The Kerry campaign says this wasn't a political stunt for theater purpose...
Riiiiight.
Page 200: "I called the media. . . . I said, 'If I take some crippled veterans down to the White house and we chain ourselves to the gates, will we get coverage?' 'Oh, yes, we will cover that.' So you are reduced to a position where the only way you can get your ideas out is to stage events."
John Kerry's 1971 Testimony Before the Foreign Relations Committee
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