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Kerry takes another look at presidency. Says loss in 2004 made him tougher
The Boston Globe ^ | 3/11/06 | Rick Klein

Posted on 03/11/2006 12:06:20 PM PST by LdSentinal

WASHINGTON -- As Senator John F. Kerry prepared to make a return to presidential-style politics with a classic day of New Hampshire campaigning, he said that the 2004 run left him tougher and more eager to fight.

''When you get knocked on your ass and lose a race, you've got to stop and reflect on what you're doing, why you're doing it, what matters, and what's important. And I did," Kerry said in an interview in his Senate office on Thursday. ''There's a very different John Kerry now who is absolutely crystal clear about how I communicate what I need to communicate. . . . People are going to be looking for leadership."

Kerry's efforts to launch another presidential bid have prompted grumbling from some Democrats, who question whether a second Kerry candidacy would be good for the party -- or even realistic. Some party insiders expect that leading fund-raisers and strategists will push Kerry out before the race starts, in favor of a fresh face for a party desperate to retake power.

But in most respects, the Massachusetts Democrat has never stopped running for president. He has maintained an aggressive financial operation that, since the end of the last campaign, has raised nearly $4 million for Democrats in races across the country, and has sent $3 million of his own campaign funds to help other candidates.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

If you read the entire article:

"Last spring, he authorized the release of his full military records, finally addressing an issue hammered home by the ''Swift Boat Veterans for Truth," the group whose attack ads battered Kerry's candidacy."

Does anyone know if this is true?


101 posted on 03/11/2006 1:31:28 PM PST by Kenny500c
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To: LdSentinal

It'll be fun to watch Obama fend off the suitors. Hill will be wooing him for VP, and so will Kerry. Kerry dropped Edwards from his speed-dial.


102 posted on 03/11/2006 1:32:37 PM PST by hershey
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To: quantim

...I took part in in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harrassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 calibre machineguns.

_________

No shit, so did I John, then again I was fighting a war, not punching my ticket for a political career.


103 posted on 03/11/2006 1:35:26 PM PST by Americanexpat (A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
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To: SIDENET

104 posted on 03/11/2006 1:35:38 PM PST by Boazo (From the mind of BOAZO)
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To: LdSentinal

WWWWOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO can't wait to see more pictures of the pampered gigolo windsurfing in flowered spandex.


105 posted on 03/11/2006 1:40:48 PM PST by OldFriend (HELL IS TOO GOOD FOR OUR MAINSTREAM MEDIA)
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To: quantim

Now if we can just get that picture of the POW on the other side of the page we could put him in contrast of the war.


106 posted on 03/11/2006 1:48:13 PM PST by Americanexpat (A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
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To: alice_in_bubbaland; digger48

yup , it runs in the family ,...

... I mean , she HAS to be trolling for rich older men , right?


107 posted on 03/11/2006 1:59:23 PM PST by Dad yer funny
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To: Integrityrocks

Where to begin? At the usual place, the dichotomy that characterizes this horse's posterior. With a single sentence, he juxtaposed 2 personae - There's a very different John Kerry now who is absolutely crystal clear about how *he* communicates what *he* needs to communicate (but the jackass said 'I').... People are going to be looking for leadership --> and you're going to provide it, doofus? We think not.


108 posted on 03/11/2006 2:00:56 PM PST by definitelynotaliberal
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To: Lancey Howard; ken5050

yup , AOL had a poll earlier today, that wasn't going her way

... Sir Edmund Hillary Clinton was expected to be TheOne by only 38% , ...

... the "Didn't Think So's" were in the 45-46%

[and Herself was the only name mentioned!!!]


109 posted on 03/11/2006 2:09:37 PM PST by Dad yer funny
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To: OldFriend
"WWWWOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO can't wait to see more pictures of the pampered gigolo windsurfing in flowered spandex."

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! Never laughed so hard at all the pics of him being his old goofy self! Can't wait!

110 posted on 03/11/2006 2:10:04 PM PST by Theresawithanh (Always remember that you're unique. Just like everyone else.)
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To: Kenny500c

It is only true in that he gave them to a single journelist that then proclaimed there was nothing wrong with his records.

That journelist was his biographer.


111 posted on 03/11/2006 2:17:37 PM PST by usmcobra (I always sing Karaoke the way it is meant to be sung, drunk, badly, and in Japanese)
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To: LdSentinal

Go ahead John, run again, go ahead, I dare ya.


112 posted on 03/11/2006 2:19:06 PM PST by R.W.Ratikal
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To: LdSentinal

tougher? sure thing, I don't see how it couldn't.

Smarter? LOL yeah right


113 posted on 03/11/2006 2:20:13 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: MikefromOhio

Sen Clouseau.


114 posted on 03/11/2006 2:23:04 PM PST by csmusaret (Urban Sprawl is an oxymoron)
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To: Agent Smith

I want to see the beast go after Kerry and theresa takes her down; this is going to be the ultimate, fun to watch cat fight, theresa will shred her to bits.


115 posted on 03/11/2006 3:00:52 PM PST by dubyawhoiluv
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To: FRONTLINER

NONE hopefully and they will keep in-fighting forever, this election cycle is going to be too much fun and a sin.I'll be in confession everyday.


116 posted on 03/11/2006 3:08:55 PM PST by dubyawhoiluv
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To: dubyawhoiluv

This is all about Kennedy vs. Clinton


117 posted on 03/11/2006 3:13:50 PM PST by OldFriend (HELL IS TOO GOOD FOR OUR MAINSTREAM MEDIA)
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To: LdSentinal

"Loss made him tougher"

It's difficult to conceive of anything that wouldn't.


118 posted on 03/11/2006 3:36:43 PM PST by ArmstedFragg
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To: Texas Eagle
Is it my imagination or is there not one mention of Kerry being a Vietnam veteran.

He's a Vietnam Vet?

I didn't know that........

119 posted on 03/11/2006 3:40:06 PM PST by Osage Orange (Molon Labe)
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To: Kenny500c

No its not. Selected portions were released.


120 posted on 03/11/2006 4:46:19 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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