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Vitter’s woes make him the butt of Kerry’s latest joke |
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By Aaron Blake
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Posted: 07/20/07 05:01 PM [ET] |
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is making off-color jokes again — this time at the expense of a Senate colleague.
Speaking at a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) fundraiser last weekend, Kerry recited a five-line poem about Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), who recently found himself in hot water when his phone number showed up on the records of a woman accused of running a Washington prostitution ring.
Vitter apologized for “a very serious sin.”
Kerry made light of the situation with a limerick when he spoke at the event, which was held, appropriately enough, in Nantucket, Mass.
“There once was a man named Vitter/Who vowed that he wasn’t a quitter/But with stories of women/And all of his sinnin’/He knows his career’s in the — oh, never mind,” Kerry said.
The poem was reported by ABC News on Friday and confirmed to The Hill by a Democratic aide who attended the event.
Late last year, Kerry joked that young people who don’t get an education end up “stuck in Iraq.” He said it was a jab at President Bush, but some saw it as a shot at the intellect of those in the military.
Kerry, the 2004 Democratic nominee for president, was blacklisted on the campaign trail after the remark and hurt his chances at another bid for the White House.
Whether this quip is received poorly remains to be seen. Vitter’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Kerry also incorrectly referred to Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) as “Sen. Vitter” on the Senate floor this week, The Hill reported Thursday. DeMint has been one of Vitter’s top defenders.
Kerry’s office said it wasn’t meant as a shot at DeMint, even though Senate rules dictate that senators refer to each other as “the gentleman from” their respective states.
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