Posted on 02/04/2004 9:54:23 PM PST by ambrose
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:19:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
DEMOCRATIC presidential front-runner John Kerry and Richard M. Nixon have something in common - Sen. Kerry's political history is scarred by its own version of Watergate.
During Kerry's 1972 bid for Congress, his younger brother, Cameron Kerry, was arrested for "breaking into . . . the headquarters of a Kerry opponent," the New York Times reported on Sept. 19 of that year. Kerry's headquarters were in the same building in Lowell, Mass.
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And now, class.... can anyone draw a parallel between this account and current events?
What sleaze
Measure Number: H.R. 3396 (Defense of Marriage Act) Kerry (D-MA), Nay
"I think there has been an exaggeration," Mr. Kerry said when asked whether President Bush has overstated the threat of terrorism.
SC Dem Debate 01/29/04
Kerry opposed the death penalty until 2002 , voted against military action in the 1991 Persian Gulf war, and voted to freeze defense spending.
Bank records would later show that Kerry's Chinese campaign cash came from $300,000 in overseas wire transfers sent to Chung on orders from the chief of Chinese military intelligence, Newsweek reports.
NewsMax 02/02/04
U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry yesterday said Pope John Paul II ``crossed the line'' by instructing pols to block legalization of gay marriage.
Boston Herald 08/02/03
During the height of the Cold War, Kerry opposed the entire strategic modernization effort proposed by President Reagan — the Peacekeeper, B-1 and B-2 bombers, the Trident submarine and D-5 missile, opposed the non-strategic modernization of the defense budget as well, and the deployment of the INF missiles in Europe.
Washington Times 01/04
Nope, that was a cousin.
DECEMBER 1992 : (VIETNAM ANNOUNCES IT HAS AWARDED COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL A DEAL TO DEVELOP ITS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE - THE CEO OF COLLIER'S IS KERRY'S COUSIN, STUART FORBES) "But Kerry's participation in the Committee [Select Senate Committee on POW/MIA Affairs] became controversial in December 1992," reported the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity, "when Hanoi announced that it had awarded Colliers International, a Boston-based real estate company, an exclusive deal to develop its commercial real estate potentially worth billions. Stuart Forbes, the CEO of Colliers, is Kerry's cousin." The "odd coincidence," according to FrontPageMagazine.com, involved a deal worth $905 million.- "What You Don't Know about John Kerry," by Chuck Noe, NewsMax.com, 1-20-04
Hmmm...
KERRYGATE CAST OF CHARACTERS:
* Vivian Mannerud : a Democratic campaign donor linked to cocaine trafficker Jorge Cabrera. Kerry accepted campaign funds from Vivian Mannerud.
* Jorge Cabrera : cocaine trafficker
* Liu Chaoying : the daughter of a powerful Chinese military official who also doubled as vice president of a subsidiary of the state-owned China Aerospace Corp.
* Powerful Chinese military official #1: Father of Liu Chaoying
* Johnny Chung : sponsor of Liu Chaoying; held fundraisers for Kerry
* chief of Chinese military intelligence: Kerry's Chinese campaign cash came from $300,000 in overseas wire transfers sent to Chung on orders from the chief of Chinese military intelligence, Newsweek reports.
... there's more, of course...
* Vivian Mannerud : a Democratic campaign donor linked to cocaine trafficker Jorge Cabrera. Kerry accepted campaign funds from Vivian Mannerud.
* Jorge Cabrera : cocaine trafficker
Cabrera was also linked to the Al Gore organized crime family and narcotics cartel.
In addition to defending numerous cases throughout the country, he has lectured and written for publications and legal and business seminars in this area.”
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Teresa Kerry, wife of Sen. John Kerry ($2.1 million-$4.2 million in eight drug companies
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Medical Negligence: Liability Limits
This vote was on tabling an amendment (Amdt. 4326), sponsored by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), to the Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act (S. 812). Tabled 57 Yea to 42 Nay.
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MA Senator John Kerry (Dem) voted to table.
My thoughts exactly when I read this article. Kerry approved a pre-emptive strike on the opposition headquarters based on an anonymous phone threat about the possible sabotaging of their phone lines, yet disapproves of any pre-emptive strike on individuals and countries who want to kill us.
bttt
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