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justified and where there was no scandal in either of Kerry's marriages. I really would prefer that personal life not be put under a microscope, but there is a real bias here.
Kerry's first wife was the twin sister of his best friend from Yale. They met when Kerry was a sophmore in college and married when he returned from college. Marrying a sister of a college friend is as conventional as you could get in the 60s. Although her family was wealthier, she and Kerry were part of the same elite class - he dated Jackie Kennedy's step sister the year before he met Julia. Kerry's own connections were impeccable.
They seperated at his wife's request when Kerry ran for Lt Governor. Kerry was the one who wanted to fix the marriage. His ex-wife has always said the reason was that she hated politics - which was understandable as the hate whipped up during Kerry's run for Congress led to rocks being thrown through the windows of their house. After a rock ends up about a foot from your baby's cradle, you might want to never be a political spouse again. It's clear she knew that they could not both have the lifes they each wanted and stay together. They worked very hard at jointly raising their daughters. Both us brothers were important in his campaign and her twin remained Kerry's best friend.
Kerry met Teresa four years after he was divorced. In retrospect, the Kerrys should have put more of a spotlight on how they met. It really answers so many Republican lies. Teresa was a non-governmental US delegate at the RIO environmental conference (aearlier "Kyoto"), selected because of her own work. They, along with a MA Congressman, went to a Catholic mass on the Sunday of the conference. It was at this converence that they became friends who were concerned about many of the same issues and later started dating and eventually married. Her sons clearly like and respect him.
McCain in his 40s, on the other hand, divorced the wife who single handedly raised their kids while he was in Vietnam and married a beautiful 24 year old heiress a few months later
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