A Very Kerry Weekend - A new ad
from the RNC shows how Kerry relaxes on weekends - in Nantucket,
in a mansion, yachting, sailing, kite surfing, biking, after
a week of campaigning about the Great Depression and the Days
of Malaise tour. A real man of the people. more>
Biographical information on
John and Theresa Kerry - Family histories of both families,
lots of photos, family trees, for several generations. more>
Bring It On Senator - Your
Wife Is an Elitist Snot - This wannabe first lady,
who does not have the dignity, grace or class that Laura Bush
has in her fingernail (and whose beauty doesn't force her to
need Botox injections), is not the shrinking violet her second
husband claims her to be. In fact, we would be willing to bet
that an inspection of dresser drawers in all 6 Heinz-Kerry mansion
would show that all the pants belong to her. more>
Bush Declares Kerry a Serial
Tax-Raiser
- President Bush used the first rally of his re-election campaign
to cast Democrat John Kerry on Saturday as a serial tax-raiser
who has voted for tax increases 350 times. He also mocked Kerry's
claims of support from undisclosed foreign leaders. more>
Fight inflation AND stick it
to the ambulance chasers! - Now that John Kerry has
bellied up to the plaintiffs bar and chosen tort attorney John
Edwards for his running mate, and their party counts trial lawyers
among its strongest and most generous supporters, it is high
time to revisit tort reform. Tort law has become a form of drive-by
legislation without legislators, only targets, a booming business
with little oversight and less accountability. In self-defense
insurers have institutionalized the paranoia it creates for nearly
every business and everyone who owns a home or drives a car.
This is a topic that will not die, because the abuses that raise
it keep receiving fresh transfusions of cash and publicity. more>
Fiscal Follies - Clinton balanced
the budget by cutting the military. That's not an option now - In a
startling reversal of the usual party roles, John Kerry is staking
his White House claim as a defender of "fiscal discipline"
to counteract a spendthrift Republican Administration. It's all
the more startling because his publicly announced proposals would
actually increase the deficit. more>
Gun Control: So You Think That
John Kerry Supports Gun Rights? - Imagine the most anti-gun
presidential candidate in America’s history putting on hunting
gear and posing before cameras, all the while telling us what
a hunter he is. That is exactly what John Kerry has done, so
now it is time to stop using your imagination and swallow a dose
of reality, if you happen to be a gun owner or simply a supporter
of the right of Americans to bear arms for sport or personal
defense, who still believes John Kerry represents you. more>
Heinz Kerry Paid Lower Tax
Rate Than Most Taxpayers - The Kerry campaign finally
released Teresa Heinz Kerry's 2003 tax return, or rather two
pages of it, late last Friday, the WALL STREET JOURNAL details.
Kenneth Lay's Kerry Connection
- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry regularly scorches
the management of Enron, the scandal-ridden, bankrupt energy
company founded by Kenneth Lay. Yesterday,
self-styled muckraker Bernardo Issel of NonprofitWatch.org told
us that the much-maligned Lay has been a longtime member of the
board of trustees of the Heinz Center, an environmental group
founded by the candidate's wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry. She's the
group's vice chairman, and Lay left the small board earlier this
year after serving for nearly a decade.
Kerry in Weird Heinz Ketchup
Initiation Rite - When he married billionaire ketchup
mogul Teresa Heinz in 1995, John Kerry was initiated into his
eccentric wife's family with a bizarre ritual that included baptizing
him with a daub of Heinz ketchup on his forehead. The bizarre christening took place at
the Heinz-Kerry wedding reception at a tony Nantucket restaurant,
the New York Times reported on Sunday. more>
Taxes in 2004 - Video on how
Kerry and Bush handle taxes on your income
Teresa's Taxes, Continued -
The super-rich really are different - Our Monday editorial on Teresa
Heinz Kerry's low (12.4%) 2003 average federal tax rate has generated
a huge reader response, much of it helpful in illuminating the
issues. So allow us to elaborate a bit more on Mrs. Kerry's impressive
ability to pay a smaller proportion of her income in tax than
most Americans. more>
The Bolshevik in Kerry - Yesterday
John Kerry demanded "tax fairness for Americans." This
is his euphemism for fleecing Americans who pay the highest taxes.
What he calls "tax fairness," Karl Marx called wealth
redistribution. more>
The Many Mansions of John and
Teresa Kerry
- From a sailing mecca to a ski resort, presumptive Democrat
nominee John Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, enjoy the
trappings of their wealth in at least five homes and vacation
getaways across the country valued at nearly $33 million.
The
couple divide their time between five homes located around the
country:
Boston: A five-story, 12-room Beacon Hill townhouse that serves
as Kerry's main residence. Assessed value: $6.9 million.
Nantucket, Mass.: A three-story, five-bedroom waterfront retreat
on Brant Point. Assessed value: $9.18 million.
Washington, D.C.: A 23-room townhouse in Georgetown. Proposed
2005 assessment: $4.7 million.
Ketchum, Idaho: A ski getaway converted from a reassembled barn
near Sun Valley. Assessed value: $4.916 million. Heinz Kerry
owns two adjoining lots valued at $1.5 million and $1.8 million.
