The Brier Patch - John F-in' Kerry, the ASSHOLE

02.10.04

John F-in' Kerry, the ASSHOLE

THE REAL KERRY

By HOWIE CARR
Source: Drudge, Hat Tip: Young Dave

February 5, 2004 -- BOSTON

ONE of the surest ways to get the phones ringing on any Massachusetts talk-radio show is to ask people to call in and tell their John Kerry stories. The phone lines are soon filled, and most of the stories have a common theme: our junior senator pulling rank on one of his constituents, breaking in line, demanding to pay less (or nothing) or ducking out before the bill arrives.

The tales often have one other common thread. Most end with Sen. Kerry inquiring of the lesser mortal: "Do you know who I am?"

And now he's running for president as a populist. His first wife came from a Philadelphia Main Line family worth $300 million. His second wife is a pickle-and-ketchup heiress.

Kerry lives in a mansion on Beacon Hill on which he has borrowed $6 million to finance his campaign. A fire hydrant that prevented him and his wife from parking their SUV in front of their tony digs was removed by the city of Boston at his behest.

The Kerrys ski at a spa the widow Heinz owns in Aspen, and they summer on Nantucket in a sprawling seaside "cottage" on Hurlbert Avenue, which is so well-appointed that at a recent fund-raiser, they imported porta-toilets onto the front lawn so the donors wouldn't use the inside bathrooms. (They later claimed the decision was made on septic, not social, considerations).

It's a wonderful life these days for John Kerry. He sails Nantucket Sound in "the Scaramouche," a 42-foot Hinckley powerboat. Martha Stewart has a similar boat; the no-frills model reportedly starts at $695,000.

Sen. Kerry bought it new, for cash.

Every Tuesday night, the local politicians here that Kerry elbowed out of his way on his march to the top watch, fascinated, as he claims victory in more primaries and denounces the special interests, the "millionaires" and "the overprivileged."

"His initials are JFK," longtime state Senate President William M. Bulger used to muse on St. Patrick's Day, "Just for Kerry. He's only Irish every sixth year." And now it turns out that he's not Irish at all.

But in the parochial world of Bay State politics, he was never really seen as Irish, even when he was claiming to be (although now, of course, he says that any references to his alleged Hibernian heritage were mistakenly put into the Congressional Record by an aide who apparently didn't know that on his paternal side he is, in fact, part-Jewish).

Kerry is, in fact, a Brahmin - his mother was a Forbes, from one of Massachusetts' oldest WASP families. The ancestor who wed Ralph Waldo
Emerson's daughter was marrying down.

At the risk of engaging in ethnic stereotyping, Yankees have a reputation for, shall we say, frugality. And Kerry tosses around quarters like they were manhole covers. In 1993, for instance, living on a senator's salary of about $100,000, he managed to give a total of $135 to charity.

Yet that same year, he was somehow able to scrape together $8,600 for a brand-new, imported Italian motorcycle, a Ducati Paso 907 IE. He kept it for years, until he decided to run for president, at which time he traded it in for a Harley-Davidson like the one he rode onto "The Tonight Show" set a couple of months ago as Jay Leno applauded his fellow Bay Stater.

Of course, in 1993 he was between his first and second heiresses - a time he now calls "the wandering years," although an equally apt description might be "the freeloading years."

For some of the time, he was, for all practical purposes, homeless. His friends allowed him into a real-estate deal in which he flipped a condo for quick resale, netting a $21,000 profit on a cash investment of exactly nothing. For months he rode around in a new car supplied by a shady local Buick dealer. When the dealer's ties to a congressman who was later indicted for racketeering were exposed, Kerry quickly explained that the non-payment was a mere oversight, and wrote out a check.

In the Senate, his record of his constituent services has been lackluster, and most of his colleagues, despite their public support, are hard-pressed to list an accomplishment. Just last fall, a Boston TV reporter ambushed three congressmen with the question, name something John Kerry has accomplished in Congress. After a few nervous giggles, two could think of nothing, and a third mentioned a baseball field, and then misidentified Kerry as "Sen. Kennedy."

Many of his constituents see him in person only when he is cutting them in line at an airport, a clam shack or the Registry of Motor Vehicles.

One talk-show caller a few weeks back recalled standing behind a police barricade in 2002 as the Rolling Stones played the Orpheum Theater, a short limousine ride from Kerry's Louisburg Square mansion.

The caller, Jay, said he began heckling Kerry and his wife as they attempted to enter the theater. Finally, he said, the senator turned to him and asked him the eternal question.

"Do you know who I am?"

