Truth from the Democrats: A FR resource of pandering, and lying of the Democratic candidates

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[jmcclain19]

Dedicated to sharing the true positions, statements and actions of the Democratic Candidates, devoid of each's campaign spin.

If you see or know of a link that isn't on this page about any of the candidates listed here, email us and help us spread the word.

Army General Wesley Clark

• 08/04/99 - Clark fired from NATO SACEUR
• 03/09/00 - British Gen to Clark: I will not start World War III for you
• 05/15/00 - Newsweek: The Kosovo Coverup
• 06/15/03 - Clark: 'This country was founded on the principle of progressive taxation'
• 08/21/03 - William Cohen - 'I rue the day I made him SACEUR'
• 08/26/03 - Clark: White House tried to have me fired from CNN
• 09/12/03 - More on Wes Clark's attempts to start war with Russia
• 09/16/03 - A fast climber who's made some enemies
• 09/16/03 - Wesley Who?
• 09/17/03 - The Real Wesley Clark
• 09/17/03 - Too important to be left for the General?
• 09/18/03 - Kurtz: Clark's speech 'blankest of blank slates'
• 09/19/03 - Clark: 'I probably would have backed the Iraq war'
• 09/19/03 - Clark: I want to listen to people before I take stands on issues
• 09/19/03 - Clark to "clarify" Iraq position
• 09/20/03 - A confused General Clark
• 09/22/03 - Clark became a Democrat after being trumped by Karl Rove
• 09/22/03 - Clark's dealings with Serbian war criminals
• 09/22/03 - Clark takes State of Iowa University money to campaign in Iowa
• 09/23/03 - Clark's website reveals true stance on issues
• 09/25/03 - Clark's funny math in the DNC Debate
• 09/25/03 - Drudge reveals Clark's fawning over the Bush Administration pre 9/11
• 09/25/03 - Clark's friends and confidants behind the Draft Clark movement
• 09/27/03 - Clark - 'I never say the same thing every day'
• 09/28/03 - Candidate Flip-flops upsetting Top Democratic strategists
• 09/29/03 - Clark favored unilateral action on Iraq before the war
• 09/29/03 - Lieberman - Clark taking journey of 'political convenience'
• 09/29/03 - TNR - Clark's foreign policy problems
• 10/01/03 - Clark still isn't registered as a Democrat
• 10/01/03 - Clark sits on board of firm Acxiom, firm with sketchy personal liberty problems
• 10/02/03 - Clark the Washington Lobbyist
• 10/07/03 - Iowa Democrat - "You can't run a credible campaign here from 30,000 feet"
• 10/07/03 - Clark's campaign manager quits over campaign's direction
• 10/08/03 - Clark violates election law - illegally making money off of campaign speeches
• 10/09/03 - Clark has a change of heart - returns illegal money
• 10/14/03 - Clark's fellow officers give damning review
• 10/16/03 - WashPost - The Responsibility Gap
• 10/18/03 - Newt Gingrich wonders if Clark's campaign actually read Clark's book
• 10/18/03 - Clark to skip Iowa Caucus
• 10/24/03 - Clark's scrambled Iraq message
• 10/29/03 - Andrew Sullivan breaks down Clark, Kerry's debate performances
• 10/29/03 - Clark helping out Dean
• 11/12/03 - Clark's hairbrained National Security Ideas
• 11/17/03 - Schwarzkopf: Clark not right man to be President
• 11/24/03 - Clark's New Campaign manager has a stellar winning Presidential Track record
• 12/09/03 - Clark hasn't ruled out Sen. Clinton as running mate
• 12/16/03 - Clark's fundraising prowess
• 12/16/03 - Brewing scandal over foreign contributions to Clark, Dean campaigns, MoveOn.org
• 12/21/03 - Dean, Clark spar over possible VP offer
• 12/21/03 - Clark vows to strike back if patriotism attacked
• 12/22/03 - Clark looks to surrender US sovereignty
• 01/04/04 - Clark's Vietnam jab at Dean falls flat
• 01/04/04 - Clark: I won't be anyone's VP nominee
• 01/04/04 - Clark: When I was NATO SAUCER, Bin Laden wasn't my problem

