Kerry to meet with French president

[wicket]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/01/13/kerry_to_meet_with_french_president/

Sen. John Kerry will meet Friday with French President Jacques Chirac, U.S. and French officials said.


The Massachusetts Democrat who lost the November election to incumbent President Bush has relatives in France and speaks French.

Kerry's stop in Paris was part of a trip to Europe and the Middle East, the U.S. Embassy in Paris said Thursday. Kerry was also to meet with French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier.

The senator's office in Washington did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

[BlueEyedSon]

1. Heh, two "French" guys meeting up. LOL.

Sorry, I'm so freaked out today my sense of humor is a little dysfunctional.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

10. Kerry's American last time I checked

I'd say your humor is very dysfunctional.

[BlueEyedSon]

12. Don't you remember the ABSURD sliming Kerry took?

("yeah, and he looks French!")

[liberalnurse]

25. I get it.......

I'm cool with the joke.......:shrug:

[mattclearing]

63. I thought: "Well, that's one sure way to get media coverage."

Nothing like playing into their bullshit stereotypes.

[Kellanved]

2. he met Schröder and Fischer today

So a stop in Paris seems more than likely.

[LisaM]

3. Did he make some power-sharing deal with * or something?

I like Kerry, but I find it more than a bit odd that he is going on a tour of Iraq and then meeting with foreign leaders just AFTER losing (or maybe not losing) an election.

[Pirate Smile]

17. Well, he will be questioning Condi during her confirmation hearing so

maybe he wanted to find out what the hell is going on in the rest of the world.

I think he is doing his job.

Staying busy is probably easier then sitting and replaying the election in his mind.

[saltpoint]

4. Kerry can speak with Chirac et al in their own tongue --

-- while Dubya stumbles over simle declarative sentences.

Europeans must be wondering about U.S. voters' judgment.

[MadisonProgressive]

48. "Europeans must be wondering about U.S. voters' judgment."

Oh, master of the understatement....:headbang:

[saltpoint]

56. I was trying to round the edges : )

Excellent avatar, by the way.

[ohtransplant]

5. Go JK

He literally speaks their language.

I'd love to see him become a major opposition factor when back in the Senate.

I'll bet he's collected much info on his travels.

I'll bet * and co. hate that he's talking to the French.

[txaslftist]

61. Well yeah! None of them know what he's saying.n/t

[alexisfree]

6. is Kerry doing a president's job????

[LiberalEsto]

15. Why not?

He's the rightful President. Or will be on Jan. 20, since Al Gore is still Presidnt for now.

[BigMindTinyHead]

30. "Al Gore is still Presidnt for now"

Then why does bush keep showing up in his place for public meetings?

As for 1/20/05 crowning Kerry as President, I'd like to know what TV station is broadcasting that inauguration.

[Name removed]

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[sweetladybug]

38. BigMindTinyHead, Bush can "show up in public meeting" instead

of our legal President(Al Gore) If you haven't noticed, Bush and his crime family are verrrrrry good at stealing elections, but he can do this since he and his crime family own the media, have most of the money in this country and have absolutely no conscience. Bush and his crime family are the phoniest pieces of shit I've ever witness. I am ashamed of our country and ashamed to call myself an american with the crap these con men have pulled on our citizens and the rest of the world.

[Laurab]

47. Certainly the only one I'd watch NT

[txaslftist]

62. ...and someone has to do it. n/t

[YvonneCa]

36. Yessssss!!!!!!!!!!!

Go, Kerry, Go!!!

:7

[Botany]

7. Yes and his French is better than W's English

Dream ....... His trip is the groundwork..... the fraud is exposed.......
Rove goes to jail......W wets himself ...... Cheney is looking at a cyanide
pill as the FBI is pounding at his door ...... Kerry Sworn in

It is better than the nightmare of bush for 4 more years not being
even able to speak to any world leaders by himself.

[alexisfree]

8. wow

I like that....mmmm zzzzzzzzzzzz

[SnoopDog]

9. Maybe your dream is true... We can hope!

Does seem odd (in a good way) that he is visiting so many countries and world leaders. We can hope..

[Botany]

11. Dreams are all I have left

I live in Ohio. I saw the fraud. And now the chimp is going to have
his Texas oil buddies drop 40,000,000 on his Re Kinging thingy.


