Today's News (Dedicated to Firespirit)

[TayTay]

Think you might like this one, honey.

Scroll down to the middle of the story.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/pmupdate/s_294055.html

Yeah, that's nice.

[TayTay]

1. another version of this nice story

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/01/17/kerry_criticizes_election_outcome_at_mlk_day_breakfast/

Yes!

[TayTay]

24. Another Globe story on 1/17/05

Still AP, but a little more info

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/017/region/Kerry_criticizes_election_outc:.shtml

Nice. Too bad he had to share a dias with that Rethug Gov Romney. (I've seen him in ads with his shirt off when he ran for Gov in 2002. Feh!)

[vinessa4freedom]

2. They were inspiring...

Go, johnny, go! I think he's only just begun. OMG I just used to musical cliches in one line. Arg! I'm going to have to de-cliche myself before essay writing.

[whometense]

3. My president.

This makes me well up.

At a King day breakfast on Boston, Sen. John Kerry made some of his strongest comments since Election Day about problems with voting in some states.

While reiterating that he did not contest the presidential election, Kerry said: "I nevertheless make it clear that thousands of people were suppressed in the effort to vote. Voting machines were distributed in uneven ways. In Democratic districts, it took people four, five, 11 hours to vote, while Republicans (went) through in 10 minutes -- same voting machines, same process, our America."

"Martin Luther King reminded us that yes, we have to accept finite disappointment, and I know how to do that," Kerry said to chuckles from listeners. "But he said we must ... never give up on infinite hope."

[vinessa4freedom]

4. Hey John Kerry...

Are you listening? Well, we think :yourock:

[TayTay]

5. And from the second story

in the Globe:

In his comments, Kerry also compared the democracy-building efforts in Iraq with voting in the U.S., saying that Americans had their names purged from voting lists and were kept from casting ballots.

"We're here to celebrate the life of a man who if he were here today would make it clear to us what our agenda is, and nothing would be made more clear on that agenda that in a nation which is willing to spend several hundred million dollars in Iraq to bring them democracy, we cannot tolerate that too many people here in America were denied that democracy," Kerry said.

Hey Firespirit. Keep the Faith! The work you did was noticed. Nice!!!

[whometense]

6. Video here:

http://www.boston.com/news/necn/

Kerry Lashes Out At Bush At MLK Breakfast

[vinessa4freedom]

7. excellent

Oh, he is so powerful. I don't get how anyone can even dare call him weak. Thank you for putting that up. How long do you think they'll leave the video up?

[whometense]

8. I think it'll be up for at least

a few days. At the end of the report she said she had a more complete report on his remarks coming up on the 12:30 news. Maybe they'll put up an expanded version.

[angrydemocrat]

14. Thanks For The Link To Video

It was so to see and hear him. This man is ready to fight! He is ready to bring * and all his cronies DOWN!!! How could anyone in their right mind doubt this man he is such a leader and a fighter.

John Kerry is my hero and my president! JK :yourock:

[whometense]

15. I am ridiculously happy

whenever I see him on TV. He really does inspire me. :loveya:

[Firespirit]

16. OK, you made me post this.

My totally clean fantasy that gives me orgasmic glee nonetheless.

Kerry'll bring them down, all right, once the irrefutable PROOF comes out. But he'll do it in a gentlemanlike way, a la the debates. Confident, eloquent, yet passionate and outraged. A total smackdown. (I don't know how he does it... seriously. How he remains so COOL when he delivers his TKO punches.)

Can you IMAGINE the anger and determination of John Forbes Kerry with a personal injury to resent and avenge? Oh boy. I wouldn't want to be the target of it, that's for sure.

Indictments. Resignations. The sweeeeeet smell of GOP backstabbing.

Kerry's done it before and he's gonna do it again.

No, probably not **. But he'll be totally ineffective, basically CASTRATED for the remainder of his term, and he'll rue the day he met Karl Rove (who will be the subject of a criminal investigation) and WISH he'd taken the loss rather than allow them to steal him another term. He'll be counting the days till he can get back to his Western White House or whatever it is, and pretend he's still Preznit.

Then, out goes that Diebold/Triad/ES&S crap, courtesy of you-know-who.

Republican AKA Election Fraud Party: DOA.

2008 frontrunner by early 2007... if not before. Can you say "INEVITABILITY"??

*faints from the frenzy*


PLEASE OH PLEASE LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

[TayTay]

17. Amen Sister Amen

I am with you this morning in the Church of Eternal Justice (and Payback.) You have expressed a powerful and commonly held dream here in this forum. I love it!

[whometense]

18. ooooh...

I love the way you think.

Another amen from me!!!

[vinessa4freedom]

22. yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it will happen, it will happen, it will happen! :bounce: Got a little bounce in my step today.

