[Mia T]

Am I being overly sensitive here, or is Kerry's repeated mimicking of the Israeli colonel borderline (if somewhat latent) anti-Semitism?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Kerry's father's father was a Jewish immigrant from Czechoslovakia who change his name from something eastern European with a "K" to Kerry while living in Boston. Kerry's grandfather committed suicide in the men's room of a downtown Boston Hotel in what at the time was a major incident. Made all the papers.

Kerry famously spoke about "our" Irish heritage at the South Boston St. Patrick's Day breakfast on at least one occasion. (Turns out Lieberman's grandfather was actually an immigrant from County Killarney who play wingback for Boston College in the 1920's and scored the winning touchdown against Notre Dame in 1923. Well, maybe not exactly.)