I tell you the Kerry I wish would run....BOB KERRY !!!

This is the man we need. He don't take a backseat or back talk from NOBODY.

Where the heck is that man ?

I believe he confessed to some atrocities in Vietnam.

He participated in the slaughter of women and children in Vietnam.

A fine, upstanding man indeed.

that were killed. He said he took responsibility for it because he was the commanding officer. It has taken a big toll on him mentally and he lives with it.

This was in Viet Nam 1969. The Swift Boats wouldn't work against him because he would confront them head on. His forthrightness would be refreshing for a change.

I think he would show what this country needs. Leadership.

POOR HIM!

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It's debateable if it was a massacre, but Kerry was involved in a nasty firefight that led to civilian deaths. Kerry's fault was he came out and admitted he was involved in the incident and that's all the Repugnicans needed to smear him as a "war criminal".

Bob's a good guy, but far too flaky to play on the national stage. He was great as the counterbalance on the 9/11 commission and great to hear him the other night with Colbert.

over and over again with war crimes like they did John Kerry with shooting the viet cong fighter in the back. It's a no win.

and massacred them, point-blank.

It's not a matter of the Right swiftboating him.

He IS a war criminal!

which had only women and children - but they were told there were VC there. At the time it was disclosed in a NYT magazine article in 99 or 2000, there was an uproar.

One interesting thing is that the man in charge was the same Admiral Hoffman who was one of the lead SBVT. Douglas Brinkley spoke to other people who were under his command and in TV interviews said he was one of the worst people there.

John Kerry and another swiftboat captain avoided a similar situation. A man on one of their boats saw a person run into a earthen mound in the free fire zone. Rather than shoot as they were supposed to, Kerry left the boat and found the mound contained 41 women, children and old men. Kerry then radioed the big ship and reported that he had 41 civilians who needed to be brought in as they were malnourished. He was repeatedly asked "How many enemies killed?" and kept repeating civilians. He then broke off communications and the people were loaded onto the 2 swiftboats. The sailors gave them the food and drinks they had and took to the larger ship where they got medical assistance and were moved to an area not in the free fire zone. Per the other lt, Kerry got hell for doing this.

out of office by the evil Saxby Chambliss who compared Max to both Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.
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That came from a RW columnist in the Boston Globe that was printed prior to the 1996 election - Kerry's toughest. At that time, many people in Kerry's line of command defended him as well as the people in his swiftboat.

Bob Kerry is an intellectual, similar to Adlai Stevenson. He is thoughtful, analytical, and capable of nuanced reasoning.

:puke: y. He looked like an idiot on the 9/11 commission and aided in the coverup. He lost many points with me.

And a DLC'er also. Those in my view are disqualifying points.

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shouldn't be allowed to run for dog-catcher unless s/he comes clean

did THEN you would have a thousand posts on DU saying that he his nose was completely up Bush's ass.

And if he had a vote during IWR, he would have very likely voted for it. And then would have taken the position that Bush rushed to war when weapons inspectors were proving war was not necessary, and he still would be accused of having his nose up Bush's ass.

Because that's just the way it works around here.

no way.

That's all I'm gonna say.

Dem PNAC supporters - has been for years - he helped spread the Chalabi lies all through the 90's. NO WAY would I want him for Prez.

thanks for the chuckle. i needed it this morning.

http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2002Q4/war.html

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The newly-formed Committee for the Liberation of Iraq (CLI) sits at the center of the PR campaign, which is coordinated closely with other groups that are actively promoting an attack on Iraq, including the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Middle East Forum, Project for a New American Century, the American Enterprise Institute, Hudson Institute, Hoover Institute, and the clients of media relations firm Benador Associations.

CLI sends its message to American citizens through meetings with newspaper editorial boards and journalists, framing the debate and providing background materials written by a close-knit web of supporters. CLI also works closely with Condoleezza Rice and other administration officials to sponsor foreign policy briefings and dinners.

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Other CLI advisory board members include:

former House Speaker Newt Gingrich

former Senator Bob Kerrey

Teamster President James Hoffa, Jr.

retired Generals Barry McCaffrey, Wayne Downing and Buster Glosson

Jeane Kirkpatrick, a White House and Pentagon advisor under former presidents Reagan and Bush who is currently an AEI senior fellow

Danielle Pletka, AEI vice president for Foreign and Defense Policy

former CIA director James Woolsey

top Pentagon advisor and AEI fellow Richard Perle, who helped sell the 1991 war in the Persian Gulf as co-chair of the Committee for Peace and Security in the Gulf (CPSG). According to journalist Jim Lobe, CPSG "worked closely with both the Bush Sr. administration in mobilizing support of the war, particularly in Congress, and with a second group financed by the Kuwaiti monarchy called Citizens for a Free Kuwait. CPSG also received a sizable grant from the Wisconsin-based Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation, a major funder of both PNAC and AEI."

former New York Democratic Representative Stephen Solarz, who was Perle's former co-chair at CPSG

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:puke:, :puke: and double :puke: :puke:

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it was quite amusing. kerrey ripped him good, yet somehow the freeps 'won' by being bereated.

chance in 2008 and besides, I think he's pretty much retired from electoral politics.

It would be his Chappaquidick.