Boston Globe Endorses Kerry

I don't have the official link but you can read the text from JK's site --- http://blog.johnkerry.com/blog/archives/001047.html

AN ENDORSEMENT from this newspaper for John Kerry, the junior senator from Massachusetts for almost 20 years, may not seem like news. But we think our close familiarity with the candidate gives our assessment of him more credibility, not less. Kerry has inspired, impressed, and sometimes infuriated us since he first became the top assistant in the Middlesex district attorney's office in 1977. It is precisely because we know him so well that The Boston Globe can be confident in endorsing John Forbes Kerry for the Democratic presidential nomination in the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 27. Kerry's appreciation for public life was honed early. Educated at St. Paul's school and Yale, he joined the US Navy as an officer in the Vietnam War and received a Silver Star and a Bronze Star for valor under fire. He then famously became a leader of Vietnam veterans against the war. But his conscience propelled him further: In the 25 years since the war ended, Kerry has done more than most to heal its wounds. With fellow veteran Senator John McCain, a Republican, he worked to settle the question of prisoners of war and MIAs, the crucial last steps before relations could be normalized with Vietnam.

In the Senate, Kerry used his prosecutorial skills to good effect, bucking the establishment and conducting often gutsy investigations into Washington's associations with unsavory players such as Panama's strongman Manuel Noriega and the Nicaraguan contras.

Today, as his campaign has made clear, Kerry's understanding of complex issues is superior to the other Democrats in the field. His so-called ''nuanced'' thinking is a necessary tool in a world that is no longer black and white. For some, this habit of mind may raise questions as to Kerry's decisiveness. But it has not prevented him from making clear decisions when -- unlike some other candidates not burdened by legislative records -- he has been called upon to vote.

The Globe editorial board held lengthy interviews with eight Democratic candidates for president, and several of them impressed us. We did not enter this exercise assuming the endorsement would go to Kerry; far from it. But upon careful consideration we feel Kerry is the most presidential of the candidates. By this we mean he is the most prepared to be president: the most knowledgeable, experienced, and steadfast; the man we trust most to represent American interests across the table from a foreign leader or any powerful interest.

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