"Yeah," said Jay. "You're a gold-digger."

John Kerry. First he looks at the purse.

Howie Carr, a Boston Herald columnist and syndicated talk-radio host, has been covering John Kerry for 25 years.

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Comments

Good link, Key -- thank you!

The Husband has taken offense that I have labeled Kerry a political oportunist on my blog, based on his Vietnam experience, but this really supports the idea.

Posted by: Anne at February 11, 2004 04:50 PM

Oh, so badly I want the man to cut in front of me in line, and when I protest, ask of me,

"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"

Oh, could I have fun with that. I could think of no less than a hundred responses.

But I guess in the end I'd take the high road. I'd answer simply, "I believe that you're SUPPOSED to be a public servant, so if you don't mind, as long as you've cut to the front of the line, how about getting me a hazelnut cappucino?"

Posted by: Key at February 12, 2004 06:44 PM

How do we go out and spread this news about John Kerry? This is good stuff if it's real. Sign me up!

Posted by: romey at March 16, 2004 12:30 AM

GREAT GOODS ON THE ASSHOLE KERRY

Posted by: randy at March 26, 2004 02:13 AM

Massachusetts youths for BUSH!!!

(....MA knows the REAL John Kerry - it'll be funny to see what happens when the rest of the U.S. gets to know him better....)

Posted by: Zac P. at April 1, 2004 03:51 PM

John kerry is fucking awesome alot better than bush....kerry understands war bush is just an assclown thats power hungry all in all BUSH SUCKS HARD COCK!

Posted by: Bob at May 5, 2004 02:47 PM

If I were running for president and my supporters were all like Bob here, I'd kill myself. Learn some basic grammar, syntax, and vocabulary skills. I mean, if all Kerry supporters are as eloquent as you, he's already lost.
...oh yeah...GO BUSH!

Posted by: Spot at May 5, 2004 05:18 PM

Excellent observation, Spot !! It's plain to see that
ol' Bob there has mind of a 1st grader and the
saavy of a 2 dollar whore.... oh yeah.. GO BUSH!

Posted by: Tim at July 14, 2004 12:40 PM

Hey bob, to start off i want you to know your an idiot. You are one of those cry baby hippies who think "o the war hasnt gone so well so bush must be evil lets vote for the other guy" Ok first you should know that bush isnt "powerhungy" actually John kerry voted FOR the war in iraq you dumbass. Oh and your Kerry is a pussy coward, he claims to be a war hero but he fled vietnam after four months. He also claims that he has a war injury from vietnam from being shot in the ass, but medical documents later proved that it came from him goofing off and throwing a grenade into a rice patch, and the shrapnel from his own grenade came and went up his ass, what a dumbass. Oh and also he says hes catholic but he supports abortion, how the hell can you be catholic and support abortion, catholics dont want there followers to use birth control. Oh and you may use the old "we havnt found weapons so bush must be evil" shit, but the truth is we have a prisoner who has confessed that the weapons were moved out of iraq after the US got there..even in Kerrys speech he says that he is going to keep troops in iraq, so does that make him power hungry? and you may think bush has made the economy go down, but the truth is the economy dropped after 9/11 and since then bush has only helped it increase and make more jobs, but stupid fuckin liberals like you think that its bush fault its bad and not the terrorists. the veterans who fought by Kerry in vietname even came out with an AD that has them telling how much of a coward this guy is, and how he would always run like a pussy when anything heated would happen..Your an idiot...Kerrys to busy having his cock sucked by ppl like you and micheal moore who are the complete example of liberal extremists

Posted by: Joey Stephens at August 12, 2004 10:22 PM

bob u are gay
u are a queer
and u have a little penis
vote jordan and joey presedent 2036

Posted by: jordan at August 13, 2004 06:08 PM

As a Mass resident, it is an all to familiar scenerio. I rich limosoine liberal trying to pass himself off as a lay person. Kerry is the ulimate L.L. at least the Kennedy's have some background that makes them strong. Kerry is just trying to find his next paycheck in whatever marriage suits him and his political cause. I won't even get into his political views because we can not figure the waffle king out. He makes Dukakis less of an embarrasment. I would move to NH but all the liberals are movin up there and the other half is scary.

Yes I am a woman, 37, and tired of my hard earned middle class dollars paying for people that so not want to work, Many of my liberal views have been outweighed by watching my hard earned money fund the lazy while the limosioune liberals sit back and laugh at us.

Bush may not be my ultimate canidate but you know what the say about the lesser of two evils!

Posted by: JAG at August 22, 2004 04:10 PM

kerry is a fucking jackass!

