Hillary Clinton To Next Female Presidential Candidate: Prepare to Be Brutalized

[karynnj]

89. John Kerry has been a target of the right since 1971, when he protested the war

- He was on Nixon's enemies list and was followed by the FBI for at least a year - at which point they saw that he was not breaking any laws.
- Colson (one of Nixon's dirty tricksters) smeared him as badly as the SBVT did in 2004 when Kerry ran for Congress in 1972. He used a RW paper (Lowell Sun) to fill the first few pages of the newspaper with completely dishonest stories about Kerry.
- This so poisoned the minds of some people, that Kerry and his wife had tires slashed and even rocks thrown through windows - one landing in baby Alexandra's bassinet.
- This led to Kerry opting to stay away from running for office for 10 years, during which he got a law degree, was a prosecutor and then a trial lawyer (and a part owner of a cookie store in Quincy Market.)

He then ran for Lt Governor and Senate - attacked both times, but winning.

In the Senate, in the first year, he took on investigating reports that veterans brought to him about illegal gun and drug running in support of the Contras. This led to attacks - calling him a nut case conspiracy nut and his life was repeatedly threatened. When Iran/Contra exploded he was not included in the investigation, even though his committee had done all the ground work on the Contra piece.

Kerry's committee then turned to investigating BCCI, OBL's bank and continued even though BCCI had corrupted both Democratic and Republican bigwigs to protect itself. He was attacked again.

I will agree that Clinton was FAR more well known, meaning that many attacks were far better covered.