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JOHN KERRY
HARDBALL WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS - Interview
February 11, 2004
(Recorded 2/10/04)
MATTHEWS: We‘re back with our wide-ranging
panel.
I spoke with John Kerry shortly after his big
victories in Virginia and Tennessee last night. It was late.
Here‘s part of that interview.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
SEN. JOHN KERRY (D-MA), PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE: Unlike some candidates in this race, I‘m not picking one
state to stand in. I‘m campaigning all across the country. And I think
that‘s how you have to run for president of the United States.
MATTHEWS: Have you noticed that the
president‘s people are turning their guns on you, as if you‘re the
nominee? Have you noticed? Have you felt the fire?
KERRY: Well, that‘s fine. I...
MATTHEWS: They‘re saying you‘re out of sync
with American culture. Ed Gillespie, the chairman of the Republican
Party, out there personally shooting at you. Does that mean you think
they think that you‘re the guy?
KERRY: I don‘t know what they think, Chris.
But I‘ll tell you this. If they want to shoot
at me, that‘s just fine, because I intend to shoot back. And it‘s they
that are of touch with the American people.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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