Kerry threatens NFL if Patriots-Giants not on NBC

John Kerry tackling today's big issues.

Kerry wrote. “But as someone who represents all of Massachusetts and not just those in the Boston media market, I remain deeply troubled that today as many as 250,000 Massachusetts households, and millions of Patriots fans nationwide, may be denied access to this historic sporting event. …

Quoi? You've got to be kidding. Come on, Kerry, this is a private business. First government thinks baseball/steroids is an issue they need to be concerned with and now this. It's a big OVERPAID GAME. Leave it and the market for it at that.

Well Terry the Patriots success was in the top 3 stories on DrudgeReport. I'd say Sen. Kerry has found an important issue that even Drudge can agree people want to follow. Sorry you're so partisan.

The advertisements have already been sold. The time slot is already set.
Christmas day is tomorrow and our politicians are already on vacation.
Nothing can be done before
Saturday. This is just another 'feel good' effort.

I have no acess to to the contracts signed before the NFL season happened, Still I wonder if threats from our US senator (capital letter purposely omitted) is in our personal and national interest.

I would personally love to see the game!

I fear Kerry would interfere with my own contracts were it not to his liking.

Is Kerry signaling his run for NFL Commissioner?

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I agree with Kerry's take on the issue and I'm glad that finally someone is trying to stop the greedy NFL because these type of issues not only happen in sports, we see gigantic corporations trying to take advantage of consumers that can't afford premium packages/services. It's these type of events what help many households take their minds off a bit of issues that affect us nowadays, and, to see that greedy corporations are just trying to benefit is unfair.
I've heard of many people complaining and yet no one has done a single thing!, glad someone has the guts to step up!.

the dollar, recession, Iraq....get to work,john-boy; its a football game....you'll never be one of the guys...you're a stiff no matter what!

Is this clown for real? I've lived in Massachusetts longer than he, and he doesn't speak for anyone I know with this ridiculous waste of the taxpayers' time and money. We are PAYING you Mr. Kerry, you work for US. We can see the game just find up here. NBC no less! That network has offered zip quality for viewing for many years, with very few exceptions.

John,

I missed where it was stated in the Constitution that we had a right to see a football team finish an undefeated regular seaason.

Or is this another part of "general welfare"?

I'll bet kerry has access. Make a tape for your constituents.

There is something reassuring about any politician of any party who loves American Football! Hurray!!

I wonder if Kerry would threaten The N.F.L if the team was named, The England Swift Boaters?

Paulo

Seems to me this is a good thing all around. Why some find something to complain about and knock Kerry for appears to be nothing more than political bias. We pay enough all year to the NFL the least they can do is remember that there would be no NFL without the fans and show some goodwill by allowing everyone access to this historic game. This is a good thing Senator Kerry is trying to do. To bad some can't stand good people doing good things.

After listening to Republic Party/Droid candidate Willard Mitt Romney's serial lying and flip-floping, the Republitards are going to wish they never called Kerry a flip-flopper if the nominate him.

This is business; the government should let the market determine what is fair and KEEP OUT.

You've got to be kidding me?!!?!? This is a PRIVATE Business... it is a dealing between them and major cable companies, this is a great leverage point for the NFL Network, RIGHTFULLY so, I have family who wont be able to see the game, but no one wants to sue about it. If OUR tax dollars pay for the government to gather and is discussed other than to the point of who won the game - It'll be a sad state of our world! Kerry needs to work on bigger things in this world, than FOOTBALL!! V.O.

Terry,
The Swamp must have left off the part of your reply where you ridicule DrudgeReport.com for talking about the Patriots. Anyway, I'm guessing you don't believe in consumer rights, like say the consumer's right not to be held hostage and have the public airways hijacked by a legalalized monopoly (the NFL). Taxpayeres fund these stadiums and club owners price out families who want to see live action and now they are trying to make these games pay per view events. That is wrong and someone needs to speak up.

John Kerry has no business telling the NFL how to run their league. he has very little credibility as a liberal senator. but I do agree with him. more people should have access to this historic game.

Word Up!It's about time someone stands up for the poor people who can not afford cable.That's why I voted for Kerry.

F Bush!

