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Why did Kerry vote "No" on the First Gulf War

Posted on 10/08/2004 1:24:24 PM PDT by Bloggerhead

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To: madison46

Note he thought in 1991 that Saddam with WMD was not a threat.


21 posted on 10/08/2004 1:45:22 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: jennyjenny
Well, all that sounds OK, but I was hoping we could storm some republican campaign offices and shoot out some windows.

Sorry Jenny, that is the runner-up prize and all prizes are final.

22 posted on 10/08/2004 1:47:20 PM PDT by Heff ("Liberty is not America's gift to the world, it's the Almighty's gift to humanity" GW Bush 4/12/04)
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To: finnman69

So, he was invoking Vietnam in every speech,

even prior to his run for the presidency.


The other day, Senator Kerry walked up to the urinal next to me and said,
"You know, this reminds me of taking a leak in Vietnam..."


23 posted on 10/08/2004 1:48:35 PM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: Bloggerhead

I don't know what he said, but the REASON was because a REPUBLICAN was president...the ONLY consistency with Kerry is that he is PRO-WAR if a democrat is president, and anti-war if the GOP holds the office.


24 posted on 10/08/2004 1:50:25 PM PDT by Moby Grape
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To: Bloggerhead

You had to start a whole new thread to ask this? Why not ask it on a related thread?


25 posted on 10/08/2004 1:52:56 PM PDT by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers. :: Kerry promises, but Bush delivers!)
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To: finnman69

"I said then it must be when the Nation as a whole has decided that there is a real threat and that the Nation as a whole has decided that we all must go."

Now there is a leader for you. I will wait for everyone else to agree before I commit.


26 posted on 10/08/2004 1:54:44 PM PDT by Bahbah (Proud member of the pajamahadeen)
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To: finnman69; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Here is our "great leader" again, in his own words.


27 posted on 10/08/2004 1:57:08 PM PDT by Bahbah (Proud member of the pajamahadeen)
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To: Bahbah
"I said then it must be when the Nation as a whole has decided that there is a real threat and that the Nation as a whole has decided that we all must go."

As the Iron Lady said...

Consensus is the absence of leadership.

28 posted on 10/08/2004 1:58:41 PM PDT by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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To: Phantom Lord

The world will not soon see the like of Margaret Thatcher again.


29 posted on 10/08/2004 2:00:30 PM PDT by Bahbah (Proud member of the pajamahadeen)
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To: Bloggerhead
Let's give sanctions time to work!
30 posted on 10/08/2004 2:07:05 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (Take a day off and volunteer to help "Win One for the Gipper"!)
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To: Bloggerhead

He oppossed the rush to war. He thought that diplomacy would work. He said the nation didn't want a war. He said that he knew the horrors of war first hand and the nation wasn't ready for it...blah...blah...blah.

After the quick victory in Iraq Kerry said, "If the president had told me that there would be only 100 casualties and it would just take a week, I would have voted in favor of using military force." Real, conviction and nerves of steel there, eh? Just the sort of guy we need in the White House during a time of war.

Later when asked about his vote against Gulf War I by Cokie Robert he explained that he didn't vote against force but he "voting against the timing of it."

Sounds familiar, eh?

He missed out on the boat in 1991, then later tried to cover his arse. He wasn't going to screw up again, and miss out supporting an easy war again, so he voted for the authorization in Oct 2002. Now, that things turn out to be more difficult than the first Gulf War he goes into spin mode yet again trying to cover his arse and not taking responsibility for his vote. What conviction! What leadership! What a pompous jerk.


31 posted on 10/08/2004 2:08:18 PM PDT by Avenger
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To: Bahbah
"I said then it must be when the Nation as a whole has decided that there is a real threat and that the Nation as a whole has decided that we all must go." Now there is a leader for you. I will wait for everyone else to agree before I commit.

It's really quite frightening to see what a huge pussy Kerry really is.

32 posted on 10/08/2004 2:11:49 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: finnman69

"It's really quite frightening to see what a huge pussy Kerry really is."

Scares the beejayzus out of me. John Kerry would never have gone out onto that ball field and thrown out that first pitch after 9/11. He is, I believe, not just a moral coward, but a physical coward as well. So was Bill Clinton.


33 posted on 10/08/2004 2:15:06 PM PDT by Bahbah (Proud member of the pajamahadeen)
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To: You Dirty Rats

Kerry is an America-hater in disguise.


34 posted on 10/08/2004 2:15:31 PM PDT by Continental Soldier
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To: Avenger
Later when asked about his vote against Gulf War I by Cokie Robert he explained that he didn't vote against force but he "voting against the timing of it."

That was Kennedy's argument also. Nice guys. We had hundreds of thousands of troops in the theater and these guys wanted to keep them there for another six months -- right into the middle of summer! Oh joy, summer in Saudi Arabia! Nice way to support the troops!

35 posted on 10/08/2004 2:27:07 PM PDT by You Dirty Rats (WE WILL WIN WITH W - Isara)
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To: Bloggerhead

Yes, and Bush should list what Iraq would be like today if Kerry had his way.

Saddam in Kuwait and possibly Saudi Arabia
Saddam with WMD and using it.

Kerry's Foregin policy is a failure before it starts.


36 posted on 10/08/2004 2:30:29 PM PDT by madison46 (Give IRAN nuke fuel?? Your nutz)
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To: Bloggerhead

Someone should create a graphic of a map of the Middle East if John Kerry had had his way in 1991. There would no longer be a Kuwait, and likely Iraq would have had further regional conflicts with its neighbors along the Persian Gulf such as Iran and Saudi Arabia.


37 posted on 10/08/2004 2:32:05 PM PDT by MaineRepublic (Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. -- Euripides)
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To: madison46

Wow, I didn't even read your response before posting mine.

Great minds I guess...


38 posted on 10/08/2004 2:32:44 PM PDT by MaineRepublic (Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. -- Euripides)
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To: MaineRepublic

Wrong place! Wrong Time!


39 posted on 10/08/2004 2:36:17 PM PDT by Always Independent
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To: Bloggerhead
Kerry, "Man, I've really got to use the bathroom. Where's an American flag when you gotta go?" rtr
40 posted on 10/09/2004 5:35:02 PM PDT by boycott
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