By the time I moved to Massachusetts in the late 70's, I was walking away from the liberal political philosophy of my youth. I walked into the voting booth on election day and found out that someone was running against Ted Kennedy. I was not a big fan of Ted Kennedy's, so I voted for that person. I was a person who watched the network news, and had no idea Ted Kennedy even had someone running against him.
I find myself in a similar situation now (the liberal philosophy is a little more distant now, and I no longer depend on the major networks as my news source). I received a letter informing me that Jeff Beatty is running for Senator against John Kerry. After reading the letter and looking at Jeff Beatty's resume, I am inclined to vote for him and to make a small donation to his campaign. I strongly suggest you click on the link to his website and take a look.
I am the wife of a Vietnam-era Navy veteran, and I resent what John Kerry did to the reputation of the American Soldier when he returned from Vietnam. A lot of the things the "Winter Soldiers" said were later proved false, and somehow that was not reported. A lot of our veterans paid a heavy price when they returned from the war because of the political ambitions of John Kerry. Because the term "Swift Boating" has morphed into referring to a political smear campaign, it has been forgotten that the majority of the claims of the "Swift Boat" people turned out to be true.
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