"I have no time for those crying in your teacups for stolen elections"

[Catherine Vincent]

--John Kerry, campaign trail 2003

Why did John Kerry say this and who was he speaking of? Dean supporters? I don't remember this.

[crispini]

1. Where did you get this?

[Catherine Vincent]

2. I've seen it posted a few times from a couple of DUers.

[Walt Starr]

3. That's a real John Kerry Quote

Sorry, but he said it.

[TexasChick]

4. Here's something from BuzzFlash:

http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/07/10_kerry.html


As the nation prepared to celebrate her heritage of freedom last week, Senator John Kerry offered his own peculiar take on the meaning of democracy: "Stop crying in your teacups," he told an audience in response to outcries about the stolen election of 2000. "Get over it!" ("He is impatient with Democratic oratory about the 'stolen' election," a July 2 article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer noted.)

Get over it? We’re talking about one of the most sacred rights of a free society here, Senator, not about getting over a bad hair day. Americans have died to secure our freedoms -- including your right to run for office and our right to have our vote counted. If we believe that right was violated when the Supreme Court refused to count legal votes, it is our patriotic duty to say so.

Kerry's remark is an eerie echo of the Republican refrain of 2000 to "move on, get over it!" But why would a Democrat feel so threatened by people’s vivid memories of the stolen election that he felt compelled to lecture a crowd about it?

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[Catherine Vincent]

6. Thanks for the link.

I feel somewhat differently about Kerry now.

[sandnsea]

5. Democrats

Several years after the 2000 election was done and over with and it had absolutely nothing to do with Dean supporters. And if there's no solid evidence of fraud this time, he'll say the same thing again. Sometimes I'm not sure if people were actually trying to get a Democrat in the White House because the world desperately needed change; or just trying to avenge 2000. Trying to win out of a need for revenge rarely works and he knew that.