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Posted by Anonymous 2003-12-11 1:02:04 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Not knowing of Massachusetts politics (Allah be praised!) I have no feel for how comfortably Kerry sits on his Senate seat. If his answer would be something like, "[censored]. Not so [censored] good," his political career may be toast. Unless he moves, and runs for Mayor of San Francisco.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-11 2:52:52 AM|| 2003-12-11 2:52:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Kerry doesn't let facts and previous votes get in the way of his platform - he served in Vietnam!

Posted by Frank G 2003-12-11 8:29:59 AM|| 2003-12-11 8:29:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Not knowing of Massachusetts politics"
This is a state that has returned Ted Kennedy to the US Senate since (?) the sixties anyway.
If Ted is the bar (get it the bar?) that has been set, Kerry has a more work to do to get ousted, Masshole that he is.

Posted by domingo 2003-12-11 9:09:28 AM|| 2003-12-11 9:09:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 He's so haughty and French-looking, it's hard to believe he served in Vietnam.

Posted by Mike 2003-12-11 10:13:02 AM|| 2003-12-11 10:13:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Dom: Hadn't even thought of that. It's tough to unseat an incumbent senator. I now remember trying to get rid of Al Cranston of S&Lgate ~~infamy~~ fame. He practically had to die.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-11 11:27:07 AM|| 2003-12-11 11:27:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Yup this confirms it that Kerry (D-France/Vietnam) really has lost the race and now wants to be known for the dumbest remark by a candidate. It's going to be a hard fight, but I think this one may be a winner.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-12-11 11:28:13 AM|| 2003-12-11 11:28:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 If stupidity were akin to cancer, we'd have 90,000 politicians in the hospital. Kerry deserves the total disdain of ALL Americans, but none quite as vengeful as those of us who ALSO served in Vietnam. That this bungplug is a Vietnam vet just goes to show that some events triumph even social lines.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-12-11 12:34:17 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-12-11 12:34:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I met this idiot once. He epitomizes every nuance you would expect in a politician. He is finger in the wind kind of guy and probably doesn't even know that he sponsored this legislation. They are so busy raising money (even as Senators) they have staffers write up all the legislation, speeches, testimonies, etc. So far, Bush is heads and shoulders above these 9 dunces.

Posted by Jack is Back! 2003-12-11 3:02:33 PM|| 2003-12-11 3:02:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Not only did he serve in 'Nam, but amazingly, he's a Silver Star Recipient. Apparently received it for heroic actions extracting an SF team out of a hot spot w/his p.t. boat. Shortly thereafter he took a stateside assignment as a congressional aide or whatever. Yes, he's still a douche bag politician but I respect his service record.

Posted by Jarhead 2003-12-11 3:10:17 PM|| 2003-12-11 3:10:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 You can take the war experience thing just so far. Hell Abe Lincoln was a faux-soldier who was supposed to be killing native American Black hawk people but avoided real action, but came to be pretty good at general picking when nut cutting time rolled around.

Yes indeed, I think we can all be proud of that graph.

Posted by 25,000 is the limit 2003-12-11 3:40:23 PM|| 2003-12-11 3:40:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Just to be fair to the exceedingly French-looking John F. Kerry (a reputed Viet Nam veteran), all of the F-bombs shown in the excerpt were not in the text of the article. But I had to go back and look, since they are eminently believable given his recent appearances.

Posted by eLarson 2003-12-11 4:29:49 PM|| 2003-12-11 4:29:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 As noted it would almost be impossible for Kerry to get dumped in MASS. Our local Republican party seems incapable of winning a senate seat. They come up with the worst opponents for the slot (Particularly against Sen Kennedy). It's wierd Massachusetts had a republican governer/lt governer for the last 10+ years but pretty much any other statewide office is unachievable, and congressional seats are almost that bad (many go uncontested).

Posted by Krenn 2003-12-11 4:51:51 PM|| 2003-12-11 4:51:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Mass is the US equivalent of italy. I can remember years ago telling a friend of mine who lived there that if the rest of the country was like Mass, there would be a revolution every ten years or so. The only thing that has changed over the years is that they have gotten more corrupt.

Posted by Slumming 2003-12-11 5:19:40 PM|| 2003-12-11 5:19:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 That f$#*!ng Kerry guy...did he serve in Viet Nam?

Posted by Sgt. D.T. 2003-12-11 7:04:11 PM|| 2003-12-11 7:04:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 What's up with the whining about MTBE? These types wanted "clean air", didn't they? Well, they got it. And what they also got in this little problem with MTBE contamination is called a "side effect".

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-11 9:27:59 PM|| 2003-12-11 9:27:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Our lovely Federal Gov't MANDATED the use of MTBE, through people like Kerry.
Now they whine about it.
Heh.

Posted by Les Nessman 2003-12-11 11:27:02 PM|| 2003-12-11 11:27:02 PM|| Front Page Top

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