Reply #21: Not a big deal.

[TayTay]

I remember reading somewhere that Kerry actually tapped into Forbes family connections in the Philippines in the 1980's. He took a trip there to fact find on the Marcos family hold to power and to see if he could persuade Marcos to loosen up and give more freedom to the people. I found it interesting (in a small way, no big deal) that that family still had connections in Asia all these years (centuries?) later. Just a tiny item, but I liked it.

EDIT: What sarcasm? I am one of 8 kids and have a big clan. I thought the question was legit. And I think Kerry does huge numbers of relatives in MA. I have no idea how many consulted on whether or not he should run again, but he has lots of kin around here. I remember, in years past, when MA newspapers would claim that he wasn't really from MA. Liars. He is deeply connected to this region.