John F-ing Flip-Flop on Death Penalty (RUSH LIMBAUGH)

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John F-ing Flip-Flop on Death Penalty

February 4, 2004

In the audio link below, I rolled you John Kerry on Larry King Alive. Guest host Jeff Greenfield asked Kerry if his positions on issues such as opposing the death penalty for terrorists mean "he's not going to make any inroads into the traditional blue-collar, more conservative Democratic base." Kerry responded, "I am supportive of the death penalty for terrorists," then claimed that the Bush people "know it, and they'll try to distort it, but it is a fact."

Note his words: "I am supportive of the death penalty." The Weekly Standard reports that the senator's stand on the death penalty has "evolved." Quote: "For years, Kerry opposed capital punishment in all cases. In 1996, during a debate with Massachusetts governor William Weld, who was challenging Kerry for his Senate seat, Kerry said Weld's support of capital punishment for terrorists 'would amount to a terrorist protection policy.' Kerry's position, on the other hand, 'would put them in jail.'"

In 2002, Kerry flipped again, telling Tim Russert: "I am for the death penalty for terrorists because terrorists have declared war on your country," but cautioned he opposed it "in the criminal justice system because I think it's applied unfairly." Time magazine reports: "'John Kerry never met a side of an issue he didn't like,' says Dean spokesman Jay Carson. And it is true that some positions have changed...." Expect Kerry to keep changing his positions, and then say, "They know I'm for this." That's what he's going to have to do, because he cannot stand on his voting record.

Kerry's going to have to come up with a slithery way to explain some of those votes, and he'll do so by saying he's "changed his mind." He'll probably say, "Well, since I'm now running for president, I'm not just a senator, and I have to look at these things a little differently. They know what I'm thinking out there. They know what I'm going to do. They're going to try to distort this." This is going to be his typical modus operandi. You wait and see.

Listen to Rush...

(...roll, and expose as a contradiction, Kerry's latest death penalty position)

[Fishface]

Is there any truth to Kerry's assertion that we have freed 111 people from Death Row because of DNA?

If this is true, you'd think that the liberals would have these people's names up in lights?

Can anyone verify?

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In 2002, Kerry flipped again, telling Tim Russert: "I am for the death penalty for terrorists because terrorists have declared war on your country," but cautioned he opposed it "in the criminal justice system because I think it's applied unfairly."

The highlighted phrase shows exactly how Kerry feels.

[GailA]

"Kerry say 111 were found innocent from death row via DNA. If so, that is even more absurd. It is 12." But, for solid evidence of actual innocence, my evidence and that from others indicates its from 17-30. I use 30 to be on the safe side." Dudley Sharp, former Resource Director with Justice For All.

Dudley is a very dilligent researcher. I trust his stats before I'd trust the dept of justice's. Most freed from death row are done so because of a flaw in the trial phase, not because the felon was innocent.