Like Father Like Son?

Very interesting article on John Kerry's father (who I admit knowing nothing about even though I've lived my whole life in Massachusetts).

Quote: If Richard and John Kerry were not in perfect political sync, it was because the father, in an inversion of the usual dynamic, was more radical than the son. John Kerry, for instance, had grown enthusiastic about John F. Kennedy and his robust, anti-communist foreign policy. Indeed, it was his fervor for Kennedy's "bear any burden" call to service that largely inspired Kerry to join the Navy. Richard Kerry, by contrast, was more skeptical about New Frontier idealism. In a 1996 interview with The Boston Globe, he groused, "[John's] attitude was gung ho: had to show the flag. He was quite immature in that direction." When John Kerry came back from Vietnam, his father pushed him to be more outspoken in his opposition to the war. "When Kerry refused to speak out against the government [while in uniform], suddenly his father felt like he was being a wimp," says Brinkley. "[So he] encouraged his son to take off the uniform and to become a critic." End Quote

Many people have tried to attribute George W. Bush's going to war in Iraq to his desire to finish his dad's business with Hussein. I wonder what the amateur psychiartists can make out of Kerry's complicated relationship with his father?

Very interesting article by Franklin Foer - I recommend The New Republic article very highly.

BTW - I figured this blog would get top heavy with one subject but I just assumed it would be baseball not John Kerry

(Hat tip to JD)