Posted by: j at August 27, 2004 07:45 PM

I think it is fitting to see the Democrates howling at the unfair treatment that their man is getting from the Gun Boat sailors who question Senator Kerry's war record. These are the same Democrates that supported Michael Moore's Farenheit 911 and touted it as gospel. Maybe the gunboat sailors are telling lies against Kerry, but one thing for sure, it has put doubt in the minds of the fringe voters who have not made up their minds. All in all what is really worse, if President Bush didn't show up for guard duty or John Kerry throwing away the medals that a grateful country had bestowed upon him? Then go before a congressional committee and make claims that his peers had committed war crimes. I never served in the army or any branch of the military, but I remember how my brother was treated by the people in Rhode Island when he was stationed there in the late 1960's. Sailors were looked upon as trash and war pigs and were not allowed to go in certain stores and resturants. He served proudly and found a grateful population when he was stationed in South Carolina. Yet Kerry made claims before a national committee of elected officals that further made it difficult for returning veterans to make a peaceful transition to civilian life. Alas, what we write here will change no minds. The people who read and respond to articles have already made up their minds. Kerry may indeed win this fall. I truly feel that if he does the rejoicing in the mid east and in France will be heard in our country.

Posted by: ebaker at August 27, 2004 09:52 PM

Even Jane Fonda had the guts to apologize to all of the Vietnam veterans for the way she treated them back then. Kerry is a gutless bastard who
brags about his medals he recieved in Vietnam.
My uncle served in WW2 under Patton and my Father told me that in the 40+ yrs after his brother returned from the war and before his death that he only told one person (his mother) about what he saw on D-day during the invasion at Normandy. So when I hear John Kerry on national television talking about his being proud of his service in Vietnam and the medals he recieved it makes me want to puke. The real "war heroes" are the ones that you rarely hear from or hear about unless they are probed for information about their service not the ones like Kerry who think they are "Rambo" because they got a scratch in their ass and recieved a purple heart for doing so. It is a fact that if you were an officer in Vietnam that it was a whole lot more common to be awarded a medal in a combat zone than an average guy that put his ass on the line every day. I knew John Kerry was a joke when he put his military service as the center of his campaign. He should make his campaign slogan
"Look at me I have medals and my opponent doesn't". Arrogant bastard....Sorry...in my book your not a "war hero" and never will be....

Posted by: Rudy at September 9, 2004 12:38 AM

If in 1971, John Kerry admitted to war crimes, on the record, to the US senate, then why hasn't he been in trouble for this? Do people in this country really want to have this man as President? I don't understand all of these Dumbassacracts, and hope I never do!

Posted by: j at October 3, 2004 10:23 AM

Very well said, however there is one other asshole who is a bigger asshead. His name is John Edwards. I happen to be from NC and he is no poor millworkers son. His father was the plant mgr. and little John Edwards drove a corvette to North Moore High School. He had everything in life that he wanted. It is a good thing that he ran for President because he would not have been re-elected in this state. It only proves one thing to me, assholes of a feather flock together.

Posted by: Lanny Pigg at October 24, 2004 04:59 PM

I can't begin to explain the disgust I have for John Kerry. He is a gold digging piece of shit.
George Bush had one of the highest ratings that a president has ever had, until asshole, and his band of queer lovers, started cutting his sack.
I can't stand the idea that fat bastard Michael Moore can release a bullshit movie about Bush, and people flock to see the lies, and Sinclair Broadcasting tries to release a true documentary, and the liberal cock suckers won't let it happen. What has happened to this country?
To top it off, the distinguished liberals, Kerry and Edwards, attack Cheney about his gay daughter!
These guys are supposed to support muff divers!
I just hope and pray that the people of this country don't believe all these lies. Johnny says whatever the group he is addressing wants to hear.
Please don't give a negative response to this if you are one of these bleeding heart assholes, because I am educated, and I will verbally sodomize you.
God help us.......Reelect GWB!!!
Bruce L.
Pennsylvania

Posted by: Bruce at October 26, 2004 12:45 AM

Just a few words, First About the Language some people use in their comments. four Letter words are Not Necessary! Kids & Younger people read these messages! I might add I'm no prude, angel or any such. 3 Years in the navy ww2. 42 Years in the OILFIELDS! So I have been exposed to All sorts of Language. and decency is expected of People OLD enough to VOTE!!
By the Way I'm A BUSH MAN! We Don't need the likes of John Kerry! As President! Enough Said!

Posted by: Dale Mason at October 28, 2004 12:07 PM