posted on August 6, 2004 05:25:59 PM
Linda I agree. Evidently they can't read in Minnesota let alone understand. Why would Mc Cain say he wouldn't accept the VP job if he wasn't asked. Did he pull that out of a hat? Did a little white rabbit come up and say something? I honestly doubt that.
Evidently crow you can't read let alone speak and BTW it isn't nice to mimmic a stutter. They have feelings also.
How many times do I have to C&P. It will take to long because first you have to learn how to read.......or better yet comprehend.
posted on August 6, 2004 05:34:04 PMWhy would Mc Cain say he wouldn't accept the VP job if he wasn't asked. Did he pull that out of a hat?
read my previous post. McCain himself says he was never asked--and why should he lie about it for Pete's sake?!?
As to why he would say he wouldn't accept it: people kept asking him if he would accept if asked.
Linda says "everyone knows" that McCain was Kerry first choice--guess "everyone" doesn't include Kerry or McCain!
Actually I think many people wished for such a ticket. I think it could have been a good one.
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posted on August 6, 2004 05:46:09 PM
Libra you dope, WHERE IN YOUR POST DOES IT SAY, as you allege,MCCAIN was asked to be VP?
WHERE?
If I can't read and YOU are so much better at reading comprehension than I ....... FIND WHERE IT SAYS MCCAIN WAS ASKED!
Show me!
I said one time I didn't want to be a fireman ...SO.... nobody ASKED me, I just said I didn't want to be.
Can your little pea brain understand that or don't you have an answer so you're just beating around the bush like your cowardly friend linduh???????????????????
posted on August 6, 2004 06:39:01 PM
Is to hard for people to understand that both the Republicans and Democrats have very educated people. Kerry put the feelers out and when he realized the John McCain wasn't interested then of course he didn't want to look stupid so he didn't ask. Simple as that. That's nothing to be ashamed of. They both are very intelligent men that would go good for America.
Larry King Live....John and Teresa Heinz. Kerry speaking about John Mc Cain being the VP
KERRY: People suggested that we look at that. There were some people on the other side of the fence, may I say, who reached out and suggested it. John and I chatted briefly about whether or not we should even explore it. And I think in his heart he felt that it was not something he wanted to do, and in the end, we saw issues about it, and we didn't pursue it.
KING: What did you think?
KERRY: It's that simple.
HEINZ KERRY: I like John. I like John. I've even voted for John in Pennsylvania when he ran the last time.
KING: You were a Republican, then.
HEINZ KERRY: Yes, I voted for John McCain.
KING: Would you have supported a Kerry/McCain ticket?
HEINZ KERRY: I think one can say yes or no...
KING: Well, you would have supported it, naturally.
HEINZ KERRY: Well, if he'd chosen him, for sure. But the considerations that go -- that at least that John went through to get to that point were vast, and we didn't look at those...
KERRY: We just never got through any of that process, Larry.
KING: You never went past exploration.
KERRY: Well, we never went never went past that there could be an exploration.
Well Crow there was never a formal offer because John McCain shot it down before he asked. Why would Kerry ask him if he knew he didn't want it? Mc Cain is interested in the Senate and a fine senator he is. He as had bills with many Democrats. See there is someone that can work with both Democrats and Republicans.
posted on August 6, 2004 06:41:31 PMAP: McCain Rejects Kerry's VP Overture
Friday June 11, 2004 8:16 PM
By RON FOURNIER
AP (as in Assiciated Press) Political Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. John McCain has personally rejected John Kerry's overtures to join the Democratic presidential ticket and forge a bipartisan alliance against President Bush, The Associated Press has learned.
Kerry has asked McCain as recently as late last month to consider becoming his running mate, but the Arizona senator said he's not interested, said a Democratic official who spoke on condition of anonymity because Kerry has insisted that his deliberations be kept private. A second official familiar with the conversations confirmed the account, and said the Arizona senator made it clear he won't change his mind.
Both officials said Kerry stopped short of offering McCain the job, sparing himself an outright rejection that would make his eventual running mate look like a second choice.
``Senator McCain categorically states that he has not been offered the vice presidency by any one,'' said McCain's chief of staff, Mark Salter, who would not confirm the officials' account.
Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter declined to comment.
posted on August 6, 2004 06:57:36 PM
Exactly - there are hundreds, if not thousands of links on the internet that said the same thing. kerry was VERY MUCH interested in having McCain run as his VP....all knew that....and McCain was constantly questioned about it each and everytime a journalist or interviewer could ask.
Now...they wish to pretend it wasn't so.
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posted on August 6, 2004 07:08:36 PMMcCain rejects Kerry's VP overture¡¡
Last Updated(Beijing Time):2004-06-12 11:14
Republican Sen. John McCain has personally rejected John Kerry's overtures to join the Democratic presidential ticket and forge a bipartisan alliance against President Bush, The Associated Press has learned.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., right, meets supporters after leaving the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington on Thursday, June 10, 2004. [AP]
Kerry asked McCain in the last two weeks to consider becoming his running mate, but the Arizona senator said he's not interested, according to a Democratic official who spoke on condition of anonymity because Kerry has insisted that his deliberations be kept private.
A second official familiar with the conversations confirmed the account, and said the Arizona senator made it clear he won't change his mind.
