Where's Lloyd Bentsen When You Need Him? 

Once again breaking my usual avoidance of politics, but Kerry is really just begging for this sort of commentary.
Per The AP: With a famed astronaut at his side and majestic rockets towering outside the window, John Kerry spoke Monday of how America's space program embodies the imagination, ingenuity and fortitude that made the country great.
Yet the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, during at town hall meeting at Kennedy Space Center, didn't once mention NASA, the federal agency that makes those rockets fly.
Per Florida Today: But in the heart of a community where more than 20,000 people work on space programs, the Democrats' candidate for president met with a roomful of voters without commenting on President Bush's proposal to send astronauts to the moon and Mars or offering a specific vision of his own for exploring space.
"I'd like to know more," conceded Murray Hill, of Cocoa, a machinist who works on the shuttles for contractor United Space Alliance.
Per The Daytona Beach News-Journal: But he stayed grounded on Earth at the start of a busy campaign week and never mentioned future space travel.
Per The Houston Chronicle: "He'll probably forget to mention that he voted to cut NASA funding and introduced a bill to terminate the international space station program, calling it an 'uncertain and risky' venture," Feeney said.
NASA Watch has more on Kerry's "support" for NASA, in the form of repeated votes to cut funding (though even I will admit it's a somewhat one-sided presentation. But, hey, if Michael Moore can claim to report truth just be presenting accurate facts, then this story is 100 percent true).

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