John Kerry

karynnj

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13. I completely agree and thank you for posting the text

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 02:04 PM

Mar 2012

I think another difference was that the 2004 one went into some specifics on issues like abortion and war that are not here - and the reason is what you said. He was showing how he could defend that his positions on a range of issues listed by some Catholic organization did reflect his faith.

Kerry in the Yale talk with Blair seemed to agree with you that they should have answered in 2004 - and he explicitly said that at Pepperdine as you point out. It is ironic that where Kerry was advised by his advisers not to speak on religion, he is among the more religious Democrats. I don't know if it would have helped - it might have been that where some people said religion - they meant votes on abortion and gay rights. If so, it wouldn't. It might have helped just because it might have shown more of who he is, but his daughters' connection to him and - SBVT aside - his service and the loyalty of his guys showed that from a different direction.

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Sen. Kerry talks about link between career, faith [View all] Mass Mar 2012 OP

I like what I hear here as well - though I hope this does not appear in GD karynnj Mar 2012 #1

Other than the part you... YvonneCa Mar 2012 #6

I completely agree and thank you for posting the text karynnj Mar 2012 #13

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Timely topic, from TheHill... YvonneCa Mar 2012 #15

Thanks for this. As one who attended his Pepperdine... YvonneCa Mar 2012 #2

Looks like a really thoughtful speech MBS Mar 2012 #3

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It is really interesting seeing Kerry craft these speeches karynnj Mar 2012 #8

I agree with you about the schools being very conservative, but... YvonneCa Mar 2012 #10

I am glad that I was wrong in my uneducated bias against the conservative students karynnj Mar 2012 #11

I have the same bias... YvonneCa Mar 2012 #12

...being 'my brother's keeper' which many Dems are now saying. Inuca Mar 2012 #7

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Fox News picks it up with a title saying Kerry says Jesus was a liberal karynnj Mar 2012 #18

Considered tweeting what a lie this was... YvonneCa Mar 2012 #19

Except that Kerry did not say it - the things Kerry listed as what his religion karynnj Mar 2012 #20

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True karynnj Mar 2012 #22

I remember a discussion here at DU about using the... YvonneCa Mar 2012 #23

Exactly karynnj Mar 2012 #24

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