May 17, 2004

IS HE STILL GETTING PAID?:

Citizens group hits Kerry on no-show (Steve Marantz, May 16, 2004, Boston Herald)

A conservative grassroots organizaton is launching a petition drive to force Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] to resign his seat - claiming he missed a key vote last week due to his presidential campaigning.

"Sen. Kerry is working two full-time jobs - we think it would be beneficial to Massachusetts taxpayers if he picked one and focused,'' said Summer Stitz of Citizens United.

Kerry was absent Tuesday when the Senate rejected by one vote a proposal to extend unemployment benefits - an issue he consistently has backed.

President Bush's re-election campaign blasted Kerry's absence, saying he is ``too busy playing politics'' to do his job.


It's perfectly honorable to freeload off of your wife, but not off of the taxpayers of your state.

His resignation is inevitable, but part and parcel of the worst run campaign in modern memory he's let the story get out in front of him instead of dictating its terms himself.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 17, 2004 2:03 PM
Comments

I like the first clause of your first sentence.

Posted by: Chris at May 17, 2004 2:15 PM

OJ--

Why is it inevitable?

Posted by: Brian (MN) at May 17, 2004 3:04 PM

Brian:

http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0304/0304kerryadd.htm

Posted by: oj at May 17, 2004 3:11 PM

Hey Cabana Boy-
Have you cleaned the bathrooms yet?

Posted by: The Wife at May 17, 2004 3:16 PM

Haven't you ever learned that it's not a good idea to quit your job before you have the next one locked up tight?

That's why it's never going to happen, because even The Candidate knows that he won't be up there with his financial source holding the Bible come 20 January 2005.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at May 17, 2004 3:34 PM

Kerry, of course, could have an easy comeback for this - I'll quit my job to campaign when Bush quits his.

Posted by: Russ at May 17, 2004 4:01 PM

Wife:

Still reseeding the lawn...

Posted by: oj at May 17, 2004 4:06 PM

If there were any chance Kerry were going to resign the MA Democrats would already have passed a law to prevent a Republican from replacing him. Ditto if they thought there were any chance he could win.

Posted by: brian at May 17, 2004 5:01 PM

Kerry is not going to quit - he thinks the Senate is the House of Lords.

Posted by: jim hamlen at May 17, 2004 5:40 PM

Isn't there someway to sue him for unearned wages?

He won't quit, though. And why should I care. If he embarasses himself, it is not my problem.

Dear, could rub some lotion on to my back.

Posted by: Robert Schwartz at May 17, 2004 5:50 PM

I vaguely remember a Senate rule that allows it to penalize the salary of an AWOL member. It was raised by Senator Byrd(?) in complaint of Dole's campaign absences. If the GOP leadership had any backbone it would raise it again wrt Kerry.

Not that the loss of salary would hurt him any, but it would be nicely symbolic.

Posted by: Gideon at May 17, 2004 10:27 PM
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