By The Prowler on 11.3.06 @ 12:08AM
The gift that keeps on giving doesn't want to give to fellow Democrats.
That flushing sound you hear up on Martha's Vineyard is the
political future of Sen. John Kerry being pumped
out to sea after the week he's had.
First, he takes bad advice from his Democrat colleagues and
operatives and plays to the loony lefty MoveOn types in California.
Then he refuses to apologize on camera and instead insults most
every viewer who tuned into watch ("Let me make it crystal clear,
as crystal clear as I know how: I apologize to no one..."). Then he
kind of apologizes for people being too stoopid to understand his
high-falutin' humor. And he does it off camera.
Now comes word that Kerry faces a very public spanking from the
likes of Howard Dean and former running-mate
John Edwards. This latest broadside is the result
of Kerry's refusal to dole out any large percentage of the $14
million that remains in the Kerry-Edwards '04 campaign war chest to
Democrat candidates this election cycle.
Kerry's tightfistedness comes at a time when the DNC has
essentially taken out a second mortgage to the tune of $8
million-plus to compete with Republicans on media buys and get out
the vote programs. Edwards is said by some advisers to have called
Kerry and warned him that he intends to go public with criticism of
Kerry's cheapskate ways over the weekend, an event that would bury
any final hopes Kerry has of running with even a modicum of success
in '08.
"This is money that Edwards was instrumental in raising for the
team. It isn't John Kerry's money to hoard for a rainy day," says a
former Edwards Senate staffer, who continues to advise the former
North Carolina senator. "If we lose next week, a lot of it falls on
Kerry's head. Frankly, he lost the campaign for us two years ago,
and he's done a lot this time around to damage our chances in some
highly competitive races. Because of him, we're pouring money into
races we shouldn't have had to."
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