Word: vietnam
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...with a dangerous shift to the far right taking place across the country, Kerry has the intelligence and the perseverance to keep the embattled ship of liberalism afloat. He is articulate, well versed, and blessed with deep conviction about horrors of war conviction earned when he fought in the Vietnam War and then returned to oppose...
Kerry will, as he always has, fight for abortion rights, equal rights for women and minorities, and, more important even, against our national fall for morality in the Senate in 1985 as he was in 1971, when he fought for an end to U.S. military involvement in Vietnam in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations committee...
Kerry, currently lieutenant governor, has made few missteps in his 40 years on this earth, and in his 14 years in the public eye. He fought in the Vietnam War, won three purple hearts, a bronze star, and a silver star, then returned home to lead the veterans movement against the war. In 1971, his question, "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" became a rallying cry for the anti-war movement. After an unsuccessful Congressional bid, Kerry went to law school, served as first assistant district attorney in Middlesex County...
Despite our confidence in his abilities as a spokesman and advocate for liberal causes, we still have our doubts about Kerry's personal qualities; In a field not noted the temerity of its participants, Kerry has nonetheless earned the reputation as overly ambitious. Some Vietnam Vets have charged him with manipulating them for lieutenant governor as a mere stepping-stone, serving less than two years in the post and taking the first chance he found to move...
...movement in this country hasn't spread beyond college students and professional activists, despite the obvious appeal it might have for less-skilled laborers who stand to lose their jobs. Sure, part of this is attributable to the cultural antagonisms of liberal intellectuals and lower class workers. During the Vietnam War, for instance, polls showed that blue-collar Americans disliked both the war and anti-war protesters (The Democratic Party's recent epidemic of flag-waving is a worthwhile attempt to address this problem...