Reply #68: Step back a second and realize - how crazy Kerry would have looked [View All]

if he brought all of this up - Most people in this country do not have a hint of any of this. What do you think Clinton would do if Kerry would have brought up contra drug running into Arkansas. (I in fact first heard it as a RW rumor to tarnish Clinton.) Clinton supported funding the Contras. On BCCI, Clinton opted not to pursue it. Kerry's BCCI report has a list of things that he recommended be done- one was more investigation on Marc Rich who had BCCI ties and to look more closely at the A Q Khan/ BCCI ties because BCCI finaced the development of that bomb. (Imagine getting the A Q Khan network before they sold materials or technology to Iran and North Korea.)

Could Kerry win against both the Clintons and the RW? Kerry was very close to winning and would have if the OBL tapes didn't come in. He did this without using some of his best work. As I read these things in fall 2004- it was almost like he was a stealth candidate. That he was willing to undertake both of these efforts with no support from either party and for BCCI with his entire party against him - and they call McCain a maverick??