Posted on 07/08/2004 9:07:55 AM PDT by kattracks
Its a belly laugh hearing Democrats snarl at one another over whether their Kerry-Edwards dream ticket is liberal and whether liberal is a dirty word.
One clutch of Democrats bristles at the press for noting that those two are the No. 1 (John Kerry) and No. 4 (John Edwards) most-liberal senators on Capitol Hill.
Stop playing the label game, they admonish, and then turn right around and insist upon employing the mainstream label.
Never mind that Americans for Democratic Action, for decades recognized as the gold standard by Democrats when bashing Republicans for not being liberal, has bestowed that ranking. It now rates Kerry and Edwards to the left of Teddy Kennedy, when many Americans thought he was as far left as a senator could get without disappearing over the horizon.
America Is Basically Conservative
Another cluster of Democrats says, Absolutely, this ticket is liberal. And thats how well win back the White House.
Never mind that every opinion poll taken if you still believe that opinion polls of several hundred or even a thousand hand-picked anonymous voters are valid measures of how all Americans are thinking has this country tabbed as more conservative than liberal. Poll or no poll, that happens to be accurate.
The truth is that both factions of Democrats are dead wrong.
This years Democratic slate for president and vice president, like the clique that has seized control of the Democratic Party nationally, is not liberal. It is not mainstream. It is flat-out, unabashed radical-left.
Hoax of Liberalism
Republican as well as Democratic strategists who persist in debating whether the ticket is too liberal or not liberal enough are not only missing the point; they are helping perpetuate a hoax on the American electorate.
Kerry and Edwards are anything but parlor pinks or Cadillac liberals. They long ago stalked across the line between legitimate liberals, who are within the American mainstream, into the swamps of the cynical, ruthless, anti-American radical left.
Their hair has nothing to do with it. Their combined smile-and-a-half has nothing to do with it. Their latest flip, their latest flop has nothing to do with it.
What They Really Are
What they actually stand for is what they actually are. Judge them by the radical-left votes they have cast, the flips they have flopped, the neo-Marxist government programs they have propounded, the slanders they have uttered against patriotic Americans. Those are what really matter.
To catch a true picture of whats going, observe the role being played out by the radical-left propagandists who populate much of the American mass media.
These birds have already exposed themselves as being far to the left of the mainstream, far to the left of legitimate liberals, far to the left of what the Democratic Party once stood for.
The New Reactionaries
They have moved so far to the left they have become Americas new reactionaries, intent upon turning back the clock to the bad, old days.
Now that they have helped achieve their ticket, they are scurrying around, dressing those two radicals wolves in liberal sheeps clothing. It is a blatant attempt to peddle them to American voters as something they are not liberals.
Not if you accept the dictionary definition of liberals: those who are favorable to progress or reform in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, especially as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties free from prejudice or bigotry .
Who the Bigots Are
It is radical leftists who are pitting race against race, class against class. They are the ones who find abhorrent the rule of law as set forth in the Constitution and demand radical-leftist judges willing to usurp the legislative function reserved to Congress and the people.
The radical-left press doesnt dare portray Kerry and Edwards for what those two actually are namely, the same sly brand of radicals so many in the press are. They are a devious lot, crafty enough to know that Kerry and Edwards, if portrayed for the radicals they truly are, will not go down the American gullet in 2004.
And those same news-media manipulators lack the character to state their own true colors and those of their Trojan-horse ticket.
Aiding and Abetting the Enemy
So, when conservatives holler liberal! at Kerry and Edwards, they are only playing the far-lefts game of deception.
Assigning labels for the purpose of distracting public attention from issues and evoking emotional responses works only up to a point in American politics.
What works better in todays society of rather sophisticated voters is to deal with issues, and candidates, on their merits.
So, is calling John Kerry and John Edwards radicals label-slinging?
Not when it helps to focus public attention on what the Democratic ticket really is and what an authentic danger it represents to America, which, believe it or not, is still mostly mainstream America.
John L. Perry, a prize-winning newspaper editor and writer who served on White House staffs of two presidents, is a regular columnist for NewsMax.com.