Fox Chapel, Pa.: A nine-room colonial on nearly 90 acres in suburban
Pittsburgh. The property also includes a nine-room, carriage
house. Assessed value: $3.7 million. more>
The Oddest Couple and Their
Hidden Agendas - I don't get either coherence or
authenticity from John Kerry or Teresa Heinz Kerry, whether they're
together or apart. What I do get is a hidden agenda that bodes
ill for America's future - agendas that should mobilize all sane
voters to blanket our country in red on Nov. 2. more>
The Two Johns: So What Do You Want for Lunch? (election
levity) - A
new reality television series is being launched by Al Gore's
fledgling cable channel. Titled ''The Two Johns,'' the series
will capture the riveting behind-the-scenes action as two rich,
white liberals plot their run for the White House during the
2004 presidential campaign.
The Wages of Politics - How
many low-wage workers does John Kerry want to throw out of work? - John
Kerry says he wants to raise the minimum wage to $7 an hour from
$5.15, and his proposal has us thinking: Why stop there? Why
not $10 an hour, or $20, or for that matter whatever a U.S. Senator
makes? If Mr. Kerry thinks government is obliged to guarantee
Americans a certain level of income, why not simply elevate everyone
at least into the middle class? more>
What John Kerry's America will
look like -
This week, I began to think for the first time about what
I would write if Sen. John Kerry were elected president in November.
But then, I realized I should write that column now. What good
would it do to awaken people to the dangers of a Kerry administration
after that administration had been elected? Here, then, are a
few predictions of what will transpire in the unlikely event
John Kerry becomes the most powerful man on Earth. more>
Wild and Crazy Guy - John Kerry
and his billionaire wife pay lower taxes than you do - Remember
the classic 1970s comic routine from Steve Martin? You can make
a million dollars and pay no taxes. First, get a million dollars.
Then when the IRS comes knocking on your door demanding to know
why you didn't pay your taxes, just remember two simple words:
"I forgot."more>
You Might Be a Democrat If...
-
* You own something that says, ''Dukakis for President,''
and still display it.
* You've tried to argue in favor of anything based on, ''Well,
they're gonna do it anyway so...''
* You've ever said, ''We really should call the ACLU about this.''
* You believe that a few hundred loggers can find another career,
but the defenseless spotted owl must live in its preferred tree.
* You ever based an argument on the phrase, ''But they can afford
a tax hike because...''
* You've ever argued that with just one more year of welfare
that person will turn it around and get off drugs.
* You think Lennon was a brilliant social commentator.
* You keep count of how many people you know in each racial or
ethnic category.
* You believe our government must do it because everyone in Europe
does.
* After looking at your pay stub you can still say, ''America
is
undertaxed.''
You
Might be a Leftist If . . .
-You
believe John Ashcroft poses a greater danger to America than
Osama bin Laden.
-You think President Bush lied to the nation but his predecessor
did not.
-You believe President Bush is too dumb to be President and Arnold
Schwarzenegger is too dumb to be Governor of California, but
the Dixie Chicks, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin, Barbra Streisand,
Eddie Vedder and Jeanine Garofalo are qualified to discourse
at length on foreign policy.
-You believe all conservatives are racist, but do not think minorities
can ever succeed without Affirmative Action.
-You can't decide which is worse: the Patriot Act or the Patriot
Missile.
-You believe Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Il, and Yasser Arafat were
fairly and democratically elected, but President Bush was not.
-You root for prisoners when they escape from our oppressive
prisons, but oppose allowing poor children to escape from failing
public schools.
-You support every kind of "diversity" on campus, except
political orientation.
-You support banning the smoking of tobacco and legalizing marijuana.
-You are enraged by the so-called mistreatment of Muslim prisoners
(who have gained weight while dining on their specially prepared
Koran-approved meals) at Guantanamo Bay, but believe the world
should have stood idly by while Saddam Hussein filled mass graves.
-You have found where the right to an abortion is written in
the Constitution but cannot find where the Constitution provides
for a right to keep and bear arms.
-You support campus speech codes that ban pick-up lines and amorous
gazes, but never spoke out against President Clinton's physical
sexual harassment in the White House.
-You applauded Jimmy Carter for talking about human rights in
foreign policy but opposed George W. Bush for doing something
about human rights.
-You believe that trial lawyers taking 33 to 40 percent of a
plaintiff's recovery in lawsuits is just about right, but the
federal government taking this amount of our income in taxes
is not nearly enough.
-You believe the former Governor of a New England state with
608,827 people is more than adequately experienced to be President
in 2004, but the Governor of a Southwestern state with 21,325,018
people was completely unprepared in 2000.
-You agree with Toni Morrison that President Clinton was "the
first black President," but didn't criticize Al Sharpton
for recently labeling President Bush a "gang leader."
-You believe we could get more truth out of the Pentagon if only
Don Rumsfeld were replaced by Mohammed Al-Sahhaf.
-You believe evangelical Christians are destroying America but
don't feel threatened by the radical Wahabbi sect of Islam.
-When it comes to violent crime, you believe in hating the crime
but loving the criminal.
-You support unlimited appeals for convicted criminals, but believe
it is undemocratic for Californians to reverse their earlier
mistake of electing Gray Davis.
-You believe U.S. exports of genetically modified foods pose
a greater threat to African nations than corrupt dictators like
Zimbabwe's Mugabe.
-You believe welfare is a fundamental human right and workfare
is a human rights violation.
-You
believe religion is a scourge on our society, but becoming one
with Mother Nature by merging with the universal consciousness
and harmonizing with lunar reverberations will save us.
-You
believe President Bush is an environmental criminal for poisoning
the water with arsenic, but have never complained about Saddam
Hussein's devastating Iraq and Kuwait's environment by setting
intentional oil well fires and committing genocide against the
Marsh Arabs by draining their wetlands.
