Francis Schuelka endorses Kerry

[Feanorcurufinwe]

the scene on the second floor of the Oskaloosa Public Library had all the makings of a political love fest. As Yarrow strummed his show closer "If I Had a Hammer," he begged for the attention of his close friend of three decades, Senator John Kerry.

Kerry, deeply engaged at sealing the deal with an undecided voter, waved off Yarrow explaining, "I'm getting a vote; I'm working on a vote!"

Then, as the 50 gathered Iowans clapped and sang, Francis Schuelka turned, clasped the Massachusetts Senator and exclaimed, "He changed me from a Republican to a Democrat!"

The crowd roared, Yarrow danced, and Schuelka pitched, Kerry pledge card in hand, "Fill these out, fill these out! Don't forget to fill these out to support John Kerry, our next President of the United States!"

After such endorsement exhalations one might expect the Kerry camp to combat the Dean news of day with a simple, "Bradley who?" Instead, Senator Kerry responded to the news of Dean's latest endorsement prize with a dismissal offering, "I knew months ago that Bill Bradley was going to endorse Dean. But he doesn't vote in Iowa and he doesn't vote in New Hampshire."

The only thing the Senator forgot to add is: 'But Francis Schuelka does.'
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/TheNote/TheNote.html

[JVS]

1. "He changed me from a Republican to a Democrat!"

Be HEALED!

[blm]

2. One Republican at a time.

Big difference going after Republican voters and Rethuglican voters.

Teresa said once that many moderate Republicans would vote Democratic with the moderate approach to liberal ideas. I took it to mean a moderate LINGUAL approach to promote liberal ideas.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

3. Ha ha

and I thought he (she?) might have been a congress person.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

4. Even better -

a voter.

[Forkboy]

5. THE Francis Shuelka?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

6. yep - THE Francis Shuelka

[oasis]

7. kick for or girl Francis.

[kerrygoddess]

8. That's telling them JK!

[kerrygoddess]

9. more from the note

Howard Dean has NOT won over:

The editorial pages of the Washington Post , the Wall Street Journal , and New York Times ; Tom Oliphant; Joe Lockhart; Ashton Kutcher; James Carville; Gary Hart; this blogger — LINK ; or this one: LINK ; lots and lots of Clinton-Gore alums; Zell Miller.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/TheNote/TheNote.html