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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did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it," referring to an amendment he supported that would have rescinded some tax cuts to finance the war.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: WOSG
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posted on
03/17/2004 12:05:10 PM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: finnman69
"Hey....."We better get our stories straight or people are going to talk."
To: finnman69
f'NG Kerry is wilting already. He's backtracking so fast he's falling down flat on his face.
To: finnman69
Cool, I got a new tag line now.
104
posted on
03/17/2004 12:26:27 PM PST
by
Republican Red
("I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it,")
To: finnman69
I'm waiting for the "I voted against it, but my fingers were crossed" excuse to come next.
-PJ
To: finnman69
From The Corner:
Frenchie Kerry: "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it,"
"Kerry's explanation could make things much worse for him, if it is pursued. His stance is that he voted for an amendment that would have approved the $87 billion if the tax cuts were rolled back. Without that in the bill he voted against it.
This should be spun "Kerry valued raising taxes more than he valued giving our troops the support they needed." We have him taking both sides. We have a tax increase. We have a vote against the troops. All in one baker's dozen of words."
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posted on
03/17/2004 12:46:55 PM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: finnman69
"I actually did, but then didn't, but then said I did, then said I didn't, then said I didn't say I didn't, then said I did say I didn't, then said I didn't say I did, then said I did say I did, then.........
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posted on
03/17/2004 12:47:04 PM PST
by
Cronos
(W2K4!)
To: finnman69
- WHY JOHN KERRY IS DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA
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Kerry's flip-flop opportunism (Bush tweaks Kerry; Kerry tweaks Bush's anti-Kerry ad)
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108
posted on
03/18/2004 5:43:26 AM PST
by
Mia T
(Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
To: mewzilla
FYI
109
posted on
03/18/2004 5:44:31 AM PST
by
Mia T
(Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
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. Ahhh. I see. Thank you for that explanation. I have been laughing about that apparent insane remark, and was pondering the significance of our first certifiable insane presidential candidate.
I see it now though. He voted against a tax cut, or to rescind it, as the price of supporting our troops. It all makes sense now.
and I used to have nightmares only when I was asleep!
110
posted on
03/18/2004 5:48:09 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(50.3% of Californians are as dumb as a sack of rocks (subject to a final count).)
To: tractorman
Is he a fool or a pawn?I'll vote for the former. He cannot possibly know how stupid he sounds. Do you think he'll meltdown during a debate, or just tell the President to shut-up "it's none of his business?"
To: madison10
Ill be surprised if Kerry can survive until the debates.
To: Cronos
ha ha ha. I hope he's enjoying his spa botox vacation
113
posted on
03/18/2004 7:10:52 AM PST
by
petercooper
(I actually did vote for the $87 Billion, before I voted against it.)
To: finnman69
Comment #115 Removed by Moderator
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just to annoy the trolls bump
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posted on
08/19/2004 8:40:36 AM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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