Bobby, Are you Listening?
- A Democratic Congressional candidate from Iowa is canceling a campaign event later this week with Senator John Kerry.
Brucy Braley says Kerry’s recent comments about the Iraq war were inappropriate.
Braley is running against Republican Mike Whalen in Iowa’s First District congressional race. It’s a contest considered to be one of the most competitive House races in the country.
Braley’s decision to distance himself from Kerry came as a furor grew from comments Kerry made about the Iraq War during a campaign stop in California on Monday.
Best line of the story?
“Kerry refused to apologize.”
John Kerry is coming to Philadelphia on Wednesday to campaign for Bobby Casey. I wonder if it’s too late to cancel.
Update: John Kerry is cancelling some events.
- John Kerry was scheduled to appear in front of a Veterans group tomorrow, according to Fox TV his events have now been canceled. He doesn’t even have the courage to face a Veteran’s organization, but he can stand at a California college and smear our troops in Iraq yet once, again - just as he did when he called them terrorists.
Update II: It looks like John Kerry is cancelling all events on wednesday.
A report here from John Gibson that Casey (and three other Dems) has denounced John Kerry.
I don’t see anything on his website, or news reports or blogs. Is he a serious candidate? It’s hard to tell sometimes.
Why isn’t this front page news from Bob Casey?
Update: Kerry is still expected.
- While in the midst of a political firestorm following his comments on the Iraq war, Senator John Kerry is expected in Philadelphia Wednesday to campaign for Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate Bob Casey, Jr.
The White House accused Sen. John Kerry on Tuesday of troop-bashing, seizing on a comment the Massachusetts Democrat made to California students that those unable to navigate the country’s education system “get stuck in Iraq.”
“Senator Kerry not only owes an apology to those who are serving, but also to the families of those who’ve given their lives in this,” White House press secretary Tony Snow said. “This is an absolute insult.”