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To: who knows what evil?
John Kerry’s position on capital punishment, in his interview on Meet the Press in December, 2002.

"SEN. KERRY: I think, Tim, as people get to know me in the course of this, they’ll know the things that I have fought for and the things I stand for. I was a prosecutor. I’ve sent people to jail for the rest of their life. I’m opposed to the death penalty in the criminal justice system because I think it’s applied unfairly, as even Republican governors have determined, and because I’m for a worse punishment.

I think it is worse to take somebody and put them in a small cell for the rest of their life, deprived of their freedom, never to be paroled. Now, I think that’s tougher. Let me just finish.

MR. RUSSERT: But, Senator, why shouldn’t Timothy McVeigh, who blew up the Oklahoma building, or if John Muhammad is convicted of being a sniper here in Washington—why shouldn’t they receive the death penalty?

SEN. KERRY: Tim, I think that, as I said, you know, different people have different opinions about what’s worse. I’ve seen people die and I know what it’s like to almost die. I don’t think that—you know, dying is scary for a while, but in the end, the punishment is gone. When you’re alive and you’re deprived of your freedom each day and you’re in tough circumstances—and I’m talking about tough circumstances. I’m not talking about some cushy situation where they live off the fat of the land in prison.. I’m talking about tough. But if you’re deprived of that freedom for the rest of your living days until God decides to take you, you know, that is tough, my friend, and I think that plenty of people think that.

LOL!!!!

This mental case had better hope they start giving tours of the White House again, because thats the closest to the Oval Office he is ever going to get.

119 posted on 09/30/2004 6:04:33 PM PDT by Rome2000 (The ENEMY for Kerry!!!!!)
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To: Rome2000
Omg, he's such a blowhard!

What happened to his ORANGE FACE???

152 posted on 09/30/2004 6:05:26 PM PDT by SunnyUsa (Just Leave McGreevey - You are unfit to govern.)
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To: Rome2000

Kerry's hands are shaking!!!!


162 posted on 09/30/2004 6:05:38 PM PDT by BladeLWS
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To: All

I'm goin wash that orange right outta my face, right outta my face....


176 posted on 09/30/2004 6:05:53 PM PDT by eCrusader (shaken, not stirred)
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