Kerry’s Meet the Press Skull and Bones Reprisal

“NBC News’ Meet the Press”, 4-18-04:

MR. RUSSERT:  Before we go, you and George Bush were both members of Skull & Bones, the secret society at Yale.  The rule is, if someone mentions Skull & Bones, you walk out of the room.  If you’re both in a…

SEN. KERRY:  You trying to get rid of me here?

MR. RUSSERT:  You’re both in a presidential debate and the moderator says “Skull & Bones,” you both leave the podiums?

SEN. KERRY:  I doubt it.

MR. RUSSERT:  You’ll hang in there.

SEN. KERRY:  I think you’ll see both of us have our two–you know I’d love to have a debate with the president right now.  There’s so much to talk about for our country.  Why not say to our nation, every month, let’s have one debate on health care.  Let’s have a debate on foreign policy.  Let’s have a debate on education.  Let’s really talk to the country the way Lincoln and Douglass and others have historically.  Barry Goldwater, as you mentioned, was going to fly around with Jack Kennedy.  We can do better for Americans.  I’d love to see that happen.

Questions and implications of the question dodged yet again…

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