A Letter from Kerry

[Atlas]

I feel important that this has been still has me on his mailing list.



Dear Dave,

It's like a meeting of the "no accountability" caucus of the Republican Party. Tonight in Chicago, George W. Bush and House Speaker Denny Hastert will appear side-by-side campaigning for Republican candidates.

And, if you think Republicans can't dance, wait until you see 2006 candidates waltz away from the dreaded prospect of being caught in a photo op between the President and the Speaker of the House.
"Woulda. Shoulda. Coulda."

That was Denny Hastert's instinctive response to questions about why the Republican leadership hadn't done more to protect young congressional pages in the Mark Foley scandal. Those are the words of a politician and a party who have made a habit of ignoring the facts, ducking responsibility, and avoiding accountability.

Woulda stopped the corruption of Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff, and Duke Cunningham. Coulda forced President Bush to abandon his destructive "stay the course" policy in Iraq. Shoulda cared about something other than cynically holding onto power.

Too late now, Denny. We've had enough. That's why we've added John Laesch, your Democratic opponent and a former Navy intelligence analyst, to our October slate of veterans running for Congress.

He does make some great points. This could be an interesting field of Democrats this year. I'm pulling for Gore and Hillary as his VP.

[defenseman]

Gore has a shot. Hillary? VERY POLARIZING...don't think she'll be VP for fear of the Pres. losing votes......dman

[Crushaholic]

I'm actually more worried about John Edwards. He's appealing to the women, is well-spoken, and looks young enough for the young people in America to identify with him. It sounds like the guy that occupied the White House before Bush...:oyvey:

[bendog]

Hillary doesn't like Gore at all. From what I've read, the money guys are afraid to buck Hillary. Just today Mark Warner of Va withdrew. But, after Gore's movie came out, there were stories of the money guys calling Gore, and saying it was his for the asking. I'm not sure he wants it. And I can see his view. He was brought up with the duty to be elected potus. There's no doubt in his mind that he was elected. Now he's making millions and having fun. 8 years at potus would prolly kill him, and his wife certainly, and his kids too don't want him to run.

Now if the dems get on their knees and say "please save us from Hillary; if we can't win in 08, we should just disband the party; oh, save us," he'd prolly run. IMO

Personally, I think our only hope is that if Gore doesn't run, then hopefully the Rel Right will deny McCain once again, and nominate some idiot like Thune of SC or somebody. Hillary runs. And McCain finally really really really loses his temper and runs on the reform ticket or something.

[defenseman]

Hillary doesn't like Gore at all. From what I've read, the money guys are afraid to buck Hillary. Just today Mark Warner of Va withdrew. But, after Gore's movie came out, there were stories of the money guys calling Gore, and saying it was his for the asking. I'm not sure he wants it. And I can see his view. He was brought up with the duty to be elected potus. There's no doubt in his mind that he was elected. Now he's making millions and having fun. 8 years at potus would prolly kill him, and his wife certainly, and his kids too don't want him to run.

Now if the dems get on their knees and say "please save us from Hillary; if we can't win in 08, we should just disband the party; oh, save us," he'd prolly run. IMO

Personally, I think our only hope is that if Gore doesn't run, then hopefully the Rel Right will deny McCain once again, and nominate some idiot like Thune of SC or somebody. Hillary runs. And McCain finally really really really loses his temper and runs on the reform ticket or something.

Hillary, will never get elected. You know it, I know it...dman

[Rohirrim]

I don't see much hope for the Dems until they jettison their current leadership. They are basically a team that has to be dismantled from the top down and start over through the draft. What we need is a "Common Sense" party of centrists. The Left has gone all moss-covered, listless and pathetic, while the Right has gone nuts. Some of the old time conservatives are just starting to wake up and look around at the neocon carnage and say, "WTF?" And when all the old time Dems like Kennedy, Kerry, etc. came out waving their Mexican flags and calling for amnesty, it was me going "WTF?"

Looks like Reid is now caught with his hand in the cookie jar, nabbing a cool million on some kind of shady land deal in Nevada. Sounds just like Hastert and his deal. So maybe Reid gets the heave ho. But Pelosi is too shrill for anybody whose address isn't San Francisco. And Hillary? Nothing would guarantee that the hard Right fundamentalists turn out at the polls than a Hillary candidacy. The Dems making Hillary their candidate would be political suicide.

[bendog]

Hillary, will never get elected. You know it, I know it...dman

In 1976 I said to myself, "whew, thank God. That was reagan's last shot. He's done."

[BroncoInferno]

Gore/Biden would be my favored ticket.

[bendog]

Dear Swift Boat ****ters,

It has recently come to my attention that you dissed me during the 2004 election, and apparantly but for your lies, I might have won. (Well, I'm still looking into Ohio) This letter is to put you on notice that, should you, at some point in the future, lie about me again, I will respond decisively and clearly, and with great vigor, including legal action from my wife's team of 101 attorneys.

Yours truly,

John F. Kerry

[defenseman]

In 1976 I said to myself, "whew, thank God. That was reagan's last shot. He's done."

Hillary? nothing short of presidential suicide...never happen..dman

*She's a reed in the wind, always was, always will be. A true politician.

[defenseman]

Dear Swift Boat ****ters,

It has recently come to my attention that you dissed me during the 2004 election, and apparantly but for your lies, I might have won. (Well, I'm still looking into Ohio) This letter is to put you on notice that, should you, at some point in the future, lie about me again, I will respond decisively and clearly, and with great vigor, including legal action from my wife's team of 101 attorneys.

Yours truly,

John F. Kerry

Wouldn't surprise me at all. Ketchup for every household...dman

[defenseman]

Gore/Biden would be my favored ticket.

Biden is acidic....you'll have to do better than that...dman

[BroncoInferno]

Biden is acidic....you'll have to do better than that...dman

There is not a politician in Washington who makes more sense when it comes to Iraq and foreign policy.

[bendog]

I'd be ok with Biden. He's got the same intellectual discipline as Gore, so he'd prolly do well in taking delegated issues off the potus' desk, which is what Gore did.

Richardson of NM understands proliferation and the immigration issues, and he understands the problems of labor and falling wages. But, I was chatting with an old union guy, and I tend to agree that we have four longterm problems that really require the kind of innovation Reagan brought.

Wages.
Healthcare
Soc Sec/ Medicare
Educ. (actually elem HS math and science scores have improved since the early 90s)

I'm not sure that Gore's really the guy on this. At least he hasn't really said anything about them. It's the environment, stupid (-: But the one thing he'd do is that instantaneously we'd have some cred back in international relations.

[alkemical]

I'm actually more worried about John Edwards. He's appealing to the women, is well-spoken, and looks young enough for the young people in America to identify with him. It sounds like the guy that occupied the White House before Bush...:oyvey:


I see him as Sen. Stillson from the deadzone (movie/show)

[Spider]

Willie Nelson and Kinky Friedman .......Put Jimmy Buffet in charge of all wars .....Toby Kieth in charge of the CIA ..... Batman in charge oft he FBI