Kerry plays security card

upi via bloomberg no url | 1/13/4

[NativeNewYorker]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Sen. John Kerry said Tuesday he has assembled a team of retired generals and national security experts to campaign for him in the crucial New Hampshire primary.

Kerry's state campaign headquarters in Manchester, N.H. annoucned that retired Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy, retired Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney, former Ambassador Joe Wilson would spearhead a three-day drive in the Granite State starting Tuesday.

Kerry is also bussing a "Veterans Brigade" from his home state of Massachusetts to campaign for him in New Hampshire and in Iowa, which holds its caucuses, the first hard test of public support for the competing Democratic candidates, Jan. 19.

Speaking in Waterloo, Iowa, Kerry said more than 10,000 Iowa veterans would be campaigning for him in the run up to the caucuses.

[Ax]

A few years ago, Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy was rumored to be the next Director of the National Security Agency. Deo Gratias, this never came about. She is the "soldier" who instituted the COO (Concern of Others) Progran in one of her commands. That does seem to run contrary to the ethos of the Army: kill people and break things.

[TheBigB]

Didn't Kerry serve in Vietnam?

[American_Centurion]

COO - consideration of others.

LTG Kennedy is/was nothing more than a feminist clintonista 2 star. Doesn't know the difference between security and Depends undergarments.

[mattdono]

former Ambassador Joe Wilson

That Joe Wilson?

Yeah, he doesn't have any bone to pick with Bush...he's only out campaigning for one of his potential opponents.

[gov_bean_ counter]

To quote Rev. Al...

"If you got good credit, you don't need a cosigner."

[samtheman]

Didn't Kerry serve in Vietnam?

He sure the ef did. And then he tossed his effing medals over the White House wall. Well, they weren't his effing medals. They belonged to some other poor ef-head GI. But then, that's John Effing Kerry for you. He gets things half-right, about half the effing time.

[cwb]

Good ol' Al won't win, but he sure has some great one-liners. He's the only entertainment in any of these debates...and I loved what he did to Dean. I think we need to get behind Al for a third party run.

[Shermy]

In case you missed it...

"...Kerry's state campaign headquarters in Manchester, N.H. annoucned that retired Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy, retired Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney, former Ambassador Joe Wilson would spearhead a three-day drive in the Granite State starting Tuesday.

[Shermy]

Joe Wilson siting here.

[okie01]

...former Ambassador Joe Wilson would spearhead a three-day drive in the Granite State starting Tuesday.

Wilson was Clark's diplomatic aide when he was SACEUR. I gotta wonder if ol' Joe's gonna be tellin' any Weasley stories "outta school".

Wonder if he's got any observations on "questions of integrity and character"...

Jeez, what a skaggy bunch over-inflated egos...