Former Beirut hostage runs for office, cries foul over terrorism smear

[Champ]

CHICAGO, United States (AFP) - Most aspiring politicians would kill for a little name recognition, but not Terry Anderson, the former journalist who spent almost seven years as a hostage of Shiite Muslim militants in Lebanon.


"That is just a part of my life, not a definition," Anderson said, shrugging off the notoriety that has dogged him since his hostage ordeal. "I'm going to be 57 in a little while, and that was just seven years out of 57."


The burly Ohio native looks much like he did in pictures taken before his 1985 kidnapping -- ruddy-faced, with big, square, wire-framed glasses -- but he says he's a different man, "less aggressive," a better listener.


The former Associated Press reporter is running for public office now, seeking a seat on Tuesday in the Ohio state Senate, representing a district in southeastern Ohio, where he lives with his wife and daughter on a horse ranch.

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[madrchsod]

1. that woman or thing

should be locked up for 7 years in some fucking hole.. these people like her are scum

[Greylyn58]

2. I Heard This Story

last week I think and was just sickened at the depths to which these Repugs would sink to get elected.

I would have walked out of the debates too. That woman is scum!!!

Too quote Mike Malloy: "God I hate these people!!"

:mad: :grr: :mad: :grr: :mad: :grr:

[malachi]

3. What are his chances of winning?