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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (26106)	5/27/2004 2:11:23 PM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) of 81568

The Default Candidate The slogan of Sen. John Kerry's campaign is "the Real Deal." He is not referring to his platform, what he plans to do if he is elected president. He is referring to himself. This is remarkable. FDR didn't do that. Harry Truman didn't do that. Jack Kennedy didn't do that. Not even Bill Clinton - who is second to none in the self love department - did that. It is all the more remarkable given Kerry's record in the senate. To describe that record as "undistinguished" would be, perhaps, pejorative. But Kerry has been in the senate for 19 years. What landmark piece of legislation do you associate with him? What successful legislation of any kind do you associate with the Real Deal? Kerry takes a back seat to none in railing against the special interests. But according to the Washington Post's Jim VandeHei in a Jan. 31 story: "Sen. John F. Kerry, who has made a fight against corporate special interests a centerpiece of his front-running campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, has raised more money from paid lobbyists than any other senator over the past 15 years, federal records show," It is clear that John Kerry wants very much to be president. But it isn't clear in what direction he would lead the country. He voted to authorize the war in Iraq, but now denounces it. He voted for the Patriot act, but now condemns it. He voted for Bush's education reform bill, but now opposes it. He voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement, but now criticises NAFTA. Kerry has been in politics for longer than most of his rivals. But what he touts mostly in his campaign is what he did before he entered politics - his service in the Navy during the Vietnam war. braden.weblogs.com

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