JK at the ceremony

[ginnyinWI]

I lost it when I saw this--

[CBHagman]

1. The blue scarf was a nice touch.

How graceful and elegant and decent that man is.

[Pirate Smile]

2. I wasn't watching but I heard the a$$holes booed him!

@##$#$%$%$#$#@$!!!!

[whometense]

6. I'm ignoring.

Who booed him??? Way to go, repukes. Sore winners. Yeccccchhh.

And I hear the speech sucked.

[Pirate Smile]

10. Repukes in the audience, I assume. I'm not watching either but I was

looking for a movie (I gave up and am listening to AAR instead) and flipped by MSNBC. The Democratic Senators had just come in (the only reason I stopped) and Tweety mentioned that Kerry had gotten booed when he walked in.

I didn't see it myself.

We won't even watch it and JK goes to it himself. That takes some cajones.

[whometense]

11. You've got that right.

But wait - no - isn't he a sellout and a coward?

Sorry - had a little cognitive dissonance break there. :think:

[Der Blaue Engel]

35. Soon we'll be hearing that he's showing his "Skull and Bones" loyalty

by being at the ceremony.

:eyes:

[LittleClarkie]

37. Even though all the Senators were there.

And I hear that other than their official duties, all the Dems are begging off from the parties. Well, except for Zell and Joementum I suppose.

[Der Blaue Engel]

38. I may be underestimating people today

I really haven't seen any Kerry bashing at all yet. Maybe they're giving it a rest for the day of mourning.

[Vektor]

46. Joe was on Daily Show

He took a few digs at the Pubes and said he wasn't going to the parties.

He was actually pretty cool on the show.

[Pirate Smile]

47. Did you see Joe on The Daily Show last night. He was going to

a Dem party to try "and be happy". He was funny.

[elshiva]

25. Didn't someone boo Dubya's speech,

not Kerry? If anything deserved booing.

[Pirate Smile]

3. I like this one! I just found out how to post pictures - Yeah!!

[TayTay]

15. WEL and Vektor

That is sooooo not what he is saying.

Just a pre-emptive statement.

Yes, you were going to say that and you know it. You can't fool me.

[vinessa4freedom]

18. Whatever do you mean?

Looks like an uncle-ish hug if I ever saw one. :evilgrin:

[whometense]

32. hahahaha

You beat me to it. :D

[vinessa4freedom]

34. Everbody needs that little rebellious

:evilgrin: on their shoulder. WEL is mine, I guess. She reminds me to let loose and have um...let my hair down sometimes.

[Vektor]

44. HAHAHAHA

You read my mind. :-)

[WildEyedLiberal]

45. I think he IS

Mwaahaha :evilgrin:

[Pirate Smile]

4. More

[TayTay]

5. Those are nice

Nice smile, nice attitude.

It ain't over, just postponed.

[Pirate Smile]

7. I haven't seen this one before

[elshiva]

26. Who's hugging Kerry?

[ginnyinWI]

27. That's Joe Biden!

Rumor has it that he would have become Secretary of State.

[elshiva]

28. Thanks!

Biden gave a great speech, but why did he vote to confirm Rice? Because he didn't want to be hostile with a future colleague?

[TayTay]

30. He thinks * deserves to put his own guys in.

Biden is still at the '* deserves the cabinet he wants' stage. Kerry has had it with these lying bunch of bastards and can't take it anymore. He voted his conscience and his heart. These bastards suck, their war sucks, their heartlessness towards their fellow citizens suck and Kerry just is not going to give them anymore votes. Why should he, these Rethugs bastards didn't even have the good grace to not boo him when he showed up on the inaugural platform. These Repukes suck and and are all going to hell.

They suck! Get the point!

Have a nice day!

[elshiva]

31. JK is tired of it, alright,

but he will support our country.

[whometense]

36. The standard line

in my house every time * tops himself in evil is, "There's no hell hot enough..."