I'm sorry, but as a supporter of many different franchises throughout the NFL, seeing Kerry go on about this is a sad sad day for us all. I'm sorry, but I don't like the Pats, and I dislike even more that Kerry is trying to use his "I'm a United States Congressman" card to throw weight around to get the Pats televised nationally. I have more important games I'd rather watch than the Pats "historic" game. To me, the Pats have just become the Yankees of football. Anyone can win when they can buy a team.

Come off it already Kerry, stick to what you know, don't go throwing your weight around trying to act like you have something to prove. FYI: Most NFL viewers now, greatly dislike the Pats due to its Yankee feel, so get used to it. First the Sox, now this? Give me a break.

Terry,

I demand my constitutional right to free "Universal NFL Football"... : )

Good people, this issue is bigger than (a) football game. It's about what is happening to television or about to happen to television. Remember when you paid for a television and you got to watch what you wanted on 3 to 6 channels with no additional costs? With the advent of cable you have to pay for those same stations that were once free, and you get to choose from among several program packages which include a whole bunch of junk you could care less about, like infomercials and religious stuff.

What the NFL is doing is televising their end of season games, Thursday and Saturday, over their cable network which is HDTV. If you don't have that, well sorry. You have to go buy an HDTV, which now televises a relatively few programs. Come 2009 anyone who does not have cable service will not be able to see any television, as broadcast TV will no longer exist. Eventually everyone will have to have cable service and HDTV, and probably have to pay for sports packages and other packages separately. Welcome to the new age.

So you good folks can be glib and sarcastic about Senator Kerry's action, but it is an important challenge that he is making.

It may not be a constitutional issue but Americans pour so much money into the NFL that they deserve to see the big game no matter what. I just wish the Senator had made some noise before the Packers/Cowboys game! The NFL Network may have only 40 million subscribers, but they also produce the biggest television show of the year. That is a HUGE bargaining chip. They should use it instead.

I've read that several NFL owners have gone to state legislatures begging that they get involved in this, to mandate that cable companies like Comcast put the NFL Network into the basic digital service instead of up in the premium sports package.

If these owners can demand that states get involved to benefit their own pockets, why can't a representative of the people get involved demand that the NFL treat all of its fans fairly?

This idiot almost was our president

See the game? I demand my Constitutional right to play in the game!

What, you mean neither of them are in there?

This idiot almost was our president

Posted by: ToddonCapeCod | December 24, 2007 6:52 PM

Yes...we could be watching NFL football instead of fighting this stupid war. Nice vote..Bozo!

Kerry and Patriot in the same sentence That’s an oxymoron.

Kerry and Patriot in the same sentence That’s an oxymoron.

This idiot almost was our president

Posted by: ToddonCapeCod | December 24, 2007 6:52 PM

I'd rather have had an idiot like Kerry as President rather than the draftdodging drydrunk from Crawford, Tx that you dumbarse Republicans have stuck us with since 2000.

Here are several examples of Prez Chimpy's embarrasing lack of eloquence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGRYPYuFZLk

John,

I really could care less what the Drudge Report had on this

Here is your consumer right:

1) Get a service that carries the NFL Network

2) Go to an establishment that carries the NFL Network

3) Don't watch the game.

As far as as far as the public "airways" (air waves or you flying a plane?). That battle of cable TV has long been fought. This is no different than HBO. Right now I'm watching the Chargers and Broncos on cable TV. Do all the people in the country that don't have ESPN have a complaint?

Taxpayer funded stadiums - and this has what do to do with the Patriots-Giants game not being on network TV?

Club owners pricing out families? If anything, the club owners probably underprice their tickets. If you want proof, go out onto StubHub.

If you think the NFL relly wants to lose viewers, look no furthur than the Chicago Blackhawks and see what not televising their home games has done to that franchise has done.

The point is, it is the NFL's business to market their product as they see fit and it is our job as consumers whether we want to pony up the bucks to buy it.

If you really want to watch the game, call up your cable company and order the NFL network for that day and the next day cancel it. It's pretty cheap.

I AM GLAD SEN KERRY IS LOOKING OUT FOR ALL THE PATRIOTS FANS IN NEW ENGLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

Whoever said that NFL network can only be seen with HDTV is wrong. We have that channel and no HDTV, so... The only thing I hate about the NFL is the lack of availability to buy tickets to see live games. You practically have to be born into the seating option and/or sell an organ or two to buy tickets. I agree with the posters about remembering the fans. As for Kerry, is this going to be legislation passed he runs on when he dares face the voters again? No one likes Kerry and no one likes the Pats anyway.

