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karynnj

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25. I agree that goes too far -

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 05:03 PM

Jan 2013

Kerry was better positioned and had better resources. He also had the good fortune to represent Massachusetts, which did not dump him.

What it probably did was to keep the very talented Kerry from being one of those the Democratic higher ups mentor and give plum assignments to such as the keynote speech. (Remember Kerry was first known through his eloquent testimony to the SFRC - he should have been an obvious choice.)

It is a measure of Kerry's strength and ability that he still rose and that in 2004 he got the nomination - even though others had more party endorsements and more money.

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Key cocaine dealer in Poppy Bush's IranContra ops applauds choice of John Kerry for SoS [View all] blm Jan 2013 OP

Never fucking forget. Kicking. n/t Hotler Jan 2013 #1

Uncovering IranContra also opened doors to S&L coverups and use of BCCI to fund global terrorism blm Jan 2013 #2

Kerry wrote about this in "The New War" starroute Jan 2013 #14

if IranContra and BCCI had the focused attention from DC media as Lewinsky case, BushInc would have blm Jan 2013 #16

Why didn't it happen in 1993... JackRiddler Jan 2013 #24

This is my gripe about Clinton and his closeness w/Poppy Bush. However, if you scrutinize blm Jan 2013 #27

Agreed, but "gripe" doesn't cover it, I'm sure you'll agree. JackRiddler Jan 2013 #31

You should know by now, JR, that I was just being DU civil in using the word 'gripe' here. ;) blm Jan 2013 #33

It wasn't "on their radar screens" aka version 1 of "looking forward not back" JHB Jan 2013 #47

Exactly the point of Parry's article "Hey Democrats, Truth Matters" blm Jan 2013 #53

And earlier Parry articles: JHB Jan 2013 #59

What I wonder was what the impact of closing this source of cocaine was. karynnj Jan 2013 #3

I also see Poppy Bush's covert ops here dumping tons of cheap coke in urban neighborhoods as a way blm Jan 2013 #4

The laws in certain states strip the vote from felons Coyotl Jan 2013 #17

Wish I could rec your post lastlib Jan 2013 #12

Thanks - it is infuriating karynnj Jan 2013 #18

North, Abrams, Weld - all involved in operation or coverup (Weld) for BushInc. blm Jan 2013 #21

Crack was readily available here Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #29

Wow - great link well worth the read rurallib Jan 2013 #5

Some who studied this time aren't so sure that Poppy Bush even bothered to let Reagan know what blm Jan 2013 #7

Republicans intensified drug addiction in the USA Berlum Jan 2013 #6

K&R Solly Mack Jan 2013 #8

Gary WEBB Octafish Jan 2013 #9

Yep. Shot twice in the back of the head. malthaussen Jan 2013 #15

That's how a Pulitzer Prize winner gets treated, who crosses the BFEE. Octafish Jan 2013 #20

Robert Parry: We All Failed Gary Webb MinM Jan 2013 #30

Sure enough. Octafish Jan 2013 #44

Thanks for this... Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #67

I worry that they could get you my friend! zappaman Jan 2013 #35

Dude the Disruption Dude Octafish Jan 2013 #42

Stay safe, my question-dodging friend! zappaman Jan 2013 #43

Dude the Disruption Dude Octafish Jan 2013 #45

You have become an expert on dodging questions. zappaman Jan 2013 #46

So what have you to say about Rick Ross and the CIA cocaine trade, zappaman? Octafish Jan 2013 #68

Stay safe my friend! zappaman Jan 2013 #69

Was not shot in the back of the head. hootinholler Jan 2013 #63

All agreed....but I don't get the title of the post....what did I miss? nt navarth Jan 2013 #10

Ricky Ross was one of the biggest distributors of all that cheap IranContra cocaine blm Jan 2013 #13

There have been 1st hand accounts dotymed Jan 2013 #11

the linked 2004 salon article d_r Jan 2013 #19

People forget how complicit corpmedia has been in the DC power elite's targeting of Kerry blm Jan 2013 #22

Just think how bad it would be d_r Jan 2013 #37

+1,000 freshwest Jan 2013 #38

The MSM was corrupted long ago....Operation Mockingbird, 1948..... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #51

kerry was made a pariah like webb? please. did he lose his job? was he blacklisted? did he HiPointDem Jan 2013 #23

I agree that goes too far - karynnj Jan 2013 #25

"Like Webb" in the sense that he was marginalized... JHB Jan 2013 #48

how was he marginalized? he continued as a legislator, got committee appointments, became HiPointDem Jan 2013 #49

The press regularly dismisses him as an empty suit and rarely mentions his 5 year investigation blm Jan 2013 #54

I'm reading America's Stolen Narrative Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #26

wow. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #28

I've been a lurker for a long time Party Favors Jan 2013 #32

Once you wrap your brain around the facts in IranContra/BCCI everything else that happens in the blm Jan 2013 #34

Don't put a period at the end of a link bananas Jan 2013 #36

Lack of action after BCCI report. Not Senator Kerry's fault. PufPuf23 Jan 2013 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author REP Jan 2013 #40

This thread has been unlocked. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #41

Thank you. blm Jan 2013 #52

I didn't unlock it. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #55

Good to know. blm Jan 2013 #56

Rather rude of the host that locked it not to announce the unlock. n/t hootinholler Jan 2013 #60

I believe freshwest is right, many people are unaware of the details involved, and US media blm Jan 2013 #61

Yes, but that has nothing to do with my point hootinholler Jan 2013 #62

I can only expect they'll be more careful in the future. blm Jan 2013 #64

K&R for visibility idwiyo Jan 2013 #50

Someday maybe we will find out who the drug lords in the USA are. Coyotl Jan 2013 #57

Companion question: How did 'Poppy' Bush earn that nickname from his CIA pals in the 60s? blm Jan 2013 #58

And I had assumed that Poppy was a term for a grandfather or patriarch hootinholler Jan 2013 #65

At Carlyle Group... Octafish Jan 2013 #66