Wingnut Page Six Steps Up Its Expected Smearing on KERRY

[UTUSN]

Warning: Please note that the link is to the wingnut NY Post. The purpose for posting it is to hold-our-friends-close;-enemies-closer.

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http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix_u.htm

KERRY CLAN'S OWN WATERGATE

DEMOCRATIC presidential front-runner John Kerry and Richard M. Nixon have something in common - Sen. Kerry's political history is scarred by its own version of Watergate.

During Kerry's 1972 bid for Congress, his younger brother, Cameron Kerry, was arrested for "breaking into . . . the headquarters of a Kerry opponent," the New York Times reported on Sept. 19 of that year. Kerry's headquarters were in the same building in Lowell, Mass. ....

Meanwhile, State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer might want to rethink his support for Kerry, considering the records being circulated by Howard Dean's campaign.

Spitzer, who endorsed Kerry earlier this week for the nomination, has crusaded against financial shenanigans on Wall Street. And some of his investigations have targeted the same firms that made big contributions to the Kerry campaign. ....

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[grannylib]

1. While there is much that I admire about Kerry, and even though I will

certainly support him should he become the nominee, I do have some concerns about the issue of the firms that Kerry seems to be allied with; there has been much talk of his ties to big business interests.
Are there some legitimate concerns that we should be aware of on this issue, and how best to address them if so??

[blm]

2. The facts are that Kerry voted against the interest of corporations 95% of

the time. He has a great record of promoting environmental interests over big business (who was none too happy with the Kyoto Protocol Kerry worked on) and he promotes small business legislation over the interests of the big corporations.

The "talk" you hear is spin meant to derail Kerry's campaign. His integrity is intact. See the Public Citizen defense of Kerry's record in another thread.

You don't rack up the best environmental record of ALL the candidates, even Kucinich, by being in league with big business.

[grannylib]

3. Thanks for the tip about Public Citizen; I will check that out!