Southern Republican Senator for Kerry

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Marlow Cook, a US Senator from Kentucky in the 60's and 70's, has endorsed John Kerry, saying he is "frightened to death of George Bush". 

His editorial in the Louisville newspaper is here.

[AuH2O]

Yeah, well, he WAS a Senator, but he was NEVER conservative.

His endorsement is 100 times more meaningless than Zell Miller's-- whose isn't exactly pure gold itself.

Bush has gotten much better cross-party endorsements overall. Miller, Koch, Kelly...

[raggage]

Keep in mind Bush has more than one prominent Republican officially on the record as not voting for him

[AuH2O]

And Kerry has most of the Dem Senators acting like he doesn't exist.

Daschle pretends to be Bush's best friend.

Carson isn't a "Kerry Democrat."

Bowles and Inez won't appear with Kerry. Knowles probably has never met him. Salazar separates himself and won't appear with Kerry.

Yeah, Democrats are proud of Kerry.

[J. J.]

Keep in mind Bush has more than one prominent Republican officially on the record as not voting for him

Someone who hasn't held elective office in more than 20 years can hardly becalled "prominent."

[Nym90]

And Kerry has most of the Dem Senators acting like he doesn't exist.

Daschle pretends to be Bush's best friend.

Carson isn't a "Kerry Democrat."

Bowles and Inez won't appear with Kerry. Knowles probably has never met him. Salazar separates himself and won't appear with Kerry.

Yeah, Democrats are proud of Kerry.

All of the above mentioned candidates are running in states that Kerry will lose, even if he wins the election. So their failure to embrace Kerry is hardly surprising, and is not a relfection of Kerry's national popularity. There aren't really any competitive Senate races in strongly Democratic states, but if there were, I doubt the Republican candidates would talk about Bush a lot. Senate candidates do what they have to do to win, and only go on the basis of the mood of their states.

The fact that Kerry is unpopular in Oklahoma is of little relevance.

[minionofmidas]

And Kerry has most of the Dem Senators acting like he doesn't exist.

Daschle pretends to be Bush's best friend.

Carson isn't a "Kerry Democrat."

Bowles and Inez won't appear with Kerry. Knowles probably has never met him. Salazar separates himself and won't appear with Kerry.

Yeah, Democrats are proud of Kerry.

All of the above mentioned candidates are running in states that Kerry will lose, even if he wins the election. So their failure to embrace Kerry is hardly surprising, and is not a relfection of Kerry's national popularity. There aren't really any competitive Senate races in strongly Democratic states, but if there were, I doubt the Republican candidates would talk about Bush a lot. Senate candidates do what they have to do to win, and only go on the basis of the mood of their states.

The fact that Kerry is unpopular in Oklahoma is of little relevance.

"little" relevance doesn't even begin to describe it.
Might there be a reason no Republican challenger in Dem states is competitive?...

[raggage]

Keep in mind Bush has more than one prominent Republican officially on the record as not voting for him

Someone who hasn't held elective office in more than 20 years can hardly becalled "prominent."

Lincoln Chafee is a sitting senator from Rhode Island

[Silent Hunter]

But Chafee hasn't endorsed Kerry. Miller's endorsed Bush.

Cook can't have been a very good Senator if he only spent one term there.

He got defeated in 1974 by a Democrat who held the seat until 1998, when the GOP took the open seat.  Jim Bunning's up for re-election this year.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yeah, well, he WAS a Senator, but he was NEVER conservative.

His endorsement is 100 times more meaningless than Zell Miller's-- whose isn't exactly pure gold itself.

Bush has gotten much better cross-party endorsements overall. Miller, Koch, Kelly...

why is a guy who NEVER votes with the party important at all? If you want to tout a cross part endorsement it'd be smart to go with that old senile moronic piece of crap Ed Koch, not the guy who loathed by Democrats even prior to his endorsement.

[AuH2O]

Hey, it was a Democrat that started this idiotic thread. I just continued in its path to continuously greater stupidity.

OF COURSE these endorsements are mostly meaningless, most spectacularly the one that is the subject of the initial post.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

I don't see what's "idiotic" about posting the article.  It's not like I said it would sway anyone's vote.