-Your
car sports the bumper sticker saying that "it will be a
great day when our schools have all the money they need and the
military has to hold bake sales," but oppose allowing the
U.S. military to volunteer recruitment tables on college campuses
because of their "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
$1000 HAIRCUT? KERRY FLIES IN HAIRDRESSER
FOR TOUCH-UP BEFORE 'MEET THE PRESS' - On the Friday before his
MEET THE PRESS appearance, Dem presidential hopeful John Kerry
flew his Washington, DC hairdresser to Pittsburgh for a touch-up, the DRUDGE
REPORT has learned.
All
Fall Down
- Now the French-looking senator is again in the public eye,
and what that eye perceives it obviously does not like: the macho
candidate ostentatiously purchasing an athletic supporter (size
large!), the vacationing skier taking spills on the slopes and
bellowing "I don't fall down." Kerry made this silly
statement before blaming a Secret Service agent for his tumble
and cussing at him. Gentlemen do not act like that. In fact,
gentlemen do not bring down on themselves all the ridicule Kerry
has provoked by objecting to being referred to as "French-looking."
Some White House wag playfully asserted that Kerry "looks
French," and Kerry very foolishly threw another of his famous
fits, portraying himself as the victim of White House dirty tricks.
more>
ALL OVER THE MAP ON IRAQ - JOHN Kerry
finally defined his position on the war in Iraq — or his
latest one, anyway.
Another credibility gap for
Kerry - His story of New Hampshire couple's health-care story
stretches truth - John Kerry's campaign has run commercials
about failed Bush administration health-care policies using a
New Hampshire couple as an example.
Another Kerry Lie - The big
lie that is repeated again and again is the story that President
Bush said the mission was accomplished in Iraq. Senator Kerry
and his willing accomplices in the media perpetuate the myth.
It is easy to check the facts. The speech that President Bush
made on the aircraft carrier NEVER uses the words, ''mission
accomplished.'' The sign ''Mission Accomplished'' was referring
to the carrier’s mission, which was accomplished at that
time. The speech can be found by doing an Internet search. I
have excerpted relevant portions of the speech.
Anti-Hanoi John Kerry Links
-
Comprehensive listing of anti-John Kerry websites.
Awful
Plastic Surgery - a chronicle of celebrity plastic surgery
- Lots more
photos of John Kerry before and after Botox - you decide for
yourself!
Behind the Scenes, a Restless
and Relentless Kerry - Like a caged hamster, Senator John
Kerry is restless on the road. He pokes at the perimeter
of the campaign bubble that envelops him, constantly trying to
break out for a walk around the block, a restaurant dinner, the
latest ... 
more>
BotoxKerry.com - Lots
of Before and After Botox photos of John Kerry
Bring It On Senator - Your
Wife Is an Elitist Snot - This wannabe first lady,
who does not have the dignity, grace or class that Laura Bush
has in her fingernail (and whose beauty doesn't force her to
need Botox injections), is not the shrinking violet her second
husband claims her to be. In fact, we would be willing to bet
that an inspection of dresser drawers in all 6 Heinz-Kerry mansion
would show that all the pants belong to her.
Bush Photo with Teen Shows
Conviction and Compassion - It started out as a fluke.
Lynn Faulkner had been offered an extra ticket to a Bush campaign
event by his neighbor Linda Prince. Mr. Faulkner decided to offer
it to his 15-year old daughter Ashley who he expected would decline,
as she would have to miss some school to attend. But his daughter
surprised him. Ashley reminded her dad how four years ago they
attended a similar event when then Texas Governor George W. Bush
visited the same spot on the campaign trail.
Bush Ties His Shoes, and Kerry
Questions the Timing - Kerry has rarely showed up for
Senate votes over the past year, making an exception only for
important issues like the protection of partial birth abortion.
When Bush offered Kerry an intelligence briefing, he refused,
citing a busy schedule dealing with the selection of his running
mate. When the same information offered to him was made public,
he questioned the timing.
Campaign drama rocks Dems - Kerry fights off media
prove of recent alleged infidelity, rivals predict ruin.
A frantic behind-the-scenes drama is unfolding around Sen. John
Kerry and his quest to lockup the Democratic nomination for president,
the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal.
Chameleon Kerry and the Real
World -
WHERE SHOULD WE DEPLOY THE 40,000 NEW TROOPS that, after months
of making anti-war statements, Democratic frontrunner Senator
John F. Kerry of Massachusetts last Friday suddenly said he would
send overseas if elected President?
Chase on for Sealed Kerry Divorce
Documents: Paper frenzy after Illinois Senate race release - After
last week's front page headlines over ugly unsealed divorce records
in the Republican Illinois senate race, media outlets now face
a dilemma: What to do about Democrat presidential hopeful
John Kerry's sealed divorce records!
Choose to Lose - "Well,
if I were cool and told you I was cool, I wouldn't be cool,"
he replied, adjusting his horrendous pink and blue polka-dotted
tie. "It's up to you and other people to judge if anything
I do today is cool. My daughter would probably tell you I'm a
freak at times."
Luckily,
the crack team at MTV News tracked down Vanessa Kerry to clarify
her father's actual level of coolness. Kerry, his daughter said,
is "the guy who comes out in a full-piece wetsuit and Hawaiian
shorts in the summer and thinks he's cool," which she initially
blanched at. However, the odd ensemble eventually grew on her
and overwhelmed any residual fashion sense.