[TheDonkey]

9. Yay, Kerry's back in the US. Here another look at the story

Original poster: paineinthearse
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/kerry/art... /

Kerry criticizes election outcome at MLK Day breakfast
January 17, 2005

-snips-

BOSTON --U.S. Sen. John Kerry, in some of his most pointed public comments yet about November's presidential election, invoked Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy on Monday as he criticized President Bush and decried reports of voter disenfranchisement on election day.

Kerry, Bush's Democratic challenger, spoke at Boston's annual Martin Luther King Day Breakfast. He reiterated that he decided not to challenge the election results, but went on to say that "thousands of people were suppressed in the effort to vote."
"Voting machines were distributed in uneven ways. In Democratic districts, it took people four, five, eleven hours to vote, while Republicans sorted through in ten minutes -- same voting machines, same process, our America," he said.
In his comments, Kerry also compared the democracy-building efforts in Iraq with voting in the U.S., saying that Americans had their names purged from voting lists and were kept from casting ballots.

"We're here to celebrate the life of a man who if he were here today would make it clear to us what our agenda is, and nothing would be made more clear on that agenda that in a nation which is willing to spend several hundred million dollars in Iraq to bring them democracy, we cannot tolerate that too many people here in America were denied that democracy," Kerry said.

[Firespirit]

10. Thank you!!

For the dedication AND for posting this.

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

Oh, and some obligatory floaties for JK: :loveya:

Of course he's on it. I could tell by what his staffers have said to me that he cares about this issue very deeply. Oh, I feel gooooood!

[TayTay]

11. Bask in the glow

We're with you on this one. Again, tell everyone you know who did all that hard work on the ground (and at their workstations) that there are plenty of people out here who noticed and just love ya for it. You rock kiddo! This problem will get better, but because people like you did something. (Big democratic hug :grouphug: for you!)

[Firespirit]

12. I'm thinking...

...that with John Kerry on the job, things are going to change. And it sure doesn't hurt that so many of our most prominent senators, including the leadership, stood up in support of the challenge on the 6th.

Oh yes, I'm thinking that the Neocon branch of the GOP has stolen its last presidential election.

One reason why I like Kerry so much is that he pays attention to people who are passionate about their issues. He listens to what people have to say, respects a well-informed opinion even if he disagrees with it, and takes ACTION on the issues he does agree with. Such a vast difference from the "money talks" mentality of so many in DC and elsewhere.

Oh, and don't thank ME... I did not go to Ohio, just did some research and statistical work for Rep. Conyers. (And boy do I dislike number crunching. I wanted to get into those damned computers badly, and now I'm quite pumped about designing improved tabulator & DRE prototypes.) Thank those who were on the ground there.

[whometense]

13. I love your optimism.

Your mouth to god's ear,etc.

[ginnyinWI]

19. that's why we can't forget him...

He's just such a decent human being.

Also, he is now and has always been a progressive activist.

...oh yes, and he's easy on the eyes! :loveya: Can you say "Charisma" ??

[whometense]

20. This is Kerry's press release

http://kerry.senate.gov/high/record.cfm?id=230679


Statement of Senator John Kerry


Below is a statement from Senator Kerry in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Kerry spoke this morning at an annual tribute to Dr. King in Boston.

Sunday, January 16, 2005

“There is no greater gift than the one Dr. King gave to each of us.

“Martin Luther King, Jr. challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to action today at home and around the world. His love and faith is alive in millions of Americans who volunteer each day in soup kitchens or in schools, or who refused to ignore the suffering of millions they'd never met in far-away places when a tsunami brought unthinkable destruction. His vision and his passion are alive in churches and on campuses when millions stand up against the injustice of discrimination anywhere, or the indifference that leaves too many behind. “Every Martin Luther King Day, we ask ourselves, ‘what if Dr. King had lived?’ But this year we should challenge ourselves to ask the question not what would Dr. King have done had he lived, but what would he want us to do with the time we have left.

“What would Dr. King want us to do about the injustice of one out of every eight children in our country going without health care? It's time we live up to the ideal of social justice that Dr. King died for on that balcony in Memphis. It's time that we meet our responsibility to see to it that in the richest country on the face of the earth every child has health care and we keep climbing until there's health insurance for the 45 million Americans without it today.

“What would Dr. King want us to do when the right to vote we thought we guaranteed in the 1960s remains incomplete? It's time we live up to Dr. King's dream by making certain that every vote is counted in every county in every state in every part of our nation in every election bar none.

“Dr. King led a generation that fought and bled for freedom. The weapons they faced were fire-hoses and night-sticks and dogs – and intolerance. They braved them with conscience and guts, faith and determination. They fought and many died so that all Americans might be free.

“Now it's time for all of us to apply the same sense of conscience, the same guts, the same determination, and the same faith in all we can be to change our America for the better – and to finish Dr. King's work at home and around the world.”

