Endorsing Obama, Kerry Calls Him Leader of ‘Wisdom, Instinct and Vision’

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Senator John Kerry embraced the presidential candidacy of Senator Barack Obama on Thursday, praising him as the only Democrat in the race who can inspire a movement to dislodge Washington partisanship and create a new image around the world.

“Who better than Barack Obama to bring new credibility to America’s role in the world and help restore our moral authority?” Mr. Kerry said, speaking at a large rally here. “Who better than Barack Obama to turn a new page in American politics, so that Democrats, independents and Republicans alike can look to the leadership that unites to find common ground?”

As the Democratic presidential race moves into a nationwide primary fight, the timing of Mr. Kerry’s endorsement was intended to send a message by Mr. Obama’s campaign that some Democratic leaders are coalescing around his candidacy, despite a loss in New Hampshire to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York. The battle between Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton intensified as the field narrowed Thursday, with Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico dropping out of the race.

Mr. Kerry, of Massachusetts, who was the party’s nominee four years ago, did not mention Mrs. Clinton or John Edwards, the former North Carolina senator who was Mr. Kerry’s running mate in 2004. Mr. Kerry said he respected their candidacies, but he said Mr. Obama “has a superb talent, as all of you know, to communicate the best of our hopes and aspirations for America and the world.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/us/politics/11obama.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin

[wundermaus]

1. horsefeathers...

[ProSense]

3. Would you know a leader

if one smacked you in the face?

[wundermaus]

5. would you?

pucker up, buttercup.

[Tweety]

4. Funny!

Is that all you got?

Kerry is a good man endorsing another good one.

[wundermaus]

6. not in my opinion...

He turned his back on his presidential running mate.

[elizm]

2. It was an incredible speech...

John Kerry knows!! :) I was there for the surprise today. :)

[Konza]

7. but Obama lacks experience

only a few terms in the Illinois State House and 2 years in Congress!
Laughable experience for a President!

Oh, dangit, wait.

I was looking at Abe Lincoln's resume-never mind.

[wundermaus]

8. kerry endorses a new box of cereal...

Nice packaging, catchy jingle, snappy endorsements, great M$M marketing and product push, and with that little bit of kool aid to add that extra panache, well, hell fellas, we got our selves a SALE!... and there's a sucker born every minute.

[sniffa]

9. you're clever

[cali]

10. wow.

got any more cliches you can throw into that empty suit of a post?

[wundermaus]

11. nope... i think you got the idea...

no point beating the horse around the Bush...