John Kerry

The Los Angeles Times reports on a health-care "reform" pushed by John Kerry (and, to be fair, by the late Ted Kennedy) that would require insurers to pay for Christian Science counseling sessions as a health-care expense.

Via Deb Geisler, who requests our new senior senator read up on the First Amendment's separation clause.

Our Temporary Senator said yesterday his naming means he can now work on 800 outstanding requests from Massachusetts residents. Jay Fitzgerald wonders:

Do you think John Kerry could help out responding to those 800 constituent inquiries? Never mind.

He posts some other questions about the Kirk naming.

Rknrll photographed the scene outside Sen. Kerry's health-care session tonight. Not sure why the woman dressed up in boxing gloves.

Bowes3 provided a blow-by-blow from inside the session.

Photo copyright rknrll. Posted in Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Stephen Lynch seems to think so. Of course, his ascension to the house of solons would require John Kerry to be appointed Secretary of State or something. But he's got $1-million+ burning a hole in his bank account and running in a special election would mean he gets to stay in the House when he loses, so why not?

On the Republican side, "party leaders and consultants" are actually chatting up Bill Weld. Bill Weld? When did they repeal the residency requirement for running for statewide office?

Springfield Republican: FBI probes agent's role in brother's campaign for John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat.

Via Blue Mass. Group.

Watch it here.

Those rumors couldn't be true, could they?

For one thing, he's not.

To seek $1 billion to make it world class.

Student Tasered At Sen. Kerry Event In Florida:

... As Kerry tells the audience he will answer the student's "very important question," Meyer struggles on the ground and yells at the officers to release him, crying out, "Don't Tase me, bro," just before he is Tasered. He is then led from the room, screaming, "What did I do?" ...

Tom Finneran, meanwhile, apparently found the tasering quite funny.

Only catch: You have to like John Kerry.

Kerry vows never to tell a joke again.

Seth Gitell reports that before a 63rd birthday party at Ned Devine's, John Kerry met with a bunch of Demmie bloggers at a downtown office today - possibly in an attempt to persuade them he actually has a shot in 2008.

Charles Foster Kane would have thought the last people to attack somebody over a botched joke would be Dennis and Callahan:

... You'll recall they are the geniuses behind the racist comments about Metco gorillas waiting for buses, but of course they say they were misintrepreted. So, since they're unwilling to believe Kerry was making a joke I don't buy their excuses either. Both of them are lying, racist, scumbags if one is to apply the same standard to them that they are now applying to John Kerry.

Jay Fitzgerald: John 'Both Ways' Kerry has got himself into another one of those situations in which he valiantly tries to fight his way out of a paper bag of his own making.

... The guy's a first-class dork. We all know it. We all know he didn't mean what he said. We all also know he didn't mean what he said what he said when he was defending what he said. We all know his criticism of the Bush adminstration's criticism of his criticism and his counter criticism of the Bush adminstration's criticism was total BS. We all know it. ...

Dan Kennedy finds it interesting that Fitzgerald, no Kerry fan, recognized the failed Bush joke for what it was, yet still attacks him:

... Kerry just hasn't engendered any good will over the years, so there's nothing he can fall back on now this side of the Daily Kos. ...

Joke or not, is it really worth threatening to kill Kerry over?

Hub Politics: It is an absolute riot to watch liberal minions make any attempt to defend the junior Senator: Read more

Oh! So John Kerry was trying to make a joke about the White House, not our armed forces in Iraq. Way to go, Senator! Karl Rove's payment is in the mail. David on Blue Mass. Group throws a tomato:

... Senator, let's just try leaving the political comedy to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, shall we? It's much funnier when they do it, and nobody gets hurt.

Pundit Review doesn't buy the joke explanation for a second.

Cranky: Senator, you're no Jon Stewart. You're a fucking idiot!

Hey, John! is a blog aimed at convincing John Kerry to give up some of the millions in campaign funds he's sitting on so Democrats can win this year.

Via W. A. Hurd, who notes that Rep. Marty Meehan, facing no competition this year, is also sitting on a large wad of cash.

David Stephenson looks at that photo of John Kerry with his arms around a couple of Facebook kiddies and all he can do is wonder if Kerry really has a soul:

... Guess what, Clueless John: it ain't photo ops that are going to win over the kids (or those of us on the far side of 60, for that matter): it's VALUES (not to mention for those of us who live in the Commonwealth, actually bringing home the bacon (how can you have served alongside Ted Kennedy since 1984 and not learned a few lessons, such as that the trifecta he's polished of a) being the conscience of the Democratic Party b) being effective in the Senate (exactly how many bills have you gotten through???) and c) actually serving your constituents????). ...

Just for argument's sake, let's pretend that John Kerry and Kerry Healey divorce their spouses, then marry each other. Would Kerry Healey change her name to Kerry Kerry (and then go challenge New Hampshire's Dudley Dudley to a double-name grudge match - unless, of course, Dudley Dudley then one upped her by marrying former wrestler Dudley Dudley, thus making her Dudley Dudley Dudley)?

That's probably what was going through the mind of the Globe copy editor who, no doubt at the very brink of deadline, wrote

Kerry's spouse nets $5.8m in stock sales

to headline a story today that was about Sean Healey, not Teresa Heinz Kerry.

Via Blue Mass. Group, which notes that boston.com has changed the headline to Healey's spouse nets $5.8m in stock sales.

There's a whole 'nother world westa Worcester. And many folks out there see things a bit differently than we do. For example, even our local conservative blogs have yet to note, as have several conservative blogs in the heartland, that Ronald Reagan vetoed the initial appropriation for the Big Dig. Read more

from John Kerry:
Tammy Duckworth lost her legs when the helicopter she was piloting was shot down over Iraq. But, she didn’t lose an ounce of her courage or her commitment to serve. She knows that it’s time for veterans to speak up for a stronger America.

She’s seeking the Democratic nomination in the March 21 Illinois primary for the seat being vacated after 32 years by Representative Henry J. Hyde. With your help, Tammy can bring her perspective on Iraq, health care, and other issues to the floor of the Congress. But, you have to act quickly.

The Unchosen One says Kerry's bogarting of the anti-Bush speech the other day shows it's time for Kerry to fade away:

... I like you, buddy, but you can't be doing stupid antics like that and expect people to take you seriously. If you're not going to be a leader (which you aren't) and you're not going to be a team player (which you weren't in this case) then get the hell out of the way!