Hey, John Kerry! You posted on Kos, will you come visit us now?

[Vektor]

There's nothing but love here. No slings, no arrows, just pure appreciation!

:loveya:

[Island Blue]

1. I second that request!

We're here everyday Senator! Pop in and say "hello". :toast:

[BlueIris]

2. YES. Please come visit us. Please, please, please.

Vektor and I will be good. Why, it's been nearly three weeks since I posted anything about anyone wanting to perhaps make out with anyone else. We'll keep it PG, I promise.

[TayTay]

4. Oh Blue, nothing says welcome like 'I want to make out with you'

Honestly, that says it all.

Stay who you are, you're much more interesting that way. We can only behave for so long, then our natural tendencies come out. I think the Senator would understand. (His daughters though, they mihgt have trouble with this. LOL!)

[jillan]

12. In this group, we not only think you are a #1 first rate politician

We also think you are an extemely handsome man.

What can we say?
There's just something about the combination of a man speaking out on our values that also happens to be tall, athletic, and has expressive eyes.

[_dynamicdems]

3. Yes!!! I wouldn't be surprised if he has already been here....the

comment he made about reading the blogs mad me wonder. In any case, when I posted a comment to his diary on KOS, I may have extended an invitation:

"It made my day and everyone else's too from what I hear in the John Kerry Group at Democratic Underground. ...Please drop by DU sometime and say "hello" to your Kerrycrats in the John Kerry Group there."

[babylonsister]

5. It would be great if Sen. Kerry posted in this group, but I would

be fearful if he went to GD or GD/P I remember when one of THK's sons posted after the '04 election; the crowd was merciless, rude, and insulting. I wouldn't want JK to have to endure that. And we all know there are those here who would relish having 'a go' at him. :(

[ray of light]

6. really?

I didn't get to see that. I hadn't figured out how D.U. worked so I couldn't find it and couldn't register.

[babylonsister]

7. Yes; it was so sad, and I don't believe he ever posted again. nt

[ray of light]

8. that is sad, because

I seem to recall he thanked people and told them something sweet. (But I don't remember what...)

[babylonsister]

9. I just tried searching for his post, but didn't find anything. He was

very nice and polite, and he got shot down. That was a day DU disappointed me bigtime.

[ray of light]

10. I tried to sign in to give him/ them 'my love'.

no...not the romantic kind. Just the maternal kind taytay always talks about.

[babylonsister]

27. Wow. I found an old thread, but not the one I seem to recall:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2598145

[saracat]

21. I am not sure about that if it was Chris Heinz to whom you are referring.

He posted quite a bit as I recall. Not so much after the election but that is understandable. But he did post several times afterward.And Elizabeth Edwards still posts occasionally but she now posts often at the OneAmerica blog!

[babylonsister]

26. Yes, I think it was Chris, and he got lambasted by DUers

post-election. Shameful!

[JI7]

11. Kerry can deal with it, especially considering he posted on Kos

and it would say a lot that he has his own forum which is very active with people who are very supportive with him even with all the fools out there.

[Klimmer]

13. Kerrycrats you amaze me . . .

with all your hard work and dedication. From all the support you give JK each and every day, surprise attendance of the private JK B-day party in Boston, and after party pub meet-up, you get the message through. From what I can tell having JK post at the Daily Kos was all your idea? Is this true?

I would hope if true, that he indeed would honor you all by posting here sometime. Have patience.

I don't post much, but I sure check-in often and get up to speed on Kerry happenings with a run through the JK Group. I do wish there were more guys posting here though (sometimes I feel like I'm swimming through estrogen). All understandable. He is a great man. I admire what he does and can do. He is truly an American hero, yet humble enough not to mention it or take the credit.

Now that's a President.

(I have a few questions for him. Have to wait 24 hrs. to post to the JK blog at Kos. You think he really reads them when they get to be over 600+ replies? Makes me dizzy reading that far.)

[TayTay]

16. Bring beer and friends. We want more guys here.

Ahm, yes there is a lot of estrogen here. I was a bit surprised at that way, way back when I first posted in this here forum. (What did I know? I was a newbie, all dewey-eyed and innocent. Okay, I am obviously still dewey-eyed, but not longer innocent, alas.) The web, for a time, was so overwhelmingly male that it was actually surprising to come into a forum that had so many women in it. (I was informed that the Kerry-blog was the same way. Wow! When I first posted on the old Usenet rec.politics.ne back in 1990-97, there were very few women and there was a very different feel to the forums.)

So, is the estrogen factor too much? How can we encourage more of the non-estrogen types to post? (Do you ignore the pic threads? Would more wonk help? What is it?)

[Vektor]

19. Welcome Klimmer!

Welcome to the group! We did indeed nudge the good Senator a little about perhaps making his presence known on Kos.

As for the estrogen - we do have men posting here sporadically, but it seems to be that women are just more likely to be internet junkies. And yeah, we love Big John a little too much.

But don't let that scare you away. Your voice is welcome here.

