Kerry's World: Father Knows Best

CBS News ^ | March 3, 2004 | Franklin Foer

[YaYa123]

Howlin, we are just getting to know Kerry, and my facts are sketchy indeed. But what I do know, I don't like:

. While my husband was on his 2nd VN tour, Kerry was undercutting the American military and for the worst of reasons....self-glorification.

. He married a rich woman, but divorced her when she had mental problems. (I don't think those who blasted Newt for divorcing his wife when she had cancer will even blink at Kerry's similiar character flaw.)

. He married up...so far up that he acceded to richer wife # 2's demand to get his first marriage annulled.

. His writings tell us he puts the UN before the US.

. He's an opportunist, with no core principles or beliefs, to guide him through life, or lead this country through even one term.

. Kerry is more like Clinton than Hillary. Like Clinton, Kerry's spent his whole life in pursuit of the presidency. He's asked: "What can I do to win, not concerned with what's best for the country."

Now through this article, I think we see the soul of Kerry. Elitist, snobbish, European wannabee. He might be patriotic, but he's not in love with America, he doesn't cherish America. Through his Father, and through his wife, Kerry's real interests and allegiances are exposed.

I've predicted all along Kerry would be the dem's nominee. The possibility he might win didn't scare me nearly as much before I read this article.

[MeekOneGOP]

Kerry's World: Father Knows Best

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[mrs tiggywinkle]

Thanks for the ping, kayak.

Excellent article showing the truth of Kerry in his formative years and beyond. yech.

[lilylangtree]

Kerry = Another liberal leftist communist pinko more than ready to sell his country to the highest bidder just like his cohort, Bubba Clintoon. Explains why moveon.org, an undercover agency of the Communist Party of the US, supports him.

[mass55th]

"They seem not to listen to what I have to say, so I'm going to quit."

Paul O'Neill's mentor?

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Did Kerry's Dad also teach him how to apply his lipstick?

[mass55th]

"Indeed, it was his fervor for Kennedy's "bear any burden" call to service that largely inspired Kerry to join the Navy."

This is pure crap. Almost 7 years had elapsed since Kennedy's inaugural speech. Kerry's reasons for joining the Navy were more self-serving than honoring Kennedy's memory. It must be that his draft number was close, and when he couldn't get an extension from the Draft Board so he could go to France, he decided to enlist in the Navy. He would get his service time over (it ended quicker than most), and he would be able to emulate JFK's military record to boot.

[b9]

Kerry: The Manchurian Candidate

[Gothmog]

Great article, thanks, Mentos, I was thinking the same thing. Venona only covereed a short period of time, and not all Soviet spies were identified. Seriously, Kerry's father fits my 'profile' for a soviet dupe/traitor.

But anyway, how ironic is this, from the John Kerry hagiography:

"During World War II [Richard Kerry] he had crisscrossed America numerous times, including long stints in Alabama, Ohio, California, and Colorado."

Sounds like Bush -- serving his country as a pilot.

[mass55th]

"Here's the Kerry quote: "I have a very close friend in Massachusetts who talked directly to people who have made that allegation. I don't know the truth of it. I really don't. But I think it needs to be explored and we need to know the truth of what happened."

Kerry is rumor-mongering again. The same thing he did with Bush's National Guard duty. And he has the nerve to talk about the Republican Attack Machine?

[GulliverSwift]

Thank you for the ping.

[mass55th]

"Seems to me that both John Kerry and his father have no sense of or appreciation for America's own history. "

One has to wonder if Richard Kerry's anti-American leanings weren't based on his father's suicide. Perhaps he blamed American capitalism for the elder Kerry's depression and eventual demise. How does a boy, who's family came to this country as immigrants, get to be so anti-America? Grandpa Kerry threw off his Jewish heritage, chose an Irish last name and an Irish town to live and run a businesss in. Something is not right with this whole picture.

[mass55th]

"they exaggerate their enemies' badness.

A term extensively used by the present Mr. Kerry.

[mass55th]

Thanks for the PING Howlin. Great article.

[Carolinamom]

Why is he acting dumb about his grandfather?

Perhaps because his grandfather committed suicide?

This find gives a frightening insight into Kerry. Only one mention of his having a mother and that one as wife of his father...where is she now? Alive? Dead?

[My2Cents]

Watch all of those who have criticized Mel Gibson for the opinions of his father now give John Kerry a pass in regard to the opinions of his father.

[maica]

he traveled to France, where he took sculpture classes and met his wife.

His mother also has Boston Brahmin roots. His pedigree on both sides should be more widely known.

Kerry has first cousins in France (also politicians) and he spent childhood summers at an oceanfront 'cottage' there, belonging to family members. I wonder when we will be hearing about this in the lamestream media.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

SourceRosemary Forbes Kerry From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rosemary Forbes Kerry is a daughter of James Grant Forbes, and a granddaughter of Francis Blackwell Forbes, a botanist and wealthy merchant active in merchant banking and opium dealing in the China trade during the Opium Wars. She is the mother of John Forbes Kerry, a current candidate for President of the United States.

His mother, Rosemary Forbes Kerry, who was born in Paris, France, was apparently a homemaker. The daughter of an international businessman, Rosemary grew up mostly in France, where the Forbes family still has a home on a bluff in Brittany. Rosemary and Richard met while he was visiting the French coastal town of Saint-Brieuc in 1937.

[onyx]

Watch all of those who have criticized Mel Gibson for the opinions of his father now give John Kerry a pass in regard to the opinions of his father.

Oooooooooooh, excellent point! You are one smart fellow.

[maica]

Very important background!!!


Interesting that this is out when the primaries are 'over' and the candidate is chosen. I have been wondering about his father's story for months, and this exceeds my imagination regarding his outlook as an internationalist, and as an anti-anti-Communist.