When you wish upon a star .....
makes no difference who you are .....

Please Dear Lord can we not show this farce of an election is the same as
the farce of WMDs.

p.s. I forgot Rush O.D.s ...... Bill gets the buzz toy stuck ......

[TayTay]

26. Well, * visited Canada

and got the finger. Several times. And the Canadian press seriously talked about have * arrested for war crimes. Maybe that's why he can't travel abroad. Even the Irish, who used to like everybody, hated *.

The weirdest Kerry crticism I heard during the campaign was that he spoke French with an American accent. Well duh!

[LittleClarkie]

20. I'd settle for Kerry with a sharp stick

poking the Bush Administration over, and over, and over, until they're sorry they ever pissed him off.

Right now he looks more presidential than Bush could ever hope to.

[bunny planet]

39. Oh I wish that little fantasy of yours could come true!!!!!!!!

I just ordered a book from Buzzflash on how to stay sane and survive four moran years!!!!! I think it's called the Bush survival Bible or something like that. There's a book I wish I wasn't going to need.

[Patchuli]

43. We got the book for Christmas

and it's a lifesaver!

Another one we all need to read is "Don't Think of An Elephant" by George Lakoff. We must learn how to frame our messages. The general
American public doesn't understand nuance.

[bunny planet]

51. I've been meaning to buy that one too. We need all the advice we can get.

[renaissanceguy]

50. Wishful thinking.

Until Americans begin to actually CARE that they have been lied to and cheated against, nothing will happen. They need to start getting outraged, like they should.

http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues.16472020

[mcar]

13. I really like this

This'll make the Freepers heads explode!

[MasonJar]

14. I'd rather have him inaugurated, but since Bush scammed again

I think it is absolutely marvelous dah-ling that John is patching up some past alliances for the US. He needs to come back and flail Bush alive.

[yinkaafrica]

16. I wonder what his plan is? This seems very out of the ordinary

[Redstone]

18. Omigod, he's talking to the French!

Strip him of his passport! Ride him out of town on a rail!

Didn't bush and them tell us the French are the enemy?

What's next, will he talk to the dirty Cubans, further undermining our proud democracy and draining us of our precious bodily fluids?

Redstone

[txaslftist]

64. forget the Cubans, he might talk to the Germans!

...or the Belgians, or the Swiss or the Italians or the Spanish or the ...

Well, we seem to have a lot of official enemies these days.

[Deja Q]

19. What's flippy gonna do? Agree with him about the war being wrong?

And only a couple of weeks after praising the troops too.

Kerry can go cheney himself. He will not EVER get a vote from me again. Bush proved him right. And I feel sick to say it because (1) that makes Kerry a true louse and (2) it gives * some small amount of credibility. It's (2) that truly makes me ill.

[LittleClarkie]

21. I'm not even sure what you're trying to say here

Bush proved Kerry right? That's bad?

What reports are you talking about? Kerry praised the troops, but said the war was wrong? Are those things mutually exclusive? Bush agreed? And that's bad?

I'm having trouble following your point.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch....

Flippy? FLIPPY!?!?!? No wonder we might have lost. If you're going to go around spouting RNC talking points, you might as well join the bastards. Apparently you think Bush has gained "credibility." I say this trip make Bush look smaller and smaller by the day, as Kerry does what a president should, showing the sorry bastard up.

www.kerryoniraqwar.com Kerry: consistent and right.

As for your vote: good. Let this be a lesson to you. Don't support a candidate you don't support ever, ever again.

[Deja Q]

24. Oh get a grip. We're all pawns in the politicians' game.

And the true kings are the CEOs of America's largest corporations.

(also, before you blow your silly stack again, the position of the apostrophe in my subject line is properly placed. It's PLURAL. Not a kerrysmear(tm).)

Frankly my dear chap, it doesn't matter who we vote for. Or why. It's seems to be all the same for nought these days. And like others had said, CLinton was the best president the repukes ever had. (though I did my own research before joining in with that choir...)

Also, I was speaking IN THE EYES OF THE SHEEPLE. Not from me as me by me of me. How dare you mix me in with them? Yet alone consider me a freeper.

