John Kerry
Related: About this forumJohn Kerry jokes about Trump (and himself) at alfalfa club dinner
h/t to karynnj to calling this to my attention.
Kerry was elected president of the Alfalfa Club, taking over from Michael Bloomberg. Some of his best lines (Source: Politico: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2018/01/28/inside-the-alfalfa-dinner-jose-andres-vs-ivanka-trump-remembering-ed-lorenzen-rubio-chief-of-staff-fired-paul-manafort-profile-big-names-who-bought-fake-twitter-followers-sunday-best-240540):
2. President Trump calls himself a stable genius! So right there, Robert Muellers already got him on two counts of perjury. "
3."Despite the pressure hes under, the White House physician says President Trump is in great shape -- a trim 239 pounds. Personally, I just wont believe him until he produces his long-form girth certificate. ..."
He also (same Politico source, see above) gave this generous toast to John McCain:
I will never forget standing with John McCain, the two of us alone, in the very cell in the Hanoi Hilton where years of his life were lived out in pain but always in honor. Our differences were transformed into years of common effort to finally end a war that divided too many people for too long. John always says a fight not joined is a fight not enjoyed. He loves to debate, he loves to battle. But one thing the service and the Senate taught John and me -- at some point, Americas got to come together.
And I hope youll believe the two of us Alfalfans: if Washington, is a city where you can bridge the divide between a protester and a POW, finding common ground on anything else shouldnt be so hard at all. I will always thank John McCain for sharing in the discovery of that lesson -- and tonight I ask all of you to join me in raising a glass to one of the best and bravest men I know, my friend -- our friend -- John McCain.
Presidents usually go to these things, but, not of course, the orange one
https://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2017/01/trump-wont-attend-alfalfa-club-dinner-234264
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Rather than hobnobbing with senior politicians, billionaire donors and media titans, Trump is expected to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on Saturday.
C_U_L8R
(45,690 posts)and look forward to his continuing activism.
But about this feeble excuse why Donny can't be at the event...
he says he has to talk with Putin on Saturday night????
Does he realize that it's gonna be 3-4am in the morning in Moscow???
Donny's excuse is looking pretty lame. What's he afraid of?
CentralMass
(15,537 posts)karynnj
(59,935 posts)It was a generous, real, sincere statement of his and McCain's relationship over the years. As such it stands on its own, but he generalizes to a gentle, but persuasive call that Washington needs to look for common ground. (Not to mention, the fact that McCain and Kerry respected each other even when they disagreed is an example worth following.)
It is also nice that this bipartisan group elected Kerry as the President, showing that among his peers, he is respected. As he should be.
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