Vermont Governor Howard Dean

• 01/03/03 - Dean admits that sealing records was politically motivated
• 06/22 - Dean bombs on NBC's "Meet the Press"
• 06/25 - Dean's arrogance on National Security is dangerous
• 07/01 - Major media's critique of his Meet the Press appearance
• 07/03 - Dean avoids question on whether or not he's performed abortions
• 07/06 - Dean tongue is faster than his brain
• 07/15 - Dean for America's hollow accusations
• 07/19 - Howard Dean - The left's Pat Buchanan
• 07/22 - All nine pandering to the NAACP
• 07/23 - Does Howard Dean believe everything he says?
• 07/28 - DLC: Dean candidacy would devastate party
• 07/29 - Funny Math and spin from the Dean Camp
• 08/01 - Gov. Dean's exorbitant record sealing as Governor
• 08/05 - Many believe Dean is the liberal Ronald Reagan
• 08/05 - Dean refuses to answer questions about civil unions on Larry King
• 08/06 - Howard Dean is no centrist
• 08/06 - Dean lies straight faced to the AFL-CIO
• 08/06 - Dean's true feelings on Civil Liberties come out
• 08/06 - Dean: I misspoke about Social Security
• 08/07 - NY Post takes him to task for lying
• 08/11 - Howard Dean the Tax Machine
• 08/18 - Dean Campaign admits to spamming
• 08/18 - Dean Campaign admits to spamming, again
• 08/18 - "Computer Age Campaign" apparently deals with unsavory online characters and spam-houses
• 08/18 - Dean camp flip-flopping on Campaign Finance
• 08/20 - Fellow Governor's won't endorse Gov. Dean
• 08/22 - Dean: Vermont moderates are really liberals
• 08/25 - Pandering all over the board on Free Trade
• 08/25 - Insults intelligence of CNN's Wolf Blitzer
• 08/25 - Flip-flops on all kinds of issues
• 08/27 - Dean assails NAFTA
• 08/28 - Dean the Draft Dodger? The Worst of Howard Dean
• 08/29 - WashPost - Dean invites criticism by changing more positions
• 09/02 - Even Hillary Clinton, Evan Bayh know that Dean is a non-starter as a candidate
• 09/04 - Howard Dean stumbles at the Democratic Debate
• 09/04 - Dean - "Our Troops need to come home"
• 09/05 - Complete inability to hold in temper
• 09/06 - Boston Globe: Dean's campaign finance flip flops as Governor
• 09/08 - Joe Kline on Dean - "How many of Dean's positions are negotiable?"
• 09/08 - Dean, in pandering to labor unions, offers to essentially destroy US Trade policy around the globe
• 09/09 - Dean's abhorrent Israel statement
• 09/10 - House Dems attack Dean's Israel position
• 09/10 - Why Dean got hit on Israel
• 09/11 - Dean's pandering lies to the Cong. Black Caucus
• 09/12 - NH Firefighters Union torches Gov. Dean's record
• 09/14 - More on Dean's record as Vermont Gov.
• 09/14 - Candidate Dean can get snippy, having lots of practice saying "I'm Sorry"
• 09/14 - Dean: Hamas terrorists are "soldiers"
• 09/23 - Dean compares Bush to King George
• 09/23 - Dean pander alert, becomes a Red Sox Fan
• 09/24 - Dean attacks Clark for waffling
• 09/26 - Dean - "We need to remember that the enemy is George Bush"
• 09/26 - Kerry debuts 'Howards House of Waffles'
• 09/27 - Key support for Dean disappears due to Clark nomination
• 09/28/03 - Dean attacks Clark after losing first-place in several polls
• 09/28/03 - Candidate Flip-flops upsetting Top Democratic strategists
• 09/29/03 - Dean chastises others for changing positions, while doing the same
• 10/01/03 - Dean's rivals closing in on his flip-flops
• 10/01/03 - Dean the mudslinger
• 10/02/03 - Washington Watchdog Group preparing suit to force opening of Dean's VT records
• 10/07/03 - Dean Campaign paying bloggers, commenters to pump up campaign on sites
• 10/09/03 - Dean: Bush setting the stage for the "downfall of America"
• 10/09/03 - Burlington Free Press: Dean's constant flip flops 'disheartening', 'disappointing'
• 10/09/03 - Dean feared a Willie Horton popping up in his past when sealing his Government records
