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In reply to the discussion: JOHN KERRY APPRECIATION THREAD [View all]karynnj
(59,501 posts)He can't do both at the same time.
It's an easy choice for him. Continue doing stuff that makes the world more peaceful AND lead the US Paris climate change delegation in 2016 OR take on a very difficult, likely impossible political battle to get the nomination and then the Presidency.
Climate change has been something he and Teresa have worked on for decades. The first option is his without any fund raising (which is not fun for anyone) and without enduring the attacks that will come both in the primary and the general elections -- not just against him, but Teresa, his daughters, and his allies, including the guys on his boats, who he loves and who he saw attacked and hurt in 2004 when they defended him. (He can ignore the attacks as Secretary, that he would need to address as a candidate.)
In the season of the Persian New Year, Easter and Passover -- all celebrating spring - a fresh new season -- it is appropriate that we lift the spirits of the whole world by making the world more peaceful.