Gonna cut millions out of the Sports Bar industry...that is where all the "serious" fans will go to catch the game if they really want to see it

How'd this guy lose the election?

As usual the Swamp "censors" let crap get through:

Word Up!It's about time someone stands up for the poor people who can not afford cable.That's why I voted for Kerry.

F Bush!

Posted by: Timothy Farmbrough | December 24, 2007 4:43 PM

Timothy, very nice sentiment there, especially at Christmastime.

And to the rest of the Loons, Congress has bigger fish to fry than televising football games, like funding the troops, a long-term fix for the AMT, Social Security reform, booting Kerry, Reid, Peloooozi, etc, out of Congress for being dumb and lame.

By the way, Merry Christmas everyone, especially the secular progressive loons!!

This idiot almost was our president

Posted by: ToddonCapeCod | December 24, 2007 6:52 PM

Yeah..it's such a relief that we got the worst president EVER, instead.

thank god america voted for BUSH! and they are gonna vote REPU BLICAN next year too! never stop electing REPUBLICANS! Democrats are WEAK!

GW I agree that this is a bigger issue than a football game...Comcast has taken C-SPAN 1 and 3 off of the basic programming in our area. You can only get them if you sign up for their super duper package. There IS no competition because we can only get Comcast. If someone else provided a cheaper service, I would go with that if comparable. Unfortunately, no matter how bad the service we are stuck with what we have.

I realize it is Xmas morning, but I am awaiting the kids to come knocking on the door to get up (I would have been up hours already), but I find it funny that no one is taking Arlen Spector, or Matt Drudge to task to highlighting this issue.

I suppose that the Right's hatred for those on the Left blinds most to the identical behavior of those on their own team.

*sigh*

While I think the NFL is missing out on an advertising gold mine by not putting the game on a national network, in the end it's up to them.

GW, the 700MHz spectrum for "free" TV is being vacated to make room for a new class of wireless broadband devices. It will enable new entrants like Google to enter the wireless telecom market. Look at the positive impact Apple has had already. Add Google into the mix, and it will be a boon for wireless consumers. If Kerry really wants to help consumers, he'd push for measures to undo the cable monopolies that past government policy helped create.

This is reminisient of the Romans using the Gladiators to keep the population complicent while the empire was crumbling around thier feet, and the politicians did nothing

It looks to me like a lot of people have forgotten that we are talking about two industries that have received economic protections from the government in the past so that they might best serve the interests of consumers. The moment that they stop serving those interests, they should expect to feel the heat. Good for Kerry for bringing it. I should add that I am a staunch conservative that would never vote for Kerry. So where are the Republicans on this issue?

Oh lord, what a moron. It's a private business. If you want to watch the game, buy the cable package. Can't buy it, than pressure your cable company.

It's so GD typical of liberals to think they have the right to bestow other people's "things and stuff" to anyone they deem fit.

I'm surprised one of the presents under Hillary's tree wasn't an NFL package for everyone

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This idiot almost was our president

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That "idiot" as you call him could never be as bad as the current idiot in the White House.

Once again Terry seems to think the whole US is in his ILKS tax bracket.

Pee on the little guy if he can't afford the NFL Network channel.Even if his son or daughter is fighting in Iraq while Terry's affluent family is tucked away safe in bed.

John "Do You Know Who I Am?" Kerry strikes again. The man is such a caricature, the people of Massachusetts should be ashaamed for voting him into office.

Sports stopped being wholly private businesses when franchises started taking public money to fund new stadiums.

This is arguably the best thing Kerry has ever done.

This is business; the government should let the market determine what is fair and KEEP OUT.

Posted by: mike spillane | December 24, 2007 3:03 PM

Wrong! "Airwaves", TV or radio, are of the public domain and each of us have a right to have the "option" to see it.

If the NFL and cable/satellite "providers"want to charge an arm and a leg to purchase that "option", that would be business. But all of us in every market, should have that option.

football is a business. the split between the left and right in this country is a play kerry should be trying to make.

