[Davis Democrats] FW: some stories about Sen. .John Kerry

Wed Jul 25 15:50:38 PDT 2007

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From: Vanessa Kerry <info at johnkerry.com>
Reply-To: <Vanessa_Kerry_oophk at cp20.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:37:32 -0400
To: Chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: some stories about my dad

  Dear Chendo,

I campaigned for my dad back in 2004 on a lot of campuses, and of course,
one of the main subjects that many young people talked to me about was Iraq.
People in college have had and continue to have friends in Iraq, or know
someone who joined the Reserves to pay for college and ended up in Baghdad;
I have friends who have served this way also. Knowing this, I've always been
especially proud of what my dad did last year, when he stepped out ahead of
his party and started demanding we set a deadline to get the troops out of
Iraq.

Now his position has become the unified Democratic position, and I have
noticed that a lot of reporters in the last week or so are realizing that
fact: John Kerry's position is now the Democratic position. And I just
wanted to share a few of those articles with you.

Over the weekend, the AP wrote an article
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/21/america/NA-ANL-US-Iraq.php>
about how nervous Republicans are getting over Iraq, and included this part
about my dad, John Kerry, and his efforts last year to set a deadline to
withdraw troops from Iraq:
>  Democratic strategists fretted about the impact on senators seeking
> re-election and challengers to Republicans in swing states.
> 
>  The plan drew the support of 13 Democrats.
> 
>  "Now it's the unified Democratic position," Kerry correctly e-mailed his
> supporters last week.  "In May, Republicans were dismissing even tough
> questions about the escalation. Now, they're falling all over themselves to
> distance themselves from the president"
  And the Boston Globe remarked
<http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/07/24/dividends_
of_kerrys_views_come_too_late_for_08/> : "Another of his bold moves --
leading the filibuster against confirming Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
-- now looks very smart to liberals, after Alito provided crucial votes to
eviscerate liberal positions on school desegregation, late-term abortion,
and campaign finance restrictions." And the Chicago Tribune
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-kerry_zuckmanjul23,0,532
838.story>  does a good job of putting this political fight in the context
of my dad's life:  
>  Few living American politicians have had their lives so defined by war as
> Kerry. His wartime service and wartime protest stoked his political career in
> Massachusetts. His military background burnished his credentials among
> Democrats seeking a nominee to run against an incumbent president during
> wartime in 2004. And now, in a quieter time, his hair gray and reading glasses
> perched on the bridge of his nose, he finds himself again opposing his
> government's conflict.  "It's very dismaying to me at this stage of my life
> and career and being in the Senate, seeing us repeat those mistakes," said
> Kerry (D-Mass.). "It's very disturbing. We are owed something better than
> that." 
This fight is far from over, of course, but people like us, who believe that
we have to get a new course in Iraq, need to keep up the pressure. It will
make a difference as we are beginning to see. My dad will write soon with
more everyone can do to help; but I wanted to share those articles and let
you know he is continuing to fight everyday and making a difference. Thanks,
Vanessa Kerry 
John Kerry For U.S. Senate
    129 Portland Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02114-2014
info at johnkerry.com
www.johnkerry.com <http://www.johnkerry.com>
  Paid For By John Kerry For U.S. Senate

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