The
26-year-old told Yago she went to work for her father's campaign
because she was "pissed off" at George W. Bush and
wanted to "go kick some ass." Perhaps she was the adviser
who suggested he drop the F-bomb in the now infamous Rolling
Stone interview a few months back.
IT
ONLY GOT WORSE.
Kerry confided to Yago that he was "never into heavy
metal" but was "fascinated" by the "poetry,"
"anger," and "social energy" of rap and hip
hop. As with everything else, Kerry then took the other
side of the issue, leaving people with the impression that you
should and should not listen to violent gangster rap.
more>
Clint for president - Suffice
it to say, John Kerry has a potty mouth. Days after coming
under sharp criticism for his inappropriate use of four-letter
words, the Democratic presidential nominee has cursed
a Secret Service agent whose job is to take a bullet for the
politician.
"Hotel managers in the valley are aware of Kerry's presence,
only because the Secret Service personnel assigned to protect
Kerry have had trouble finding a place to stay," the Idaho
Statesman reported the other day.
"They called and wanted rooms, but I had to tell them we're
full," said Tamarack Lodge manager Jitka Sullivan.
Surely, Mr. Kerry could have found a couple of spare beds within
the $8 million Sun Valley estate owned by his wife, Teresa Heinz
Kerry. According to the Statesman, the European country-style
manor is the largest and most secluded of all the resort's properties,
with two huge stone fireplaces to keep the place cozy.
Cowboy or Cream Puff?
Daley says Kerry went too far
with joke about Bush's fall - "Did the training wheels
fall off?"
Mayor Daley scolded Democratic presidential candidate John
Kerry Tuesday for making a wisecrack about the bicycle accident
that scraped the face, hands and knees of President Bush.
Dems Fret Over Kerry's "Clintonian"
Response
- "Well, there is nothing to report," Kerry told
Don Imus. "So there is nothing to talk about. I'm not worried
about it. No." more>
Did Kerry make up jet-pilot
story? Seasoned flyers doubt yarn about taking controls over
Israel
- It's been a tough week for John Kerry's credibility.
Discarded Decorations - Videotape
Contradicts John Kerry’s Own Statements Over Vietnam Medals - Contradicting
his statements as a candidate for president, Sen. John Kerry
claimed in a 1971 television interview that he threw away as
many as nine of his combat medals to protest the war in Vietnam.
"I gave back, I can't remember, six, seven, eight, nine
medals," Kerry said in an interview on a Washington, D.C.,
news program on WRC-TV called Viewpoints on Nov. 6, 1971, according
to a tape obtained by ABCNEWS.
Discrepancies noted in Kerry's
record - Ex-skipper says website wrong - Vietnam combat records
posted on John F. Kerry's campaign website for the month of January
1969 as evidence of his service aboard swift boat No. 94 describe
action that occurred before Kerry was skipper of that craft,
according to the officer who said he commanded the boat at the
time. more>
Ditto, Ditto - Kerryedwards
is the most narcissistic ticket in 55 U.S. elections Another
thing that is unfair to say but hard not to notice: This may
be the most narcissistic ticket in 55 U.S. presidential elections.
These two guys really radiate self-awareness.
The
oft-seen footage of the two emerging from a car after the VP
announcement looked like a ZZ Top video for "Sharp Dressed
Man." John Kerry slides a hand down his already smooth tie
and deftly buttons his suit jacket. John Edwards checks the flaps
on his coat pockets. "Silk suit, black tie." Both of
their heads are rotating like satellite dishes scanning for signals.
Light is ricocheting off porcelain in every direction. Come November,
these two Power Rangers may have just worn out the electorate.
Flushing Kerry out - "Everybody
always makes the mistake of looking South," said Kerry.
"Al Gore proved he could have been president of the United
States without winning one Southern state, including his own."
His Royal Highness - John
Kerry's remarks yesterday, unintentionally picked up by a microphone,
that the Bush Campaign is "the most crooked, you know, lying
group I've ever seen," was hardly surprising.
Kerry also has a tendency to think that he is better than most
and, thus, the rules do not apply to him. Consider the dustup
Kerry created two weeks ago when he sent a letter to President
Bush in response to remarks made by Senator Saxby Chambliss.
"Over the last week, you and your campaign have initiated
a widespread attack on my service in Vietnam, my decision to
speak out to end that war, and my commitment to the defense of
this nation," Kerry huffed. "I will not sit back and
allow my patriotism to be questioned."
Howie on Kerry: DYKWIA? - ONE of
the surest ways to get the phones ringing on any Massachusetts
talk-radio show is to ask people to call in and tell their John
Kerry stories. The phone lines are soon filled, and most of the
stories have a common theme: our junior senator pulling rank
on one of his constituents, breaking in line, demanding to pay
less (or nothing) or ducking out before the bill arrives.
The tales often have one other common thread. Most end with Sen.
Kerry inquiring of the lesser mortal: "Do you know who I
am?"
I don't like being called a
cockroach
- I don't like being called a cockroach. But apparently, Democrats
John Kerry and John Edwards think it's funny to compare Hispanic
Republicans to roaches -- or so it seems based on their behavior
at a recent fundraiser in New York City.
Insolence on the Ground - Presumptive
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry belittled President
Bush while the candidate's plane sat on the tarmac in Topeka,
Kansas, on Monday. An advance staffer for the candidate informed
Kerry that they had to hurry and take off so that the airspace
around the airport could be secured for President Bush's arrival.