I wish I could call this man Mr. President. I respect what Senator Kerry is attempting to do here on behalf of us all- even those who would find anything to criticize him about. To a small degree this is about supporting the home team and in a large respect this is about fairness and allowing all of us to watch history in the making. We shouldn't have to pay to corprorate interests just to watch a game of this importance. We all pay enough throughout the year through tickets, merchandise advertisments. This should be the cable companies and the NFL's gift to all Americans who are responsible for their profits and popularity. Instead they want to pick our pockets somemore. Those who are defending the actions of the NFL and the cable companies must be crazy or have a vested interest in fleecing Americans somemore.

Wait a second... Boston is getting the game locally? They haven't been the Boston Patriots for decades. The "New England" Patriots are 10 miles closer to Providence than Boston. Kerry is right this time - either open it up to the entire "market" or keep it clammed up totally. This is arbitrary and the NFL can stuff it. Another $11/mo to my cable company for a tier of channels that are all loaded with commercials? Never.

Wow.

I guess the democrat platform is that the federal government has to sieze ownership of all professional teams, stadiums, TV channels, and radio channels. Then all those employees will be simple low level government workers. Maybe this would be considered an artform and people should get free tickets to see them as often as desired. And politicians can run on new platforms of how much official tem merchandise they can promise people for voting them into office.

The NFL should support their fans and let us all see the Patriots make history without having to pay for it. Good for Senator Kerry for again for fighting for and making sure that people come first.

Hello, people!

What no one has yet said is that the NFL has been granted monopoly status by our government.

This includes a great number of privileges - too many to count - that increase its revenue, all because of government intervention in the market that the NFL asked for.

Now, Monopolies have great advantages, but they have also been known to abuse those advantages so frequently, to such great economic harm, that republicans led the charge to place restrictions on those powers when used against the public interest.

The NFL is using its monopoly power to gain an unfair competitive advantage against other broadcasters. This is a new situation as the NFL itself did not used to be a broadcaster. Kerry and others have been getting an earful from the other broadcasters about how the NFL is ripping them off.

While true, it's hard to make the case to the general public that one moneybags ripping off another moneybags is an issue we need to deal with federally.

But when the NFL rips off another moneybags AND the fans that support ALL the moneybags-types making money off the industry, they risk the industry and the average Jane's fun. So now he has a platform and a better angle to explain the issue - of course he's going to step up.

Why the federal gov't? Cause the NFL is a FEDERAL (not state) Monopoly.

So to all the people who think this isn't a serious issue and/or have decided to bash Kerry for wasting time - Sorry, but you're just plain wrong. The public has demanded that their federal representatives step in when billions of dollars are at stake.

The public has demanded that federal rep's step in when monopolies obviously abuse the privileges granted them by federal law.

And just cause you haven't called Kerry yourself doesn't mean that your IQ isn't sufficient to understand the issues. So here they are. Read the facts and then try to comment in a way relevant to the actual issues involved.

Well, when the team owners went beyond their voluntary fanbase to pay to support the salaries and stadiums by getting local politicians to assess additional home taxes and salestaxes on their constituents- then they openned the door to offer the teams up for public ownership to those same taxpayers.

finally...politicians tackling sports issues fans care about. who cares about steroids and baseball... i normally can't stand Kerry, but the NFL Network is pure evil so i'm with him all the way on this one

The NFL enjoys anti trust protection in exchange for broadcasting all the games over the airwaves. The NFL has broken the agreement and should have their anti trust protection removed.

Wow, I can't believe that I am going to agree with Kerry on something.

Calling the NFL just a private business is wrong. They operate under an antitrust exemption that I am sure Bill Gates would love to have. And I am getting annoyed at the NFL owners, who are continually lobbying for public goodies (like publically financed staduims in which to play) complaining about a quid pro quo.

Given that the good people of Massachusettes helped to finance the stadium in which the Giants/Patriots game will be played, Kerry is right to ensure that they will get to see it.

It is almost impossible to know where to start with the utter fools who seem to think that a) they have some kind of right to a product which is for sale in the fashion of the seller, for terms which they choose to impose by force (for what else is government authority?) and b) that it is perfectly alright for a Senator (or anyone) simply to abrogate a contract, to which they are not even a signatory, simply because it doesn't satisfy them.
Imagine what this unconscionable ass would have done as President of the US.
Imagine further the mental limitations of the number of posters here who agree with Swift Boat Kerry and consider, if you will, the fundamental problems that cannot help but emerging when such unspeakables vote.