Both officials said Kerry stopped short of formally offering McCain the job, sparing himself an outright rejection that would make his eventual running mate look like a second choice.
"Senator McCain categorically states that he has not been offered the vice presidency by anyone," said McCain's chief of staff, Mark Salter, who would not confirm the officials' account.
Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter declined to comment.
The officials said Kerry and McCain talked about the vice presidency on several occasions, with the nominee-in-waiting sketching out a scenario under which McCain could have a significant role over defense and other issues. Despite his respect for Kerry, McCain didn't want to abandon his party and wasn't sure the idea was workable, the officials said. Thus, he told Kerry there would be no need to ask him again to consider the job.
The development may lay to rest speculation that Kerry and McCain would reach across Washington's deep partisan divide and create an unprecedented political partnership.
The notion has been rife with obstacles from the start ¡ª McCain is a strong-willed conservative and Kerry a liberal from Massachusetts who would be loath to surrender presidential responsibilities that McCain might demand.
But the fellow senators and Vietnam veterans are friends, their bond sealed as they worked together to help President Clinton normalize relations with Vietnam. Clinton, who avoided service in the war, needed the political cover from Kerry, a decorated Navy veteran, and McCain, a former prisoner of war.
Democrats have welcomed speculation about McCain, believing that the courtship alone might help Kerry position himself as a moderate.
McCain's cool relationship with Bush fostered Democrats' hopes, but the senator has repeatedly declared his allegiance to the GOP. McCain lost a bitter campaign against Bush for the 2000 Republican nomination, leaving wounds that may never heal.
McCain has said publicly he had no intention of serving as vice president, at times leaving the door open just enough to create a constant buzz. But in private, McCain has long ruled out serving under Kerry, despite his respect for the Democrat, advisers said Friday.
In recent days, officials close to Kerry have repeatedly reached out to McCain's advisers in hopes of persuading the senator to join the ticket.
A GOP maverick, McCain jumped to Kerry's defense when the White House accused the Democrat of being weak on defense. "This kind of rhetoric, I think, is not helpful," he said in March, admonishing the White House.
His shoot-from-the-hip style has made McCain one of the nation's most popular politicians, a champion of campaign finance reform and critic of pork-barrel spending ¡ª two issues that antagonized his fellow lawmakers. They accuse him of being a showboat, but a politically potent one.
A recent CBS News poll found that a hypothetical Kerry-McCain ticket had a 14-point advantage over Bush-Cheney among registered voters, 53 percent to 39 percent. That's much better than any potential Democratic running mates fared in the latest Associated Press poll.
posted on August 6, 2004 07:49:15 PM
Teresa Heinz Kerry and John Kerry interviewed on Larry King.
King: Did you ask McCain to be your running mate?
Kerry: Well, John and I are old friends. We've worked on the appropriation committees and others together through the years. We discussed it.. that,..among other things.
[the above is not verbatim. go to cnn.com and see if you can get the transcript]
If not; take it or leave it, I saw and heard it.
posted on August 6, 2004 08:22:13 PM
Good girl, linda, now since you worked so hard on this and wasted so much "bandwidth" why not answer THE question right here and now. You and Bear have never answered it.
Are you as big of a coward as bush?
Why not just answer it? You never have and you know it.
posted on August 7, 2004 07:30:15 AM
It has now been reported that the "doctor" who said he trerated Kerry's wounds is in fact not the doctor that treated Kerry, his name isn't even on the forms.
He just says that he now "remembers" treating Kerry 35 years ago.
posted on August 7, 2004 10:18:18 AM
This ad is quickly being exposed as a pack of lies. McCain has deplored it. Mike Barnicle called it "Political Porn" on Joe Scarboro's show last night, and even Joe himself wouldn't try to justify it. So many people are looking into the histories and motivation of these so called "shipmates" that this swiftboat is going to sink in no time, with only embarrasment to the Bush campaign. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.
esterday afternoon, the first hole appeared in the hull of the Swift Boat Veterans' ship of lies. A key figure in the SwiftVets' attack against John Kerry admitted that he made a "terrible mistake" in an interview with the Boston Globe. George Elliott, Kerry's former commanding officer admitted that he was given an affidavit to sign by the SwiftVets that attacked Kerry's nomination for the Silver Star. He admitted to feeling pressured into signing the affidavit due to the approaching deadline of the book by John O'Neill. Elliott admitted the mistake and feels that John Kerry deserved his Silver Star.
John O'Neill, the author of the soon to be released book that attacks John Kerry's Vietnam service, never even served on a swift boat at the same time as John Kerry. Kerry was back home in the United States by the time O'Neill took command of his first unit! O'Neill did not even know John Kerry until he was tapped by Richard Nixon. Huh, what was that? Yes, this story gets even more interesting.
These guys saying they served with Kerry is like Bear saying he served with Wesley Clark
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posted on August 7, 2004 11:51:46 AM
"It has now been reported that the "doctor" who said he trerated Kerry's wounds is in fact not the doctor that treated Kerry, his name isn't even on the forms."
And of course, like the last time you posted this, the doctor in question did not sign the form, the medical orderly did.
[ edited by Bear1949 on Aug 6, 2004 06:46 PM ]