Kerry
refused to move quickly, instead loitering and refusing to take
his seat on the plane.
At
one point, Kerry asked reporters, "You mean, you're not
staying for what's his name?"
Is Kerry Coming Unhinged? I’m
starting to think that Kerry is, not to put too fine a point
on it, nuts.
Jib-Jab.com - This
Land is Your Land, political humor, satire, parody, comedy,
fun! more>
John Adam Smith Kerry - When the
media have bothered to cover John Kerry's "Benedict
Arnold companies" hypocrisy at all, they have tended
only to discuss the outsourcing and off-shoring of HJ Heinz &
Co., a firm with which he has only a tangential relationship
through his wife.
But the media has missed a bigger story about Sen. Everyone-Is-Stupid-Except-Me.
Leave aside for a moment his holdings in the Pennsylvania Catsup
concern. Even a cursory glance at John Kerry's most recent Personal
Financial Disclosure forms (filed in 2003) shows Ted Kennedy's
more liberal, junior partner is deeply invested and has personally
profited from the outsourcing phenomena that haunts corporate
America.
John 'Flapjack' Kerry - Kerry
is bothered by the reality he has created. That is, he cooks
on one side until the heat gets too hot then he flips. But it
seems that when John F. Kerry has his "Flapjack" attributes
highlighted, he also has a slight temper. Unfortunately for him,
the early and all too easy primary did not help him prepare for
the true test of a presidential campaign. And it's starting to
show.
John Kerry: International Man
of Mystery - Is Kerry Making Stuff Up Or Is There A “Deep
Throat” At The U.N? - April 2, 2003: Claims
He Spoke To Number Of Foreign Leaders But doesn't Name Names.
“In remarks in the basement of the Peterborough Public Library
Kerry … said ‘I talked to leaders of a number of countries
… that told me they lost all confidence in the administration.’”
(James Pindell, “Kerry: $8 Million In The Bank,” PoliticsNH.com
Website, www.politicsnh.com, Accessed 4/3/03)
John Kerry: International Man
of Mystery II - Friends don't Let Friends Spread Rumors - Kerry
Claimed Bush Administration Delayed Libya Deal For Political
Gain. “Kerry also suggested Bush sat on December's deal
to have Khadafy renounce weapons programs to get a political
boost. ‘Khadafy's been trying to get back into the mainstream
for several years now,’ Kerry said. ‘There's evidence
that we could have had that deal some time ago.’” (Thomas
M. DeFrank And Maggie Haberman, “Kerry’s Haiti Jab,”
[New York] Daily News, 2/29/04)
John Kerry is all tied up in
nuances
- Though the Senator likes to think of himself as exuding
Kennedy-esque glamour, to Conservatives he has the reassuring
mien of an unexciting Cabinet heavyweight back when the party
still had heavyweights and a Cabinet to put them in.
John Kerry: Wrong Man, Wrong
Time, Wrong Message - Jay Carson, a spokesman for the
Dean campaign, said: ''When it was popular to be a Massachusetts
liberal, (John Kerry's) voting record was that. When it was popular
to be for the Iraq war, he was for it. Now it's popular to be
against it, and he's against it.''
John Kerry's Flip Flops - Bush
website has detailed list of Kerry flip-flops: flip flopped on
trade with China; eliminating the marriage penalty for the middle
class; Patriot Act; first Gulf War; gay marriage amendment; attacking
the president during time of war; death penalty for terrorists;
No Child Left Behind; affirmative action; ethanol; Cuba sanctions;
NAFTA; double taxation on dividends; raising taxes during economic
downturn; small business income taxes; 50-cent gas tax increase;
leaving abortion up to states; litmus tests for judicial nominees;
health coverage; welfare reform; PACs; ballistic missile defense;
1991 Iraq war coalition; war on terror; funding our troops in
Iraq; tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and more. more>
JOHN KERRY'S QUIET COLLAPSE - THE conventional
wisdom is that the presidential election will be close. It's
a 50-50 country, so the CW goes, just as it was in the year 2000.
The problem is that the conventional wisdom hasn't taken a
proper accounting of John Kerry. Here's the truth that Democrats
don't want to admit and that Republicans are fearful of speaking
openly because they don't want to jinx things: Kerry is a terrible, terrible, terrible
candidate.
Just a Gigolo - After
the New Hampshire primary, Dennis Kucinich's new slogan is: ".001
Percent of America Can't Be Wrong!" John Edwards' new slogan
is: "Vote for Me or We'll See You in Court." Joe Lieberman's
new slogan is: "Sixth Place Is Not an Option." (Bumper
sticker version: "Ask Me About My Delegate.") Al Sharpton's
new slogan is "Hello? Room Service?" Wesley Clark's
new slogan is: "Leading America's War on Fetuses."
Howard Dean's new slogan is: "I Want to Be Your President
... And So Do I!"
That
leaves John Kerry (new slogan: "Nous Sommes Nombre Un!"),
who is winning Democratic voters in droves on the basis of his
superior ability to taunt George Bush for his lack of combat
experience. Like every war hero I've ever met, John Kerry seems
content to spend his days bragging about his battlefield exploits.
Wait, wait ... Let me correct that last sentence: like no war
hero I've ever met...
Kerry: Arafat Is No Longer
a 'Statesman' - John
Kerry is flip-flopping again in response to the New York Post's
revelation that he praised Muslim terrorist leader Yasser Arafat
as a "role model" and "statesman" at least
as recently as 1997.
