In quotes picked up by the New York Post, the bitter-sounding Democrat railed, "Healthy debate and diverse opinion are being eliminated from the State Department and CIA, and the Cabinet is being remade to rubber-stamp policies that will undermine Social Security, balloon the deficit, avoid real reforms in health care and education, weaken homeland security, and walk away from critical allies around the world."

In an additional bit of sour grapes, Fox News Channel's Geraldo Rivera revealed that Kerry told him while the two were attending the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library, "It was the Osama tape" that cost him the election.

"It scared [the voters]," Kerry said.

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