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Home Front: Politix
Kerry 'Thinking Hard' About Another Run In '08
2006-04-21
Yes, I'm surprised too...

UNITED NATIONS (where else?) (Reuters) - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said on Thursday he was seriously thinking about another White House bid in 2008 and will decide before the year is out.
"Lovey, how much is in the Barclay's checking account?"
"I will make that decision toward the end of the year, but I'm thinking about it hard," Kerry said in response to a question at the Latin Economic Forum at the United Nations. "If you can get help me find 60,000 votes in Ohio ...," he joked, referring to the close race in that state on which his 2004 loss to President Bush hinged.
He's not joking, it's the Dem Meme - Republicans don't win elections, they steal them!
Kerry, a U.S. senator from Massachusetts, has criticized Bush on a range of issues, particularly the war in Iraq.
And has written a whopping three bills in his entire 20 year Senate career.
On Thursday, he focused on Latin America, saying Bush lost interest in the region after the September 11 attacks.
Well, except perhaps for all those illegals coming in from Mexico...
"Relations between the United States and Latin America today are at their lowest point since the end of the Cold War," Kerry said.
You think Hugo Chavez has anything to do with that, Senator?
Other Democrats seen as potentially seeking the nomination include U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner and Kerry's former running mate, John Edwards.
One thing's for sure - our bench is deeper.
Posted by:Raj

#22  "Kerry 'Thinking Hard'"

Now there's an oxymoron.

With the emphasis on the moron.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-04-21 22:41  

#21  Now I understand. Liberals get their backs up when people talk about prosecuting treason, mutiny, etc.

Dunno why that is.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-04-21 18:56  

#20  Liberalhawk, Tony Blankly didn't say folks should go to jail for criticizing Rumsfield, he said if it was a coordinated act then it could qualify under the law as mutiny which has serious penalties of which jail is included. If they did not coordinate than no crime has been committed and Blankly fully admited that if my memory serves.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-04-21 17:11  

#19  L.H. It's unlike you to go on the offensive like a political hack. Do I sense a soft spot?Bwahahaha! You are correct about the shit storm that will happen in the Republican party though, could be fun too.

Does anyone think Bill Frist has a chance?

And, as a side note, if Jeb Bush never becomes POTUS, the Bush family will have erred by running Jr. ahead of Jeb. Jeb is the better candidate because he at least can speak.
Posted by: Mike N.   2006-04-21 16:45  

#18  Good Lord, LH. You honestly think McCain is going to win the GOP primaries? Given that McCain's base is the television news PromTer Readers, I don't see it happening.
Posted by: eLarson   2006-04-21 16:43  

#17  Who's Tony Blankley?

Nice strawmen, too. What a pity none of them resemble my position.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-04-21 15:34  

#16  yeah, except if you criticize Don Rumsfeld, then you should go to jail, per Tony Blankley. Or if you burn a flag. I guess if you had a corporate pac PAY millions of dollars to have a consultant produce a commercial in which a flag is burnt, and then run it on network TV a week before the election, it would THEN be protected speech. Cause, er, money IS speech.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2006-04-21 13:17  

#15  What will be more fun is watching you guys wail when McCain whips George Allen, or whomever the hard right puts up.

Yeah, how horrible we like the First Amendment and the right to criticize politicians.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-04-21 13:11  

#14  Gonna resign from that Senate seat, Jawn?
Yeah, I didn't think so...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-04-21 12:32  

#13  What will be more fun is watching you guys wail when McCain whips George Allen, or whomever the hard right puts up.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2006-04-21 12:27  

#12  "Can't wait for the kerry - gore - feingold steel cage match in the Donk primaries"

to select the anti-DLC candidate (and dont forget Wesley Clark.

Im more interested in the other side, where the DLCers are agonizing over Hilary or not Hilary. Not Hilary being Mark Warner - Bill Richardson - Evan Bayh.

NPR, of all people, mentioned this AM that in the last 40 years Dems only win with southern governors heading the ticket - thats Warner, or sortof, Richardson. And then did an interview with Warner.

The argument for Hillary is that she can old the lefties, simply cause you righties slam her so much, while holding centrist positions. If the left gets angry enough at Hilary, anyway, then Warner-Richardson-Bayh look a lot better.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2006-04-21 12:26  

#11  It sounds like him. And Mr Muck4doo is back! Maybe we can start having some fun, again! We need Atomic Conspiracy and True German Ally to make it a real parrty!

Who cares what the looser Kerry decides to do. As I understand it, his way of being Senator leaves hims with very much spare time on his hands. He's so French, too!
Posted by: reunion   2006-04-21 12:20  

#10  Tereza looks like she's just thinking hard.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-04-21 12:19  

#9  DAMN!! TRhat picture made me PUKE!!!!!!
Posted by: ARMYGUY   2006-04-21 12:18  

#8  Once he found out that he couldn't lose to Bush a second time, he got real excited about his chances in 2008.

Pass the popcorn, it oughta be fun!
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-04-21 12:15  

#7  PD?
Posted by: 6   2006-04-21 12:02  

#6  Can't wait for the kerry - gore - feingold steel cage match in the Donk primaries...
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-04-21 11:59  

#5  If the Democratic Party is going to continue yielding to its worst elements on the far left, best its moneyed members waste their funds on impossible-to-win candidates like Kerry... and then the Party centrists will find themselves voting Republican, yet again!, in self defense.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-04-21 11:30  

#4  Richardson was a major leaguer, Harkin was a fighter pilot, Kerry played spook in Cambodia, Gore was elected but not selected, Clinton did not have sexual relations with that woman, Hillary forgave him (lol), and Teddy still leads Cheney 1-0 in personal murders committed...

A remarkably "truthy" bunch they are, and never actually called to task for it by the MSM.

There's a pattern to it, methinks.
Posted by: Spoluter Phomorong7796   2006-04-21 10:59  

#3  I'm not changing my name back Johnny... my lawyers just got done changing all my insurance papers back.
Posted by: Terezza Heinz-Catsup   2006-04-21 10:56  

#2  Best thing that could happen to the Republicans would be a Gore or Kerry ticket. Both fell flat because they had no charisma and no ideas and that will not change.

Best bet, in my humble opinion, would be for the Dems to put up Bill Richardson of New Mexico. Everyone else is just a whack-a-mole depending entirely upon the quality of the Republican Candidate rather than a statesman on their own right.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-04-21 10:43  

#1  Quiet, now! J FnKerry is thinking.

I sense a huge brain fart building up.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-04-21 10:31  

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