Kerry's DNC Enforcer Outed Biden as 'Plagiarist'

The man tapped by Sen. John Kerry to enforce loyalty at the Democratic National Committee had to resign in disgrace from Michael Dukakis' 1988 presidential campaign, after revealing that then-Dukakis presidential rival Sen. Joe Biden was a plagiarist.

John Sasso, who managed the failed Dukakis campaign, has been installed as Kerry's key man at the DNC, the New York Post reported Friday, in a bid to keep an eye on Clinton loyalist, DNC chair Terry McAuliffe.

"[Sasso] is totally loyal to Kerry," the Post's source said.

But what the Post didn't say was that the top Kerry aide was forced to resign from the Dukakis campaign in September 1987, after admitting he distributed a videotape that proved rival candidate Biden had been using verbatim excerpts from speeches of British Labour political leader Neil Kinnock without attribution.

The revelation prompted increased scrutiny of Biden's record, which turned out to include a case ofplagiarism committed in law school. Biden also was forced to admit he had lied about his academic record.

The Delaware Democrat withdrew from the presidential race on Sept. 23, 1987.

After firing Sasso, Dukakis told angry Biden supporters, "There is no place in American politics for this type of thing."

Apparently Sen. Kerry disagrees.

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