By using
smear tactics a documented portfolio to expose opposition charges like those from the so called swift boat veterans.
"We have put together a documented portfolio that frankly puts their lies in such a total light of absurdity and indecency, that should they ever rear their ugly heads again, we have every single ‘t’ crossed and ‘i’ dotted, and I welcome that in a sense," Kerry said following a morning address to the South Shore Chamber fo Commerce. "It’s a shame we weren’t able to produce all that at the time."
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While Kerry is sitting out the 2008 presidential election n he’s instead focusing on his own his race next year for a sixth term as U.S. senator n he expects he’d be dogged by the same war record critics in a subsequent race for the White House.
That would put Kerry's next Presidential bid in 2014. Plenty of time to build his portfolio of enemies.