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To: steve harris who wrote (159844)	2/2/2003 5:18:30 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578084

Here is list of all military budgets. armscontrolcenter.org You can see that Clinton hardly touched military spending. He raised military salaries dramatically which was, as I said, due to his excellent boom economy where too many soldiers were leaving for the private sector and better paying jobs. That became a major national security issue. Other than that we were in no imminent danger from any military attacks, just terrorism. Other savings (cuts) came from military base closings which began during Bush Sr's years and continued into the Clinton years. These were mainly cuts on Cold War bases which just had no realistic use anymore except to prop up econmomies around them. Obviously if Clinton were still president, after 9-11 he would have raised the military budget and gone after Afghanistan and other terror cell hide-outs. Any president would. But raise it as much as Bush? Not likely. Bush has some big pork items in there I'd like to see taken out. Especially the Crusader and SDI deployment which is worth 18 billion. We just cannot afford weapons systems which aren't vitally useful.

To: steve harris who wrote (159844)	2/2/2003 5:43:17 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1578084

throwing out conflicting fantasies and cannot support them has just about come to an end. Precisely what's happening. Waste of time.

To: steve harris who wrote (159844)	2/2/2003 6:51:48 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 1578084

Here is a non-partisan thread describing Kerry's career. gwu.edu I wouldn't base my opinions of any candidate by the opposition's website. That's why I dont read the DNC or RNC websites, except by accident. They have only one motivation, to smear the other side. So the RNC will post only things they think their base dislikes that Kerry did, and leave out anything positive or neutral. That's the same thing Limbaughs of the world do. Limbaugh, RNC are the same thing, except Limbaugh slants things even more, going so far as to call political opponents "evil". I guess that plays with the religious right. Everyone is "evil" except them. Uh huh. And Jim Baker and Jimmy Swaggart were angels. And Pat Robertson's conflict diamond business posing as an evangelical mission in Africa is righteous. Mmm-hmm. And Falwell's blaming homosexuals etc for 9-11 was a righteous statement. And Anne Coulter is a sweet wonderful soul. Such hypocrisy from the right, especially the religious right. Ralph Reed was even on Enron's payroll in 2000. They're just part of the RNC movement, all of them. And unfortunately for more moderate Republicans they seem have have taken over the party, along with the big pollution, weapons and HMO/drug lobby.