Sorry. I've made my decisions based on observations. And on no one set of talking points. I am a free thinker. Everybody's got a reason to hate me. And like I've said long before today, Kerry's post-election attitude did far more to suggest he flip-flopped than anything else. (before the election = fighter for the people. Surprisingly quickly after the election despite a lot of evidence there was foul play = "I concede". Sounds like flip-flopping to me; tell me where I'm wrong (and without the puerile accusatory shit either. Grow up or don't bother.))

You'd be surprised at what we agree on, though I doubt it matters. You're a kerrybot. Freepers are bushbots. I am nobody's bot. I openly apologize if I've misinterpreted, but I always speak my mind and learn from it; rather than taking sides and squirming to find ways to justify even the slightest non-sequitur that any given elected official makes.

I've said my peace. You can put me on ignore now.

[aikido15]

55. Agreed!

Repukes and Dems are both useless. I have had it with corporatocracy. Both sides are globalization freaks, no matter what the cost to the environment, human life and liberty, and with no concern for public opinion here or abroad.

What we do to the poor people in 3rd world countries by supporting either side, because they are both guilty of holding countries economically hostage, is criminal. US robs people, rapes the country of it's resources and if they resist we replace them with ruthless dictators, if necessary with the help of CIA death squads.

Makes ya proud to be an American doesn't it?

It's time for a revolution and a new progressive democratic socialist movement...something that takes care of the majority of working class people, not just the wealthy and big business. That's where my energy is going to go, not to the traditional losers, never again. My conscience won't let me go there.

The whole government including the Democratic wimps in Congress sicken me.

Color me an anarchist and site me for sedition, fuck it!

:puke:

[txaslftist]

65. What a tremendously wacky post!

And someone else agreed with it!?!?

I don't understand how you could agree with it.

I've got 7 years of higher education, 12 years in a job in which semantics the the primary and defining skill and I'm damned if I understood half of that wacky post.

You go guys, the men in the lab coats are pleased you are making progress.

[merh]

22. Bush proved him right? WTF does that mean?

:wtf:

[Deja Q]

23. flip-flopper. Kerry also talked of fighting and not surrendering, until

the day after the election where he made his happy little speech conceding to Bush.

Sounds like a flip-flop to me.

[TheDonkey]

32. and that's an original phrase for a free thinker

spouting the same freeper trash doesn't scream independent thought rather is wreaks of bitter feelings.

[merh]

37. Have you been studying under rove or do you just like repeating

right wing propaganda? Of course, it could be just that you only see things in black and white and do not have any idea how complicated the world is, but I would hate to sell you short in that way. For, if that is how you see the world and life, then you are no better than the right wingers.

The only flip flopper that I know of is the weed. If you find yourself agreeing with him in any way, shape or form, then go look in the mirror and see if you are leaning to the right just a tad. That's how it begins, just a tad, then a little more and a little more.

I prefer to think you were rove'd. You do use their rhetoric.

[pinerow]

27. Why...??? Who gives a crap what Kerry does.

nt

[Just Me]

40. *LOL* Apparently, there are those who "worry" about what Kerry does.

Isn't that funny?

Who the f*ck would be threatened by a "loser" like Kerry? *grin*

Kerry is and will always be a true PATRIOT,...not for some profit-sucking or spoiled CIC,...but for both the potential of "democracy" and the potential of "the people".

Frankly, he MAY be doing everything he can to SAVE OUR NATION and our people,...along with others,...than you could possibly imagine yourself doing.

So,...imagine yourself being humbled to a place where both hope and possibilities,...still exist beyond cynicism and hopelessness.

[stepnw1f]

28. JK Does More in the Last Month Than the Guy That Stole the Election

Moral of the story: JK makes a better Senator than Bush makes a Prez.

[Der Blaue Engel]

29. Moral of the story:

John Kerry makes a better PRESIDENT as Senator than Bush makes as Prez.

;)

[BigMindTinyHead]

31. We need to start facing reality

No to be too serious but some I have seen claiming Gore as President and Kerry as the incoming President just makes us look not too pretty smart.

[Name removed]

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[BigMindTinyHead]

35. That kind of talk is not smart

And zero sense of humor.

[Bridget Burke]

59. You can be proud of Your President if you wish...

We've got a pretty firm grasp on reality, but we like to play with words.

We're not Morans!

[merh]

57. I suppose that you are referring to yourself when you use the

"us" reference. If so, I agree you don't appear too smart.

