Kerry takes same stance on different war
Speaks against Iraq conflict
By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff | April 23, 2006
Before a wildly enthusiastic crowd of hundreds at Faneuil Hall yesterday, US Senator John F. Kerry exhorted Americans to speak out against the war in Iraq, declaring that troops are dying because of what he called an inept and deceitful policy orchestrated by the Bush administration.
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Jabbing his thumb in the air and sweeping his hands across the lectern, Kerry could barely complete three sentences without being interrupted by applause. Standing beneath oil portraits of Samuel Adams, George Washington, and John Quincy Adams, Kerry invoked history, from Congress's attempts in 1798 to silence Thomas Jefferson to Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy's crusade against communism in the 1950s.
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After the speech, Kerry, in a crush of reporters, waved off questions about whether his remarks signaled a renewed interest in running for president in 2008, saying he was focused only on policy. But in the crowd -- thick with Democratic activists, many of whom had followed Kerry's career for decades -- the hunger was evident. People yelled, ''Run!" and ''2008!"
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Natasha Rosenberg, 14, who came to the speech with a digital camera, beamed. ''It was great," she said. ''It put words to what I've been feeling about the entire deal for a long time."
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/04/23/kerry_takes_same_stance_on_different_war/Sounds like there was quite a lot of energy generated in Faneuil Hall yesterday! I love the "wildly enthusiastic crowd ..." part. The article also featured a couple of quotes from Repukes (who I'm sure did not actually attend the event) who are apparently quite delusional. Overall though, for a Globe article it seems pretty fair to JK.
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