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Originally posted by jcookc6
I have been calling him the "War Hero" because that is what he has been known as in Massachusetts for years. The 2 nicknames he has are "War Hero" and "Live Shot".
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For fun I checked these out:
"Live Shot" from
msnbc and
boston globe
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In the 1996 U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts, the wise guys in the Boston media and political establishment toasted Gov. William Weld and made fun of incumbent Sen. John Kerry. Kerry was mocked as a phony and a publicity hound—dubbed "Live Shot" by Billy Bulger, the Massachusetts state Senate president. Weld, on the other hand, was seen as clever and cool, the witty star of Bulger's annual St. Patrick's Day breakfast. If you had to guess which of the two candidates would do better on "Imus in the Morning," the irreverent talk show that has a large New England audience, you wouldn't have guessed John Kerry.
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his nickname among Massachusetts political insiders was "Live Shot," a reference to his relentless courting of reporters, especially those with TV cameras in tow.
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Kerry says he began courting TV cameras, earning the "Live Shot" nickname, as part of a campaign strategy to counteract the TV ad blitz by his wealthy 1990 opponent, Republican James Rappaport. "It was the only way I could win against a multimillionaire," he says. "We devised a strategy to be in every television market to be able to drive the free media and counter what he was paying for."
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Couldn't find anything about "War Hero." It might have something to do with the fact that he is a genuine War Hero, though. I did find another nickname, though "Just For Kerry," based off his initials, which he said was invented by a mean-spirited Boston Globe columnist.