[TayTay]

20. Hey you.

I agree. We did indeed 'nudge' the Senator. I am still somewhat flipped out about that. Wow! Isn't democracy a great concept? Really, the Rethugs should really try it sometime, it's so amazing when it works. Talk truth to power, don't just be a spineless lapdog. Someone needs to tell them.

I don't know, I'm stil basking!



That looks like me, right? (If you just had eyedrops, the lighting is out and you squint!)

[ProSense]

14. Opinions please

This is not directly related to Kerry, but it must be said (and I will be brief):

Hillary Clinton has not announced she's running for president Why attack under the guise it's base on a presidential run? Why not wait on an actual announcement? Clinton is running for re-election to the senate. Ivins works is a freepress.org columnist. Fitrakis switched to the Democratic party to oppose Clinton. This latest article is a hit piece not the presidency but the Senate seat.

I saw a second post over at Kos directing Kerry to listen to Ivins. What does Kerry have to do with Clinton's decision to run for president. Kerry already said on Imus that when he does decide to announce, it will not be based on anyone else's decision. So what is this really about? It's the Senate seat. I know who the Democrats are going to back. I hate this disingenuous BS. In the column Ivins referred to Clinton as Republican lite. If you want to attack Hillary Clinton for the Senate then do so. It's obvious, to me, that's what this is. No one is probably going to announce their candidacy for 2008 until after the 2006 election, so why attack now?

The only good thing about any of this is that the Republicans don't have a strong candidate to run against her; otherwise this could wind up being a divisive bitter campaign and costing us a seat.

JMO, but I may be reading too much into this, I hope I'm wrong, but my this is my gut feeling. I was going to post this earlier today, but I figured Hillary Clinton can fight her own battles. I'm posting it now after seeing the two threads in response to Kerry.

Thoughts?

[karynnj]

15. I took it as the Presidency

Given that Hillary has a PAC and is doing the things she is, the odds are she's running. I think what was meant for Kerry - was that he avoiding doing the things Irven criticises Hillary for. Also. they would likely want Kerry and all Democrats to take the positions Irvens does and say what she does.

[ProSense]

17. Thanks for responding.

I can't say Hillary isn't going to run, but I'm not yet convinced she will. Part of me worries that if she does, Democrats lose the NY seat. Also, the implication in these anti-hillary articles is that the Democrats are setting Hillary up to take the nomination. What's that about? And what does it have to do with Kerry? Do they see him as the candidate who could stop her? Or one of the ones setting her up?

I know they really don't want her though, so it may be as you said a hit against a run in 2008. Here's another article from mid-last year, nastier tone:

http://www.alternet.org/story/22125/

[jillan]

18. I think the repugs are to thank.

Right away all the talking heads said
that Hillary was going to be the democratic nominee.
And we believed them. That put Hillary under a microscope.
Every little thing she does and doesn't do. I'm guilty.
She has alot to overcome if she does want to run.
Hillary's seat is up this year. She can still run for senate, and win,
and decide later about '08.

I agree, if people are referring Ivin's article to Kerry, maybe
they are just saying to Kerry...don't make the same mistakes. imo.

[saracat]

22. I don't think Hillary is going to run but that is JMHO. However,

I am sure John Edwards is running, and I am equally sure about Jon Warner. Tom Dascle is considering it as is Tom Vilsak. Wes Clark is running. I have spoken to each of these guys and it is , to say the least, an interesting group. I am sure Kerry and Gore are each 'considering it, as is Feingold. My choice would of course, be Kerry. But the decision will be his and we have to wait and see. Sigh.But 2008 is a while away and 2006 is very important!

[sandnsea]

23. She's coming to Portland

Nobody comes to Portland unless they're running for President or are doing the post-politics speech circuit. She's running. To me, it's important to point that out because I still say alot of the confusion in the media is because of her press people. That's the part that bothers me, her agenda is getting pushed, Democrats are being bashed, but the rank and file don't seem to be making the connection. If we don't like the mushy way the Democrats are being presented, maybe it has as much to do with her mushy agenda as the right wing toadies.

[ProSense]

24. You may be right about her running.

The point you make that this is created by Clinton's team is correct as far as the media push.

That the media is pushing her agenda is obvious to me, the bashing of Democrats by the media is typical. But the broad-stroke bashing of Democrats by the left for pushing Clinton is confusing, because not all Democrats are pushing Clinton. The media pushing Clinton and Democrats being bashed for pushing Clinton, creates an impression that it not her people pushing her, but a Democratic establishment that decides who will be the nominee. It's stupid and a lot of people tried to say the same about Kerry. So Kerry is having to answer questions about his decision based on Clinton's. The two have nothing to do with each other in terms of what they decide to do. I don't believe any of the other potential Democratic candidates are going to base their decision on what Clinton decides to do.

[sandnsea]

25. Agree completely

It just isn't as simple as DLC corporate whores, would be nice if it was. There's all sorts of competing interests, from individual candidates to broader interests, including the Blue Dogs which I think people don't pay near enough attention to.