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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: SilentZ who wrote (205092)10/4/2004 10:52:34 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1573500
 
"The administration could've forestalled its tax cuts to pay for the war, but it did not, because it needed to pander to its base."

Yep. The thing that got lost with all this discussion about Kerry not supporting the troops is that Bush had threatened to veto any version of the bill that required repayment...

forbes.com

If support of the troops was the most important thing, why would that have been an obstacle?

I liked this part
The House also backed Senate measures for expanding health care for veterans and troops that Bush opposes.

Some big supporter of the troops, huh?
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