As a BC grad, I've always been disgusted by Drinan.
Accepting an award from the ABA, he said: "the purpose of law is to protect the powerless from the powerful." Apparently the powerless does not include the disabled.
Trivia: Who dropped out of the Massachusetts Congressional race back in the early 70's to let Drinan run? (Answer: His initials are JFK.)
1970 : (MASSACHUSETTS : JOHN KERRY RUNS FOR CONGRESS; ABORTS RUN AFTER A MONTH) For Kerry, politicizing the nation's war effort for partisan purposes was the right thing to do, in contrast to the violent revolutionary designs of colleagues who were out to destroy the system. Kerry didn't want to take down the establishment. He wanted to take it over. His aborted, monthlong 1970 congressional campaign was a victory for him politically, as it landed him on television's popular Dick Cavett Show, where he came to the attention of some of the central organizers of the antiwar/pro-Hanoi group known as Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW).
VVAW was a numerically small part of the protest movement, but it was extremely influential through skillful political theater, the novelty of uniformed combat veterans joining the Vietniks, and a ruthless coalition-building strategy that forged partnerships with the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), its Trotskyite rival, the Socialist Workers Party, and a broad front that ranged from pacifists to supporters of the Black Panthers and other domestic terrorist groups.--- "Kerry Exploits Vets for Hanoi," By J. Michael Waller, www.insightmag.com
MARCH 1970 : (MASSACHUSETTS : KERRY DROPS OUT OF CONGRESSIONAL RACE TO MAKE ROOM FOR 'FATHER' ROBERT F. DRINAN; KERRY BECOMES CHAIRMAN OF THE ANTIWAR PRIESTS' POLITICAL CAMPAIGN) Kerry drops out of the Fourth District congressional race to make way for antiwar activist Father Robert F. Drinan, dean of Boston College Law School, and later becomes chairman of Drinan's campaign. Drinan defeats pro-war incumbent Philip Philbin in the Democratic primary and goes on to win the general election. ------ From WinterSoldier Timeline , http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/index.php?topic=Timeline
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