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Kerry's RollingStone Interview - John Kerry

RollingStone.com: News - John Kerry:

I've spent thirty-five years dealing with these kinds of issues. When I came back from fighting in a war, I fought against the war here in America. As a senator, I led the fight to stop Ronald Reagan's illegal war in Central America. I helped expose Oliver North and Manuel Noriega. I've been at this for a long time. You know, I led the initial efforts to change our policy on the Philippines -- which ultimately resulted in the elections, and became part of the process that helped get rid of Marcos.


I negotiated personally with the prime minister of Cambodia, to get accountability for the killing fields of the Pol Pot regime. I've negotiated with the Vietnamese to let me and John McCain in and put American forces on the ground to resolve the POW-MIA issue. I've spent twenty years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; I've been chairman of the Narcotics Terrorism Subcommittee. I have five times the experience George Bush does in dealing with these issues, and I know that I can get this done.

See, that didn't take too long to say. Would've liked to have heard that in the debates, or at least had it more fully featured somehow in this campaign...

This one made me stop, close my eyes, and smile:

You don't get angry when Bush outright lies about you?

No, I don't get angry at it. I think it's sort of pathetic.

Posted by Curt at October 31, 2004 12:19 AM