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Prep School Peers Found Kerry Talented, Ambitious and Apart
nytimes ^ | 05/16/2004 | Todd S. Purdum

Posted on 05/16/2004 6:48:09 AM PDT by bitt

CONCORD, N.H. — He was a champion debater, a good student, a strong and graceful athlete in a small, judgmental universe that prized such skills and knew him well. But for five formative years, John Kerry stood a step apart at St. Paul's School, gaining achievement more than acceptance.

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KEYWORDS: kerry; prepschool

1 posted on 05/16/2004 6:48:10 AM PDT by bitt
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"...Talented, Ambitious and Apart..."

a snotty little spoiled twerp - is more like it.


2 posted on 05/16/2004 6:50:17 AM PDT by steplock (http://www.gohotsprings.com)
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Kerry finally gets some good advice HERE
3 posted on 05/16/2004 6:57:08 AM PDT by Davis
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Must Kerry go back to PREP school before he can find someone
to speak well of him?


4 posted on 05/16/2004 6:57:25 AM PDT by doberville (Angels can fly when they take themselves lightly)
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To: bitt
He was a champion debater

That's odd?!? I heard he was a 'masterdebater'.

sorry, had to slip that Austin Powers line in :-)

5 posted on 05/16/2004 7:53:34 AM PDT by Condor51 ("Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments." -- Frederick the Great)
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That's odd?!? I heard he was a 'masterdebater'.

I'll bet his "Prep School Peers" said he was a real jackoff... but the wording changed a bit by the time it hit print in the NYT.

6 posted on 05/16/2004 8:23:25 AM PDT by Wissa
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7 posted on 05/16/2004 8:27:32 AM PDT by RightWingAtheist
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Man of the people. An Average Joe. Even went to Viet Nam.


8 posted on 05/16/2004 8:29:28 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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ROTFLOL.


9 posted on 05/16/2004 8:35:50 AM PDT by freekitty
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To: RightWingAtheist

One of his former classmates, that was interviewed, is now head of the Heinz Foundation. I am sure that his recollections of J F'n K are fair and balanaced. Typical NY Times Infotorial fodder masquerading as news.


10 posted on 05/16/2004 8:42:14 AM PDT by Agent Smith (Fallujah delenda est. (I wish))
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Well, the memory IS the first thing to go. :)


11 posted on 05/16/2004 9:02:07 AM PDT by EvenStevens
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I found it funny that the fellow student,Barbiero, tried to put together a support Kerry group of the class of 1962 and there isn't much support.


12 posted on 05/16/2004 9:06:16 AM PDT by Betty Jane
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btttttttttttt


13 posted on 05/17/2004 4:15:48 AM PDT by dennisw (Mohammed wrote: "Cut off their heads, and cut off the tips of their fingers." (Sura 8:12))
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Note the picture of him captioned as playing a role in "The Caine Mutiny". I bet he played Captain Queeg.
14 posted on 05/17/2004 4:52:07 AM PDT by Heatseeker
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