Hey!
remember us Baseball fans?
Direct TV got the 'exclusive' for the 2007 baseball package -- it had been available on either satellite system for years before that --we had to switch providers to get it, because Direct TV is cozy with MLB and some future deals .....
I don't see anything different about this -- except maybe the smaller base able to view it --
if you want it, pay for it,,,!!! or convince the 'market' that it is in their best business interests to make it more widely available -----
It's still a free market system.. ( thank G__)

Like a blind squirrel who finds a nut once in a blue moon, Kerry is right on the NFL Network issue. But not for the reasons he states.

The NFL is using its monopoly status derived from its Federal exemption from anti-trust laws to squeeze its fans.

The solution, take away the NFL's anti-trust exemption so they will be looking over the shoulder at competition. Then they may price the NFL Network at market value.

I don't like the pats or the giants but I am glad someone is doing something about this. This a historic game and it needs to be on National TV!

Here are a few of the things Senator John Kerry has been up to when not checking on corporations who push their special antitrust status past the breaking point. No business that makes millions of dollars per year should have special rights like pro sports do.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2527021#top

Climate change, incompetence in Iraq and Afghanistan, FCC violations, people dying in the cold, and so on...

THIS is what he's done in from 12/05/2007 through 12/21/2007

1. John Kerry represented the US at Bali on environmental issues.12/12/2007
2. John Kerry supported Feingold's bill to end the war and not give Bush his money unless there was a deadline. 12/21/2007
3. John Kerry URGED THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF HEATING ASSISTANCE FUNDS 12/21/2007
4. John Kerry Introduced Legislation to Create National Affordable Housing Trust Fund 12/19/2007
5. Stabenow-Kerry Mortgage Tax Relief plan passed 12/19/2007
6, Senate Passed Kerry Legislation To Provide Answers on Boston's Terror Grants 12//19/2007
7 Kerry pursues FCC funding freeze.
8. Kerry, Obama to FCC Chairman Martin: Delay Consolidation Vote, Investigate Minor... 12/14/2007
9, Kerry, Smith Introduce Legislation to End Discriminatory, Counterproductive HIV programs 12/19/2007
10. Kerry John Kerry spoke at SAIS TODAY on a Winning Strategy in Afghanistan Dec 05, 2007
11. Kerry, Ensign Introduce E-Prescribing Bill to Modernize Medicine and Save Lives Dec 05, 2007

And that's not even back to November yet.

Hmph. As soon as I mention the monopoly and regulatory issues, suddenly the tide changes...with people mentioning monopoly and regulatory issues w/o referencing my post....

jeff, ethel, roscoe: thanks for the validation.

Art Hippler & k morris: Obviously you are still having some trouble reading. It's not a free market when the NFL asks the Gov't to help them prevent other people from competing by exempting them from the challenges of the, what was it?

oh, yeah: the Free Market.

And you can't see any diff btwn Direct TV buying the rights to baseball games and the NFL network?

Let's see....In one case, there was a dum da duh dum, Free Market where different broadcasters bid to air the games and one broadcaster won.

In the other, the NFL (Content Owner) Decided not to allow the Free Market even the OPPORTUNITY to bid.

It's called "Vertical integration".

Let's imagine there's only one hammer maker in the world. Now, after making billions of bucks of their protected, monopoly status as the only hammer maker, the NHM (national hammer makers) uses some of its profits to open up a chain of hardware stores to compete in a completely different field (no longer manufacturing, but now in retailing). And let's say that instead of going to the retailers or even wholesalers and saying "who wants to pay the most for our hammers? I'll help you by giving you and exclusive deal if you pay me extra"...they now say, "Our best hammers are not for sale to stores, only directly to customers for full retail price."

Would that be abuse of monopoly power by using one monopoly to gain an unfair competitive advantage in a different industry (retailing).

D'Oh! I guess it would.

Would that be a federal issue?

D'Oh! I guess it would.

And if a senator got a lot of calls from:

1. hardware store owners complaining about being driven out of business

2. and even more from consumers with the admittedly less important, but still valid, complaint that they have to drive over to some other store that is inconvenient for them to buy the hammer

Then wouldn't said senator be doing his job by addressing the issue?

Political watcher did a fine job justifying Kerry's paycheck - but he shouldn't have had to.

Frankly there are a lot of people on this blog that seem to like to criticize things they know nothing about.

