Report: Kerry Didn't Tell Edwards His Plans to Endorse Obama
Well, well, well. It turns out there was a very good reason Sen. John Kerry never mentioned his former running mate, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, at this morning's endorsement slash pep rally for Barack Obama.
Kerry never told Edwards. He tried to "connect" with his former running mate but, well, you know how it goes, it just didn't happen.
Former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., was in Charleston, SC, this morning when an aide brought word: the Associated Press was reporting that then-VP-nominee Edwards' 2004 running mate, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., was endorsing one of Edwards' chief rivals in the presidential contest, Sen. Barack Obama.
And this was how Edwards was finding out: through the media. Not by Kerry himself.
A source close to Kerry says he had tried to reach Edwards this morning before boarding a flight from Washington, DC, to South Carolina, but "they didn't connect."
When people show you who they are, believe them.
H/T: Taylor
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Posted by: Andy Niable | 10 January 2008 at 23:50
Well, it's one of the worst double-crosses a former candidate can do to his former running mate. Usually, the former candidate (or out-going President) just keeps his mouth shut, and does not endorse anybody during the primaries--if they don't support their Vice-President or former running mate. Kerry's rich, a gentleman, and I suppose, honorable; but he's a goon when it comes to political civility and tradition.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | 11 January 2008 at 09:34
I don't think he's a gentleman. One of his biggest misteps in the 2004 election was not utilizing Edwards to gain support in the south. He was afraid that if he lost the election and made Edwards look too good, that he would be a too much competition if both decided to run in 2008. That just shows where his head was in '04.
Posted by: Cadence | 11 January 2008 at 11:59
Cadence: You're so right again. You know a lot about these political shenanigans. I never thought about Kerry having an "hidden agenda" concerning John Edwards 4 years ago--just in case Kerry lost the 2004 Election. Funny, I think Edwards sensed it--now that you mention it. Or else why the cold relationship between the two ex-running mates?
I didn't think of Kerry having all that Machiavellian shit goin' on inside his head (I didn't think he was that politically savvy.
Well, he's a gentleman but truly triflin', says Mammy.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | 11 January 2008 at 13:15