• 10/10/03 - What is Howard Dean hiding in Vermont?
• 10/16/03 - Dean seemingly doesn't read the financial pages
• 10/16/03 - WashPost - The Responsibility Gap
• 10/17/03 - Manchester Union Leader - Dean's lead is a surprise, but it shouldn't be
• 10/26/03 - Dean and black churches
• 10/27/03 - Buyer's remorse over Howard Dean
• 10/29/03 - Clark helping out Dean
• 11/09/03 - More on Dean's NAFTA/Social Security Waffles
• 11/09/03 - Dean attacked for flag flap & CFR
• 11/12/03 - Novak: Dean will be the DNC Nominee, warts and all
• 11/12/03 - Goldberg: Dean's Vermont
• 11/12/03 - Will: On Dean Opting out of Public financing
• 11/14/03 - Confederates for Dean
• 11/17/03 - Will: Dean is Democrats Dual Nightmare
• 11/19/03 - Dick Morris: Dean's Iraq Quagmire
• 11/21/03 - KnightRidder: Dean's Stances come back to haunt him
• 11/22/03 - Dean the Draft Dodger - Part II
• 11/24/03 - Ted Rall and Howard Dean
• 11/25/03 - Max Cleland attacks Dean
• 12/01/03 - What's Howard Dean hiding?
• 12/01/03 - Dean: Bush has "no understanding of defense"
• 12/02/03 - Yale Daily News: Why Dean can't win
• 12/03/03 - James Lileks on Howard Dean
• 12/08/03 - Dean, Lieberman swoon over Graham as VP/Cabinet pick
• 12/10/03 - Why Gore would endorse Dean
• 12/10/03 - TNR: Dean's second rate pander on steel tariffs
• 12/10/03 - Manchester Union Leader: Take Dean to task
• 12/12/03 - TNR: Vermont is the New Bermuda
• 12/13/03 - Gephardt: Dean guilty of gross hypocrisy
• 12/15/03 - Dean bumped from Newsweek cover
• 12/15/03 - Dr. Dean's Military could have caught Saddam six months ago
• 12/16/03 - Brewing scandal over foreign contributions to Clark, Dean campaigns, MoveOn.org
• 12/17/03 - Kerry tries to use NY Times reporter to slam Dean, fails
• 12/17/03 - Dean under fire for Saddam Comments
• 12/19/03 - Civil rights leader blasts Dean over use of N-word at fundraiser
• 12/19/03 - Dean attacks moderate Democrats, Fmr President Clinton
• 12/19/03 - NatlReview: Dean's foreign policy team's horrible track record
• 12/20/03 - Soros has doubts about Dean
• 12/21/03 - Dean, Clark spar over possible VP offer
• 12/21/03 - Anti - Dean ad features Bin Laden
• 12/22/03 - TNR: Beyond Belief: Howard Dean's religion Problem
• 12/22/03 - MSNBC's "Exclusive" interview with Dean
• 12/23/03 - Dean rebuked for statement that his brother served in the military
• 12/25/03 - Dean supporters give Kerry "flip-flops" as Christmas presents
• 12/28/03 - Kerry: What will Dean say next?
• 12/28/03 - Democrats schooling Dean on Foreign Policy
• 12/29/03 - 16 questions for Howard Dean
• 12/29/03 - TNR: Dean needs to get some of his own medicine
• 12/29/03 - Lieberman: Dean will melt under GOP attack ads
• 12/29/03 - Dean: My supporters won't easily back another candidate
• 12/29/03 - Rivals attack Dean's own secret energy commission
• 12/30/03 - Going over the cliff with Howard Dean
• 12/30/03 - Kerry takes on Dean and Bush
• 12/30/03 - Manchester Union Leader Publisher: Dean is one loose cannon
• 12/30/03 - Slate: Why Howard Dean needs to grow up
• 12/30/03 - Fmr Clinton Press Secretary Lockhart attacks Dean's whining(last paragraph)
• 12/31/03 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Dean will boost GOP majority
• 12/31/03 - Dean: My critics are just jealous
• 01/01/04 - Novak: Dean keeps giving other campaigns fodder
• 01/01/04 - Politics of Secrecy: Dean's personal record stonewalling
• 01/02/04 - Dean accused of incompetence in Vermont Mad Cow scare
• 01/03/04 - Dean's plan to take back the House for the Democrats
• 01/03/04 - Dean warned repeatedly about lax security at VT Nuclear plant, yet did nothing
• 01/04/04 - Democrats fear Dean is another McGovern
• 01/04/04 - Clark's Vietnam jab at Dean falls flat
• 01/05/04 - How James Carville and Terry McAuliffe created Howard Dean

