Newsweek, March 2004: Kerry calls himself a nuisance!

So, reaching back in time, has there ever been a case where John Kerry has used the word nuisance before? Yes, to descibe himself:

In fact, the only hint of ambivalence comes from the candidate himself. "I'm so happy to sit," Kerry begins an interview, clearly exhausted at the end of his umpteenth day on the road. Kerry, whose prep-school friends say he has always loved all things Kennedy, was a full-time volunteer in Ted Kennedy's first Senate race the summer before he entered Yale, in 1962. "I was one of the headquarter brats hanging around making a nuisance of myself," he says.

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Melinda Henneberger. Newsweek. New York: Mar 15, 2004.Vol.143, Iss. 11; pg. 38

I'm stretching a bit here... but it shows you just how casual the word "nuisance" really is. If I were to be more flippant I would say that John Kerry sees terrorists as dangerous as a campaign groupee. If I were Ann Coulter I might imply that democratic campaigns would be the first to employ a terrorist. But I would only say such if I were in a tired and punchy from being up early with my toddler.