Crazy Duck's opinion is everything in life sdhould be provided for by the gov't. We live in capitalistic society, if you want economic equality, go 90 miles south of Florida.

What no one has mentioned is that it is the cable companies NOT the NFL that is blocking access. NFL Network isn't available on cable because the cable companies want to make it a part of a premium package. The NFL wants it to be part of basic cable. Now stop whining about "big football" and evil "monopolies", tell that doofus Kerry to get a life and YOU people write Time Warner et al and complain to them that you don't get to see the Gaytriots . . . I mean Patriots play.

Hey, it's a democracy. If enough voters happen to be sports fans, then let's amend the laws to reflect their desire to see games on free network TV. Don't forget, when we watch for "free," someone is happy to pay the NFL several million dollars a minute for commercial time.

Hey John, you cheap FRICK. Haven't you ever heard of PAY PER VIEW?
You cheap no good big government clown!

Tim Farmbrough you my good man are exactly what is wrong with this country. Your hate runs so deep that you can not see straight. If you for one moment you think that John Kerry has your best interest in mind then you are delusional.

Good idea! Let's have hearings into how the NFL gets to be a government-approved monopoly as well!

Crazy Duck's opinion is everything in life sdhould be provided for by the gov't. We live in capitalistic society, if you want economic equality, go 90 miles south of Florida.

Posted by: Terry | December 26, 2007 9:29 Am

Actually I'm no big fan of govt.

But unlike you,who has no problem spending 800 bil of our dough on Iraq,i'd rather see the American people receive some help.

if you want to talk about BIG govt.,you'll find none larger than under Terry's party from 2000-2007.

Spent more,wasted more,than any other admin in history.

Conservatives my ASS!

As others noted, the NFL is a sanctioned monopoly, so enough with the "free market decides" jibberish.

More importantly, can the NFL Network PLEASE figure out that an essential element of broadcasting a football game is showing WHAT QUARTER THE GAME IS IN! Come on people.

Crazy Duck,

I agree with you on the wasteful spending from 2001-07. However, reading some of your previous posts, you are a fan of big DOMESTIC gov't.

It is what was wasteful that we disagree on. Prescription drug plan is something that will haunt this country for generations.

NEW YORK - After weeks of insisting they wouldn’t cave in, NFL officials did just that Wednesday. Now all of America can see the Patriots’ shot at history.

Wing nuts,how does it feel to pee in the wind and it ends up on your Allen Edmonds?

Sorry if this has been mentioned, but this is actually a good development for cable subscribers. For years, cable subscribers have wanted a la carte subscriptions (paying for only the channels you want) but cable companies have refused because they know the average cable subscriber only watches 10 to 20 channels on a regular basis and the cable companies would lose a lot of money if subscribers didn't have to pay for the channels they didn't watch. But now that the cable companies have taken the position that they will not carry the NFL network on basic cable because they don't want people to have to pay for a channel that has limited appeal and won't be watched year round, they've validated the a la carte argument and won't be able to argue against it in the future.

GO KERRY!

The silly right-wingers on here looking to bash him just because he's a Democrat miss the point. The NFL is not exempt from anti-trust exemption, and the Patriots represent NEW ENGLAND, not just Foxboro or even the state of Massachusetts. Because many other states in NE are blacked out, Kerry has a right to demand the NFL to open their channel up to more viewers rather than hogtie them to satellite.

Rick only the left wing nut jobs could support what amounts to extortion by Kerry. "Do what I tell you to do or I'll drag you into senate hearings." This paper won't display anything like the truth so I don't expect this to be approved and displayed. Liberalism at it's best in the Baltimore Sun.

Good for Senator Kerry.

Now who really cares about a bunch of steroid crazed rich over-paid maniacs bashing each other in a cold windy stadium filled with drunks too stupid to sit home and watch the game on their boobtube?

The NFL should arrange to honor him by creating tackling dummies that look like him (kinda funny looking) in his honor.

What Kerry was doing is what all liberals do and that's push an agenda. The agenda here was once again to get everyone involved to see things his way. Liberals love to run everyones life and tell them how and what to do. Kerry like most liberals is a huge hypocrite. Tells people how to live but he lives a differant way. Liberals have ruined this country along with the liberal media who enables their behavior and encourages same. If I have to talk to a liberal, I just hit them with facts of how they are wrong and then the little liberal doesn't want to play anymore.