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Me#1You#10
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 Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 8:43 pm Post subject: Eye of the beholder? |
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Kerry impolitic being non-political?
| Quote: | Kerry show irks 9/11 families
By David R. Guarino
Boston Herald
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Sen. John F. Kerry upset some families of 9/11 victims yesterday when he arrived - late - to a private memorial dedication in a sirened motorcade and glad-handed as though he were on the campaign trail.
The senator, in Boston for the day, hopped in his motorcade at the Four Seasons, drove around the Boston Public Garden and arrived at the memorial with his sizable entourage in tow.
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Kerry's aides said the event was non-political. 
"As a senator from this state, and as an American, Sen. Kerry came to pay his private respects to families and friends who suffered a great loss on 9/11," spokesman David Wade said.
"This isn't a day for politics, and John Kerry attended the ceremony quietly and respectfully without staff in tow, keeping the media at a distance," Wade said. "John Kerry remembers what it was like to lose friends on that terrible day, and it's seared in him as an American why we must do whatever it takes to keep Americans safe and destroy the terrorists."
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B_Francis
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| Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:44 pm Post subject: Re: Eye of the beholder? |
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| Me#1You#10 wrote: | Kerry impolitic being non-political?
| Quote: | Kerry show irks 9/11 families
By David R. Guarino
Boston Herald
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Sen. John F. Kerry upset some families of 9/11 victims yesterday when he arrived - late - to a private memorial dedication in a sirened motorcade and glad-handed as though he were on the campaign trail.
The senator, in Boston for the day, hopped in his motorcade at the Four Seasons, drove around the Boston Public Garden and arrived at the memorial with his sizable entourage in tow.
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Kerry's aides said the event was non-political.
"As a senator from this state, and as an American, Sen. Kerry came to pay his private respects to families and friends who suffered a great loss on 9/11," spokesman David Wade said.
"This isn't a day for politics, and John Kerry attended the ceremony quietly and respectfully without staff in tow, keeping the media at a distance," Wade said. "John Kerry remembers what it was like to lose friends on that terrible day, and it's seared in him as an American why we must do whatever it takes to keep Americans safe and destroy the terrorists."
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I guess it depends on who you ask. from the same article:
Linda Plazonja, executive director of the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund, said she understood some families were upset but said most appreciated the senator taking time from the campaign trail to support families.
``The man certainly has a lot on his plate,'' Plazonja said. ``In spite of all he has going on, he made it here - and most people appreciated that.''
And one family member, Lynn Retik of Weston, said she was thrilled Kerry showed up.
``He showed he cared by coming, it takes a lot of effort for the people who guard him now,'' said Retik, who's son, David, died aboard Flight 11 in the attacks. ``I don't think he was looking for any political advantage at all.'' |
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