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WASHINGTON - On the eve of a foreign policy debate with President Bush (news - web sites), Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) said in an interview that his explanation of why he voted in favor of additional funding for the war in Iraq (news - web sites) before voting against it was "one of those inarticulate moments" in the campaign. Kerry ultimately voted against providing $87 billion for military operations and aid in Iraq and Afghanistan (news - web sites). Although he initially supported the appropriation when it was to be funded at least in part...

“Strength builds peace. Weakness invites those who do us harm,” the ad says, a suggestion that Kerry would be a weak leader in wartime and a country headed by him would be vulnerable to terrorist attacks. The ad accuses Kerry of “refusing to support our troops in combat” and trying to severely slash intelligence budgets and eliminate military weapons after the first attack on the World Trade Center.

The introduction was stirring. John Kerry (news - web sites) has "stood up for cops on the street, stood up for your air and your water, stood up ... to balance the budget, stood up and fought for our veterans," said his running mate, John Edwards (news - web sites). And where did he do all that standing up? "Two decades of fighting for you in the United States Senate." Republicans contend that Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee, has a lackluster Senate record and is trying to hide his 20 years there from voters. It's part of their effort to...

You knew it was coming, and it has finally arrived. The " John Kerry is a liberal" ad is about to be unleashed. It's from a new special-interest group, Americans United to Preserve Marriage, headed by American Values boss Gary Bauer, who challenged President Bush for the White House in 2000. The ad notes Kerry's votes against anti-gay-marriage legislation and ends, "That's liberal. That's John Kerry. John Kerry, too liberal for America."

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 108th Congress - 2nd Session as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate Vote Summary Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation Porter J. Goss, of Florida, To Be Director of Central Intelligence )

A blank resume Thomas Sowell (back to web version) | Send September 23, 2004 If someone applied to you for a job but didn't want to talk about what he has been doing in the last 20 years, wouldn't you be suspicious? Might you not think he was insulting your intelligence by expecting you to hire him on the basis of what he did decades ago? Yet for the most important job in this country -- indeed, the most important job in the world -- Senator John Kerry has applied by talking about what he did in a wholly different...

If someone applied to you for a job but didn't want to talk about what he has been doing in the last 20 years, wouldn't you be suspicious? Might you not think he was insulting your intelligence by expecting you to hire him on the basis of what he did decades ago? Yet for the most important job in this country -- indeed, the most important job in the world -- Senator John Kerry has applied by talking about what he did in a wholly different job back in the 1960s. Never mind that people who were actually there with...

DID YOU GET THE MEMO? Kerry's Defense Vision Laid Out In 1984 Campaign Memo: Cut, Cut, Cut, Cancel, Cancel, Cancel ____________________________________________________ To Read The Kerry Memo, Click Here. To Read Chairman Gillespie's Memo To Republicans, Click Here. JOHN KERRY'S "OVERALL DEFENSE STRATEGY" Kerry Proposed Cutting $54 Billion From FY 1985 Defense Budget As Part Of "Long-Range Proposal To Cut $200 Billion From The Defense Budget Over Four Years," And Called For Cancellation Of At Least 27 Weapons Systems And Reductions In 18 Other Systems. "[Kerry] recommended cancellation of 27 weapons systems including the B1 bomber, the cruise missile, MX missile,...

Kerry knew in 2002 when he was preparing his "search committee" that, if his Senate record became an issue or was even talked about on talk radio, they would start at the beginning: 1985. If they did, he knew he was done-for. So he had to come up with some way of distracting conservative talk radio. I guess he rolled the dice and figured he would rather weather the storm over his post-Vietnam activites than have anyone talk about his first four years as a Senator. He probably figured his military record was enough to pull a few pro-military/anti-Bush conservatives...

If you had a record as shameful as his, you'd try to bury it also. Here's the rundown: KERRY’S KEY VOTES 107 th Congress, 2001 Senate Votes Against The Bush Tax Cut: Kerry voted against a $1.35 trillion tax cut package to reduce income-tax rates, alleviate the “marriage penalty” and gradually repeal the estate tax. (H.R. 1836, Roll Call Vote #165: Adopted 62-38: R 50-0; D 12-38, May 23, 2001) For Reducing Size Of The Tax Cut: Kerry voted to reduce Bush’s proposed tax cut ceiling by $448 billion over 10 years. (H. Con. Res. 83, Roll Call Vote #69:...

Learn who JFK is by his voting recordThis can be tough when he missed 64% of the votes during the first session of this congress. See what he missed. Home   Ads   Pics/Video   FactCheck   Flip Flops   Supporters   Links [ Abortion ]  [ Society ]  [ Crime ]  [ Defense ]  [ Education ]  [ Environment ]  [ Guns ]  [ Government ]  [ Immigration ]  [ Taxes ] Abortion Voted NO on disallowing overseas military abortions. Motion to table Murray Amdt #397; Bill S. 1059 ; vote number 1999-148 on May 26, 1999 Voted NO...

