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In reply to the discussion: Multiple news reports: John Kerry to State [View all]phleshdef
(11,936 posts)35. Thats fucking stupid. Kerry was a top contender before ANY of this ever happened.
And you damn well know it. Cut the bullshit.
If we can't defend a seat in blue, blue Massachusettes, then we don't deserve the seat. Thats just pathetic. We only lost Kennedy's seat to Scott Brown because we ran a shitty candidate who was a clueless campaigner. John Kerry is getting old anyway. He can't hold that seat forever. If John Kerry had his way in 2004, he would've been retired from political life as of this January.
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I like Kerry as SOS. I think he will be an advocate for staying out of more adventurism.
dkf
Dec 2012
#1
This isn't about Kerry as far as I'm concerned. Of course he and 100's of others are
Lionessa
Dec 2012
#11
I think having this Senate seat up for grabs is a terrible idea for our country.
robinlynne
Dec 2012
#77
Thats fucking stupid. Kerry was a top contender before ANY of this ever happened.
phleshdef
Dec 2012
#35
Let's hear your scenario right now, for how to get rid of corporatists: Who/What/Where/Why/HOW?
patrice
Dec 2012
#41
Thank God the President was re-elected: otherwise Republicans would be calling the shots on
indepat
Dec 2012
#10
So you think there is no possibility that it wasn't reverse psychology to steer PO off of Kerry who
patrice
Dec 2012
#37
0 possibility of reverse psychology? Not even 50:50. Do you admit how non-rational that position is?
patrice
Dec 2012
#51
Kerry was ALWAYS the better choice anyway. I like Susan Rice, but she is hawkish and no John Kerry.
phleshdef
Dec 2012
#33
Theres no excuse for us to not hold that seat. None. Its Massachusettes for Christ sake.
phleshdef
Dec 2012
#38