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If Kerry a Vietnam, war hero turned antiwar protester who has never cast a legislative vote, is sent to the Senate tomorrow, many will attribute his victory to the unusual insider--outsider mix that has marked his rapid rise in state politics.
Kerry's got the credentials both as a member of the establishment with all the right contacts and as an outspoken advocate of liberal causes who is not afraid of common wisdom. And if Kerry does go to Washington, as the first liberal Vietnam veteran in the Senate, many think...
"For the first time this country is building the capacity to fight a nuclear war," an impassioned Kerry said at a forum early in the primary campaign. "We're teaching poor people to kill other poor people. We're losing the ability to touch people with beliefs."
It has been a long road for John Kerry, a long wait for the chance to move up for a man who has been criticized throughout his career for over-ambitiousness. The 40-year-old Kerry looks back a bit forlornly on his "brash youth," as he puts it, recalling...
Kerry has also had to fight the image of privileged pol, which was vivified in one of the most bitter exchanges of the Democratic primary race, which Kerry won by a narrow margin over Rep. James M. Shannon (D. Lawrence). In a radio debate with Kerry, Shannon said. "The middle...