For those with a strong enough stomach to look at Time Magazine this week, the article "The Making of John Kerry" has elevated him to the rank of captain in the Navy, which would make him an O-6, equivalent to an Army bird colonel. Even Time apparently recognizes that the truth won't get Kerry elected.
Did they really call him Captain? ROTFL... I mean, it's possible that he may have been addressed as "Captain" or "Skipper" when on his boat, but how anyone could mistake that for him being an actual captain in rank is beyond me.
Of course, how many journalists know anything about how th emilitary works? I guess I should'nt be too surprised...
The exact quote from page 46 of Time, July 12, 2004, is "Returning home from Vietnam with the rank of captain and five medals"...
Not the title, but rank. Let's see if they print a correction.
Who was the pathetic excuse for a "journalist" who wrote that?
I heard John Edwards say that just yesterday!
It's not true, is it?
Maybe they referred to him as captain as in "Captain Queeg?"
Nancy Gibbs and James Carney. I've notified the SwiftVets and they have confirmed that Kerry left the Navy as an O-3, Lieutenant.
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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (10 points on Social scale) |
Right to abortion is constitutionally protected: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on disallowing overseas military abortions: Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial birth abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions: Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale) |
I support affirmative action: Strongly Favors topic 2 Affirmative Action needed 40 years ago & still needed today: Strongly Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale) |
Governments don't belong in bedrooms, including gay bedrooms: Strongly Favors topic 3 More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes.: Strongly Favors topic 3 YES on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation: Favors topic 3 YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
Favors topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (2 points on Social scale) |
NO on restricting violent videos to minors: Neutral topic 4 YES on declaring that memorial prayers and religious symbols at sch: Favors topic 4 |
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale) |
Cover every child and vulnerable adults: Strongly Favors topic 5 Health care crisis requires fighting big corporations: Strongly Favors topic 5 NO on limiting self-employment health deduction: Favors topic 5 NO on Unknown roll call for 1999-76: Opposes topic 5 YES on including prescription drugs under Medicare: Favors topic 5 NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit: Favors topic 5 NO on $40 billion per year for Medicare prescription drug benefit: Opposes topic 5 |
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale) |
Don't divert payroll taxes to private accounts: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Keep stock market out of Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6 NO on using the Social Security Surplus to fund tax reductions: Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Social scale) |
Private school vouchers drain resources from public schools: Opposes topic 7 NO on allowing more flexibility in federal school rules: Strongly Opposes topic 7 NO on Educational Savings Accounts: Opposes topic 7 YES on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors: Opposes topic 7 YES on funding student testing instead of private tutors: Opposes topic 7 |
Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (2 points on Social scale) |
Death penalty OK despite flaws, on state-by-state decision: Favors topic 8 Capital punishment needed-some crimes deserve ultimate: Strongly Favors topic 8 Supports the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 8 Require DNA testing for all federal executions.: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (10 points on Social scale) |
Eliminate mandatory minimums for non-violent crimes: Strongly Opposes topic 9 NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations: Opposes topic 9 YES on $1.15 billion per year to continue the COPS program: Opposes topic 9 |
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (2 points on Social scale) |
Right to bear arms protected by Second Amendment, with rules: Favors topic 10 Hunting is fine, but criminals & kids should have limits: Opposes topic 10 Guns are about independence-don't mess with that: Favors topic 10 NO on loosening license & background checks at gun shows: Opposes topic 10 YES on background checks at gun shows: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale) |
