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Monday, February 09, 2004

Yet more proof that Kerry is a complete dip.

MSNBC - Kerry's 19 years in Senate invite scrutiny: "Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) never fails to win applause on the campaign trail when he tells audiences, 'I know something about aircraft carriers for real.' It is a mocking reference to President Bush's 'mission accomplished' carrier landing last spring and a reminder that Kerry was a decorated naval officer in Vietnam."

Maybe I'm confused, but I do recall that Bush was a fighter pilot. I also know that it takes lots and lots and lots of time and experience to land on a carrier. Which probably means that Bush has landed on carriers before...That is NOT an easy task. Also, it was a great moral booster for troops and especially soldiers on the carrier that Bush landed on.

Just for the record Kerry came home and bashed and protested the war and our leadership at that time as well. He also threw his medals (or soomeone elses) over the white house fence. As if they were meaningless pieces of metal. If they were someone elses (he doesn't know) why does he feel it proper to trash a soldier's military accomplisments?

Why does this guy insist on bashing the current LEADER of our country? Why can't he just run his campaign and talk about why he will be a good leader for our country? What a fgn moron. I'd pay good money to see Kerry try to land on a carrier within the next 6 months.


"denouncing President Ronald Reagan's military buildup and calling for cuts of about $50 billion in the Pentagon budget, including the cancellation of a long list of weapons systems, from the B-1 bomber to the Patriot antimissile system to F-14A, F-14D and F-15 fighter jets...

Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) never fails to win applause on the campaign trail when he tells audiences, "I know something about aircraft carriers for real." It is a mocking reference to President Bush's "mission accomplished" carrier landing last spring and a reminder that Kerry was a decorated naval officer in Vietnam.

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But 20 years ago, in his first Senate campaign, Kerry talked a different language about national defense, denouncing President Ronald Reagan's military buildup and calling for cuts of about $50 billion in the Pentagon budget, including the cancellation of a long list of weapons systems, from the B-1 bomber to the Patriot antimissile system to F-14A, F-14D and F-15 fighter jets.

As Kerry campaigns to lock up the Democratic presidential nomination, the battle to define him for a possible general election campaign against the president already has begun. The Kerry campaign and his opponents are mining his record -- from his service in Vietnam, to his antiwar activities when he returned, to his positions as candidate and legislator -- for ammunition.

Long paper trail
Kerry's 19-year record in the Senate includes thousands of votes, floor statements and debates, committee hearings and news conferences. That long paper trail shows that, on most issues, Kerry built a solidly liberal record, including support for abortion rights, gun control and environmental protection, and opposition to costly weapons programs, tax cuts for wealthy Americans and a 1996 federal law designed to discourage same-sex marriages.


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But there are exceptions to that generally liberal voting record. Kerry voted for the welfare overhaul bill in 1996 that President Bill Clinton signed over the vociferous opposition of the party's liberal wing; supported free-trade pacts, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement that organized labor opposed; backed deficit-reduction efforts in the mid-1980s, which many other Democrats opposed; and was distinctly cool toward Clinton's health care proposal, which died after being pilloried as the embodiment of big government.

Kerry advisers see a record that demonstrates expertise with domestic and foreign policy issues, a depth of experience on national security -- in and out of the Senate -- that equips him to become commander in chief without on-the-job training and an acquaintance with world leaders that would give him instant credibility as president. In short, they see a record that matches up well against the sitting president, who intends to make the war on terrorism a central campaign issue.

His opponents see a record that leaves Kerry far more vulnerable. Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie, in a Jan. 29 speech, accused Kerry of being soft on defense, out of the mainstream on social issues and an heir to the liberal tradition of Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and 1988 Democratic nominee Michael S. Dukakis. Kerry's record, Gillespie charged, "is one of advocating policies that would weaken our national security."

Kerry has walked away from some of his 1984 campaign proposals to cancel weapons systems that have become central to the U.S. military arsenal unleashed on Afghanistan and Iraq while defending his overall record as a senator. Kerry told the Boston Globe earlier this year some of the proposed cancellations were "ill-advised" and "stupid," blaming his inexperience as a candidate and a campaign that drove him to the left politically.

Views 'evolved'
Stephanie Cutter, Kerry's communications director, said in an e-mail response to questions about Kerry's record that the senator's views on weapons programs "evolved" once he was in office and that he used his votes to voice opposition to a defense budget he thought was "explosive and irresponsible" during Reagan's presidency. She said Kerry has supported "responsible and appropriate" requests for defense spending, including major increases under Bush.

Kerry also proposed cuts in funding for the CIA during the 1990s but now advocates a more robust intelligence operation"

That's right. NOW he sees why we need DEFENSE spending. Tard. I don't think the problem is that this guy is almost as wishy washy as Clark. I think the problem is that he doesn't have the vision for leadership. He doesn't have the foresight on the followthrough thought process that we need as the leader of the sole remaining superpower in the world.

"In his 1991 floor speech, Kerry accused President George H.W. Bush of engaging in a "rush to war" -- language similar to that he used in criticizing the current president on the eve of the Iraq war a year ago. Kerry argued in 1991 that there was no need to pass the resolution to send a message threatening force against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, although that was his justification for supporting the 2002 resolution.

Before and after last year's war on Iraq, Kerry criticized the president for failing to assemble the kind of coalition Bush's father put together in 1991. But in his 1991 floor statement, Kerry was dismissive of the elder Bush's coalition."

So, Kerry.. which is it? Do you support kicking Saddam's ass or not? You didn't support the coalition before, but now you criticize us for not having the type of coalition we had in the past?

Say what you mean. Jeez.




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