John Kerry, the haughty French-looking Massachusetts Democrat who voted both for and against the $87 billion, is now pondering whether or not the Democratic party should nominate him at its nominating convention:
Campaign officials confirmed they're actively considering an extraordinary plan under which Kerry wouldn't be nominated formally at the Democratic National Convention in late July and instead would be designated as the party's nominee weeks later, around the time of the Republican convention.This really would be extraordinary, since the purpose of the Democratic National Convention is to, uh, well don't believe me, believe the Democratic National Convention's own F.A.Q. page:
What is the purpose of the Convention?I've kept a copy of the Democratic National Convention's F.A.Q. page here, you know, just in case. Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at May 22, 2004 10:46 AM
The Convention is the event, held every four years, where the Democratic Party nominates its candidates for President and Vice President.
Good thing you saved it. My guess is, it will soon disappear.
Posted by: Kevin P. on May 22, 2004 11:07 AMi think its so he can evade the campaign finance rules that would apply to him as a nominee while the corporate-bought and paid for simian-in-chief goes out and solicits money from the likes of ken lay and other (in)famous ceo types and spends, well, like a republican in congress!
call it campaign finance strategery!
Posted by: dinesh on May 24, 2004 09:29 AM