the Bush campaign hasn't gone into attack mode to paint a negative image of Sen. JoKe.

They don't need to.
Posted by: BH   2004-07-30 10:41:42 AM  

#5  Found this comment over on Silent Running, I wish I had said this:

After four days, millions of dollars spent, thousands, no millions of words of coverage, a multimedia extravaganza to "introduce" John Kerry to America. Speeches recalling heroism. Speeches citing compassion and ideals. All carefully scripted, to hone and refine an image, one searing vision for people to take away from this tremendous display of party unity...

The vision of John Kerry giving a wet rodent mouth to mouth.

Good job, folks.
Posted by: Steve   2004-07-30 10:08:38 AM  

#4  Looks like he'll get Richard Gere's vote. Wonder if JFnK recreated it and filmed it with the trusty Super 8?
Posted by: tu3031   2004-07-30 9:24:44 AM  

#3  Hey didn't Ted once jump into the water to save the life a woman he was...sorry got the story all wrong didn't I?
Posted by: Dragon Fly   2004-07-30 8:14:14 AM  

#2  I would love to have seen Teddy Kennedy's face as she told this story.
Posted by: Bill Nelson   2004-07-30 8:11:24 AM  

#1  Ahw man. I see that someone elese posted this. I hate when that happens. I stink!
Posted by: Dragon Fly   2004-07-30 7:56:08 AM  

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