Message to John Kerry's communications staff

[Caro]

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cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]

Subject: Take me off your bloggers' email list

RE: Senator Kerry's message to his supporters asking them to contribute to Tammy Duckworth in the Illinois 6th

I am no longer interested in receiving updates from a man who would take sides in a primary House race, especially going against Christine Cegelis, the candidate who has worked the district for two years, and who is backed by most of the Democrats in the district.

The senator showed one spark of understanding of the Democratic grassroots by trying to mount a filibuster against Samuel Alito, but now he has gone back into DC-bunker mode. I'm no longer interested in hearing what he has to say.

Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

[wndycty]

1. You do realize you e-mailed his senate staff. . .

. . .who have NOTHING to do with the e-mail sent yesterday. The e-mail would have come from his campaign staff, not his senate staff. It would have been illegal of his senate staff to send yesterday's e-mail, but of course you already knew that. . .right?

[mopinko]

2. you are not alone

i have heard this, over and over. people are especially miffed that he mentioned john murtha.
talk is cheap, senator. we the people are judging you by your actions.
i suspect they were flooded with unsubscribes.

[wndycty]

3. Does Murtha have a problem with that?

Maybe we should ask Murtha his opinion of this race, if he comes out in support of Tammy would it then be fair for Kerry to have mentioned him? You know this is not a ONE ISSUE race, just because Cegelis may be more in tune with Murtha on Iraq it does not necessarily mean he would back her in the primary.

Give me a break!

[mopinko]

4. if elected dems had not scurried to back away from him

people would not be so po'ed that kerry is invoking his name. he is pretty emblematic of the good dems who are left twisting in the wind by the pink tutus. really, now that people are getting a good look at these 'fighting dems' they are seeing that a lot of them are good soldiers, but not leaders, and not likely to be fighters for us in d.c.
and especially in this race- tammy mouths the bush line, and cegelis has stated plainly that she supports murtha, and his bill.
keep it up, you pink tutus. thank for firing up our base.

[MH1]

5. maybe others "scurried", BUT NOT KERRY

Your post really pisses me off. I am tired of hearing that lie. You're probably only picking up and slinging the muck that others have thrown before you, but you are mistaken.

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/index.php?s=Murtha
be sure to go to the second page to see how John Kerry initially responded to the attacks on Murtha (yes there are two pages of results about Kerry supporting Murtha). Also be sure to note that not only John, but Teresa and also Jim Rassman (the guy Kerry saved in Nam) spoke out in defense of Murtha and against the Republican smears.

John Kerry has been REPEATEDLY invoking the Murtha situation as an example of the repulsive behavior of Republicans. I haven't seen anything where Murtha is asking him to stop.

Just a few direct links to save the trouble of scrolling:

John Kerry Responds to Sickening Republican Attacks on Decorated Veteran Rep. Jack Murtha

Kerry Responds to Murtha Attacks on the Senate Floor, Debate Rages

John Kerry on ABC This Morning

Teresa Heinz Kerry Defends Murtha

Jim Rassmann: A Swift-like attack

[mopinko]

6. john kerry ought to respond to dem attacks on murtha, then

because i think a few of them sprained an ankle backpedaling away from him.

[MH1]

7. He's probably had those conversations in private.

Refresh my memory - who were the worst offenders, of the Dems? (Lieberman, I'm guessing, but who else?)

An interesting note here is that Murtha's plan is not all that different than Kerry's, in how it would play out. Kerry presented his plan a couple weeks earlier, to deafening silence in the media. Murtha, otoh, got lots of attention because until then he'd been seen as a hawk. Kerry never supported the invasion - Murtha did. So it was an "epiphany" thing for Murtha, and I believe that is why he drew all the attention - and fire. So I see Kerry and Murtha as pretty much allied now on the issues of Iraq and the republican smear tactics. And I've seen no sign from Murtha that I'm wrong.

[mopinko]

8. i would have to go back and look it up, but

i recall pelosi and emmanuel in particular distancing themselves.

[sandnsea]

9. So we DO have to be a lockstep party?

As long as we lockstep to the bongos of the left? "distancing" is hardly an attack, and if I recall, Pelosi supports Murtha's plan and pissed off the Hillary backers when she did it.

[mopinko]

10. you can call it what you want- but when a brave man steps up

and others shrink back, even a little, those shrinking violets ought not to go around trading on that man's name. especially on behalf of the candidate of big money.
welcome to the illinois forum. not.

[sandnsea]

11. Pelosi didn't shrink back

So you were wrong to begin with. And just because you agree with Murtha, it doesn't make him any braver than someone standing up who has a different opinion. Not to mention, he wasn't the first to stand up and say we were contributing to the violence and needed a phased withdrawal anyway.

[WildEyedLiberal]

12. You do understand that his senate staffers have NOTHING to do with the PAC

Right? I hope David Wade gave an epic eyeroll like this :eyes: when he deleted your message, especially as the Senate staff has ZILCH to do with Kerry's PAC.