Drudge: Kerry 'Misspoke' Hillary Poll

[pruner]

Wed Nov 12 2003 09:09:16 ET

Heads turned in the media room during a recent debate when Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry boasted that he beats New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in a hypothetical matchup for the Democratic presidential nomination.

“I saw a poll the other day that showed me about 15 points ahead of her,” Kerry said at the Nov. 4 event. But when pressed for proof, Kerry aides could not produce such a poll — because none exists, Craig Crawford reports at CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY.

This week a staffer acknowledged that Kerry “misspoke” in the Boston debate. In a Quinnipiac University survey released Oct. 29, Clinton polled 36 percentage points ahead of Kerry among registered Democratic respondents nationwide.

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm

[Forkboy]

1. misspoke is a popular word these days

[Bandit]

2. It sounds like it was tongue and cheek

Kind of a slam on polls. I am sure he was in a joking mood at the time.

[JI7]

4. right

it was said in that manner.

[blm]

3. Noone thought he was serious, anyway.

I thought it was a slap at the media, but a mistaken thought that passed his lips isn't THAT great a deal. It's not like he's lying about how he governed.

[Forkboy]

5. "a mistaken thought that passed his lips"

I'm gonna try that with my wife.Wonder if she'll buy it.

[blm]

9. It depends on how you "govern" I guess.

;)

[Forkboy]

11. uh oh...I'm in trouble

again

*sigh*

[Cocoa]

6. good, Kerry was keeping it real

by dismissing CNN's fake questions as quickly as possible, and getting to the things that the public wants to hear about.

[ozone_man]

7. Like why he voted for the Iraq war?

I want to know.

[Cocoa]

10. absolutely

people want to know his thinking on that, they're not interested in whore talking points about Hillary Clinton.

[JI7]

14. and kerry has no problem with it

in fact he would love to talk about those real issues rather than talk about polls showing hillary beating him and everyone else in a democratic primary.

[ibegurpard]

8. much ado about nothing

big deal. Hillary's not running anyway so who cares.

[Forkboy]

12. YAY!

I agree :toast:

[Marlie]

13. Bush

Bush is the biggest liar in the World and the Media and 90% of the
Press just let him slide. Our candidates slip up on something that
means absolutely nothing and they're all over them, ala Al Gore.
Guess things will never change - plainly disgusts me.

[Forkboy]

15. The media is merciless on Dems

your point is spot on.

[JNelson6563]

16. an inaccurate statement for hypothetical matchup?

Um, who cares?

Oy!

Julie