Kerry Backed Korea, Europe
Troop Reductions Three Weeks Ago - Sen. John Kerry is blasting
President Bush for his plan to withdraw 70,000 troops from South
Korea and Germany. But less than three weeks ago the top Democrat
said he thought such troop reductions were a good idea, specifically
naming Europe and Korea.
Kerry Caught in Whopper Trying
to Get the Cuban Vote - John Kerry doesn't just
flip-flop in his desperate attempt to be all things to all voters;
he even makes things up.
Kerry: I Fibbed About Hillary
Poll -
Democrat presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry has finally
come clean on the fib he told at last week's "Rock the Vote"
presidential debate, where he claimed that he led U.S. Sen. Hillary
Clinton by a whopping 15 points in a recent presidential survey.
KERRY BACK TO WRINKLES - After
opting for a fresh-face-look for most of the campaign year, Dem
presidential hopeful John Kerry has boldly gone back to wrinkles!
Kerry called Secret Service
agent 'Son of a B*tch' after slope spill - Dem presidential
candidate John Kerry called his secret service agent a "son
of a bitch" after the agent inadvertently moved into his
path during a ski mishap in Idaho, sending Kerry falling into
the snow.
Kerry camp spins its wheels - Sen.
John Kerry spoke about the plight of the American worker when
he traveled to Detroit earlier this week, a safe message for
the blue-collar workers who build cars there.
So it was a little strange that the campaign picked as its press-pass
logo for its Motor City tour the gleaming showcase car of a foreign
auto company — Rolls-Royce — that makes cars priced
far outside the financial reach of any middle-class voter.
Kerry Disowns His SUVs; NewsMax
Has the Photos - Just like many fake self-professed
"environmentalists" we know, Sen. John Kerry loves
to tool around
in the SUVs he'd like to deny his fellow Americans. But now he's
blaming his gas guzzlers on others, even the missus.
Kerry: 'I'm Proud I Stood Against
Reagan'
- A day after Ronald Reagan's death Sen. John Kerry praised
him for his "love of country" and geniality.
Kerry is Hypocrite on Abortion - Kerry
brags about his 100 percent pro-abortion record when speaking
to NOW groups, but hides it when speaking to more conservative
groups. Kerry's Catholic faith, litmus test for Supreme Court
nominees, partial-birth abortion (voted for), and live-birth
abortions. more>
Kerry joked about his annulment - a few
years ago, Kerry yucked it up himself with "Imus in the
Morning" over a subject much more personal and – to
many, especially Catholics – much more offensive. Kerry
joked about the annulment of his first marriage – one that
lasted 18 years and produced two children. more>
Kerry on the Record: Equivocating
on Castro
- John Kerry’s position on Castro seems to exemplify
the late U.S. Senate minority leader and senior senator from
Illinois, Everett Dirksen who once said: “I am a man of
fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible
at all times.”
Kerry the great straddler - Too-careful
politicians think the best defense is giving no offense. To avoid
offending any voters, John Kerry has come down foursquare on
both sides of three social issues.
Kerry uses F-word in anti-Bush
tirade
- fires off expletive in Rolling Stone interview to describe
how war vote hurting candidacy. more>
Kerry -- Yuck! - Phonies
are like trolley cars. There's usually another one coming down
the tracks. Just after we were getting over one phony -- Clinton
-- we have another one waiting in the wings.
Kerry-oke Lounge - New game
from the RNC lets you sing along about flip-flops! more>
Kerry's Candidacy Clouded by
Too Many Lies - It is a fog of lies and baseless accusations,
hurled with abandon and glee, by an unending parade of Democrats
determined to shape the coming election. It is an all-out attempt
to reacquire the presidency, and has succeeded in severely clouding
the Kerry candidacy.
Kerry’s Dirty Deeds - "What
good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has
no deeds?" said Kerry, citing James 2:14. It is a question
Kerry has yet to answer: What good is a politician who makes
a show of his Catholic faith while casting votes in favor of
the abortion of unborn children?
Kerry
is an advocate of empty faith. He justifies the blatant contradiction
between his Catholicism and his voting record on the grounds
that his faith should not drive his deeds. more>
Kerry's cooked goose, or was
it a gander?
- Sen. John Kerry may have reached a new low in Ohio with
his staged goose hunt.
Kerry's got 'em fooled - while
portraying himself as a man of the people, someone looking out
for the little guy, the fact of the matter is he's a dilettante
– a guy who expects special privileges for himself and gets
them. more>
Kerry's Latest Lie: Christmas
in Cambodia -
Political cartoon by Linda Eddy
Kerry's Not a Flip-Flopper.
He's Worse
- That's why all the shouting about the War on Terror from
the left has to do with Bush's reasons for going to war--not
about whether or not the war is actually necessary. If a liberal
can prove that Bush lied, then he can still support the idea
of the war in principle without the necessity of taking responsibility
for prosecuting it.
Kerry's political - and life
- goal: To become Kennedy - Liveshot Kerry has always
slavishly aped all things Kennedy, and it goes way beyond his
Senate voting record. Teddy bought himself a convertible, Liveshot
ditto. They both share a deep respect for motor-vehicle laws
- Teddy drove with a suspended license, Liveshot couldn't be
bothered with getting a Massachusetts inspection sticker for
seven years.
Kerrys raced to dump foreign
stocks
- John Kerry's family dumped millions of dollars of foreign
holdings as he launched his White House bid, gobbling up Made
in the USA stocks in a huge politically savvy international-to-domestic
shift.
