Sunday Supplement: If It’s Sunday, It’s Mislead The Press

Republican National Committee ^ | August 1, 2004

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IF IT’S SUNDAY, IT’S MISLEAD THE PRESS
Kerry And Edwards Continue Their Extreme Makeover On The Sunday Shows
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KERRY-EDWARDS TOUT INTEL EXPERIENCE, BUT FAIL
TO MENTION THEY DIDN’T SHOW UP FOR WORK

Kerry-Edwards Ticket Tours Their Experience On Senate Intelligence Committee.  SEN. JOHN EDWARDS: “As you know, for many years, John served on the Intelligence Committee. I’m on the Intelligence Committee now.”  (Fox News’ “Fox News Sunday,” 8/1/04)

But Kerry And Edwards Didn’t Show Up For Work On Committee:

ü      While On Committee, Kerry Missed 38 Of 49 Intelligence Committee Hearings.  During John Kerry's eight years of service on the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence, there were 49 open, public hearings. Of these 49, John Kerry attended just 11 (22.4%). Among the most notable of those he missed is the June 8, 2000, hearing on the report of the National Commission on Terrorism, which warned about the terrorist threat we now face and recommended numerous steps to address that threat (few of which were adopted prior to 9/11/01).

ü      Of Eight Public Hearings Of Senate Select Intelligence Committee Since Edwards Joined Committee, He Has Attended Just Four.  The Senate Intelligence Committee had held eight open, public hearings since Edwards joined the committee and he attended four of them. This does not count numerous closed-door hearings, which we have no way of knowing if Edwards attended or not. It also does not count the hearings (some open, some closed) of the joint House-Senate Intelligence Committee investigation into the 9/11 attacks.  (U.S. Senate Select Committee On Intelligence Website, “Hearings: 107^th Congress,” intelligence.senate.gov, Accessed 7/14/04; U.S. Senate Select Committee On Intelligence Website, “Hearings: 108^th Congress,” intelligence.senate.gov, Accessed 7/14/04; Select Committee On Intelligence, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 2/7/01, Edwards Present; Select Committee On Intelligence, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 9/24/01, Edwards Present; Select Committee On Intelligence, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 2/6/02, Edwards Present; Select Committee On Intelligence, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 4/17/02, Edwards Not Present; Select Committee On Intelligence, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 7/31/02, Edwards Not Present; Select Committee On Intelligence, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 10/9/02, Edwards Not Present; Select Committee On Intelligence, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 2/11/03, Edwards Present; Select Committee On Intelligence, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 6/17/03, Edwards Not Present)

Sen. John Cornyn (D-TX) Called On Kerry And Edwards To Release Their Attendance Records At Closed Door Hearings Of Intelligence Committee As Well.  SEN. JOHN CORNYN: “In terms of the intelligence oversight that has been conducted by congress, I think the American people would be shocked to know that during the time that Senator Kerry served on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, he missed 38 out of 49 of the public meetings of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Of the public hearings during Senator Edwards’s tenure on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence he has only made four out of the eight public meetings. So I would like to call on Senator Edwards and Senator Kerry today to publicly release their attendance records at the private, or classified, hearing on the intelligence committee so the American people can really know the truth. Where does the failure of oversight come from? Is it because they didn’t bother to show up? I think the American people deserve to know and they deserve to know the truth now.”  (Sen. John Cornyn, Press Conference, Boston, MA, 7/29/04)

KERRY IS “A FISCAL HAWK”?

Edwards Claims Kerry Is Fiscally Conservative.  SEN. JOHN EDWARDS: “Any kind of objective analysis says this guy’s [Sen. John Kerry] a fiscal hawk. He just is. He has been the whole time he’s been in the Senate. But we need to make sure voters in the South know that.”  (ABC’s “This Week,” 8/1/04)

Kerry Voted 98 Times For Tax Increases Totaling More Than $2.3 Trillion.  (Republican National Committee Website, “Sen. John Kerry: Votes For Higher Taxes,” http://commrnc.grassroots.com/resources/KerryVotesForHigherTaxes.pdf, Accessed 8/1/04)

Kerry Voted At Least 126 Times Against Tax Cuts Totaling More Than $5.3Trillion.  (Republican National Committee Website, “Sen. John Kerry: Votes For Higher Taxes,” http://commrnc.grassroots.com/resources/KerryVotesForHigherTaxes.pdf, Accessed 8/1/04)

Kerry Has Voted 73 Times To Reduce The Size Of A Tax Cut.  (Republican National Committee Website, “Sen. John Kerry: Votes For Higher Taxes,” http://commrnc.grassroots.com/resources/KerryVotesForHigherTaxes.pdf, Accessed 8/1/04)