North Carolina Senator John Edwards

• 07/17 - White House - Edward's record belies anti-war stance
• 07/22 - All nine pandering to the NAACP
• 07/31 - Edwards 4 months late on home property taxes
• 08/12 - Edwards has little support at home for Presidential bid
• 08/29 - The Worst of John Edwards
• 09/12 - Edwards attacks President's policies, after voting to approve them
• 09/12 - The Flip-flops of John Edwards
• 09/25 - Edwards has missed 38 of 42 votes since August
• 10/16 - WashPost - The Responsibility Gap
• 11/09 - Edwards bashes Dean for Confederate comments
• 11/09 - Edwards to now focus on Positive, as opposed to his year long negative campaign

Missouri Representative Dick Gephardt

• 06/18/03 - Gephardt supports more corporate fraud, apparently
• 06/23/03 - Gephardt states he will override Supreme Court w/ Executive Orders when he doesn't agree with a decision.
• 07/22/03 - All nine pandering to the NAACP
• 07/27/03 - Gephardt Can't decide if he's pro or anti-war
• 07/29/03 - Gephardt's Website lists "supporter" groups who don't actually support him
• 07/31/03 - Teamsters leaders back Gephardt, while Teamsters members support the President
• 08/12/03 - Gephardt: Attacks on US Electoral process is just what Republicans do
• 09/03/03 - The Worst of Dick Gephardt
• 09/12/03 - Gephardt attacks President's policies, after voting to approve them
• 09/15/03 - Flip-flops of Dick Gephardt
• 09/28/03 - Gephardt continues party infighting with attacks on Dean
• 09/28/03 - Candidate Flip-flops upsetting Top Democratic strategists
• 10/15/03 - Gephardt will vote for President's Iraq bill
• 10/16/03 - WashPost - The Responsibility Gap
• 10/20/03 - Gephardt Bush's toughest rival?
• 12/13/03 - Gephardt: Dean guilty of gross hypocrisy
• 12/13/03 - Gephardt slams Dean's Enron deal
• 12/19/03 - Gephardt argues in ad that he is the most feared Democrat
• 12/28/03 - Gephardt: Bush worst President of the last 5
• 12/30/03 - Gephardt: I opposed NAFTA from the start
• 01/04/04 - Gephardt didn't oppose NAFTA, he was in Bali on vacation

