What happened to Kerry's campaign events for the rest of the week.

[Mass]

http://www.johnkerry.com/election06/ontheroad/

There were things planned Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday and everything was erased.

Does anybody know?

[JI7]

1. cancelled because of the phony outrage over comments ?

[_dynamicdems]

2. My guess is that he's going to strike while the iron is hot.

He's in demand on the news shows now and I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't going to keep hitting the scumbags hard and fast. I also wouldn't be surprised to learn the senator was strategizing with other Dems on how to capitalize on the Republican blunder of bringing the subject of Iraq to the forefront.

As for the campaigning: it could hurt Dems if the press just showed up to question Kerry just now. It would take away from the candidate. So I think he's going to pound the Repukes into the ground before he hits the campaign trail again.

They started the fight: Kerry is going to finish it. I suspect he's rallying the troops. Expect the big guns to come out on the offensive and soon.

Even KOS has defended him. Dems have been very quiet today, but tomorrow the real shit is going to hit the fan. In the end, I'll bet Bush will wish he'd never been born.

[Island Blue]

3. I sure as hell hope you're right. n/t

[wisteria]

5. You think? I hope you are right. n/t

[Inuca]

23. One more I HOPE YOU ARE RIGHT! n/t

[wisteria]

4. Yeah,I bet he was told to lay low and not rock the boat. So now,

the repubs have won a round. Screw our party tonight.

[Mass]

6. I can understand the rational of not campaigning directly for candidates.

There is no point for him to go there if the GOP is going to force the Democratic candidates to answer questions about Kerry.

However, I hope he can continue what he started on TV. A few voices have come to his defense in addition of Cleland: Claudia Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, a few politicians from New Hampshire. Unfortunately, the rest of them seem to be squirmish about this incident.

[fedupinBushcountry]

12. Byron Dorgan

backed him on Randi today and so did Charlie Rangel on CNN. I haven't seen what Nancy Pelosi said do you have a link?

[Mass]

20. Pelosi quote (from FOX)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,226584,00.html?sPage=fnc.politics/youdecide2006

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi added that Republicans are trying to exploit the troops by deliberately misinterpreting Kerry.

"President Bush, who has failed our troops in Iraq in so many ways, should at least have the decency not to use them in a desperate attempt to rescue his rubber stamp Republican Congress," Pelosi, D-Calif., said.

[wisteria]

22. Good statement. Now why couldn't others just come forward with

support?

[Inuca]

24. Good for Pelosi and Dorgan

but where the hell are the others?!?! I keep posting the same thing, apologies, but I am so MAD. Where is rest of the damn' crowd? Where are my good senators Durbin & Obama? WHy isn't Harry giving them hell? I pray it is just tactics and they will come out swinging soon, and that is not just the tactics of cowardice.

[_dynamicdems]

8. Bunch of cowards aren't they?

I've been wondering where our Democrats have been today.

[wisteria]

7. If I find out Casey cancelled out and deserted him, I am going to

be pissed.

[beachmom]

9. No, don't. Casey needs to WIN. Kerry was going to go there

to help him. If that doesn't seem to be the right thing to do, then I don't think you should bear ill will to Casey.

This is about 2006, and Kerry was out there helping candidates, not himself. So if he lies low for a while, well, he knows better than us on what to do. He did raise all that money for them; nothing is going to take that away.

[wisteria]

13. I am waiting to see what Casey says about this issue.

I am just so angry now. I'm a committee person and I really shouldn't resent the party deciding to do this, but you know the press will pick up on all the canceled appearances and suggest that Kerry has become a piranha. It is the wrong decision not to support kerry. Now, if Casey defends him and says we should move on I will except that. If however, he says kerry was wrong and his remarks inappropriate- well, I don't think I will be so motivated to do anything more than vote for him on the 7th. I got into all of this because of Kerry and I am just discussed at how our party takes his money and ours and then kicks us all in the teeth.

[whometense]

29. This should make you feel better

Tim Grieve, Salon War Room http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/01/santorum/index.html

...This morning, Santorum's campaign distributed an e-mail message to reporters saying that Casey has "endorsed John Kerry's comments belittling our troops." Will this tactic work where so many others have failed? It might, if only it were true. Casey didn't endorse any belittling of the troops Tuesday. What he endorsed was what John Kerry said he meant by his comments. "From what I can gather, Kerry botched a joke," the Associated Press quotes Casey as saying. "That's what he said, and I take him at his word. He served in combat. Last time I checked, the president and the vice president did not. The White House and the Santorum forces should get to work on dealing with the real problems in Iraq. The first thing they should do is fire Mr. Rumsfeld instead of spending a lot of time trashing Democrats."

[_dynamicdems]

11. I wouldn't be pissed at any candidates. Their job is to get elected.

John Kerry isn't running for anything yet. Let the candidates be safe until they are in office. They will remember that Kerry helped them get there.

The Dems I'm really concerned about are the ones who are not running for jack sh*t. Where are they? Haven't even heard a peep from Kennedy or Feingold. That is kinda strange. I'm wondering if Kerry has been on the phone coordinating. Sure some Dems are acting like chickenshits, but Kennedy and Feingold aren't of that ilk.

I guess we'll find out.

[wisteria]

15. I don't want to see one democrat call out Kerry's remarks as being

inappropriate. Braley in Iowa has already done this.

[JI7]

17. and it will hurt Kerry even more if they lose the election

since they will blame him even if it isn't his fault.

[wisteria]

18. Oh, they will use him as a whipping post and blame him for every loss any way.

Kerry will be the scape goat. After the comment I head today from John King of CNN, from a Dem insider, the Dem's were pissed at Kerry and it was said that he already lost them one election, now he was going after another. Nice party I belong to. i think Kerry would be treated better by the Republicans.

[Inuca]

25. so true

so unfair :cry:

[_dynamicdems]

28. Braley was wrong. He was probably right to cancel if he felt that it might

hurt his chances, but going that extra step further and berating Kerry was inappropriate.

If he wins it, his victory will always bear that stain of betrayal.

[Democrafty]

21. Kennedy made a statement in JK's defense.

Video on the Hardball site:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/

[Inuca]

26. Good old Teddy

Thanks for the link. Too bad it included the disgusting Bush clip. If I hear "democrats" instead of "democratic" from him or from any other asshole, I am going to SCREAM. Why by the way is that considered a "bad word"? Aren't we supposed to be a democracy, not to mention we are spreading it all other the place?

[wisteria]

27. Good comments from Senator Kennedy n/t

[Mass]

10. The events in MN were cancelled (or rather Kerry wont go)

http://www.mankatofreepress.com/local/local_story_305000815.html?keyword=topstory

I guess IA is too.

Saturday was in Boston. I hope that MA will not play this stupid game.

[fedupinBushcountry]

14. He said today that he would not let them use him

he keeps his promise.


Walz communication director Meredith Salsbery said Kerry canceled his visit to keep the focus on the issues and away from Kerry’s comments and McCain’s response.

[wisteria]

16. If Kerry cancels the appearances then the press can't claim he is

being shunned at least- although I am sure they will say something nasty any way.

[Mass]

19. The media here are attacking Kerry as much as they can.

They had a fairly harsh piece on Kerry, showing a few words of the incriminating quote (not even the full quote) then, excerpts of his presser, and then one military family criticizing Bush.

Then then showed Allen's supporters attacking a protester and made it seem as if it was nothing.