Posted on 10/18/2004 10:46:09 AM PDT by E Rocc
Consider this "Notebook" item from TNR's March 25, 1991 issue, which ran under the headline "Same Senator, Same Constituent":
"Thank you for contacting me to express your opposition ... to the early use of military force by the US against Iraq. I share your concerns. On January 11, I voted in favor of a resolution that would have insisted that economic sanctions be given more time to work and against a resolution giving the president the immediate authority to go to war."
--letter from Senator John Kerry to Wallace Carter of Newton Centre, Massachusetts, dated January 22 [1991]
"Thank you very much for contacting me to express your support for the actions of President Bush in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. From the outset of the invasion, I have strongly and unequivocally supported President Bush's response to the crisis and the policy goals he has established with our military deployment in the Persian Gulf."
--Senator Kerry to Wallace Carter, January 31 [1991]
(Excerpt) Read more at tnr.com ...
-Eric
Definitely worth a repost. Shows what a flip-flopper Kerry has been all along!
Thanks for reminding us of this. The "unequivocably" makes it clear. Another Freeper said recently he thought this was Kerry's deliberate strategy: to purposely take both sides on every issue. When called on one side, say, as he did in the debate, "No, in fact, I have said the exact opposite" and he has.
Here's Kerry's speech defending his 1991 vote.
It's a classic.
Bush Brought Up Gulf War 1 -- Flashback of Kerry's Post-War Senate Defense of his Vote - 3/13/1991
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1246860/posts
He truly thrives on ultimate hypocrisy.
For all of you file sharers there is an excellent Kerry flip flop video available. Just search for "John Kerry" or "flip flop".
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