Kerry refuses to release more
records
- The day after John F. Kerry said he would make all of his
military records available for inspection at his campaign headquarters,
a spokesman said the senator would not release any new documents,
leaving undisclosed many of Kerry's evaluations by his Navy commanding
officers, some medical records, and possibly other material.
Kerry Talks About Two Americas,
But They Are Not the Two He Thinks - One after another, leftist
actors and recording stars took to the stage to open their mouths
and spew venomous insults at President Bush. The filth poured
out like so much overflow from a backed up sewer. Meanwhile,
Kerry and Edwards sat back in their chairs and basked in it.
Here were the presumptive Democratic candidates raking in the
dough, while wallowing in the filth they inspired. One has to
conclude they condoned and helped to produce it.
KERRY UNLOADED ITALIAN MANSION
MONTH HE DECIDED WHITE HOUSE RUN; SOLD TO GEORGE CLOONEY AFTER
BRAD PITT FINDER -
Sen.
John Kerry sold his foreign mansion in Italy just weeks before
he announced a run for the White House in January of 2003, the
DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
Kerry: Vulgar, profane and
arrogant
- So what gives?
My
observation is simple: As the American people are getting to
know John Kerry, they just don't like him. And as Kerry –
who Peggy Noonan referred to this week "a sad, hollow tree"
– runs headlong through his campaign schedule, I believe
he hits on all the wrong buttons. The American people aren't
stupid, yet we feel John Kerry treats us as though we are.
LET THEM EAT RIBS - To counteract
his perceived perception that he is too serious and weighted
down by the vagaries of intellectual and physical prowess, Kerry's
staff has had him using humor in his stump speeches.
As
well, Kerry told a reporter that he enjoyed going out for beers
with the fellows, knocking back a few and whooping it up. "It's
not easy humanizing a guy like Kerry," says the former
staffer. "You have Vietnam, and you have friends who can
speak to his private life, but Kerry himself is not a great advocate
for himself in that regard. He's just too stiff and patrician."
Liberal Loopholes - Edwards
and Kerry want to raise taxes, but aren't wild about paying them - In embracing
John Edwards, John Kerry has also endorsed his populist "two
Americas" rhetoric and has put tax increases at the center
of the election campaign. So it's fair to ask the two Democrats:
How much of those tax increases will actually hit the super-rich
like yourselves, and how much will end up on the backs of upper
middle-class wage earners?
NRA Ad Campaign Portrays Kerry
As Poodle
- Sen. John Kerry is portrayed as a sweater-wearing poodle
with a pink bow in an upcoming advertising campaign by the National
Rifle Association, mocking his attempts to portray himself as
friendly to gun sports and saying, ``That dog don't hunt.''
Official 'Kerry for President'
Website Riddled with Obscenities - Sen. John Kerry's official
election website is riddled with obscenities, the DRUDGE
REPORT can reveal.
A
sampling of web pages featured on Kerry's official site reveal:
"Bush
f**ked up Afghanistan... Did I expect George Bush to f**k it
up as badly as he did... cutting all your f**king legs off at
the knees... Where the f**k is he?... scare the living s**t out
of me... He has a pig-in-s**t grin on his face, he wanted to
get into the s**t... doesn't play s**t in my book..."
In
fact, typing in the terms "F**k" or "S**t"
in the search box of the official Kerry For President site directly
links the reader to the action!
Old Crimson Interview Reveals
A More Radical John Kerry - The Harvard Crimson reported
Kerry called for U.N. control of troops in 1970: “I’m
an internationalist,” Kerry told The Crimson in 1970. “I’d
like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the
directive of the United Nations.”Kerry said he wanted “to
almost eliminate CIA activity. The CIA is fighting its own war
in Laos and nobody seems to care.” more>
Our National Hamster - Vote
for Kerry - He'll Save Your Hamster! more>
President Gigolo? - What
kind of life experience leads to being a good president? George Washington worked tirelessly as
a surveyor and became a military leader. In between, he became
a successful farmer and agricultural innovator.
John
Adams went to Harvard at 15, became a schoolteacher, ran a successful
farm, studied the law and repeatedly answered the call of duty
to his young nation – leaving home for months at a time
on treacherous journeys across the Atlantic.
Study
the lives of the great presidents in American history and you
will find they developed their character through hard work and
challenging life experiences. In 2004, America will be faced
with the second opportunity to elect a president who has no real
work experience outside government.
Worse
yet, as my colleague Rabbi Shmuley Boteach pointed out in his
most recent column, Kerry's main work experience seems to have
been marrying extremely rich women.
Presidential Debates, I--Kerry
Never Falls Down, and When He Does, He Never Wavers - The ''mixed
signals'' Kerry has been sending out for going on a year now
have increased the number of the casualties we are suffering
in Iraq. However, if you are paying close enough attention to
him, you will see that some equally alarming signals he sends
out are not mixed.
Primetime Live Poll: More Republicans
Satisfied With Sex Lives Than Democrats - The "Primetime Live"
sex poll answers many provocative questions that we have all
wondered about, but have never dared to ask, including: how many
Americans describe themselves as sexually "traditional"
or "adventurous"; how often are Americans having sex;
what are the sex habits of cheaters; and who is cheating with
their co-worker and who is cheating in the workplace.
Pro-Kerry Historian: Kerry
Lies About Anti-war Activities - A Vietnam War historian
and supporter of Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry has
told CNSNews.com that Kerry is lying about key events related
to his anti-war activities in 1971.
