A moving letter, Linda. I was not aware that Kerry's campaign contacted her (I admit that I am not up on the details of this entire sordid spectacle) -- was it the Kerry campaign that got this whole ball rolling? Did they just troll lists of grieving families until they found one that they could twist to suit their purposes? Is this widely known or reported?
Please continue to make your story known.
According to Carly, the youngest daughter, she advised her family had been in contact with the Kerry campaign. Shortly thereafter, she became involved with an organization in Berkeley and agreed to make television advertisements for them. Carly was very excited about speaking to them and showed a card of a public relations firm, that she described as "John Kerry's public relations company" to various individuals in town.
Carly was very excited about being on the road, "working for John Kerry," as she put it, but I believe it was for one of the other organizations that was supporting Kerry.
Cindy, during the campaign, demonstrated at sites where the President and Vice-President spoke, during the summer of 2004.
I had heard that once before but I don't exactly remember where. It was in FR though.