Word: kerrey
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...actual criticism of Kerrey himself, we shall make several arguments. First, Cloud failed to place the Senator's comments regarding the "evil empire" within its proper context. In the actual New York magazine article, it is clear that the senator made these remarks having just returned from a trip to the Soviet Union...
...However, Kerrey did observe that in looking back, the new Eastern European democracies do view Reagan as a well-liked personality. To base one's impression of the Senator's foreign policy on a single quote, and a misinterpreted one at that, is a mistake which rational political discourse should avoid...
Finally, to accuse Kerrey of being "All Style and No Substance" seems premature at best. Criticizing a three week-old campaign for not having decided its entire domestic and foreign policy strategy is grossly unfair...
Lack of substance could easily be a criticism of most of the other Democratic candidates as well, even those who have been campaigning for much longer than Kerrey has. In the ultimate analysis, the campaign has yet to be run. Don't start blindly criticizing before you have anything to criticize...
...Kerrey's sense of sincerity and passion should not be misconstrued as the only thing the campaign has to offer. Instead, it shall be the firm starting base for the real campaign. --Victor W. Hwang '93, Director of "Harvard Students for Kerrey...