Reply #179: I think that Kerry probably is at least as willing to see the under [View All]

[karynnj]

side of what happened. I recently read his book, "the New War" which explains how global crime networks were hard to fight by individual countries. He outlines how these crime networks were succeeding in controlling some countries in some ways. He was not speaking of the US, but this was beyond what I ever read by any establishment politician or official.

Kerry was the only Senator willing to go up against BCCI, knowing they had bought off top moneymen in the Democratic party. He saw there how many people the tentacles of this criminal enterprise had reached within the American government. The question is how can you go after these things - that frankly few would believe or want to believe without any supoena power. You also need to consider that now, as then, not all Democrats would have been on Kerry's side.

The surprising thing is that a man who, at least 3 times, took honorable positions that could have destroyed any hope of keeping any elected office managed to become the nominee. Kerry was the real grassroots candidate - neither the media or party picked him.