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YvonneCa

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11. I also think 'the national/global stage' is a...
Sat Feb 28, 2015, 03:18 PM
Feb 2015

.. factor now. In recent months...particularly since becoming SOS...Kerry has had more control over the right's ability to spin his words and create their caricature of him as they did when he was a Senator and 2004 Presidential candidate. He has been in the public eye a LOT both with his words (written and spoken) and his actions on foreign policy issues. More of the public is able to see the real person we here have seen for a long time. That is a good thing, IMHO, for both the country and for advancing his ideas about the way forward in FP.
Just judging by the last two hearings in the Senate and later the House, no one hearing the actual discussion on policy could buy the spin constantly on display at Fox.
Even if one disagrees with Kerry on policy, his reasoning is clear. I think the more the public sees and hears what he actually proposes and the manner in which he makes the case, the less power Fox watchers and Netanyahu have to pull the wool over peoples' eyes.

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It seems clear that the Obama administration is using Netanyahu's speech as karynnj Feb 2015 #1
really good thanks. MBS Feb 2015 #2
Agree wholeheartedly karynnj Feb 2015 #5
Excellent, thorough post. Thank you... YvonneCa Feb 2015 #4
Thanks for the link karynnj Feb 2015 #6
I agree with every word... YvonneCa Feb 2015 #8
I hope so, but in this case - Kerry's vote is irrelevent karynnj Feb 2015 #9
I also think 'the national/global stage' is a... YvonneCa Feb 2015 #11
I agree karynnj Feb 2015 #12
And those personal... YvonneCa Mar 2015 #20
Thanks for letting us know. I like... YvonneCa Feb 2015 #3
I'm glad that is her rather than Stephanopolis karynnj Feb 2015 #7
He is great at the Q and A... YvonneCa Feb 2015 #10
starting here- looks really good so far MBS Mar 2015 #13
Just starting in CA... YvonneCa Mar 2015 #14
JK did a great job. YvonneCa Mar 2015 #15
I agree. MBS Mar 2015 #16
It was too short. The format today... YvonneCa Mar 2015 #17
Exactly. MBS Mar 2015 #18
.. YvonneCa Mar 2015 #19
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