Word: vietnam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mondale: Well, Johnson was saying the same gushy things about VietNam twenty years ago that I said about those hell-raising Latinos over the past year. And look how much peace he created after his inaguration...
...Kerry a Vietnam, war hero turned antiwar protester who has never cast a legislative vote, is sent to the Senate tomorrow, many will attribute his victory to the unusual insider--outsider mix that has marked his rapid rise in state politics...
Kerry's got the credentials both as a member of the establishment with all the right contacts and as an outspoken advocate of liberal causes who is not afraid of common wisdom. And if Kerry does go to Washington, as the first liberal Vietnam veteran in the Senate, many think he would represent a new generation of Democrats...
Kerry warns that the United States is heading for "another Vietnam" in Central America, and so he opposes the use of American troops in the region and support for the contras fighting the Nicaraguan government. He is also an ardent advocate of the nuclear freeze, and he says if the United States and the Soviet Union wait to sign an agreement, the arms race will likely escalate further...
Harkin has accordingly adopted the campaign slogan "A Senator lowans can be proud of," but it should probably read "A Senator lowans can be less ashamed of" Harkin also inflated his war record, bragging about flying "combat air patrols" in Vietnam when he had actually flown planes from Vietnam to Japan For repairs. The and a few other impolitic statements from the past that Jesen dug up and quoted in an advertisement crippled Harkin's Mr. Clean image, contributing to his decision to get down and dirty...