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"I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it."- John Kerry
polipundit ^
| 3/17/04
Posted on 03/17/2004 6:33:43 AM PST by finnman69
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/17/politics/campaign/17CAMP.html?hp
The new Bush television commercial, which began running in the swing state of West Virginia on Tuesday, sought to discredit Mr. Kerry's defense credentials by attacking him for voting against the $87 billion bill last year that financed operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mr. Kerry had voted for the resolution authorizing war in Iraq, but White House aides said he later expressed enough ambivalence about the war to let them portray him as opposing a war that enjoys wide support among Americans.
Mr. Kerry dismissed the advertisement. "I understand that the Republican attack machine has welcomed me to West Virginia today with another distortion and misleading statement," he said.
"I'm not going to worry about them misleading because we're going to just keep pounding away at the truth," Mr. Kerry told the crowd of veterans, who wore a rainbow of caps, jackets and pins representing all the military branches and recent conflicts. "We're going to build an army of truth-tellers."
Mr. Kerry added, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it," referring to an amendment he supported that would have rescinded some tax cuts to finance the war.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; appropriations; defensespending; flipflop; issues; johnkerry; kerry; votingrecord
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To: finnman69
...thanks!!!...
81
posted on
03/17/2004 8:04:34 AM PST
by
cweese
To: tractorman
I don't think Kerry looks comfortable delivering his BS at all.
82
posted on
03/17/2004 8:04:45 AM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: finnman69
...thanks!!!...
83
posted on
03/17/2004 8:05:52 AM PST
by
cweese
To: finnman69; Diogenesis
cKerry's
"Have it Both Ways"
84
posted on
03/17/2004 8:06:09 AM PST
by
adam_az
(Call your state Republican party office and VOLUNTEER FOR A CAMPAIGN!!!)
To: catch
e pluribus taxum
To: adam_az
JOHN KERRY: Because there are three sides to a two sided issue.
86
posted on
03/17/2004 8:09:10 AM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: finnman69
I'm going to vote for John Kerry. Not in the voting booth, but once while bathing and again while eating breakfast on election day. Where and when it really counts, I'll vote for Bush, but I don't want to hear from my liberal relatives that I didn't support Kerry.
To: finnman69
It's almost as if he's being forced. Hmmmmm
To: OXENinFLA
Double-plus-good Carl! :)
89
posted on
03/17/2004 8:17:06 AM PST
by
StriperSniper
(Manuel Miranda - Whistleblower)
To: VadeRetro
90
posted on
03/17/2004 8:21:15 AM PST
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(Careful! Your TAGS are the mirror of your SOUL!)
To: Puddleglum
I'm thinking of something along the lines of a standardized test....
Proctor: Sir, you are the first person in the history of this test to get every question wrong. Taxes, spending, the War on Terror, Iraq....
Kerry: No, I'm not. I gave every correct answer. (points to answer sheet, which reveals that every circle is filled in) See? Number one is A, two is C, three is D....
91
posted on
03/17/2004 8:28:09 AM PST
by
David75
To: David75
No Kerry will pencil in all answers and demand to be given a passing grade.
92
posted on
03/17/2004 8:32:01 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: VadeRetro
I'm going to vote for John Kerry. Not in the voting booth, but once while bathing and again while eating breakfast on election day. Where and when it really counts, I'll vote for Bush, but I don't want to hear from my liberal relatives that I didn't support Kerry.Good technique, Vade! I may use that one myself!
But, uh, how do you think that will go over with your friends once you "explain" yourself?
CA....
93
posted on
03/17/2004 8:58:16 AM PST
by
Chances Are
(Whew! It seems I've once again found that silly grin!)
To: Blood of Tyrants
"There is nothing about being a vet that makes you smart. I am a vet and I have known vets that were dumber than five wooden planks."
It was four. You counted wrong :)
94
posted on
03/17/2004 9:06:20 AM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Bury Kerry in 04! Down with Lenin Loving Lemmings....)
To: EQAndyBuzz
Kerry Before: BRING IT ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
Kerry After: I'M BEGGING YOU MR PRESIDENT, PLEASE STOP!
95
posted on
03/17/2004 9:09:11 AM PST
by
jwalsh07
(We're bringing it on John but you can't handle the truth!)
To: Semper Paratus
"I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it,Carl get the tape running this one is priceless.
96
posted on
03/17/2004 9:10:32 AM PST
by
mware
To: finnman69
Mr. Kerry: Yes, I do flip flop. I voted for it before I votged against it.
But those attack squad goons are still liars.
To: finnman69
GOING SPANISH
The legacy of Spain is a new term of derision, humiliation and retreat at the first sign of danger. Repeat often.
98
posted on
03/17/2004 9:58:42 AM PST
by
Enduring Freedom
(Don't Let the Free World Go Spanish - Destroy Kerry)
To: Enduring Freedom
"That
[bolshevism] is a disease of the vanquished."
-- Marshal Foch, negotiating the WWI Armistice, dismissing German claims that every day's continued fighting increased the danger of Russian communism infecting the rest of Europe.
To: finnman69
Mr. Kerry added, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it," referring to an amendment he supported that would have rescinded some tax cuts to finance the war. ROFLMAO! Does someone have this on tape? ... Never in campaign politics has a politician taken CREDIT for flip-flopping.
100
posted on
03/17/2004 11:49:58 AM PST
by
WOSG
(http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com - Disturb, manipulate, demonstrate for the right thing)
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