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karynnj

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Wed Jan 16, 2013, 06:04 PM
Jan 2013

who can't believe that their government - even under Reagan, would have knowingly allowed drugs in to the country which absolutely destroyed parts of the inner cities.

Kerry's work took real courage and the willingness to lose his seat - as no one wanted to believe this. It is sad that even decades later, the men who were behind this - Oliver North, Eliott Abrahams and likely GHWB are treated as respected patriots - while they trashed Kerry's true patriotism (in this) and on Vietnam.

Like Beachmom and Mass hinted or said on different threads, it is interesting that Kerry, who has not ever been a bland centrist, was the ONLY Obama nominee who no one (other than the loony right) was questioning.

However, that might be changing as at least one article contrasted Kerry vs Clinton on financial issues - and suggested his was the greater problem. Remember tha FOREIGN governments and people were giving huge sums to Bill Clinton's Foundation and the donors were not public.

In contrast, as Kerry's office has answered hundreds of times - neither he or Teresa control the trusts they are beneficiaries of - and do not make decisions on holdings. The really annoying thing is that from Kerry's letter answering this last year, the holdings of the Heinz foundations were blind - until the Republicans demanded to know what was in them in 2004.

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