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The Wonderful Voting Record of John Kerry By: Will Stewart October 12, 2004 Last Friday night, in the second debate, President Bush finally called John Kerry a “liberal.” Kerry responded by saying “labels don’t fit.” Conservatives take no issue with being called conservative (we’re actually proud of the label). Why is it that liberals are so opposed to a label describing who they are? It seems that we are reminded--about once a month--in the press that this country is split fifty-fifty, right down the middle, between liberals and conservatives. If that is true, then Kerry should take no issue with his voting record...

Monday, October 11, 2004 Out Of Energy   OUT OF ENERGYKerry's Energy PlanIndependent Of Reality______________________________________________________KERRY'S OWN ADVISERS SCOFF AT KERRY'S IDEAS ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCEKerry Energy Advisers Believe Kerry's Energy Plan Is "Unrealistic And Misleading."  "The idea of a United States independent of Middle East oil is a touchstone of Senator John Kerry's campaign and a huge crowd pleaser, but has divided and exasperated many of his most experienced energy advisers.  Some advisers say they worry that Mr. Kerry's focus on freeing the United States from reliance on oil from the Persian Gulf, the linchpin of the energy plan he released...

Kerry Strikes Out on National Security By Robin Mullins Boyd October 11, 2004 National Security is one of the hot button issues in the 2004 presidential election. President Bush has demonstrated his commitment to keeping us safe since September 11. Despite the fact that there have been no further terrorists attacks on US soil; the Democrats portray the President as "weak" on National Security. Kerry claims that the Bush Administration failed to secure chemical plants, failed to adequately fund the Dept of Homeland Security and failed to have all air cargo screened for explosives. The predominant theme of the Kerry...

Here's what Kerry said in the 2nd debate: KERRY: Actually, Mr. President, in 1997 we fixed Medicare, and I was one of the people involved in it. We not only fixed Medicare and took it way out into the future, we did something that you don't know how to do: We balanced the budget. And we paid down the debt of our nation for two years in a row, and we created 23 million new jobs at the same time. No, maybe I'm missing something, but I think he's referring to the 1997 Balanced Budget Act, which included provisions for...

(Washington, D.C.): The Center for Security Policy released today its instructive sixth edition of the National Security Scorecard - covering the 108th Congress (assessing votes conducted up to September 15, 2004) - that is designed to illuminate the voting records of members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives on important defense and foreign policy issues. The Scorecard considers 12 House and 18 Senate votes. In producing the National Security Scorecard, the Center hopes to assist the American people in understanding the commitment of their elected officials to the time-tested philosophy of promoting international peace through American strength,...

From the October 18, 2004 issue: Never have the American people elected as president a candidate with a record on national security issues resembling that of John Kerry. NEVER HAVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE elected as president a candidate with a record on national security issues resembling that of John Kerry. Consider some of the distinctive national security choices Kerry has made over the years. *** April 22, 1971: The American people have never elected president someone who, while serving in the military, chose to testify (in uniform) against a war his country was then waging. Lt. Kerry asserted before the...

President attacks Kerry's liberal record By Alec Russell in Washington (Filed: 08/10/2004) President George W Bush will tonight intensify his efforts to brand his rival as too liberal and defeatist, in a debate that has assumed a critical place in the race for the White House. Senator John Kerry's staff expect a fusillade of attacks on his long and liberal record in the senate, as Mr Bush attempts to make up the ground he lost in the first presidential debate last week. The President meets the people of Wausau, Wisconsin Convinced by their own propaganda, many Republicans sat down to...

John Kerry’s Stunning Senate Record While analyzing the two presidential candidates Friday night on FOX’s Hannity and Colmes, former education secretary William J. Bennett made the statement that President Bush, unlike Senator Kerry, has a real job. Co-host Alan Colmes took offense at this: “That's -- Do you want to take a shot at someone? I don't think that is a nice thing to say.” Bennett explained that members of the executive branch, whether the president or a governor, must make sure the infrastructure is working smoothly. They also have to “educate the kids, build the highways.” Conversely he asserted...

An excerpt for the Vice-Presidential debate. Senator Edwards remarking on the voting record of Dick Cheney when he was in Congress. "He voted against the Department of Education. He voted against funding for Meals on Wheels for seniors. He voted against a holiday for Martin Luther King. He voted against a resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela in South Africa."

