Menino Lets Loose: Mayor Slams ‘incompetent’ Kerry

[ironmonk]

[b]Menino lets loose: Mayor slams ‘incompetent’ Kerry camp[/b]By David R. Guarino and Noelle Straub
Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Mayor Thomas M. Menino unloaded a searing attack on fellow Democrat John F. Kerry [related, bio] yesterday, calling his presidential campaign ``small-minded'' and ``incompetent'' - laying bare a years-old rift weeks before the city plays host to Kerry's FleetCenter coronation.

Menino, in an exclusive Herald interview, let loose on the hometown senator two days after Kerry snubbed him by siding with union picketers outside a U.S. Conference of Mayors event.

``Maybe they should use some of their energies to get their message across to the American people instead of trying to destroy the integrity of someone who is on their team, to try to discredit someone on their team,'' Menino said. ``They have better things to do.''

But, in a move that might only intensify the public war of words, the Kerry campaign responded by suggesting Menino made the comments because of the ``pressure'' he's under as convention host.

Kerry and Menino ended up on opposite sides this weekend as Kerry debated skipping a scheduled speech to the mayors.

Kerry decided late Sunday night not to give the speech in deference to picketing cops, angering Menino - who quickly replaced him with Republican Gov. Mitt Romney [related, bio], in a reciprocal snub.

Menino said he was enraged to see a local newspaper item saying he hung up on Kerry Sunday. The mayor yesterday said Kerry's campaign floated the story, which he called untrue.

``I wasn't angry with him, that's a rumor they're spreading,'' Menino said. ``They are trying to balance out their decision by saying the mayor's angry. I had no harsh words with them.''

Menino called the alleged leak ``the failure of the campaign to communicate with the public,'' adding, ``They are trying to find scapegoats for their incompetency.''

A few hours earlier, the mayor stood with Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe at a press conference cheering Kerry as ``the next president of the United States.''

``We are all on the same team, I thought. Evidently, we're not,'' he said. ``This is typical of small-minded individuals who have to create controversy.''

Kerry's campaign refused to make the senator available for comment last night, but suggested Menino might be stressed out.

``The mayor is in the middle of running the city and helping prepare Boston for the national and international spotlight as the Democratic National Convention comes to John Kerry's hometown, where Kerry will accept his party's nomination for president,'' spokesman Michael Meehan wrote in an e-mail response. ``These are two very pressure packed jobs and the mayor understandably is working hard to be successful at both.''

Sources close to the Kerry campaign and the mayor say they worry about the rift continuing through the convention - already plagued with bad headlines - and into the general election.

Aides to Menino say the famously fickle mayor has never felt particularly close to Kerry and could well hold back some of his ground troops, which helped put Kerry over the top in critical primaries.



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[Good Friday]

[quote name='ironmonk']Menino, in an exclusive Herald interview, let loose on the hometown senator two days after Kerry snubbed him by siding with union picketers outside a U.S. Conference of Mayors event.[/quote]
To clarify, Sen. Kerry did [i]not[/i] snub Mayor Menino. Rather, he refused to cross a picket line, which has always been his policy. It was more important to Sen. Kerry to uphold his integrity -- he does have some, despite his blind and misguided support of abortion -- by refusing to cross that picket line, as he has always done. He demonstrated once again that he is pro-labor and for the working American, not simply for his political allies.

To further clarify: I don't intend to vote for Sen. Kerry and I don't think anyone should do so, but I also don't think that Republican Catholics here or elsewhere need to lie in order to tell the Truth. That's a bit of an oxymoron, isn't it? If you're going to attack Sen. Kerry's political ideas by bringing the light of Truth to the debate, fine. If you're going to attack Sen. Kerry's character by telling lies about him or advancing lies that others are telling, that isn't okay. Catholics use the former argument tactic; Republicans use the latter.

[ironmonk]

[quote name='Good Friday' date='Jul 8 2004, 12:20 AM'] [quote name='ironmonk']Menino, in an exclusive Herald interview, let loose on the hometown senator two days after Kerry snubbed him by siding with union picketers outside a U.S. Conference of Mayors event.[/quote]
To clarify, Sen. Kerry did [i]not[/i] snub Mayor Menino. Rather, he refused to cross a picket line, which has always been his policy. It was more important to Sen. Kerry to uphold his integrity -- he does have some, despite his blind and misguided support of abortion -- by refusing to cross that picket line, as he has always done. He demonstrated once again that he is pro-labor and for the working American, not simply for his political allies.

To further clarify: I don't intend to vote for Sen. Kerry and I don't think anyone should do so, but I also don't think that Republican Catholics here or elsewhere need to lie in order to tell the Truth. That's a bit of an oxymoron, isn't it? If you're going to attack Sen. Kerry's political ideas by bringing the light of Truth to the debate, fine. If you're going to attack Sen. Kerry's character by telling lies about him or advancing lies that others are telling, that isn't okay. Catholics use the former argument tactic; Republicans use the latter. [/quote]
This was a Boston Herald article.

I do not believe that Kerry has integrity.

Kerry was rarely available to vote in the senate.
Kerry has flip flopped on many points, sometimes within 24 hrs of each other.
I would venture that Kerry didn't want to do it because he appears lazy. What a good opportunity to look "good" to unions. That's just a guess.

The guy is a liar and cannot be trusted on anything he says. He says whatever the largest group that is listening wants to hear.

The man was at some rally not to long ago, and was trashing people who drove SUV's... when asked about his seven or eight of them he stated something like "They do not belong to me, they belong to my family".

I could be wrong about this one point on kerry, but I doubt it. To many other things that he has stated has made him about as trustworthy as a fox in a hen house.


Also, glad to see you back bro.

God Bless, Love in Christ,
Max

[Iacobus]

[quote name='ironmonk' date='Jul 7 2004, 10:44 PM'] I do not believe that Kerry has integrity.

What a good opportunity to look "good" to unions. That's just a guess.

The guy is a liar and cannot be trusted on anything he says. He says whatever the largest group that is listening wants to hear.
[/quote]
Than you don't belive in the in born integrity of all men, eh?

If he has been doing it all his life... what makes this one any different?

ReReads that Bush supports a Plan B drug... I won't ever trust him again, don't worry.

John Kerry may show that he isn't be to trusted on abortion but that has no bearing on his trustworthness in other areas, ie ecomonics, etc. You are not only throwing the baby out with the bathwater you are also tossing the baby bath, the baby tub, and the sink.

[ironmonk]

[quote name='Iacobus' date='Jul 8 2004, 12:55 AM'] John Kerry may show that he isn't be to trusted on abortion but that has no bearing on his trustworthness in other areas [/quote]
Yes it does.

A liar does not get caught in all of their lies. It's like the tip of the iceberg. If you see a handful of lies, there are many more that you don't see.

If you see a "friend" of yours lying and backstabbing other friends or people you know, yet, you never catch them lying to you... then they are lying to you to, and backstabbing you too... you just haven't caught him.

People will treat you the way you see them treating others.

You've got a lot ot learn about life.

He has flip flopped on many things. His story changes every time he's in front of different crowd.

If you are going to vote for kerry - you sir are not a faithful Catholic. It sounds like you want to vote for him.

God Bless,
ironmonk

Edited July 8, 2004 by ironmonk