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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Surely no one here would quibble with his military record. We can take issue with a calculated and contrived use of the record as a building block for a political career. I doubt if Jonh McCain spent time in Hanoi trying to decide whether to look dishelved or preserved for his release photo.
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Kerry is someone I've watched closely and known distantly for a long time; and I know many of his top staffers quite well.
He goes in and out of periods when he worries incesantly about how to position himself politically and periods when he is willing to stand up and spend his political capital and consequences be damned. His first term in the senate was clearly the consequences be damned Kerry; the most recent term was pure grooming.
So, yes, you'll see a fair bit of ambition motivating what Kerry does. I think that is true of any politician, and very true of George Bush. But when you see Kerry commit, he can commit very fully.
Also, Kerry has one feature you don't see much in politicians. He is not one for retribution (unlike, say, Ted Kennedy or Mike Dukakis). This means his organization is not as tight as the Kennedy or Dukakis organizations have been, but is more open.
