John Kerry Rocks!

[GreenArrow]

They had buzz in 1961, even if the buzz could be heard only on the campus of St. Paul's, the exclusive New Hampshire prep school where they were trained for the Ivy League and life in the ruling class. The Electras would have remained a vague memory for a few dozen debutantes and the group's seven musicians -- but guess who put the bomp in their bomp-bah-bomp-bah-bomp?

None other than John Kerry, future senator and current Democratic presidential hopeful. Before he took off for Yale and then Vietnam and then a career in politics, Kerry flailed away at a bass guitar with a few schoolmates, playing primitive instrumental covers in the tradition of surf bands like the Ventures and dawn-of-rock stars like Eddie Cochran.

"We made a lot of noise," Kerry said yesterday before a campaign stop in Fargo, N.D., where he took a few minutes to reminisce by phone about his band. "It was a very good time."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4009-2004Feb1.html

Could this help him with the youth vote?

[gWbush is Mabus]

1. another Kerry did something 30 years ago post...

[JI7]

2. do you say that when it's skull and bones ?

[redqueen]

3. Skull and Bones isn't 30 years ago

Or he'd have no trouble spilling his guts about it now.

He's still loyal, so it's still current.

[onebigbadwulf]

4. Yay for boring rich insiders!

[oasis]

7. Kerry has led a life that is anything but boring.

[bigtree]

5. Cool

:hippie:

[GreenArrow]

6. yeah

i'm not a Kerry supporter by any means, but I thought it was kind of cool that he did this when he was younger; it kind of makes him seem more human somehow.