Top Ten Reasons John Kerry is Wrong for Colorado

George W. Bush ^ | June 21, 2004

[RWR8189]

"John Kerry's pessimism and misery tour ignores the reality that the President's pro-growth policies have helped create 1.4 million jobs over the past nine months."

-Danny Diaz, Bush-Cheney '04 Spokesman

1. JOHN KERRY IS NO FRIEND OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
Kerry Sponsored And Voted For A Motion To Kill Marriage Penalty Relief For Couples Earning Less Than $50,000 Per Year. In 1995, Kerry voted for a resolution that said middle class tax cuts were not wise. "The sense of the Senate amendment, killed on a motion by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), said, "reducing the deficit should be one of the nation's highest priorities, and that a middle-class tax cut would undermine and be inconsistent with the goal of achieving a balanced budget."

2. AGAINST WEAPONS SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE COLORADO JOBS
Kerry Voted Against Funding the Joint Strike Fighter At Least Two Times In 1996.
Ball Aerospace produces the Communications, Navigation and Integration (CNI) Integrated Body Antenna Suite for the Joint Strike Fighter. As of 2004, there were 2,505 employees working for Ball Aerospace. Workers involved in JSF located in Boulder, Broomfield and Westminster, CO. (Ball Aerospace Site, www.ballaerospace.com, Accessed 3/10/04)

3. VOTING FOR HIGHER TAXES
Kerry Voted Against President Bush’s Historic Middle Class Tax Cuts In 2001 And 2003. The tax cuts Kerry opposed have directly benefited Colorado: more than 1.7 million taxpayers in Colorado have seen their income tax bills reduced. More than 470,000 small business taxpayers in Colorado have additional tax savings to invest in new equipment, expand facilities and hire additional workers. More than 565,000 married couples in Colorado are benefiting from marriage penalty relief. 410,000 families in Colorado have benefited from the increase in the child tax credit from $600 to $1,000. (U.S. Treasury Department, “The Economic Growth And Tax Relief Reconciliation Act Of 2001 & The Jobs And Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act Of 2003 Will Provide Benefits To More Than 1.7 Million Colorado Taxpayers,” Press Release, 4/1/04)

4. HURTING SMALL BUSINESSES
Kerry’s Tax Hikes Would Cripple Small Businesses. “91 percent [of small businesses] pay personal rather than corporate income taxes.” (Raymond J. Keating, Op-Ed, “A Good Year,” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/6/04) Over 97 percent of Colorado businesses are small. (“2003 State Small Business Profile: Colorado,” Small Business Administration Office Of Advocacy Website, www.sba.gov/advo, Accessed 3/23/04) In 2000, small businesses employed more than half of Colorado's workforce. (“2003 State Small Business Profile: Colorado,” Small Business Administration Office Of Advocacy Website, www.sba.gov/advo, Accessed 3/23/04) Between 1999 and 2000, small businesses added 55 percent of new jobs in Colorado. “Between 1999 and 2000, small businesses added a net total of 49,058 employees; they represented 55 percent of net non-farm employment change in the state.” (“2003 State Small Business Profile: Colorado,” Small Business Administration Office Of Advocacy Website, www.sba.gov/advo, Accessed 3/23/04)

5. RETREATING ON EDUCATION REFORM
In a 2001 Senate Speech, Kerry Called No Child Left Behind “Groundbreaking Legislation That Enhances … Commitment To Our Nation’s Public Education System.” Now, Kerry criticizes No Child Left Behind as under-funded, despite the fact that President Bush’s 2005 budget represents a 48 percent increase for elementary and secondary education since 2001. According to the Department of Education, as of December 11, 2003, a total of nearly $6 billion in federal education funds remained unspent, waiting to be drawn down by state officials.

6. HIGHER TAXES ON SOCIAL SECURITY
Kerry Has Voted For Higher Taxes On Social Security Benefits At Least Eight Times. He also voted to increase taxes on seniors making as little as $34,000 per year. Seniors make up 9.7 percent of Colorado's population. (U.S. Census Website, www.census.gov, Accessed 3/15/04)

7. TROUBLING RECORD ON NATIONAL SECURITY
Kerry Would Replace The Patriot Act That Is Keeping America Safe. Kerry has said, "So it is time to end the era of John Ashcroft. That starts with replacing the Patriot Act with a new law that protects our people and our liberties at the same time." (Remarks By Senator John Kerry, Iowa State University, http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2003_1201.html, Accessed 3/11/04) Kerry voted against the $87 billion Iraq supplemental. These funds provided body armor and other force protection measures such as armored Humvees, as well as health care for reservists, support for families and meals for injured soldiers.

8. OUT OF TOUCH WITH COLORADO VALUES
Kerry Supports Partial-Birth Abortion And Has Voted At Least Six Times Against Banning The Procedure. Recently, Kerry was rated the “most liberal” member of Congress. (Helen Dewar and Dan Balz, “Kerry’s 19 Years In Senate Invite Scrutiny,” The Washington Post, 2/8/04; National Journal Website, “How They Measured Up,” http://nationaljournal.com, 2/27/04)

9. NOT VOTING ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Kerry Missed 36 Of 38 Votes On Medicare Reform And Prescription Drug Benefit, Including Final Passage Of Bill.

10. WRONG ON HEALTHY FORESTS INITIATIVE
Kerry Is Opposed To Healthy Forests Legislation And Missed The Vote. Colorado Senators Wayne Allard and Ben Nighthorse Campbell voted for Healthy Forests.

[presidentbowen]

I wonder how the numbers are looking in Colorado. Hopefully well, and it can trickle down to the Senate candidates in the state as well. Go Coors!

[plain talk]

RE: Item 10, that's an interesting spin angle I had not considered. Our side finds all the liberal leaning bills that he skipped voting on and then claim that he doesn't care about those issues since he didn't bother to vote. Guilty until he can prove he's innocent. He then comes out and demonstrates that this is bunk and that he is indeed a leftist commie pinko but couldn't vote because he was doing the people's business by running for President etc etc This way we get the candidate himself to paint himself as an extreme leftist.

[Spok]

"Top Ten Reasons John Kerry is Wrong for Colorado"

11. Colorado is part of the United States.

[kimoajax]

John Kerry has been heard practicing the line, "Let's win one for the Flipper" in Dem circles today.

[Kate of Spice Island]

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