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| Kerry To Accept Nomination At Convention |
| 2004-05-26 |
| Decisive ’leadership’ at its finest... Bowing to pressure, John Kerry decided Wednesday to accept the nomination at the Democratic presidential convention in July, scuttling a plan to delay the formality so he could narrow President Bush’s public money advantage. "Boston is the place where America’s freedom began, and it’s where I want the journey to the Democratic nomination to be completed," Kerry said in a statement released by his campaign. "On Thursday, July 29, with great pride, I will accept my party’s nomination for president in the city of Boston. From there we will begin our journey to a new America... We believe it is right to start the general election on the same day as our opponents, and we will continue to explore every way possible to level the playing field against the Republicans’ five week advantage." What advantage is he talking about, the fundraising advantage? Bush has had an ’advantage’ from his inauguration; ask your wife for some scratch if your supporters don’t pony up. Oh, and how about offering credible alternatives to the WOT, I mean, besides exposing your backside to the UN / France Axis so they can get funky with your nekkid buttocks? I hear it’s a French thing. |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #6 Hey, Old Spook--Don't forget, the 9/11 "anniversary" will be right after the Olympics and the GOP Convention, too. Kerry sucks and is whining because he will continue to suck no matter what. |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-05-26 11:24:02 PM |
| #5 I beleive the remaining pot that he is left with can be used for any future "political" actvity. I see nothing to stop him from writing a check for the remaining a cash directly to "Move-on." If the money is "hard" money the DNC can have Kerry donate it to other candidates with dollar-for-dollar replacement funds dumped into Move-on. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-05-26 10:59:09 PM |
| #4 Basically, Kerry has to stretch his McCain-Feingold limited funds for 6 weeks longer than Bush. Meanwhile, Bush is free to spend his primary-season cash through out the summer Bush starts into his $75 million in September. So Bush has $75 million over Sept-Oct, and $100 million additional before that. Kerry has abotu $40 million until the convention in July, then $75 million for July-Aug-Sept-Oct. Also, Kerry has the olympics between his acceptance and the election. Bush also ramps up more than 2 months after the handover in Iraq. Bush gets his acceptance a week after the Olympics - enough time for short memory Americans to forget a lot of things. Also, by that time, driving deamnd for gasoline will be dropping, and the Saudis will have ramped up for a couple months - so gas prices will possibly be dropping rapidly, the economy, if it keeps growing at its current pace, will have produced a net gain of jobs during the Bush adminstration in spite of a severe recession, terror attacks and a war. If things break that way, Kerry will not stand a chance - and thats without the Vietnam Vets rally against him in DC in September. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-05-26 10:12:29 PM |
| #3 The Dems intentionally scheduled their convention earlier so they could get the federal matching funds quickly! Now they've changed their minds... How Lautenberg of them. |
| Posted by: someone 2004-05-26 9:35:54 PM |
| #2 "Bowing to pressure..." If Kerry does get elected, I have the feeling this phrase is going to be the lead of most stories about his administration. Unless Zapatero can establish a copyright to it. By the way, the Republicans have a "five week advantage" because they scheduled their convention five weeks later. You don't like it, Frogman, take it up with Terry McAuliffe. D'oh. |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-05-26 8:56:07 PM |
| #1 That's great, Raj. Have you laid in the canned goods and bottled water for that week cause we ain't going anywhere. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-05-26 8:50:04 PM |