Lieutenant Governor: No-Show Kerry Should Quit Senate

Sen. John Kerry is still on the American taxpayers' dole for a job he refuses to do, and his state's lieutenant governor says enough is enough.

Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey notes that the presidential candidate has missed too many votes and has not represented constituents.

According to the Associated Press, Kerry has bothered to vote only 14 times out of the Senate's 112 votes this year.

"It's not fair, it's not right, and the public is not being well served," observed Healey, who said she was speaking on behalf of Gov. Mitt Romney, a fellow Republican.

"I'm calling on John Kerry to resign so that we can fill that office with someone who is 100 percent devoted to the job of representing the people of Massachusetts."

Kerry has previously refused to resign even though he repeatedly fails to show his face at work.

In 1996, Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas gave up his seat in early June before accepting the GOP's presidential nomination.

But some people are special. In 2000, Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., must have figured it was a poor bet to join Al Gore's bandwagon because he kept his day job. In 1988, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, was likewise too crafty to quit his job when he ran with the doomed Michael Dukakis.

Perhaps Kerry, like these fellow Democrats, expects to lose in November and needs a safety net to fall back on.

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