Massachusetts Senator John Kerry

• 06/24 - Gullible Mr. Kerry
• 07/12 - Does a military history guarantee political greatness?
• 07/15 - Pandering, even to the prison population
• 07/17 - White House - Kerry's record belies anti-war stance
• 07/21 - AP: Kerry's Senate record short on law making
• 07/22 - All nine pandering to the NAACP
• 07/22 - TNR's Michael Crowley to Kerry - "Shut up already"
• 07/22 - Kerry's sharp, leftward turn since the beginning of election season
• 07/30 - Kerry campaign team embarrassed by conservative jokester
• 08/03 - Kerry doing nothing for attention, again
• 08/10 - WashPost editorial tears into Kerry's Iraq attacks
• 08/12 - Kerry playing role of obstruction in Senate
• 08/18 - Kerry spent all of 1992 campaign yelling at anyone who would use military service as a good Presidential quality
• 08/25 - Hypocrisy and Kerry abound when it comes to using the Military to get publicity
• 09/01 - Kerry's hypocrisy over Cuba
• 09/03 - The Worst of John Kerry
• 09/03 - Kerry's reality, rhetoric, don't seem to match
• 09/04 - Mother Jones Mag pokes at Kerry's announcement speech
• 09/08 - Kerry's abandoned kids
• 09/12 - Kerry attacks President's policies, after voting to approve them
• 09/17 - The Two minds of John Kerry
• 09/23 - Select WMD/Iraq quotes from John Kerry
• 09/26 - Kerry debuts 'Howards House of Waffles'
• 09/28 - Candidate Flip-flops upsetting Top Democratic strategists
• 10/09 - Kerry's campaign is a mess
• 10/12 - The Words of John Kerry
• 10/16 - WashPost - The Responsibility Gap
• 10/22 - Kerry's lying habits
• 10/29 - Andrew Sullivan breaks down Clark, Kerry's debate performances
• 11/09 - Kerry in Phoenix - Rats quickly jumping off his sinking ship
• 11/11 - Kerry Campaign falling apart at the seams
• 11/12 - Kerry making up polling numbers
• 11/14 - Kerry backs off "I won't use my wife's money" statement
• 12/07/03 - Kerry's pool of despair - drops F-Bombs in Rolling Stone interview
• 12/08/03 - Kerry claims he voted against a bill he didn't
• 12/10/03 - Kerry's red tape laced "anti-outsourcing" bill
• 12/17/03 - Kerry tries to use NY Times reporter to slam Dean, fails
• 12/17/03 - Kerry still can't get his lines straight on his Iraq vote
• 12/23/03 - Kerry's empty threat on Libya
• 12/28/03 - Kerry: What will Dean say next?
• 12/30/03 - Kerry takes on Dean and Bush

Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman

• 01/20 - CNET News: Will Lieberman be the Spammer-in-chief?
• 07/08 - Lieberman struggling to raise money w/ Jewish donors
• 07/12 - Lieberman criticizes AZ plan to deny social services to illegal immigrants
• 07/22 - All nine pandering to the NAACP
• 08/24 - Why Joe Lieberman will never be President
• 09/05 - The Worst of Joe Lieberman
• 09/10 - Lieberman's record of flip flopping
• 09/12 - Lieberman attacks President's policies, after voting to approve them
• 10/13 - Lieberman to raise taxes
• 10/16 - WashPost - The Responsibility Gap
• 10/18 - Lieberman to skip Iowa Caucus
• 12/08/03 - Dean, Lieberman swoon over Graham as VP/Cabinet pick
• 12/29/03 - Lieberman: Dean will melt under GOP attack ads

RNC's Democratic Candidate Research

RNC's "Who is" Series

• Howard Dean
• John Edwards
• Dick Gephardt
• John Kerry
• Dennis Kucinich
• Joseph Lieberman
• Carol Mosley-Braun
• Al Sharpton

Mock/Parody/Negative Sites

• DeanMcGovern.com
• DeanPeopleSuck.com
• Wesley Watch
• ACompleteDisgrace.com
• Bowling for Howard Dean
• WafflePoweredHoward.com
• DeanFacts.com
• War Criminal Wesley Clark
• Nine Dwarfs
• Howard Dean: A Satire
• What State is Vermont in
• John Edwards
• Dennis Kucinich
• Joseph Lieberman
• Republicans for Al Sharpton

[Bullish]

Very, Very well said.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Excellent! Bookmarked.

[anymouse]

You might want to give Jim some helpful hints in his effort.

[Solson]

AWESOME!!!! Wonderful!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for the ping! Some really great collections are links, but sadly websites change and articles are dropped (or "corrected") and things can be lost. To circumvent this problem, for the DSL, I tried to excerpt the key data points from each article along with its source. Phrases can then be selected and used for Google searches to find copies of the original articles down the road when needed.

[Tamzee]

All your truth are belong to us!

And THANK YOU, this is an incredible resource :-)

[syriacus]

Very nice compilation. Thank you! Bookmarked.

[futureceo31]

havent heard the term "Lockbox" this time. You know how crazy that drove me with Gore and his lockbox. Wished he put himself in a lockbox and threw away the key!!!

[futureceo31]

Look at the favorable/unfavorable ratings for Dean. No one likes a whiny person and that is what he is. Doubt he can get anywhere by going after Bush as POTUS has brilliantly taken away all of the DIM issues. So they have to go to the extreme left to counter-attack and that is not going to work.
Plus, just play a few of the tapes where Dean calls Bush a moderate from past years and even Dims are going to think twice about who to vote for...

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