I gave money to John Kerry's campaign in the 2004 election. I still receive calls to this day asking for money. Either its kids needing healthcare or Kerry needing a tutor in foreign policy (see my post about Kerry's undergrad grades) - it seems like its always something my tax dollars, or Senator Kerry, can't fix without an additional $50 from me.
To Senator Kerry: With all due respect, we aren't stupid. We all know you are running again in 2008. When you have your people call us to ask for money, why don't you just have them say it's for that. At least then we can get a laugh out of it and don't have to think about impoverished children all day long.
Sincerely, An Independent thinker who was never impressed with you in the first place and is less impressed with you now.
P.S. Please stop calling me.
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— go to most recent comments1 - Silas Kain
I don't see Kerry making another run for it. I think he's perceived as being a weak candidate and all the Monday morning quarterbacks have pointed out just how inept he was at being a presidential candidate. The Democrat Party needs someone who can connect with the American people. They need a candidate who is the epitome of patriotism, strength and honesty. They need a candidate like John McCain and the Republicans have him.
2 - BillB
I don't know if he has the nads to run in 08.
I'm more pissed that I gave only to find out he hadn't spent about 60 mil or so. If he was saving it for a rainy day he should have looked outside the window. It was coming down pretty good through most of the campaign.
Maybe a few more commercials countering the bogus "he voted for it before he voted against it" nonsense.
Anyone who bothered to look into that one knew what was going down.
They had too much faith in our collective ability get past sound bites.
Then I get an e-mail from the dnc or something looking for cash to challange the election results in Washington State. I replied "Call Kerry".
3 - Brooke Lee
George did the same thing to us. My Father made the biggest mistake of his life; he donated to the Republican Party.
Wanna know how I got 'em to stop calling? I said, "I've asked you numerous times to stop calling this number and asking for money. Since you've not complied I'll be forced to hang up, call the police and procure a restraining order against The National Republican Party."
4 - Marc
silas "I think he's perceived as being a weak candidate and all the Monday morning quarterbacks have pointed out just how inept he was at being a presidential candidate."
Just as a candidate? Overlooking a few things aren't you?
5 bills in a 20 year Senate career - inept.
Reluctant war hero - inept.
Snowborder - inept.
Selector of a wife who possesses civility - inept.
Ability to release Mil service records -inept.
Ability to spend campaign funds correctly - inept.
Ability to speak with "foreign leaders" - well, not inept, just a lying sack of shit.
The list goes on forever pal.
5 - Eric Berlin
Marc -- The election's over. Yet you're still casually tossing personal and mostly baseless attacks out there.
What if we cast the harsh light of the media upon your life? Think you'd hold up to your own lofty standards?
6 - Silas Kain
Marc, the attack on Kerry's wife was uncalled for. All too often candidates are demonized because men can't handle the fact that there are women in this world who are far more qualified to be President like Teresa Heinz Kerry. She's a common-sense, no bullshit kind of woman and that, my friend, is refreshing. When she was the wife of John Heinz, the Republicans thought she was the best thing since sliced bread. She marries a Democrat and she's perceived as the anti-Christ.
7 - RJ
"With all do respect, we aren't stupid."
But, to his credit, the word is "due"... ;-P
8 - Bennett
Wow, two whole paragraphs. Don't strain yourself Justin. BTW, how is this "Parody"?
I really liked Teresa, she has more character and verve than a lot of folks we saw back in '03. Would have loved to see what she did as first lady.
9 - Justin Cole
RJ - thank you! That made me laugh (then I fixed it).
I loved Mama T - she has done amazing things for people all over the world and is truly an American, no matter where she was born.
10 - Blu-Trube
The first few times I saw THK I thought she was boozed up. I'm really not kidding. I'm sorry she may be very intelligent and giving but every news clip I saw of her made her look very harsh and kind of in her own plane of existance. Some real wierd sound bites something about likeing nature and carpet being like nature or something like that. Then there was something about likeing dogs and wishing she was a dog. Those may have been taken out of context but she was strange to me.. I'm no Bush lover. I voted for him because I believed he needed to finish what he started in the war on terror cause we can't walk away now. They will always come to us untill were like Israel with bus bombs on our streets.. unfortunately it will happen someday I'm affraid.
