John Kerry to kick off his Presidental Campaign~~~Live thread

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[Dog]

This is a live thread for the Kerry announcement expected shortly. He is using an aircraft carrier as a backdrop.

[texasbluebell]

Kerry then interjected to say that he also spent one night in jail; his spokesman said it was in 1971 when he was protesting the Vietnam War

Under arrest!

[texasbluebell]

Trudeau is too busy bashing GW these days. Back in '71, JFK(erry) made a good target though.

[texasbluebell]

Sailing with the real JFK in '62.

[Miss Marple]

Well, well, well. You sure have dug up some interesting photos and the Doonesbury cartoon is a winner!

By the way, Carl Cameron was just on and said Kerry might draw some flack for saying essentially that he voted for a THREAT of force, not the USE of force.

[texasbluebell]

One more photo of JFK(erry) sailing with JFK.

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Missed the Carl C. bit, too busy finding these old gems...

[theDentist]

Really? I hadn't heard that story. :-)

[texasbluebell]

Interesting article about Kerry.

A privileged youth, a taste for risk

[texasbluebell]

Teresa Heinz Kerry article, very interesting. I haven't been paying much attention to these 2 till now.

This should be a fun campaign, watching the unpreditable Mrs. Kerry. JFK(erry) can never be too sure what she's going to say!

John Kerry’s Secret Ingredient

[Mo1]

Sailing with the real JFK in '62.

Is that Kerry??????

My My My ... I thought he came from "common folk" type family the way he described the neighborhood he grew up in

[Miss Marple]

I notice President Kennedy wasn't particularly interested in the young Mr. Kerry. I guess the president didn't get close enough to catch that aura of looming greatness from the young chap.

[Mo1]

I agree. It was the most difficult part of the War. I blame it on feckless politicians who were afraid to speak out against the treatment of the military who were just instruments in carrying out national policy. We had a draft, which meant that many service personnel were not there willingly. It was easier politically to pander to the anti-war movement.

I blame the politicians for telling the military how to fight a war

I blame those at home like the Clinton's and Jane Fonda on how our military was treated.

There was a draft during WWII .. there were folks that weren't thrilled to fight in that war also ... but our country never spat on the troops

I agree, Ronald Reagan helped bring honor back to our country and most of all to our military

[Right_in_Virginia]

LOL ;-D

[Dan from Michigan]

Text of his speech

I sure hope this guy is the nominee(if it can't be Kucinich). This guy is Mikey Dukakis all over again.

[Dan from Michigan]

Same health care as senators get for EVERYBODY

How much will that cost.

[Dan from Michigan]

Kerry says he will only appoint USSC Judges if they are for abortion

Where's that enshrined in the constitution?????

[Dan from Michigan]

Benedict Arnold was a decorated soldier too......

[texasbluebell]

Kerry? Common folk? Not according to some of the articles I came across today. He came from a very priviledged background apparently.

But you'd never know it from the way he talks now.

[texasbluebell]

I notice President Kennedy wasn't particularly interested in the young Mr. Kerry. I guess the president didn't get close enough to catch that aura of looming greatness from the young chap.

The real JFK was rather underwhelmed, wasn't he?

[texasbluebell]

Not only was he from a privileged background, but he was even dating Jackie Kennedy's half-sister at the time of the sailing photos.