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Kerrys to divest some holdings
Boston Globe, by Bryan Bender
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Posted By:heartsurgeon, 1/23/2013 5:51:08 PM
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WASHINGTON -- Senator John F. Kerry and his wife have agreed that should he become secretary of state they will divest nearly 100 separate investments in the United States and abroad -- ranging from oil companies to weapons makers and a Chinese food company -- in an effort to avoid conflicts of interest, according to a copy of his so-called ethics agreement. “I am committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct for government officials,” Kerry wrote in the agreement with the State Department’s ethics office. “...
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you need to read the actual PDF of what Kerry is proposing, and have a law degree to figure out what it might mean. It looks like he can get a waiver for anything (presumably from Obama?, Justice Department?), and "divest" doesn´t mean "get rid of" . And what does the phrase "direct and predictable effect on my financial interests" mean?? This thing is leakier than a sinking boat. Which raises the next question, has he paid those boat taxes yet??
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 1/23/2013 5:57:30 PM (No. 9135084)
John Kerry wasn´t concerned about ethics when he threw someone else´s medals over the fence, or scratched himself and applied for purple hearts.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
bkt23, 1/23/2013 6:02:21 PM (No. 9135096)
Compare and contrast Kerry´s upcoming treatment by the far-left and the media (but I repeat myself) with the treatment Cheney got in the context of Haliburton.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
lakerman1, 1/23/2013 6:10:21 PM (No. 9135115)
When Kery ran for president in 2004, his billionaire wife told us that her investments were none of our business.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
wsdiego, 1/23/2013 6:15:57 PM (No. 9135124)
He will never be able to divest being a traitor!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JAN, 1/23/2013 6:21:48 PM (No. 9135141)
Be nice if he divested his relationship with Soros.
Oh well, I can dream.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
fiddle ed, 1/23/2013 6:27:30 PM (No. 9135149)
Throw them over the fence at the White House.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Blackeagle, 1/23/2013 6:30:28 PM (No. 9135154)
I don´t believe that the fraudster has yet paid the MA sales tax due on his yacht purchase of a year or two ago. Correct me if I am wrong. Is it still berthed in RI? If yes, then he hasn´t.
I am guessing that Theresa has her toyboy on a short lease when it comes to mid-life crisis purchases. So he has to budget somehow - in spite of the fact that he married into a massive fortune. So tax avoidance (or more accurately tax evasion) is one of Jon´s budgeting tools.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
reilly, 1/23/2013 6:42:18 PM (No. 9135174)
Muffy, how thoughtful! I´m so glad your first husband was a rich Republican Senator!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
farmwife, 1/23/2013 6:55:22 PM (No. 9135191)
Yeah, right John. Have you ponied up the taxes on that yacht, yet? Tell us more about how ethical you are.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
iamtinman, 1/23/2013 7:26:30 PM (No. 9135225)
John Kerry is a disgusting human being who deserves jail time not political office.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 1/23/2013 7:28:44 PM (No. 9135232)
Kerry saying something and Kerry doing something are often two totally different things...
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
enuf8, 1/23/2013 7:52:45 PM (No. 9135256)
I suppose the getting rid of all appearances of conflicts of interest doesn´t go as far as Insider Trading. I believe he was on the list of fat cats and used Te-raz-aH´S MONEY when he got wind of tidbits due to him being a "Senator".
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
LouD, 1/23/2013 8:51:00 PM (No. 9135331)
Oil companies? Weapons makers? This hypocritical worm actually has the gall to admit he is involved in those anti-liberal activities, and then wants to take our guns away, and use less oil? Disgusting dog doody piece of garbage.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
MickTurn, 1/24/2013 10:50:42 AM (No. 9136331)
They are dumping them because his pal Obie has ruined the companies chances of making any profit. It´s as simple as that.
Another fine example of Libs playing the market to get richer while middle class Americans can´t find jobs...does anyone see a pattern here?
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