11 - DJRadiohead
I am probably going to regret commenting in the political area of BC, but...
The reason I think John Kerry will not run again (and certainly will not be nominated again) is the perception the Democratic Party cannot win in the "red states" (I hate the term) with a Massachusetts liberal. I think the Democratic Party is going to try and trot out a horse of a different colour in 2008 in an effort to compete in the South and Mountain West.
I wish there was a candidate in this country I felt was worthy of my cash. I have never contributed to a campaign and don't think I ever will.
12 - RJ
I agree. If the Dems want to win, they need a Southerner at the head of their ticket (like the last three Dems who won: BJ Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and LBJ).
John Edwards? Hillary Clinton, pretending she's really a fan of Arkansas? Bill Nelson, assuming he is re-elected to the Senate in Florida?
Slim pickins, folks...
13 - Dave Nalle
The dems could make do with some sort of legitimate political outsider - a Jerry Brown for the new millenium. Too bad they can't just nominate George Sorros rather than one of his puppets - but he's the reason we don't want to pass the law that would let Ahnold run.
Dave
14 - Eric Berlin
Kerry's likely running for president. Whether he can win the nomination is another matter entire. Likely he won't, I'll say.
A "dark horse" candidate a la Dean could emerge on the Dem side anytime between now and 2007 or so. The liklihood of a dark horse on the GOP side emerging is much less, I would say.
Finally, there are plenty of solid Dem candidate potentials from the South if the party wants to go that way: Edwards, Warner, Clark, etc.
15 - John Bambenek
Hillary is going to be the Dem candidate in 08. Move on.
16 - Dave Nalle
>>A "dark horse" candidate a la Dean could emerge on the Dem side anytime between now and 2007 or so. The liklihood of a dark horse on the GOP side emerging is much less, I would say. <<
Thankfully the GOP still has mainstream candidates to offer while they are in short supply among the Dems. They really can't go wrong with McCain, so they always have him as a fallback if they can't find someone younger and a bit sharper.
Dave
17 - Eric Berlin
I'd say that's not a bad bet to make from this early standpoint.
I would bet on Hillary Clinton to beat a straight-up rightwing GOP candidate: Frist, McConnel, Owen, Brownback, et al.
A much more interesting contest would be McCain or Rudy G. v. Clinton. Actually, that would set my heart at considerable ease as it would eliminate the possibility of a deeply rightwing agenda taking hold.
18 - Nancy
The Republicans won't field McCain unless they are absolutely up against the wall for anyone else - especially since they were the ones who trashed him in 2000 against Bush. And frankly, if I were McCain, I'd tell the party where to stick it if they came calling, and run as an Independent, which might be a better thing. McC can certainly raise a sack of money online et al if he does run Indep. The problem for the Republicans is that McCain, aside from having been screwed over by themselves, is not neocon, big-business, religious reich, or Texas nazi enough to be attractive to the GOP; I do believe they'll run Jeb, on the theory that enough Americans will welcome a W clone that they can now openly make the presidency a Bush/neocon family prerogative; or they'll run Frist, or someone else more in the neocon mold. McCain has too much honor and is too honest for the top dogs of the GOP to deal with.
19 - Silas Kain
The 2006 mid-term elections will herald a shift in power and see Frist lose some of his luster. Jeb won't run in 2008, that's virtually guaranteed. He's setting his sights on 2012, if at all. As much as Santorum wants to be President, he's too polarizing.
If the Democrats take back either house in Congress, it will make the Presidential race all the more interesting. I think the Senate may be a reality as there seems to be a shift happening in a few key states.
20 - Nancy
Oh, and apropos the actual subject of the thread, here, I still get calls from both the DNC/MoveOn AND the RNC AND the Nader people! Why, I don't know, because I have never given a nickel to any one of them. They still continue to call despite being ordered to take my name off their lists or be sued. Each time I get the excuse that 'oh, gee - we're sorry; we're just a hired firm given a phone list'. Wish I knew who to contact in all 3 groups to give 'em hell and threaten lawsuits.