[LittleClarkie]

39. I appreciated the support Biden gave Kerry at his Temple University speech

He kept telling him "You did it, pal. You hit it out of the park." I get the feeling they're friends. I'm glad Kerry has a few of those in Congress. Sometimes he seems so isolated. But then maybe I'm just buying into the lie that he's not popular with his colleagues. I'm sure he does alright with the ones who are worth a damn.

[ginnyinWI]

43. Boxer's a good friend too

I remember her speaking up for him at the DNConvention with some pundits (Tweety and Andrea Mitchell I think) defending him. She also said, "I'd just like to say 'thank-you, John Kerry, for running for president' " and spoke so highly of him. A great moment.

[ginnyinWI]

21. nice coat, too

double breasted coat--kind of Navy, isn't it? :) And Democrat-blue scarf and tie!

[TayTay]

29. Yeah! Nice Navy coat

on an actual Navy Veteran.

Looks, it's an actual damn pre-emptive war, being waged by a chickenhawk coward.

My heart goes out for the Navy guy. He's my Pres.

(And the Navy stuff is just gravy stuff.)

[whometense]

42. A worthy sentiment.

I'll try to keep that one in mind. What a completely exhausting day this was.

[sandnsea]

33. Nice pics

He looks mahvelous!!!!

[whometense]

8. That one gets to me too.

How does he ever manage to do it? Class and maturity.

[Firespirit]

9. How sweet.

That must have been painful to do, to be there and smile. I don't think I could have done it, been there, if it were me, no matter what "protocol" was.

Hmm.. perhaps he's "had a feeling," so to speak, that he'll be there again in exactly four years, but in a different spot. I hope.

[TayTay]

12. Words too!

WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), who had hoped to be taking the oath of office, on Thursday stressed the importance of cooperation in a democracy but also emphasized sticking to beliefs.

"Democracy means working together for the good of our country; it also means keeping faith with your ideals, never retreating from core convictions even as you work to find common ground," Kerry said in a statement released Thursday morning. "We have strong differences and we argue and fight with all our hearts and energy, and our system endures because we Americans expect nothing less."

Yeah! Go get 'em.

[TayTay]

13. Nice thread on pic in DU:P

Awwwwh. See there is some affection out there.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x295113

[LittleClarkie]

40. Ah, I like the Yahoo write up

"narrowly lost bid..." That's right -- NARROWLY lost bid. Mandate my ass!

[TayTay]

41. That is right.

as they say on AAR, "Mandate my Ass!" The only man-date Bush has is probably with Cheney.

Sen. Kerry was very distinguished today. And he looked great. And he took the borish reception from the yahoo faction with great grace. I was proud of him.

Hopefully, he is at home tonight, making fun of the whole thing with some friends and family.

[ginnyinWI]

14. he's a patriot before anything else

He knows this shows unity, rather than divisiveness. But I'm also glad the protesters are on Cspan2!

[angrydemocrat]

16. YES I watching!

Hell I heard they searched all of them does anyone know if this is true?

[angrydemocrat]

17. This Dude That Is Speaking Now

Is calling for a mass movement by the people like they did for the ending of Vietnam. A John Kerry movement coming up on March 19 all though they are not calling it that but that is what they used as a decription more less. I think John's movement was a great one and a powerful one to take a long hard look at and follow his examples.

[TayTay]

19. Oh Lord, what a flashback moment

C-Span 2 had some of the protestors and they were chanting, "Bring our brothers home."

Shiver, shiver, shiver.

[angrydemocrat]

22. GOOD!

Best chant they could use! Show support for John and their passion for the movement.

[vinessa4freedom]

20. I've been plastered to it...

had to break to get some stuff done. There were secret service checkpoints, apparently, that took hours to get through. Half their scheduled speakers got stuck in line.

[Siyahamba]

23. That's a great picture of the President.

[TheDonkey]

24. He looks great in that shot though. Look at the twirps next to him

Now he's a real man.