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To: tejek who wrote (588192)	7/6/2004 3:07:07 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Clinton 58%.

To: tejek who wrote (588192)	7/6/2004 3:22:42 PM
From: DizzyG	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Hmmm... I didn't realize Bush was on a working vacation 42% of his first year. Fire him! Surely you've read the following article as well. Should Kerry be fired too? Or are you just playing politics? Prominent Republicans, led by Gov. Mitt Romney [related, bio] and President Bush, yesterday urged Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] to resign - saying his fulltime presidential run makes him a no-show senator. Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey called Kerry's Senate voting record ``abysmal.'' ``I'm calling on John Kerry to resign so we can fill that office with someone who can spend 100 percent of their time representing the people of Massachusetts,'' Healey said, noting Kerry missed 87 percent of the Senate votes this year. ``f any of us attended our job only 13 percent of the time, we'd be fired.'' The Bush campaign and 1996 GOP presidential nominee Bob Dole, who resigned his Senate seat in the midst of that campaign, echoed the Romney charge. Kerry missed 64 percent of last year's votes and so far has voted on just 14 of 112 roll calls this year. Romney until now had critiqued only Kerry's platforms - taking care not to alienate Bay State Democrats. Indeed, the administration ensured Romney didn't comment himself on the issue. But the new salvo comes as Democrats try to block Romney from filling Kerry's seat should Kerry win the presidency. A legislative vote to hold a special election instead is slated for next week. Kerry told reporters, ``I'm running for president because we have to put this country back into a place of responsible leadership. And I believe I'm serving the citizens of Massachusetts and the country in the proposals I've laid out.'' U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy called the idea of Kerry stepping down ``nonsense.'' Dole, who gave up his seat as Kansas senator in 1996, told CNN that Kerry should follow his lead. ``I think that would be a message to the American people. They didn't get my message, that I was willing to give up something, but it might be something John would want to consider,'' Dole said. Bush campaign spokesman Kevin Madden said the calls for Kerry to step down were understandable. ``I'm sure that the Romney administration feels the people of Massachusetts deserve more than just one senator representing them in the U.S. Senate,'' Madden said. Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman Philip Johnston called Romney and Healey ``attack dogs'' for the Bush-Cheney campaign and noted Bush remained Texas governor while campaigning for two years. ``It's partisan hypocrisy,'' Johnston said. news.bostonherald.com Diz-