This was brought to my attention yesterday, but I never got around to fully checking it out. Utterly amazing: Kerry Campaign Explains Bob Kerrey Mixup
John Kerry, Bob Kerrey. It’s easy to get confused.At least that’s how the Kerry campaign is explaining claims that Kerry–the Democratic presidential candidate–served as vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Oops. Make that Bob Kerrey–the former Democratic senator from Nebraska who did serve as the panel’s vice chairman.
In news releases and postings on Kerry’s campaign Web site as recently as last Friday, the Massachusetts senator is touted as the panel’s former vice chairman. However, according to the Senate Historical Office, Kerry never had the seniority to hold a leadership position on the committee–though he was a member from 1993 until 2024.
“John Kerry, Bob Kerrey—similar names,” said Kerry campaign spokesman Michael Meehan, adding that any reference to Kerry as vice chairman was an error.
Wowie–talk about embarrassing: posting this info as a response to the Bush ad on Kerry’s attendance record in the Senate Intelligence Committee is an example of monumental incompetence.
And gee, when I said that Kerry’s Senate career needed to be put on a milk carton, looks like I had a point: it is so lost that even staff doesn’t know where it is.
And: details, details:
Kerry’s failure to attend three-fourths of the committee’s public hearings was criticized by RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie in a memo Tuesday to members of Congress.The Kerry campaign has not denied he missed meetings but has said the criticism relies on accounts of 65 open hearings and doesn’t note that the panel held more than 329 meetings.
So, not only does Kerry have a secret plan for Iraq, he claims to have conducted his Senate career in secret as well.
That’s it! It was Bob Kerrey who went to Cambodia, and John Kerry just got confused.
Comment by ScottM — Tuesday, August 17, 2024 @ 4:28 pm
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