Sen. Ted “Wanna go for a ride?” Kennedy announced that he will not support Sen. John “So what if I’m a traitor” Kerry if he decideds to continue in his dillusional quest for the White House in 2008.
What’s extra special about this announcment today? It comes on Sen. John Kerry’s birthday.
Happy birthday, Lurch. Now go away.
Or don’t.
Seems like the only things you’re any good at are: a) marrying well, and b) helping Republicans win the Presidency.
From Ed at Captain’s Quarters:
Kerry owes his political career to Ted Kennedy, and the senior Massachussetts Senator has long championed his protege. Kennedy put his efforts behind Kerry in 2003, helping to push the junior Senator with the wafer-thin legislative record into the 2004 nomination after Howard Dean melted down in Iowa. Kennedy has apparently had enough, however, as has … well, everyone but Kerry.
Will this convince Kerry to end the fantasy? That’s the problem with the obsessed — they don’t know when to quit. If losing to a vulnerable George Bush didn’t convince him that he’s unelectable, then Kennedy’s wavering probably won’t do it, either.
About the only thing that could stop Kerry’s dillusions is if Terresa Heinz-Kerry tells her little man that she’s not going to waste any more of her money funding his next campaign.
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MORE: Heh. Sister Toldjah reminds us of this gem from former Senator Zell Miller (DINO–GA):
And no pair has been more wrong, more loudly, more often than the two Senators from Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry.
Senator Kennedy “rethinks” support of possible Kerry presidential bid (UPDATED)
Bad news for Senator Kerry – on his birthday, no less – via the Boston Globe:
WASHINGTON –Senator Edward M. Kennedy Monday dropped his public commitment to support Senator John F. Kerry in a 2008 presidential race, saying that he won’t wait…
Will Kennedy support Hillary? I doubt it.
Kerry is so rich it doesn’t matter to him if he spends it like water when he must realize he has no chance to be nominated again. I think a lot, not all, of ultrarich people no longer find satisfaction in their riches alone. They must seek fulfillment from power or some sense that their very existence is more important to the human race than that of a mere mortal.
Who Would Continue to Support Kerry
Then of course, the “botched joke” debacle, we have to wonder at Kerry’s mental state at this point if he actually does decide to run for president again. Of course it would be very entertaining to watch the spectacle. I am all for a good show and q…
Well put, Dianne.
As a native of Massachusetts now living in Texas, I sometimes find myself so embarrassed of the liberal politics in Mass., that I tell people I’m from N.H.! Not quite as bad.