Say It Slowly: John-Kerry-Is-the-Most-Liberal-Senator
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It's time for a subtle shift in the flip-flop strategy.
Security Council members deny
meeting Kerry - U.N. ambassadors from several nations
are disputing assertions by Democratic presidential candidate
Sen. John Kerry that he met for hours with all members of the
U.N. Security Council just a week before voting in October 2002
to authorize the use of force in Iraq.
SPRING BREAK: KERRY RETREATS
TO HIS SUN VALLEY MANSION FOR 5-DAY LUXURY UNWIND - Dem candidate-in-waiting
John Kerry is set for a 5-day luxury break at his Sun Valley,
Idaho compound after a week riddled with gaffes, missteps and
slippage in the polls.
Taking the high road, the low
road and maybe a boulder or two - the Bike Wars: Bush rides
a Trek mountain bike, while Kerry rides an $8,000 Serotta, and
cracks "Did the training wheels fall off?", when Bush
takes a fall. more>
Teresa insists hubby `likes
people'
- Trying to erase the image of her husband as aloof, Teresa
Heinz Kerry yesterday insisted Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio]
``likes people'' and went so far as to say he would make a great
nursery school teacher.
The John-John Ticket--Richest
in History
- Included in the display of carefully orchestrated talking
points on stage at the DNC was John Kerry's and John Edwards'
belief in two Americas. ''Plantation'' talk as my recent guest,
Mason Weaver, would call it. You can hear my interview with him
online at Oneplace.
The many faces of John Kerry - Kerry
speaking in October to the Arab American Institute in Michigan:
I know how disheartened Palestinians are by the Israeli government's
decision to build the barrier off of the Green Line – cutting
deep into Palestinian areas. We don't need another barrier to
peace. Provocative and counterproductive measures only harm Israelis'
security over the long term, increase the hardships to the Palestinian
people, and make the process of negotiating an eventual settlement
that much harder. That's Kerry telling a group of Arab-Americans
what they want to hear on a controversial international subject
– the building a protective fence in Israel.
The Many Mansions of John and
Teresa Kerry
- From a sailing mecca to a ski resort, presumptive Democrat
nominee John Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, enjoy the
trappings of their wealth in at least five homes and vacation
getaways across the country valued at nearly $33 million.
The Oddest Couple and Their
Hidden Agendas - I don't get either coherence or authenticity
from John Kerry or Teresa Heinz Kerry, whether they're together
or apart. What I do get is a hidden agenda that bodes ill for
America's future - agendas that should mobilize all sane voters
to blanket our country in red on Nov. 2. more>
The real Kerry: Flip-flops,
payoffs, tax hikes, lies - "The Many Faces of
John Kerry" by David N. Bossie is a hard-hitting, ruthlessly
honest political biography of the 2004 Democratic nominee for
president of the United States. Here's just some of what you'll
learn in "The Many Faces of John Kerry":
The Top Ten John Kerry Lies
The Value of Values - Looking
for John Kerry's principles - Little girls know makeup
has something to do with being grown up. But when they try it
on, they tend to overdo it.
Likewise,
John Kerry knows "values" have something to do with
getting elected president. But he uses the word promiscuously,
almost randomly, betraying over eagerness and a lack of understanding.
Two Wars, Two Kerrys - Kerry's
conflicting positions on both Gulf Wars, NAFTA, and the Patriot
Act prompted President Bush to remark, "The candidates are
an interesting group with diverse opinions: for tax cuts and
against them; for Nafta and against Nafta; for the Patriot Act
and against the Patriot Act; in favor of liberating Iraq and
opposed to it. And that's just one senator from Massachusetts."
What a typical Kerry supporter
might believe
- The following is a non-exhaustive list of what a John Kerry
supporter might believe.
What John Kerry's America will
look like
- This week, I began to think for the first time about what
I would write if Sen. John Kerry were elected president in November.
But then, I realized I should write that column now. What good
would it do to awaken people to the dangers of a Kerry administration
after that administration had been elected? Here, then, are a
few predictions of what will transpire in the unlikely event
John Kerry becomes the most powerful man on Earth.
What Kerry's attraction to
wealthy women says about his character - John Kerry is married
to Teresa Heinz Kerry, a half billionaire, whom he married even
though she was five years older than him – a practice which,
while not unheard of, is certainly highly uncommon for a man
who was in his 50s. And before that, he was married to his first
wife, Julia Thorne, who, according to press reports, had a similarly
huge fortune of over $100 million. more>
What’s To Like? - "What
you're going to see is more and more stories about Kerry is just
reviled by his fellow Democratic Senators and by others,"
says a campaign staffer for Sen. John Edwards. "The man
is genuinely disliked for just being a big phony."
As
an example, the staffer pointed to the veterans from Vietnam
Kerry has surrounded himself with. "Almost to a one, these
guys have said that they had reached out to Kerry over the years
and never heard back from him. Suddenly he's running for president
and he's all hot and heavy to use them to his advantage."
Why I cannot vote for John
Kerry
- Here is one voter's list.
'YOU'RE GOING TO FIND US WORKING' - "So
here's what we're going to fight for, and we're going to fight
for it every single day, not just through this election, but
from the day we win until the day we raise our hands and every
day thereafter. You're not going to have to look for us
on vacation. You're going to find us working for America."
--- Kerry Delivers Remarks At Campaign Event, Cleveland, OH,
7/7/04
Kerry
has missed more than 80% of Senate votes this year, the AP reports.
more>