John Kerry Has A 20-Year Record [In Case The Media Forgot] By Ken Hughes Oct. 6, 2004 It is becoming crystal clear liberals haven’t a clue how a democracy works. In a recent Useless Knowledge article it was suggested America carve Iraq into three separate nations. On the surface this sound like a workable solution America divides the separate sects by religous regions making each autonomous states. This presumably would stop the war and our troops could come home. The problem is America is in Iraq to assure Iraqis have the right to determine their own fate. America isn’t there...

The best thing about the final weeks of a presidential election is not, contrary to popular opinion, that it's almost over. It's that with time running out, candidates have no choice but to cut to the chase.      In a campaign speech yesterday in Pennsylvania, President Bush [related, bio] did just that by contrasting, in the clearest terms yet, the two candidates' records and visions for the future.      ``My opponents' endless back-and-forth on Iraq is part of a larger misunderstanding,'' Bush said. ``Senator Kerry is proposing policies and doctrines that would weaken America and make the world more dangerous.''      That should...

One of the biggest problems that John Kerry has is that he is still an enigma to most people. We all know more than we want about his service in Vietnam, but very little about what he has done between then and now. In particular, his 20-year Senate career is a blank. For this reason, I found of great interest the new book by former Senate staffer Winslow T. Wheeler, The Wastrels of Defense: How Congress Sabotages U.S. Security. Wheeler spent 31 years working on national defense issues for both Republican and Democratic senators. The main point of his...

2003 Vote To Raise Income Taxes By $90 Billion. (S. 1689, CQ Vote #373: Motion Agreed To 57-42: R 50-1; D 7-40; I 0-1, 10/2/03, Kerry Voted Nay; Senate Republican Policy Committee, “Security Supplemental/Small Business Tax Hike To Pay For The Bill,” 10/2/03)2003 Vote To Increase Superfund Taxes By $15.6 Billion. (S. Con. Res. 23, CQ Vote # 97: Rejected 43-56: R 1-50; D 41-6, I 1-0, 3/25/03, Kerry Voted Yea)1999 Vote To Increase Tobacco Taxes By $133 Billion To Pay For Prescription Drug Benefit. (S. Con. Res. 20, CQ Vote #76: Motion Rejected 54-44: R 12-41; D 42-3, 3/25/99,...

Wispy record of Senate ghost By Bruce Bartlett Published October 6, 2004 One of John Kerry's biggest problems is he remains an enigma to most people. We all know more than we want to about his service in Vietnam, but very little about what he has done since. In particular, his 20-year Senate career is a blank.

HELP!  Did these five Kerry sponsored bills help Heinz Ketchup?   63. S.2378 : A bill to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries.Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/29/2002)      Cosponsors (None) Committees: Senate Finance Latest Major Action: 4/29/2002 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 64. S.2379 : A bill to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries of tomato sauce preparation.Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 4/29/2002)      Cosponsors (None) Committees: Senate Finance Latest Major Action: 4/29/2002 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred...

FEINSTEIN-KENNEDY AMENDMENT TO THE FY2004 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL -- (Senate - June 03, 2003) [Page: S7230] --- [Begin Insert] Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, today I submit into the record a statement to clarify my position on the development of low yield nuclear weapons. Circumstances prevented me from voting last week on the Feinstein-Kennedy amendment to the FY2004 defense authorization bill which would have struck any provisions that might permit research, development, testing, or deployment of low yield nuclear weapons. At the time, my vote was announced as an ``aye'' in favor of a motion to table the amendment. Through no...

All along the campaign trail Kerry and Edwards have complained about the "$200 billion" being spent in Iraq. Kerry and Edwards have also complained that the Bush administration "took its eye off the ball in Afghanistan and the hunt for Bin Laden by going to Iraq". In the debate last night, VP Cheney slapped down Edwards' allegation that the US was spending $200 billion in Iraq by pointing out that the $187 billion appropriation (I'm sure everyone remembers this one - its the one that Kerry vote for, before he voted against it) included $60 billion to fund our efforts...

Sean just opened show with a blistering rant on Kerry's Senate record...sounds like he's on a roll today..

Rush on fire today- talking about Kerry's senatorial flip flops, taking him to task for wasting 20 years in the US Senate. Also talking about raising taxes and class warfare.

Special Post-Debate Release....10-1, 2004 Style vs. Substance Round 1 Written by JB Williams ©2004-09-30 Before even I become confused by the pundit’s efforts to tell me what I saw and heard last night, I’m writing round one of the 2004 Presidential debates in to my own history book. The answer to who won the first round will depend on who you ask. If you’re asking me, both candidates lost… John Kerry looked good, was articulate, on message, calm, forceful, yet uncharacteristically respectful. Bush looked tired, verbally stumbling at times, a bit too on message, forceful as expected, but almost agitated,...