Repeal tax cuts for earners over $200,000: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Shift tax burden from taxing work to taxing wealth: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Revise the capital gains tax rate: Opposes topic 11 Millionaires should not pay lower taxes than nurses: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Roll back the Bush tax cuts and address real priorities: Opposes topic 11 NO on $792B tax cuts: Opposes topic 11 NO on phasing out the estate tax ("death tax"): Opposes topic 11 NO on eliminating the 'marriage penalty': Opposes topic 11 NO on prioritizing national debt reduction below tax cuts: Opposes topic 11 YES on reducing marriage penalty instead of cutting top tax rates: Opposes topic 11 NO on cutting taxes by $1.35 trillion over 11 years: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction: Opposes topic 11 NO on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Strongly Favors topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (10 points on Economic scale) |
Roadmap to citizenship for undocumented immigrants: Favors topic 12 Welcome immigrants with earned legalization program: Strongly Favors topic 12 Hard working immigrants earn right to citizenship: Favors topic 12 |
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (2 points on Economic scale) |
Against NAFTA, against Chile trade, against Singapore trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Level the playing field for American workers: Opposes topic 13 Against Fast Track--not enough for US workers: Strongly Opposes topic 13 NO on expanding trade to the third world: Opposes topic 13 YES on removing common goods from national security export rules: Favors topic 13 YES on extending free trade to Andean nations: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (10 points on Social scale) |
YES on killing a bill for trade sanctions if China sells weapons: Opposes topic 14 YES on permanent normal trade relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on granting normal trade relations status to Vietnam: Opposes topic 14 |
Strongly Favors topic 15: More spending on armed forces personnel (0 points on Economic scale) |
NO on allowing another round of military base closures: Favors topic 15 YES on military pay raise of 4.8%: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
Favors topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (2 points on Economic scale) |
Reduce $9B spending on missile defense: Strongly Favors topic 16 NO on cutting nuclear weapons below START levels: Favors topic 16 YES on adopting the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Favors topic 16 YES on deploying National Missile Defense ASAP: Strongly Opposes topic 16 |
Favors topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (2 points on Economic scale) |
Reorient US aid to support open societies: Strongly Favors topic 17 Bring UN, allies and friends to Iraq: Favors topic 17 Work with other nations in war on terror: Favors topic 17 NO on cap foreign aid at only $12.7 billion: Favors topic 17 YES on authorizing air strikes in Kosovo: Neutral topic 17 YES on allowing all necessary forces and other means in Kosovo: Neutral topic 17 YES on enlarging NATO to include Eastern Europe: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (2 points on Economic scale) |
Protect ANWR, lead in global warming battle: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on defunding renewable and solar energy: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on keeping CAFE fuel efficiency standards: Favors topic 18 NO on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling: Favors topic 18 NO on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior: Favors topic 18 NO on replacing CAFE standards within 15 months: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill: Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (10 points on Social scale) |
Supports drug courts and alternatives to incarceration: Strongly Opposes topic 19 NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations: Opposes topic 19 NO on increasing penalties for drug offenses: Opposes topic 19 |
Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (7 points on Social scale) |
Increase the Earned Income Tax Credit: Opposes topic 20 |
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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (10 points on Social scale) |
Partial-birth abortion ban undermine women's right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1 No criminalization of a woman's right to choose: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on disallowing overseas military abortions: Favors topic 1 NO on banning partial birth abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1 NO on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions: Favors topic 1 |
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale) |
Shift from group preferences to economic empowerment of all.: Neutral on topic 2 NO on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds: Strongly Favors topic 2 YES on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 2 NO on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business: Strongly Favors topic 2 NO on prohibiting same-sex basic training: Favors topic 2 YES on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women: Favors topic 2 |
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale) |
Supports federal DOMA, but not Massachusetts DOMA: Opposes topic 3 For partnership rights and civil union: Strongly Favors topic 3 More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes.: Strongly Favors topic 3 NO on prohibiting same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3 YES on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 3 YES on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation: Favors topic 3 YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3 |
