What's right with John Kerry? (The Nation)

[mrgorth]

Feel the funk blast...

http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040315&s=corn

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In early 1986 Kerry's office was contacted by a Vietnam vet who alleged that the support network for the CIA-backed Nicaraguan contras (who were fighting against the socialist Sandinistas in power) was linked to drug traffickers. Kerry doubted that the Reagan Administration, obsessed with supporting the contras, would investigate such charges. He pushed for a Senate inquiry and a year later, as chairman of a Foreign Relations subcommittee, obtained approval to conduct a probe.

It was not an easy ride. Reagan Justice Department officials sought to discredit and stymie his investigation. Republicans dismissed it. One anti-Kerry effort used falsified affidavits to make it seem his staff had bribed witnesses. The Democratic staff of the Senate Iran/contra committee--which showed little interest in the contra drug connection--often refused to cooperate. "They were fighting us tooth and nail," recalls Jack Blum, one of Kerry's investigators. "We had the White House and the CIA against us on one side and our colleagues in the Senate on the other. But Kerry told us, 'Keep going.' He didn't let this stuff faze him."
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[GainesT1958]

1. Now if he'll only be as publicly dogged about 9-11...

And about Iraq "intelligence"; and about the Cheney "Energy Task Force", he'll be able to take the same type battle to Dub--and win it, going away. I was glad, frankly, to see some genuine fire out of John Kerry in the last two debates. This is going to be one campaign where one has to play to win, not merely play not to lose. He needs to keep those flames stoked all the way through the fall; our nation's future depends upon it! :D

B-)

[mrgorth]

2. kick

[littlejoe]

3. His determined and unwavering vigilance, concerning

environmental issues is also what is "right" with Sen. Kerry.