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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: TopCat who wrote (4980)	3/4/2004 2:05:47 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) of 81568

I met Kerry the first or second Earth Day celebration in Concord Mass. Around 1971. I was just a kid. Kerry helped start Earth Day. He spoke then and came by our school where it seemed all the kids were working for Kerry for Congress painting signs, etc. He was serious and oh so meaningful. One got the feeling about him that he was going to much higher places. I didn't think about it much at the time but later on I remembered. However, I think he lost that election. Faint memories now. Much later I met him twice more. In the 80's it was. In conjunction with a DEA investigation I was researching, when he gave me some stunningly honest answers to some tough questions, at a Boston Republican function (he's close friends with moderate Republicans) and a fundraiser in LA. All those times he just had that intense Lincolnesque stature and credibility you don't forget. Very trustworthy and deep. I also met Gore for the first time in those days. But although impressive he didn't have quite the gravitas. Much later, in 2002 I began to realize that it was Kerry's time, that he'd prepared all his life for 2004, that he was ready to serve. That's when I volunteered to help him. The first campaign I've ever volunteered to help. About 18 months ago. It was amazing the first few times I met him again because they were very small gatherings and I got some quality time to talk to him one on one without the crowds and reporters around. I asked him and his people some tough questions before I agreed to pitch in. The answers I got greatly impressed me. We're talking integrity. Very straight shooter and not an egotist either. Very personable and relaxed. But very-very smart and caring. I wish you all could have that opportunity but now he's such a VIP I may never even see him again except for one big fundraising theme I'm organizing for him. Bush I've never met, but I did go to school with guys like him. Bush has the gift of gab and cool, but he's a lightweight inside. I don't get the feeling he truly cares about anything but his own scams, and some kind of competition with his father and brothers. he also likes money a great deal, money he doesn't need to work for. Kerry vs. Bush is a no-brainer. Kerry makes Bush look like a midget in every way except fundraising and family power.

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