[Just Me]

41. What are your credentials? Who defines reality? Why are you here?

Actually, I would reverse those questions.

Why are you here?

Who defines "reality"?

What are your credentials (which are pertinent to whether or not you have the capacity/skill/exposure/experience to render judgment on,...well,...anything *LOL*)?

[Bouncy Ball]

45. You know what?

I'll call them whatever I want.

Just like I call your president (he's not mine) a Warmongering Murderous Lying Thieving Bastard Asshole Son of a BITCH.

Take that.

[Der Blaue Engel]

53. Now, Bouncy, don't mince words...

...tell us how you really feel!

:toast:

[txaslftist]

66. Bouncy, I'm afraid that's too long...

You're gonna have to acronym that:
WMLTBASOB.

[Der Blaue Engel]

52. That's your opinion

and you're welcome to it.

:hi:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

67. Search by Author, here I go. (nt)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

69. Well, well, well,

THAT was enlightening.

[stepnw1f]

68. JK Does More in the Last Month Than the Guy That Stole the Election

JK Does More in the Last Month Than the Guy That Stole the Election
JK Does More in the Last Month Than the Guy That Stole the Election
JK Does More in the Last Month Than the Guy That Stole the Election
JK Does More in the Last Month Than the Guy That Stole the Election
JK Does More in the Last Month Than the Guy That Stole the Election
JK Does More in the Last Month Than the Guy That Stole the Election
JK Does More in the Last Month Than the Guy That Stole the Election
JK Does More in the Last Month Than the Guy That Stole the Election
JK Does More in the Last Month Than the Guy That Stole the Election

Get Over IT!

Sucka!
:headbang:

[njdemocrat106]

42. Good. Kerry can definitely heal our relations with France

at least in the eyes of the French, hopefully. The French would rip Bush a new one if Bush ever visited.

[leesa]

44. So he IS in league with the devil! LOL!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

58. ya see!!!!!

he always meets with the enemy to sell out murikkka!!!!

/nascar mode disengage

[Don1]

46. Good timing

The timing of Kerry going to these countries is politically smart.

(1) It shows how selfish Bush is, since he is "stuck" in the US planning for his inauguration.
(2) Bush planned to go to NATO countries in February, so it is preemptive on Kerry's part.

Because of these two points, Kerry has the potential to steal Bush's thunder. On the other hand, it might not be as effective as it could be since the media may decide to give it little coverage.

[Laurab]

49. What if

after Kerry's trip, the people who won't deal with shrubby will talk, but only to him? The foreign press writes glowing reports of his dipolomacy? The soldiers that he personally visited and spoke to speak with him on a regular basis? There are so many more possibilities - even probabilities, that could come from his trip. The main one I like though is that, in some way it's going to piss bushit off bigtime.

[CoffeeCat]

54. Me likey this...

I'm loving Kerry's world tour, because I believe he's doing some major kick-ass diplomacy.

Does everybody remember during the campaign when Kerry intimated that certain "world leaders" said they preferred a Kerry presidency? Kerry refused to name names.

This caused a big uproar with the Rethugs, who won the PR battle on this issue--because Kerry took the high road and respected confidentialities.

Well things are a bit different now. AREN'T THEY????

The world hates Bush even more. Iraq has spiraled into hell. Bush is in his last term, and these "world leaders" might not give a rip if their negative opinions of Bush and his policies are made public.

I'm guessing that Kerry has decided to make changes--as if he IS the president. He's been in Iraq and witnessing that unGodly disaster for himself. Now, he's speaking to world leaders about the situation.

Possibly--Kerry may return with a cogent Iraq strategy--and he may have the support of other world leaders.

Wouldn't that be grand?

Bush's Iraq numbers are the lowest ever. Bush and his ilk barely mention Iraq, unless its fantasy spin and bullshit. Here comes Kerry with some sensible solutions and honest observations--with many prominent world leaders on board. Maybe Kerry's plan will involve greater contributions from other nations. Maybe Kerry has coalesced greater world involvement--that is contingent upon Kerry's Iraq ideas being implemented.

This....I would love to see. Kerry usurping the president, and acting as president from the Senate floor.

Kerry as diplomat. Kerry as statesman. Kerry as world leader. Bush as towel boy.

[underpants]

60. I thought he WAS the French President

I need to reread that NewsMax article