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I found the information for this timeline on Whitehouse.gov, JohnKerry.com and Google searches like, “John Kerry biography”, “George Bush biography” “John Kerry arrested”, “George Bush arrested.”

After finding just about everything I was looking for, I stumbled on two entries in Wikipedia. Everything I had found was double-checked and a few things I was still looking for were added.

Wikipedia: George W. Bush
Wikipedia: John Kerry

Still there are years I just couldn’t account for. What did George Bush do in the years after he graduated from Harvard? The Whitehouse says he moved to Midland, TX to pursue a career in the oil business, but it took him about 4 years to get started. One run for Congress, getting married and a DUI does not account for all that time. Kerry’s most undefined time is between military service and Law School. In that time he was an anti-war leader, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, ran for Congress, got married, and had a child. Seems like a solid 3 years.

I tried to keep it factual, but when are facts partisan? Is it fair to list both men’s arrests? Clearly one fairs better than the other. Bush was arrested for getting drunk at a football game, stealing a Christmas tree while drunk, and drunk driving. Kerry was arrested with 440 other people for protesting the Vietnam war. How should I note the years where Bush was President? I chose Recession, 9/11, War, War, War. All true partisan facts.