Heeerrrreeee's Johnny!!

[Seismic Anamoly]

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Kerry A No-Show



By Jonathan Wells and Maggie Mulvihill





Presidential hopeful John F. Kerry has been a virtual no-show in the U.S. Senate over the past 14 months, but he hasn't missed a paycheck, even though a dusty federal law says some of his $158,000 salary should have been withheld.



During his run for the presidency, Kerry has missed every one of the 22 roll call votes in the Senate this year and was absent for 292, or 64 percent of the roll call votes last year, according to a Herald review of Senate records.



That means the Massachusetts senator has been away from his post in the Senate chamber for at least 128 days over the past 14 months.



Kerry, when the assets of his wife are included, is one of the wealthiest members of the Senate with a reported net worth somewhere between $198 million and $838 million. However, he and the other AWOL candidates have been spared the automatic paycuts called for in a long-ignored federal law passed in the 1850s.



Section 39 of the United States Code Service requires the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House to deduct daily pay from members for each day they are absent.



The only legal excuse is if the senator or representative, or one of their family members, is ill, the law states.



Dominick Ianno, executive director of the Massachusetts Republican Party, said he finds it ``offensive'' that Kerry is still receiving his full Senate pay.



``I think it's a slap in the face to every hard-working taxpayer who shows up to work every day to earn their pay,'' Ianno said. ``John Kerry is not showing up for work and he shouldn't get paid. He certainly doesn't need the money.''



Kerry campaign spokesman Michael Meehan said the senator has fulfilled his legislative obligations fully while on the campaign trail by maintaining regular contact with his staff in Washington D.C. and Massachusetts.



``In the age of telecommunications, Sen. Kerry is in daily contact with his chief of staff,'' Meehan said. ``Voting is just one small part of being a U.S. Senator.''

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"Voting is just one small part of being a U. S. Senator". Obviously Meehan graduated fron DumbAss State University.



Voting is basically the ONLY part that determines what becomes LAW. How could a Taxpayer paying this low-life to do his job possibly care about that??



And of course there's the drinking, partying, womanizing, sneaky deals with Chinese campaign contributors and members of the rival party....God, whose got time to actually vote and care about the poor bastards working for a living??



Democratic and Republican Parties...they suck the Chrome off a Trailer Hitch.



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Edited by: Seismic Anamoly  at: 4/25/04 7:33 pm