John Kerry
I can only shake my head when I see those white posters with the iconic red crosses at the campus where I work.
Give blood? Sure.
Except that my blood is not the right kind of blood. My donation, after completing the form in which I am asked point-blank about my sex life, will be summarily thrown away–despite the fact that this blood could save another life.
Senator John Kerry wrote an eloquent, reasoned editorial calling for an end to this discriminatory practice in Boston’s local gay newspaper, Bay Windows. The distinguished statesman from my home state debunks the reasons that gay men are legally banned from donating blood in the United States.
Among the reasoned arguments: Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports workers at John Kerry's 1 Bowdoin Square office were evacuated around noon. Workers were allowed back in an hour later after a hazmat crew determined the package was stable enough to be transported to a state lab. The Herald reports the package may contain cooking oil.
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?
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.
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.
Just evaporated
79% (112 votes)
Two years is a long time
16% (23 votes)
Don't know
2% (3 votes)
I don't much keep up with current events; who is John Kerry?
2% (3 votes)
Total votes: 141
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.
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