Kerry Voted 67 Times For Smaller Tax Cuts (Democrat Alternatives).  (Republican National Committee Website, “Sen. John Kerry: Votes For Higher Taxes,” http://commrnc.grassroots.com/resources/KerryVotesForHigherTaxes.pdf, Accessed 8/1/04)

Kerry Voted 11 Times Against Repealing Tax Hikes.  (Republican National Committee Website, “Sen. John Kerry: Votes For Higher Taxes,” http://commrnc.grassroots.com/resources/KerryVotesForHigherTaxes.pdf, Accessed 8/1/04)

Sen. Kerry Voted For Higher Taxes On Social Security Benefits Eight Times:

ü      Twice For Clinton’s Tax Hike On Social Security Benefits.(H.R. 2264, CQ Vote #190: Passed 50-49: R 0-43; D 49-6, With Vice President Al Gore Casting The Tie-Breaking Vote, 6/25/93, Kerry Voted Yea; H.R. 2264, CQ Vote #247: Adopted 51-50: R 0-44; D 50-6, With Vice President Al Gore Casting The Tie-Breaking Vote, 8/6/93, Kerry Voted Yea)

ü      Three Times To Keep Hike In Clinton Plan.(S. Con. Res. 18, CQ Vote #57: Motion Agreed To 52-47: R 0-43; D 52-4, 3/24/93, Kerry Voted Yea; S. Con. Res. 18, CQ Vote #59: Motion Agreed To 55-44: R 0-43; D 55-1, 3/24/93, Kerry Voted Yea; S. 1134, CQ Vote #169: Motion Agreed To 51-46: R 1-41; D 50-5, 6/24/93, Kerry Voted Yea)

ü      Three Times Against Repealing 1993 Increase.(S. Con. Res. 57, CQ Vote #142: Adopted 50-48: R 49-4; D 1-44, 5/22/96, Kerry Voted Nay; H.R. 8, CQ Vote #188: Adopted 58-41: R 54-1; D 4-40, 7/13/00, Kerry Voted Nay; S. Con. Res. 23, CQ Vote #94: Rejected 48-51: R 48-3; D 0-47; I 0-1, 3/25/03, Kerry Voted Nay)

ü      Increased Taxes On Seniors Making As Little As $34,000 Per Year. “The 1993 budget deal - which passed by one vote, with Kerry’s support … raised taxes on millions of middle-income retirees, by subjecting more of their Social Security benefits to taxation. The hike amounted to at least several hundred dollars a year for elderly couples with incomes starting at $44,000 a year, or individuals making at least $34,000 a year.” (“The Debate: Sorting Out Fact From Fiction,” The Boston Globe, 4/10/96)

And Sen. Kerry Voted Against Balanced Budget Amendment At Least Five Times.(S. J. Res. 1, Roll Call Vote #24: Rejected 66-34: R 55-0; D 11-34, 3/4/97, Kerry Voted Nay; H.J. Res. 1, Roll Call Vote #158: Rejected 64-35: R 52-1; D 12-34, 6/6/96, Kerry Voted Nay; H.J. Res. 1, Roll Call Vote #98: Rejected 65-35: R 51-2; D 14-33, 3/2/95, Kerry Voted Nay; S. J. Res. 41, Roll Call Vote #48: Rejected 63-37: R 41-3; D 22-34, 3/1/94, Kerry Voted Nay; S. J. Res. 225, Roll Call Vote #45: Rejected 66-34: R 43-10; D 23-24, 3/25/86, Kerry Voted Nay)

DECIDING WHICH ESTATE TO MORTGAGE
AN EXAMPLE OF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP?

Kerry Cited Decision To Mortgage Boston Mansion As Example Of Executive Decision Making.  “Well, I think I do have executive experience and I think I’ve shown in the course of my life decisiveness and a willingness to take command and take charge and make decisions that are tough decisions. … I made tough decisions in this campaign- tough decisions about mortgaging my own home, tough decisions about changing my own leadership in the campaign in midstream.”  (CNN’s “Late Edition,” 8/1/04)

“From A Sailing Mecca To A Ski Resort, Presumptive Democratic Nominee John Kerry And His Wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Enjoy The Trappings Of Their Wealth In At Least Five Homes And Vacation Getaways Valued At Nearly $33 Million.”  (Lolita C. Baldor, "Kerry, Wife Call Several Locales Home, From Nantucket To Ketchum," The Associated Press, 3/22/04)

One Of The Five Estates Is 15th-Century Manor Imported From England. “There are five residences: the Heinz family farm in Pittsburgh, homes in Nantucket, Georgetown, and Beacon Hill, and a ski retreat in Idaho - a 15th-century barn that she and Heinz had imported from England and then reassembled.” (Sally Jacobs, “Running Mate Teresa Heinz Kerry Brings Her Outspoken Style To Her Husband’s Campaign,” The Boston Globe, 3/26/03)

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BTTT!

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No wonder he's running from that MISERABLE FAILURE of a record.