Opposes topic 4: Permit prayer in public schools (7 points on Social scale) |
NO on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer: Opposes topic 4 NO on $75M for abstinence education: Strongly Opposes topic 4 YES on restricting violent videos to minors: Neutral topic 4 |
Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (2 points on Economic scale) |
Catastrophic health coverage for all costs over $50,000: Strongly Favors topic 5 Cover more citizens with health plan like Congress gets: Strongly Favors topic 5 Lack of accessible health care is a disgrace: Favors topic 5 Establish "report cards" on HMO quality of care.: Favors topic 5 YES on medical savings acounts: Favors topic 5 YES on Medicare means-testing: Opposes topic 5 NO on limiting self-employment health deduction: Favors topic 5 YES on Unknown roll call for 1999-76: Favors topic 5 YES on including prescription drugs under Medicare: Favors topic 5 NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit: Favors topic 5 |
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (2 points on Economic scale) |
I will never privatize, extend retirement age, nor cut SS: Strongly Opposes topic 6 Don't threaten Social Security on Wall Street trading block: Opposes topic 6 Create Retirement Savings Accounts.: Favors topic 6 NO on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes: Opposes topic 6 NO on allowing Roth IRAs for retirees: Opposes topic 6 NO on allowing personal retirement accounts: Opposes topic 6 |
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Social scale) |
Vouchers drain resources from public schools: Opposes topic 7 Offer every parent Charter Schools and public school choice.: Opposes topic 7 NO on school vouchers in DC: Strongly Opposes topic 7 NO on education savings accounts: Opposes topic 7 NO on allowing more flexibility in federal school rules: Strongly Opposes topic 7 NO on Educational Savings Accounts: Opposes topic 7 YES on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors: Opposes topic 7 YES on funding student testing instead of private tutors: Opposes topic 7 |
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (10 points on Social scale) |
States should not engage in killing-too many mistakes: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Moratorium on federal executions-only exception is terrorism: Opposes topic 8 Require DNA testing for all federal executions.: Strongly Opposes topic 8 NO on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals: Opposes topic 8 NO on limiting death penalty appeals: Opposes topic 8 |
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (10 points on Social scale) |
NO on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms: Strongly Opposes topic 9 NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations: Opposes topic 9 YES on $1.15 billion per year to continue the COPS program: Opposes topic 9 |
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (0 points on Social scale) |
Gun owner & hunter, but rights come with responsibility: Favors topic 10 Democratic Party shouldn't be for the NRA: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Supports assault weapons ban & Brady Bill: Opposes topic 10 Prevent unauthorized firearm use with "smart gun" technology.: Opposes topic 10 NO on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks: Strongly Opposes topic 10 NO on loosening license & background checks at gun shows: Opposes topic 10 YES on background checks at gun shows: Strongly Opposes topic 10 |
Opposes topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (2 points on Economic scale) |
They're not Bush tax cuts, they're Democrat tax cuts: Favors topic 11 GOP tax policy comforts the comfortable: Opposes topic 11 Bush tax cuts reach 32 million in middle class: Favors topic 11 No excuse for special tax cuts for the rich: Strongly Opposes topic 11 We're tired of being trickled on--Middle class tax cuts now: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on Internet sales tax moratorium: Favors topic 11 NO on FY99 tax cuts: Strongly Opposes topic 11 NO on requiring super-majority for raising taxes: Opposes topic 11 NO on $792B tax cuts: Opposes topic 11 NO on eliminating the 'marriage penalty': Opposes topic 11 NO on prioritizing national debt reduction below tax cuts: Opposes topic 11 YES on reducing marriage penalty instead of cutting top tax rates: Opposes topic 11 NO on cutting taxes by $1.35 trillion over 11 years: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction: Opposes topic 11 NO on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Favors topic 12: Immigration helps our economy-encourage it (7 points on Economic scale) |
Restore immigrant benefits lost in 1996 welfare reform: Strongly Favors topic 12 Earned legalization for undocumented immigrants: Favors topic 12 Amnesty to anyone here over 5 or 6 years: Strongly Favors topic 12 NO on limit welfare for immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12 NO on visas for skilled workers: Opposes topic 12 NO on allowing more foreign workers into the U.S. for farm work: Opposes topic 12 |
Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (7 points on Economic scale) |
Veto FTAA and CAFTA until they have stronger standards: Opposes topic 13 Trade grows jobs: Strongly Favors topic 13 Build a rule-based global trading system.: Favors topic 13 YES on Unknown roll call for 1997-292: Favors topic 13 YES on renewing 'fast track' presidential trade authority: Favors topic 13 YES on expanding trade to the third world: Favors topic 13 YES on removing common goods from national security export rules: Favors topic 13 YES on extending free trade to Andean nations: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Opposes topic 14: Link human rights to trade with China (10 points on Social scale) |
YES on killing a bill for trade sanctions if China sells weapons: Opposes topic 14 YES on permanent normal trade relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on granting normal trade relations status to Vietnam: Opposes topic 14 |
Opposes topic 15: More spending on armed forces personnel (7 points on Economic scale) |
$87B for Iraq only when internationalization is addressed: Favors topic 15 NO on 1996 Defense Appropriations: Opposes topic 15 NO on favoring 36 vetoed military projects: Strongly Opposes topic 15 YES on allowing another round of military base closures: Opposes topic 15 YES on military pay raise of 4.8%: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
Favors topic 16: Reduce spending on missile defense (Star Wars) (2 points on Economic scale) |
NO on considering deploying NMD, and amending ABM Treaty: Favors topic 16 NO on deploying missile defense as soon as possible: Favors topic 16 NO on cutting nuclear weapons below START levels: Favors topic 16 YES on adopting the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Favors topic 16 YES on deploying National Missile Defense ASAP: Strongly Opposes topic 16 |
Strongly Favors topic 17: Seek UN approval for military action (0 points on Economic scale) |
Get US more deeply involved in Arab-Israeli peace process: Strongly Favors topic 17 Supports multilateral cooperative internationalism: Strongly Favors topic 17 Progressive Internationalism: globalize with US pre-eminence.: Favors topic 17 Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine.: Strongly Favors topic 17 NO on limiting NATO expansion to only Poland, Hungary & Czech: Favors topic 17 YES on $17.9 billion to IMF: Favors topic 17 NO on cap foreign aid at only $12.7 billion: Favors topic 17 YES on authorizing air strikes in Kosovo: Neutral topic 17 NO on allowing all necessary forces and other means in Kosovo: Neutral topic 17 YES on enlarging NATO to include Eastern Europe: Strongly Favors topic 17 |
Strongly Favors topic 18: Reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy (0 points on Economic scale) |
20% renewable energy by 2020: Strongly Favors topic 18 Invent our way out of oil dependency-don't drill our way out: Favors topic 18 Invest in advancing secure forms of energy instead of oil: Strongly Favors topic 18 Led effort to try to raise fuel efficiency standards: Strongly Favors topic 18 Supports tradable emissions permits for greenhouse gases.: Favors topic 18 Reduce liability for hazardous waste cleanup.: Opposes topic 18 NO on do not require ethanol in gasoline: Favors topic 18 YES on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests: Favors topic 18 NO on defunding renewable and solar energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on keeping CAFE fuel efficiency standards: Favors topic 18 NO on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling: Favors topic 18 NO on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior: Favors topic 18 NO on replacing CAFE standards within 15 months: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010: Strongly Favors topic 18 YES on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill: Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (10 points on Social scale) |
NO on spending international development funds on drug control: Strongly Opposes topic 19 NO on more penalties for gun & drug violations: Opposes topic 19 NO on increasing penalties for drug offenses: Opposes topic 19 |
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (2 points on Social scale) |
Finish welfare reform by moving able recipients into jobs.: Favors topic 20 YES on welfare overhaul: Favors topic 20 NO on allowing state welfare waivers: Opposes topic 20 YES on eliminating block grants for food stamps: Opposes topic 20 YES on welfare block grants: Favors topic 20 |
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Apparently not. It seems they actually thought he had the rank of captain. (Although the Queeq reference is funny as hell LOL)
What I'm betting is, being totally ignorant, they saw his Lt. rank on his coolar and said "Oh, that's a Captain" because the rank insignia is the same - a Navy Lt. (versus a Lt Jg) has the same rank insignia as a person who holds the rank of Captain in the Army, Air Force etc... In the Navy, a Captain is the same "rank" as a Colonel...
What it boils
They're not radicals, they're squares. (Bad math joke.)
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