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To: Mo1

It had a LOT Of stuff in it!







One of the ads makes the dubious claim that Kerry "cast a decisive vote that created 20 million new jobs." That's a reference to Kerry's vote for the 1993 Clinton economic package, which contained a large tax increase and some spending cuts aimed at reducing chronic federal deficits. It's true that the Clinton package passed the Senate by a single vote when Vice President Gore cast the tie-breaker. In that sense, every Democrat who voted for the measure has an equal claim to casting the "decisive" vote. And it's also true that the total number of payroll jobs in the US grew by 21.4 million between the passage of Clinton's package in August, 1993 and the peak of the boom in March, 2001.

But it is going too far to say that Clinton's package alone -- let alone Kerry's vote -- was responsible for the historic economic boom.


74 posted on 10/18/2004 6:10:26 PM PDT by Howlin (Bush has claimed two things which Democrats believe they own by right: the presidency & the future)
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To: Howlin
I remember that bill .. it cost my congresswomen at the time her job

She swore up and down the street that she would vote against it and then went and voted for it

It was also the Bill that cost the Dems to lose the House .. the first time in 40 years ...

77 posted on 10/18/2004 6:14:37 PM PDT by Mo1 (This Sept 10th attitude in no way to protect our country)
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To: Howlin

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But are you watching Lawrence O'Donnell about Bush's faith, prayers and God??

Did he just compare it to Muhammad Atta??


155 posted on 10/18/2004 7:53:16 PM PDT by Mo1 (This Sept 10th attitude in no way to protect our country)
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