May 26, 2004
FOSBURY ON THE CHARLES:
Kerry decides to have conventional convention (Ron Fournier, 5/26/2004, Associated Press)
Bowing to pressure, John Kerry decided Wednesday to accept the nomination at the Democratic presidential convention in July, scuttling a plan to delay the formality so he could narrow President Bush's public money advantage.
Forget the vp slot, John Edwards should take the class action law suit for the whiplash Mr. Kerry is causing the nation. Dude turns around faster than the Tasmanian Devil. Posted by Orrin Judd at May 26, 2004 7:45 PM
What a joke. A guy who must "bow to pressure" in order to do the right thing isn't fit for office.
Posted by: John Resnick at May 26, 2004 8:25 PMFlip-flopping again. Wait a week - and he may change his mind once more. We won't know of his final decision until the Convention.
Posted by: Oswald Booth Czolgosz at May 26, 2004 9:04 PMIf I heard correctly on television this evening on ABC, Kerry yielded to pressure from the White House to Blah Blah Blah. Can you believe that crap. They must think we are blithering idiots.
Posted by: genecis at May 26, 2004 9:17 PMThe Tazmanian Devil is a more lucid speaker...
Posted by: John at May 26, 2004 9:31 PMToo bad - I think pulling the delay would have more than offset the increased funds. But now he has less $ and given the country yet another reason he is unfit for the office.
Posted by: AWW at May 26, 2004 10:59 PMAnd embarrass poor old Arthur Schlesinger Jr. like that. Have you no sense of shame, sir?
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at May 26, 2004 11:31 PMThe latest is that Kerry bowed to pressure from the White House to accept the nomination. So Kerry, running against Bush, is cowed by the White House? Give me a break ! This campaign is pathetic.
Posted by: jd watson at May 27, 2004 3:49 AM>The Tazmanian Devil is a more lucid speaker...
At least Taz shows a lot of energy. If he were running, it'd be better than the Dean Scream or the recent Gore Goes Nuts.
Back in the Sixties there was always one minor candidate who'd run as a joke and/or publicity stunt; I haven't seen the like recently since the California Recall.
I remember Pat Paulsen running on the Stag Party ticket in '68(?), where they said California had to pass a law against write-ins of fictional characters or the state's electoral vote could have gone to Snoopy or Batman.
Posted by: Ken at May 27, 2004 4:54 PM