In recent days CBS News revealed 30-year old documents regarding President Bush's service in the Air National Guard. Those documents now appear to be forgeries. But what has been lost in the Bush National Guard memo affair was the release of another old document that appears to be much more relevant to the presidential election. Powerline Blog published a 1984 press release from John Kerry's senate campaign [Page 1 / Page 2] in which Kerry's stance on defense is clear. This press release is especially interesting because (a) Kerry is running on building a "stronger America" and (b) the Kerry...

Senator Zell Miller (D-GA), an ex Marine, is angry that the party he spent a lifetime helping to build has gone so far to the left that it is barely recognizable. Miller attacked the Democratic nominee, Senator John Kerry (D-MA), in terms that no Republican would dare to do. He gave a litany of the weapons systems that Kerry voted against in his two decades in the United States Senate. The Kerry apologists, who were all over the media the morning after the Miller speech, tried to suggest that when a Senator votes against a bill containing a weapons system...

Senator John Kerry's Congressional Record In spite of his close ties to Ted Kennedy and others, Kerry has not gained a reputation as a key legislative figure in the Senate. Only three pieces of legislation bear his name; two of these involve marine microbiology. According to Americans for Democratic Action, a far-left watchdog group, Kerry has a higher lifetime liberal voting record at 93% than Ted Kennedy with 88%. In 2001, 1999, 1998, 1993, 1992, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, and 1985, Kerry voted with Kennedy -- known for being to left of even his own party on every social issue...

Small Business Survival Committee analysis of Senator John Kerry's votes shows "unsettling" record Kerry Key Vote Findings • Of the 101 votes in the U.S. Senate that SBSC has rated since the 103rd Congress Senator Kerry’s record is unsettling. He has voted on the side of small business a mere 13 times out of the 101 votes that SBSC rated during the past decade – giving him a weak 13 percent rating on key small business issues. • Senator Kerry voted against small business 94 percent of the time on tax-related legislation rated by SBSC. Given 34 different opportunities...

Kerry’s Record of “Commitment” "I will not have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could have, and who misled America into Iraq," were Kerry’s words at a recent midnight rally in Ohio; Oh?! Okay, the President doesn’t have to say a word, 2.5 million Vietnam Veterans will. For too many years Kerry’s lapdogs protected him whenever he was challenged, but they have never had to face the collective wrath of those who he betrayed. If commitment is defined in part by ones voting record, then the list below sheds light into...

The Advocate magazine has recently republished a column by Senator John Kerry from the September 3, 1996 issue. In it, Kerry explains why he voted against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) passed by Congress and signed into law by then-President Clinton. The Defense of Marriage Act said that states do not have to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. Kerry, however, called DOMA, "unconstitutional and unnecessary" and "mean-spirited and malicious." Kerry likened opposition to homosexual marriage to opposition to interacial marriage and said that opponents of same-sex marriage want to establish a "caste system for marriage." Kerry also...

The Washington Timeswww.washingtontimes.com Record in Senate not fair game?By David LimbaughPublished September 7, 2004 Democrats are afraid the American people will find out about John Kerry's Senate record. That's the only way you can explain their incessant accusations Republicans are mean and angry for merely discussing his record.     The idea Democrats have been selling is a factual airing of their default presidential candidate's record is dirty politics.     Following Sen. Zell Miller's convention speech, the cable shows were flooded with handwringing liberals beside themselves over the "meanness" of Mr. Miller's remarks. Newspapers followed with "news" stories and editorials making the same...

I was just watching the Hannity and Combs Show on Fox where they were interviewing two campaign advisors, one for Bush, one for Kerry. What was really encouraging was how intense the Kerry guy (Bob Somebody) was dodging questions about what Kerry had done in the Senate over the past TWENTY years! Since the guy obviously HAD NO ANSWER he immediately accused the commontator of "picking apart Kerry" and "character asassination" -- by questioning Kerry's senate performance record. Watching these guys squirm is just amazing. You cannot get an answer to any legitimate question about Kerry from any of his...

Kerry's Voting Record on Defense.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kerry has voted for at least SEVEN major reductions in Defense and Military spending, necessary for our national security: 1) In 1996 - Introduced Bill to slash Defense Department Funding by $6.5 Billion. 2) In 1995 - Voted to freeze Defense spending for 7 years, slashing over $34 billion from Defense. 3) Fiscal 1996 Budget Resolution - Defense Freeze. "Harkin, D-Iowa, amendment to freeze defense spending for the next seven years and transfer the $34.8 billion in savings to education and job training." 4) In 1993 - Introduced plan to cut numerous Defense programs,...