It's not for nothing that people in Mass. say JFK stands for Just For Kerry. -- Kerry had $15 million squirreled away. The selfish . . .
A 7:01 a.m. 11-02-04 post (and thus pre-election results post) reports:
"It's not for nothing that people in Massachusetts joked that his initials stand for Just For Kerry. Or that people spoke of him as the guy who refuses to wait in lines at restaurants because he thinks he's above everybody else."
The 11-19-04 Washington Post reports that Democratic "Party leaders, including some of Kerry's top campaign aides, said this week that they were surprised and angry to learn that [Kerry] had more than $15 million left in accounts from the Democratic primaries. They demanded to know why it was not spent to defeat President Bush or to help congressional candidates."
"There were no easy answers to those questions, officials close to Kerry acknowledged yesterday . . . ."
"[T]he DNC statement did little to mask the acrimony over the money. Some members of his campaign said the cash should have been spent to build political organizations in Ohio and Florida or to court Hispanic and black voters.
"One member of Kerry's inner circle said the failure to spend the money cost Kerry victory in a close election. Another said the fact that Kerry had $45 million in the primary campaign account in mid-October raises questions about why he did not opt out of the campaign finance system for the general election to avoid spending limits."
"It's not for nothing that people in Massachusetts joked that his initials stand for Just For Kerry. Or that people spoke of him as the guy who refuses to wait in lines at restaurants because he thinks he's above everybody else."
The 11-19-04 Washington Post reports that Democratic "Party leaders, including some of Kerry's top campaign aides, said this week that they were surprised and angry to learn that [Kerry] had more than $15 million left in accounts from the Democratic primaries. They demanded to know why it was not spent to defeat President Bush or to help congressional candidates."
"There were no easy answers to those questions, officials close to Kerry acknowledged yesterday . . . ."
"[T]he DNC statement did little to mask the acrimony over the money. Some members of his campaign said the cash should have been spent to build political organizations in Ohio and Florida or to court Hispanic and black voters.
"One member of Kerry's inner circle said the failure to spend the money cost Kerry victory in a close election. Another said the fact that Kerry had $45 million in the primary campaign account in mid-October raises questions about why he did not opt out of the campaign finance system for the general election to avoid spending limits."
posted by Sid Cottingham | 7:55 PM
1 Comments:
He blew it all right, and could have saturated a few markets late. I guess he was counting on having a recount based on his internal polls. What a shame...
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