###

[whometense]

21. Picture

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., speaks to reporters after his appearance at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast in Boston, Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, where Kerry said thousands were wrongly prevented from voting in the U.S. presidential election. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

[vinessa4freedom]

23. He looks a little tired

but nowhere near what we mere mortals would look like after traveling around the world all last week and going to a fancy pants ball on returning. I'd have bags under my eyes the size of the Mt. St. Helens lava dome. Look at him! He is Superman!:loveya:

[TayTay]

25. I saw him on local tv (Jealous) on 3 channels

and he looked fine. Laughing with Lani Guiner. Looked like he was having a fine old time. Possible the tired lines didn't show up on his face until you pulled the camera in close.

[vinessa4freedom]

26. At least you don't take him for granted

You know how lucky you are.:) He actually looks great in the video, I think it might just be the photo. Cameras do lie sometimes. He seems really energetic and ready to roll, too. This is going to be a great year for him, I feel it.

[DoBotherMe]

27. What's the euphemism?

Uterus implosion? Every time I see him or hear him I just want to ....:evilgrin: I even got to touch and smell him a couple times at rallies, all my senses were in overload and I felt faint. GOD I LOVE THAT MAN!

[whometense]

28. eh,

we don't bother with euphemisms here. :evilgrin:

Welcome!!!!!

[elshiva]

30. What is a uteurus implosion anyway?

An orgasm?

[vinessa4freedom]

29. how did you manage the smelling thing?

just out of curiousity...

[DoBotherMe]

31. I always managed to get into the Union pen

right up front on the greet line so I HUGGED him and brushed my cheek against his face and inhaled deeply!

[vinessa4freedom]

33. OK Dana- spill

what does he smell like? And...does he inhale back? Sorry, randy today...I couldn't resist.;-)

[DoBotherMe]

34. Naw, he doesn't inhale back

he moves through the line so fast he's already 10 people down before he lets go of the handshake. What does he smell like? Soap, cologne, and hot sweat ... how about that?! His face is soft and his hands are warm, his skin is clear, his eyes are blue, his teeth are white, his fingernails are clean, his clothes are well pressed, his hair is shiny. OH GOD I'M FREAKING OUT AGAIN ... hot flash

[vinessa4freedom]

35. BTW it wasn't a euphemism

just a cheesy metaphor. Taking geology has made geological terminology creep into my speech. (unless it was subconscious, in that case I claim innocence--I mean ignorance)

[DoBotherMe]

36. Picture or hint ... I understand the FEELING

one gets being a Kerrycrat.;-)

[whometense]

32. It's funny-

I heard someone else say that during the campaign "He smells so good!"

I wonder what evil cologne that is??? Women swooning at his feet, etc. :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[vinessa4freedom]

37. goodness, it makes me want to

find out what the heck they mean. I think we have a fair few swooners that have never smelled him, though.

[TayTay]

38. Seriously, you smell candidates?

Ahm, well, that's a new one on me. I can remember hands, facial expressions, eye color, but I don't ever remember smell.

I shall endeavor to pay attention next time. Sounds like I was missing something.

[ginnyinWI]

39. ok taytay, now you've done it

now I have to hit "view all" and read this whole thread from the start--sounds juicy!



edit after read: interesting; soap, cologne and sweat--mmm!:9

[Withywindle]

40. Oooh, I caught a whiff too!

Not nearly as close as Dana did (eeeee), but at the rally in Madison he did pass within a foot or so of me (why I was in the 'Media' section....long story. I do work at a paper, dammit!). It was an unusually warm day for the season and he'd been shaking hands in a crowd vigorously for a long time so there was a little sweat in there...and soap and some hint of cologne, yes, not too strong. But yeah...nice.

The Secret Service read me correctly as no threat. They must have been used to that stunned, glazed expression on women for a long time by then.

[DoBotherMe]

41. As I was stepping up on tiptoes to give the

hug ... a flash ran through my mind that the SS would throw me to the ground ('cuz they were surrounding him) but I couldn't stop myself and they did nothing other than close in tighter. Kerry's a hugger don't you know. :9

[WildEyedLiberal]

42. How did I miss this thread?

Dammit!

I'd kill to smell him. Among other things. :evilgrin:

[whometense]

43. I swear,

you can't leave the room for a second! ;-)

[DoBotherMe]

44. I thought I was going to be killed (or thrown to the

ground) but as I said, I just went for it, common sense eluded me. I've got it bad for Pterodactyl. Had pics of him plastered over all over my room, read "Tour of Duty" over and over (first time I read it, I was shook for a week remembering that in '68 my worries were what to wear to the skating rink and he was dodging bullets), frantically hunted pix and flattering stories on the net, listened to his speeches and rallies on cspan. Even drempt about him (still do). He's definitely a sex symbol to me. My daughter told me that she and her fiance were perusing a second-hand store and came across a bust of John Kennedy that she suggested she might buy for me ... her fiance said, "I'm not buying your mom any sex toys." LOL. D ; )