Political Odd Couple Forges Friendship (Kerry and Dean) NYTimes

[chimpymustgo]

Political Odd Couple Forges Friendship
By JODI WILGOREN

Published: May 19, 2004

ORTLAND, Ore., May 18 - Sitting across from each other Monday night at Higgins, one of this city's best-known restaurants, Senator John Kerry and Howard Dean talked health care. They both had the halibut. Then on Tuesday, they spent most of a four-hour plane ride sitting side by side, even playing a round of hearts (this time, Dr. Dean won).

This year's political odd couple, it seems, are forging a friendship, as sure a sign as any of a Democratic Party unified in wanting to oust President Bush.

"It was really nice. He walked into the restaurant and everybody applauded; I walked in and everybody applauded," Mr. Kerry, the presumptive presidential nominee, said of his vanquished rival. "We looked at each other and said, 'Did anybody think five months ago that we'd be doing this?' ''


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He suggested that a special bond existed among the nine candidates who shared stages dozens of times through the primaries. "I think there really is a fraternity-slash-sorority to this," he said. "I admire John Kerry for what he did. I certainly admire him for" - he went on to use an expletive to describe his defeat in Iowa. The two men immediately exchanged high-fives after the comment. Mr. Kerry, for his part, thanked Dr. Dean on Monday evening at a rally of about 4,000 people, many of them Deaniacs, "for helping to awaken the Democratic Party, to awaken our country."

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/19/politics/campaign/19dean.html

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Unity!

[bklyncowgirl]

1. Nice story

Seriously, can anyone remember a time when defeated Democratic Primary candidates came out so for strongly for the guy who beat them?

This says alot about John Kerry's ability to mend fences, and build coalitions as well as the sort of men that Dean, Clark, Edwards, etc. are. These guys are patriots who are putting their country ahead of their own egos and that is a great thing.

[JI7]

2. a nice pic to go with the story

[Doosh]

7. Kick for Kerry Kicking and the other guy nose picking!!!

[madfloridian]

8. LOL

That is Tom McMahon, the new DFA director. I prefer to think he is not picking his nose. :evilgrin:

[madfloridian]

3. This was a good article. Also a good one at WP today about them.

I noticed this nice post was ignored so I am kicking it.

:hi:

Hey, if they can make peace, so should we.

4. Kick for Unity!

I wonder what the "explicative to describe his defeat in Iowa" was all about - lol.

[madfloridian]

5. Ha! The WP indicates kicking his you know what, but not sure.

I thought that was hilarious.

[chimpymustgo]

6. Peace and unity.

Isn't this much more fun?

:toast:

[NashVegas]

10. If I Had to Guess

"kicking my ass"
"screwing me"

many possible others.

[mzmolly]

9. Great article ... Thanks!

:hi:

"This man broke through American politics months ago and excited everybody with his directness, with his passion about the war, with his sense of right and wrong," Mr. Kerry added on Tuesday morning at the forum. "He helped to focus the conversation of this election in a way that very few people did." John Kerry speaking of Howard Dean

[blm]

11. Just as it should be.

If the results had been vice versa, you'd be seeing the same thing. November is TOO important for ANYONE'S vanity to get in the way, Kerry's, Dean's, yours or mine.

When the time is right - Unite.

[VOX]

12. Well stated, blm...

Word for word.

thanks -- :toast: