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| 2004-04-07 |
| Callaghan said that on March 17 he dined with Kerry at Jim’s Spaghetti and Steakhouse in Huntington, W.Va., beneath a framed photograph of John F. Kennedy, who attributed his winning the 1960 presidential nomination and election to West Virginia voters. Well, first of all, Kennedy won the election ’cause his daddy bought the state of Illinois. That aside, WTF is Kerry doing in a "spaghetti and steakhouse" on St. Patrick’s Day? His campaign staff is too stupid to arrange a photo op at an Irish pub? |
| Posted by:growler |
| #10 doe steak and spaghetti go together well? |
| Posted by: smokeysinse 2004-04-07 6:34:19 PM |
| #9 His campaign staff is so out of touch they didn't warn him off of ordering a cheesesteak with Swiss cheese! (Still a great campaign photo IMO, wish I had it right now...) |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-04-07 6:02:27 PM |
| #8 Having LBJ's boys stuffing half the ballot boxes in Texas didn't hurt any, either. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-04-07 5:49:17 PM |
| #7 Papa Joe spent a ton of his bootlegging money to help John Kennedy win the West Virginia Demo primary.That win pretty much wrapped up Demo nomination for JFK.W/out that win LBJ would have probably been Demo nominee,w/who knows what results. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-04-07 5:11:23 PM |
| #6 Yes the WV primary was key. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-07 3:32:43 PM |
| #5 Might have to do with the fact that West Virginia was holding a primary around that time. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, guys :-) |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-04-07 3:30:20 PM |
| #4 Steve's probably right - but I also think they are terrified of bringing up the fact that Kerry waffled on his heritage ...as well as everything else. After all of those years he thought he was Irish but was shocked! shocked! to find out he was part Jewish. |
| Posted by: B 2004-04-07 3:22:00 PM |
| #3 Carl, it's Huntington, West Virginia. Jim's is most likely the only resturant. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-04-07 2:44:41 PM |
| #2 Maybe they figured that they didn't want to remind people of that whole "I'm not Irish, but I'll let you think that's the case if it's good for my career" thing. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2004-04-07 2:42:25 PM |
| #1 "WTF is Kerry doing in a "spaghetti and steakhouse" on St. Patrick’s Day?" Dunno, was it green spaghetti in a nice shamrock sauce ? |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H 2004-04-07 2:30:45 PM |