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"I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it."- John Kerry
polipundit ^
| 3/17/04
Posted on 03/17/2004 6:33:43 AM PST by finnman69
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/17/politics/campaign/17CAMP.html?hp
The new Bush television commercial, which began running in the swing state of West Virginia on Tuesday, sought to discredit Mr. Kerry's defense credentials by attacking him for voting against the $87 billion bill last year that financed operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mr. Kerry had voted for the resolution authorizing war in Iraq, but White House aides said he later expressed enough ambivalence about the war to let them portray him as opposing a war that enjoys wide support among Americans.
Mr. Kerry dismissed the advertisement. "I understand that the Republican attack machine has welcomed me to West Virginia today with another distortion and misleading statement," he said.
"I'm not going to worry about them misleading because we're going to just keep pounding away at the truth," Mr. Kerry told the crowd of veterans, who wore a rainbow of caps, jackets and pins representing all the military branches and recent conflicts. "We're going to build an army of truth-tellers."
Mr. Kerry added, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it," referring to an amendment he supported that would have rescinded some tax cuts to finance the war.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; appropriations; defensespending; flipflop; issues; johnkerry; kerry; votingrecord
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Gold, Solid Gold.
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:33:43 AM PST
by
finnman69
To: finnman69
ROFLMAO!! Typical F-ING!!
To: finnman69
"I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it," That's funny! Now what did he really say?
To: finnman69; StriperSniper; Mo1
Carl Cameron of FOX NEWS nail this last night on Brit Hume.........."Mr. Kerry's use of DOUBLESPEAK yesterday..."
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:37:49 AM PST
by
OXENinFLA
To: finnman69
Please tell me there's audio of that sound bite...
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:38:31 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: finnman69
I fully supported the UN-sanctioned Gulf War that I voted against,
but I am vehemently opposed to the current unilateral War in Iraq that I voted for.
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:39:08 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: finnman69
Rush should have a field day with this one today.
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:39:39 AM PST
by
truthandlife
("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
To: finnman69
"We're going to build an army of truth-tellers."An army of none.
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:39:49 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: Semper Paratus
"I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it," That's funny! Now what did he really say? That IS what he said, I saw the video of it last night.
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:40:36 AM PST
by
OXENinFLA
To: finnman69
How is Kerry attracting these "crowds of veterans"?
Are they all from the War of 1812 and senile?
Leni
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:41:06 AM PST
by
MinuteGal
(Register now for "FReeps Ahoy 3" . A week of fun, food, freeperistics, starting in the low $700's!)
To: mewzilla
There is audio. Steve Maltzberg played it on his radio show last night.
To: finnman69
"We're going to build an army of truth-tellers."Led by a liar?
To: OXENinFLA
Great googly moogly, there really is audio/video? Bwah hah hah hah hah....
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:42:35 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: dead
now THAT'S funny!
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:43:50 AM PST
by
Ahban
To: OXENinFLA
That IS what he saidThe RNC can save on ad production. Just reprint Kerry's greatest hits.
To: freeperfromnj
Gee, wonder how Patrick Healy's gonna try to explain away this quote...?
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:44:52 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: OXENinFLA
Mr. Kerry added, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it," referring to an amendment he supported that would have rescinded some tax cuts to finance the war Kerry at his best
I saw that news bit on Brit Humes show .. now Kerry is saying it was a Protest vote
Seems Sen Kerry is still stuck in his 70's protest days against the military
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:45:11 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?)
To: MinuteGal
There is nothing about being a vet that makes you smart. I am a vet and I have known vets that were dumber than five wooden planks.
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:45:41 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: finnman69
You just can't make this stuff up.
To: mewzilla
They don't need the audio. Just put the words in white ona black screen for 30 seconds and let it run.
"I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it."
-- John Kerry.
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posted on
03/17/2004 6:47:30 AM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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