Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumOn the road for Joe Biden, John Kerry seeks to rekindle his Iowa magic,,,,Go Joe... Go Kerry...😎🎨🦩
The campaign bus and slogan belong to Kerrys longtime Washington colleague and friend, former vice president Joe Biden, whos seeking the same prize Kerry secured in frigid Iowa 16 winters ago a caucus win to propel him to the Democratic presidential nomination.
But Biden wasnt on board.
Kerry was the headliner of a band of lesser-known politicians barnstorming in his stead before the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses. It was an unusual ride for a former Secretary of State who came within 120,000 votes in Ohio of winning the presidency: campaigning for but not with a candidate.
Seated in a cramped space in the back of the motor coach, tailored with a horseshoe sectional and a miniature flat screen, Kerry said he was motivated to launch his own second act in Iowa as a campaign surrogate because Trumps actions have shattered world diplomacy and increased the threat of nuclear proliferation.
"It is just unforgivable to sit on the sidelines, he said.
So the former Massachusetts senator has returned to the scene of one of his biggest political victories.
In the 2004 race, Kerry blazed past the same ice-covered cornfields to prove he was the candidate most suited for the nations top job amid a backdrop of tumultuous American foreign policy in the Middle East. Now, days ahead of the Iowa caucuses, as tensions between the US and Iran continued to brew, here he was again, trying to recapture some of the magic from his come-from-behind victory in this early voting state and sprinkle it on Biden.
Former Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd is not surprised to see Kerry put his experience to use for Biden as the Trump administration has sought to unravel the legacy they left from working together under President Obama.
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Thank-you Kerry....Go Joe
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oasis
(49,406 posts)a chance to get back on to level ground with Biden at the helm.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Thekaspervote
(32,793 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oasis
(49,406 posts)I was a Kerry volunteer. We worked our butts off in our blue state (HI)only to be crushed at the end of election night. Systematic, diabolical vote rigging in Ohio was the key to Kerry's loss.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Buzz cook
(2,474 posts)Is that a fair statement?
The basic of that defense are that the AMF did not authorize an immediate invasion. Is that correct?
Further the claim is that the Bush administration ignored the restrictions in the AMF. Is that right?
Bush committed troops unilaterally without the approval of congress. have I got that right?
If Bush invaded without authority and against the wishes of congress, the only body that can declare war, that would be an illegal act.
If the invasion was illegal it was a war crime.
At what point did Biden, Kerry, or any other democratic, or socialist politician call for the investigation of the Bush administration for war crimes/
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided