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10-22-2004, 09:53 PM
Kerry team mulls wisdom of Series visit to Fenway
By Andrew Miga
Saturday, October 23, 2004
MILWAUKEE - Impugned for weeks over perceived Red Sox gaffes, Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] may still fly in to Boston for a surprise appearance at a World Series game, aides said yesterday.
The senator's staff is calculating the value of making an appearance in Fenway Park, where Kerry could bask in the team's glory. The appearance, while risky because it could invite boos on national television, comes as Republicans continue to knock Kerry over sports comments gone wrong.
In an e-mail blasted to hundreds of campaign reporters, the Bush team blasted Kerry as a ``so-called Red Sox fan'' who was ``against sports before he was for them.''
Bush's attack e-mail cited a list of Kerry sports gaffes, including his comments in Michigan that he'd rather win the White House than see the Sox win the World Series. :flipoff
Here in Wisconsin, a critical battleground state home to the Green Bay Packers, Kerry botched a reference a few weeks ago to ``Lambert field,'' mangling the hallowed turf of Lambeau Field.
``Lambert Field is the airport in St. Louis,'' mocked White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card.
Still, a senior Kerry aide said, the Sox could figure prominently in the campaign's final days.
If the Series goes seven games, it would end Oct. 31 - and a Boston victory celebration, drawing fans from battleground state New Hampshire, might be on Election Day. ``A Sox celebration could be a challenge for our get-out-the-vote operation in New Hampshire,'' a Kerry aide speculated.
By Andrew Miga
Saturday, October 23, 2004
MILWAUKEE - Impugned for weeks over perceived Red Sox gaffes, Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] may still fly in to Boston for a surprise appearance at a World Series game, aides said yesterday.
The senator's staff is calculating the value of making an appearance in Fenway Park, where Kerry could bask in the team's glory. The appearance, while risky because it could invite boos on national television, comes as Republicans continue to knock Kerry over sports comments gone wrong.
In an e-mail blasted to hundreds of campaign reporters, the Bush team blasted Kerry as a ``so-called Red Sox fan'' who was ``against sports before he was for them.''
Bush's attack e-mail cited a list of Kerry sports gaffes, including his comments in Michigan that he'd rather win the White House than see the Sox win the World Series. :flipoff
Here in Wisconsin, a critical battleground state home to the Green Bay Packers, Kerry botched a reference a few weeks ago to ``Lambert field,'' mangling the hallowed turf of Lambeau Field.
``Lambert Field is the airport in St. Louis,'' mocked White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card.
Still, a senior Kerry aide said, the Sox could figure prominently in the campaign's final days.
If the Series goes seven games, it would end Oct. 31 - and a Boston victory celebration, drawing fans from battleground state New Hampshire, might be on Election Day. ``A Sox celebration could be a challenge for our get-out-the-vote operation in New Hampshire,'' a Kerry aide speculated.