McCain wants Kerry to stop looking ahead
By Noelle Straub
Friday, May 6, 2005 - Updated: 10:24 AM EST
 WASHINGTON - Straight-talking Sen. John McCain wants his friend Sen. John Kerry to ice his ``obvious'' desire to run for president again and focus on his day job.
That would be a first, wouldn't it?
``It's pretty obvious, the way he's acting, he'd like to try it again,'' the Arizona Republican said of a 2008 Kerry bid.
Ima thinkin' McVain's still holding a grudge...
``I'd advise him to be the best senator he could be and put those ambitions aside for a while.'' McCain said he ``absolutely'' wants to be president himself but will focus on the Senate and ``wait a couple years'' to decide on a 2008 run.
The best Senator he can be? That'll mean, what, one or two co-sponsored bills during his term?
Assessing Kerry's odds as infintesimally small in the June issue of Men's Journal, McCain said, ``I think it would be difficult for John, for the same reason it's hard for all candidates who don't succeed.''
"You're a loser!"
He said he spurned Kerry's overtures last year to become his running mate. While the prone position ``was never officially offered,'' McCain said they discussed it during trips to the Vineyard``three chats'' despite his being endlessly cock-teased``not interested from the beginning.'' Asked why Kerry continued to pursue him, McCain said, He's as vain and pompous as I am ``You'll have to ask him that.'' McCain, who campaigned for President Bush last year, praised GOP efforts but added, When's my freakin' chance?``I also don't think Kerry ran a very good race . . . At the Democratic convention, I can't tell you anything they did besides say, kissing Michael Moore's massive backside`Reporting for duty.' ''
Kerry spokeswoman Jenny Backus responded, Ha ha ha ha ha!!``It's always fun to watch Sen. McCain quarterback, especially when he was the captain of the Bush/Cheney team.'' McCain also predicted Sen. Hillary Clinton is a lock for has ``a good shot'' at the Democratic nomination and that ``it would be a mistake to underestimate her.''
Yep - just ask Vince Foster. |