Former Secretary of State and potential 2020 presidential candidate John Kerry admitted Friday he does not consider himself attractive.
Author Molly Jong-Fast wrote on Twitter she thought Kerry, now 74 years old, was a “hot” version of 19th-century president Abraham Lincoln. Kerry, stealing a famous line from Lincoln, said it’s been a long time since he thought he was “hot” stuff.
“Thanks, Molly – but Teresa assures me it’s been four score and seven years since anyone used the word ‘hot’ to describe this mug,” Kerry said, referring to his wife, Teresa.
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Thanks, Molly – but Teresa assures me it’s been four score and seven years since anyone used the word ‘hot’ to describe this mug. https://t.co/C0BahsBgXp
— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) September 7, 2018
The term “four score and seven years ago” was used by Lincoln during his famous Gettysburg Address during the Civil War. A score is equivalent to 20 years, making Lincoln’s comment a reference to 87 years before 1863, when the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.
Kerry is a Democrat and served as a U.S. senator from Massachusetts before former President Barack Obama tapped him as Secretary of State in 2013.
