Help! What is Kerry's Resume? Career highlights?

[Malachi5]

I'm debating one of my Republican friends and trying to convince him to vote for Kerry. The problem he's having is that he's only heard negativity from the conservative commentators and so he wants me to provide him with Kerry's qualifications to be President. I told him that Kerry has had a stellar career, but to be honest with you, I don't know enough of his career highlights to make a compelling argument.
So I'd like to ask you to help list Kerry's accomplishments. We can use this thread as reference when trying to convince our fence-sitting family and friends that Kerry is the right choice for President.

Malachi

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[SoCalDem]

1. google is your friend

www.google.com

then type in Kerry bio

[Dookus]

2. hrmm...

if only there were some way to find information on the internets....

[Melodybe]

5. Let's see war hero, brought down the mafias in Boston, broke Iran Contra

20 years fighting for the Environment and Civil Rights.

That is just the tip of the Ice Burg.

[Maat]

9. Things that impress this law student.

1. He was a prosecutor, and is used to putting some of the most dangerous criminals behind bars.

2. He went through one of the best law schools in the nation, and is an excellent analytical thinker. He knows the U.S. government in and out, has a great grasp of issues and information, and can make an argument either way in any discussion.

3. He has worked with small business issues, as he chaired the Small Business Administration.

4. He is the son of a career diplomat, and it shows in his ability to secure the cooperation of international leaders. Countries such as France and Germany have enormous wealth, and can help end terrorism.

5. He is a constitutional scholar, and understands what freedoms may not be interfered with, and the importance of the Fourth Amendment, which delineates search and seizure limitations. He understands 'the probable cause' threshold, that should have to be met every time.

6. He initiated, along with McCain, normalization of relations with the very country with whom he had fought (a very courageous thing). He is a healer.

7. He was a critical part of the BCCI money laundering/terrorist-funding investigation, and knows what to do with very complicated information, and how to follow an obscure informational trail.

8. A law degree is a doctorate that involves completion of 88 units.

9. He has been in debate societies since he was a child, and is a master of assimilating information, and quickly forming a strategy.

10. He has a reputation of being tough and relentless and focused - just the type of guy we need to get Osama bin Laden.

11. He has no connections to the secretive Carlyle Group, or obligations to rich Saudis.

[sandnsea]

3. Here

http://www.johnkerry.com/about/john_kerry/senate.html

[Carolab]

4. Oh for Pete's sake

Just go to johnkerry.com

Also there was a big article in the New Yorker about his past, available online--Just Google New Yorker and then search at their site--story was very recent

[sangh0]

6. We believe you!

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[John BigBootay]

10. Terminally cynical as always, Sangha...

[sangh0]

13. Sorry, but I won't take the bait

I have no desire to participate in the re-enactment of your family dramas

[martinpecial]

7. for one, he investigated BCCI

In the late 1980s, Kerry had the courage to investigate and expose BCCI, a bank based in Europe that financed terrorists. It was a tough task with not much political payoff, but Kerry thought it was important and so followed through with it. I believe Salon.com had a story on it.

Kerry also found a cocaine connection with the Nicaraguan Contras, another important investigation that with little benefit to him politically. Again, Salon had a story recently about it.

Kerry also was instrumental in Clinton putting 100,000 cops on the street.

He also along with John McCain helped normalize relations with Vietnam.

Hope this helps. I'm sure others can/will add much more. It's a good thread to start.

[DrZeeLit]

8. Helllooooo.... almost 40 years of Public Service...

First watch "Going UpRiver" and then... I suppose google it.

Kerry On!

[Abelman]

11. John Kerry

Watch "Going Upriver."

[crickets]

12. I *love* giving out this link

Here ya go. Not only does it lay out Kerry's accomplishments, it shows them in stark contrast to *'s. Additional links are found on the page. Enjoy.

Timeline: The lives of George W. Bush and John F. Kerry compared
http://blog.radioleft.com/blog/_archives/2004/8/10/121725.html