Posted on 8/30/2004, 6:30:04 PM by NorCoGOP
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Running for president today is perhaps one of the most unprincipled, spineless creatures ever to vow for the spot. John Kerry has been on both sides of almost every major issue to face this country. While we are fighting the war on terror, it is necessary -- in fact, crucial -- that we have a commander in chief who does not consistently stick his finger in the air to see which way the winds of change are blowing. And for all of you who disagree, well, it's kind of hard to defend the man.
On SUVs
The issue of sport utility vehicles has troubled Kerry. Do you support American-made cars? Or do you go with the environmental wing of your party? Well, Kerry does a little of both. While in Detroit (Motor City, USA), Kerry loves SUVs. Reported by the Detroit News on Feb. 5, 2004, "We have some SUVs. We have a Jeep. We have a couple of Chrysler minivans. We have a PT Cruiser up in Boston. I have an old Dodge 600. ... We also have a Chevy, a big Suburban."
But then on a Conference Call two months later, Kerry says, "I don't own an SUV. The family has it. I don't have it."
Let's give Kerry the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he really is an environmentalist. On June 13, 2003, Kerry gave a campaign speech saying, "Under a Kerry administration, no community will have their environment overlooked. They will have the power to fight back -- and the polluters won't get away with it any more. ... We will have pollution-free cars drawing their energy from redesigned fueling stations."
But, Sen. Kerry, actions speak louder than words. The Boston Herald reported on March 22, 2004, that the Kerrys' SUVs were "idling day and night outside the couple's townhouse. One resident complained she couldn't sleep with the exhaust."
On the Patriot Act
Kerry voted for the Patriot Act in the wake of Sept. 11 -- the Senate passed it 98-1 and the House did at 357-66. Kerry supports his decision saying "most of [the Patriot Act] has to do with improving the transfer of information between CIA and FBI, and it has to do with things that really were quite necessary in the wake of what happened on Sept. 11."
But four months later, Kerry is on the record as saying, "We are a nation of laws and liberties, not of a knock in the night. So it is time to end the era of John Ashcroft. That starts with replacing the Patriot Act with a new law that protects our people and our liberties at the same time. I've been a district attorney and I know that what law enforcement needs are real tools not restrictions on American's basic rights," he said in the Iowa State University newspaper on Dec. 1, 2003.
On the Persian Gulf War
This is perhaps the scariest Kerry moment. In a letter dated Jan. 22, 1991, to Wallace Carter of Newton Centre, Mass., Kerry wrote, "Thank you for contacting me to express your opposition ... to the early use of military force by the U.S. against Iraq. I share your concerns. On Jan. 11, I voted in favor of a resolution that would have insisted that economic sanctions be given more time to work and against a resolution giving the president the immediate authority to go to war."
But Kerry wanted to make sure he got Mr. Carter's vote so he sent another letter nine days later reading: "Thank you very much for contacting me to express your support for the actions of President Bush in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. From the outset of the invasion, I have strongly and unequivocally supported President Bush's response to the crisis and the policy goals he has established with our military deployment in the Persian Gulf."
Folks, this is over the top. Kerry actually had two templates for letters to constituents -- one supporting the 1991 invasion, and one against it. Classic Kerry.
On troop funding
In an interview with Tim Russert on Aug. 31, 2003, Kerry pledged "whatever number" of dollars it took to win the war in Iraq.
TIM RUSSERT: "Do you believe that we should reduce funding that we are now providing for the operation in Iraq?"
KERRY: "No. I think we should increase it."
RUSSERT: "Increase funding?"
KERRY: "Yes."
RUSSERT: "By how much?"
KERRY: "By whatever number of billions of dollars it takes to win. It is critical that the United States of America be successful in Iraq, Tim."
Kerry then voted against the Iraq/Afghanistan Reconstruction Package on Oct. 17, 2003. And to clarify all of this, Kerry offers the subtle interpretation on Mar. 17, 2004, that "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it." This culminates in a complete reversal of opinion ... all in seven months time.
Kerry's positions have frankly been frightening. This is a man who has essentially taken every side of every issue. I wish I could give you more examples, but we don't have enough trees in the forest to print all of John Kerry's apparent discrepancies of opinion.
Indeed, the Democratic Party could have done much better in the choice of a nominee. Dick Gephardt and Howard Dean, while I disagree with them, are consistent. The essence of Kerry is, at the very least, dishonest. He really is a pair of summertime shoes ... a flip flopper.
BTTT
Go WolfPack!
BUMP!
Ping-a-ling time.
John "Burger King" Kerry - Home of the Whopper and have it your way.
Groucho Marx
UNC grad, now giving to NCSU. Thanks to the Pack. Go Herb go!
Light in his loafers indeed, but the libs call that nuanced.
But according to Webster, nuance means
1. a subtle distinction or variation
2. a subtle quality: nicety
3. a sensibility to, awareness of, or ability to express delicate shadings (as of meaning, feeling, or value)
Tell your lib friends, if any, that there is nothing subtle or delicate about Kerry's flip-flopper whoppers. They blare, they glare, they pound truth to a pulp in the most blatant manner possible.
I'm amazed that this dork has managed to have a career in politics!
He was Dukakkis's Lt. Gov. and is now a Sen. from Mass. Why anyone would be surprised that the wacked out electorate of Mass would elect this guy is more surprising than Kerry winning re-election several times.
Just take a look at the people they send to the House!
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