Knoxville-area teacher Jim Karney recalled his favorite John Kerry moment from more than 30 years ago like it occurred last week. The two Vietnam War veterans were in Washington in the spring of 1971 to stage what Karney described as a "teach-in" leading up to Kerry's antiwar address before Congress. The vets had lost a court battle to continue camping on government grounds around the capital when Kerry emerged from the crowd and gave a stirring speech that galvanized the weary protesters.
"I'll be damned if I can't sleep on the ground I fought for," Karney recalled Kerry saying.
Fresh off Kerry's win in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, Karney joined about 50 other Kerry supporters Wednesday at the West Knoxville office of a local lawyer that will be used as Kerry's campaign headquarters.
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The Tennessee state director for the Kerry campaign, Stephen Lindsey, said that dozens of volunteers will be sweeping across Knoxville and the state using direct mailers, phone calls, yard signs and old-fashioned word-of-mouth politicking to promote the Massachusetts senator.
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Tennessee is Kerry country?