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To: American Spirit who wrote (487330)	11/5/2003 12:00:07 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"If a Southern person running — if John Edwards or Bob Graham had said that — they'd have been run out of the race," Mr. Sharpton continued. "I don't think you're a bigot, but I think it is insensitive, and I think you ought to apologize." Dr. Dean, the former governor of Vermont, turned to Mr. Sharpton and responded: "We're not going to win in this country anymore as Democrats if we don't have a big tent. And I'm going to tell you right now, Reverend, you're right, I am not a bigot." Mr. Edwards, who was born in South Carolina, then bounded across the stage wagging a finger. "Unless I missed something, Governor Dean still has not said he was wrong," he shouted. "Were you wrong, Howard? Were you wrong to say that?" Dr. Dean responded: "No I wasn't, John Edwards. Because people who fly the Confederate flag — I think they are wrong, because I think the Confederate flag is a racist symbol. But I think there are a lot of poor people who fly that flag because the Republicans have been dividing us by race since 1968." The exchange came at the start of the "Rock the Vote" debate, intended by its organizers to offer a somewhat offbeat view of the candidates by having them answer questions from young voters. And there were, indeed, the offbeat questions, like whether the candidates had smoked marijuana and whether they preferred PC's to Macs. Dr. Dean, Mr. Edwards and Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts said they had used marijuana. Gen. Wesley K. Clark, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, Representative Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio and Mr. Sharpton said they had not. Former Senator Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois drew applause when she refused to answer the question. Still, the attacks on Dr. Dean turned the session into one of the year's most intense debates, and it left Dr. Dean appearing rattled and upset. It also clearly cheered his opponents — in particular Mr. Edwards and Mr. Kerry — who have been frustrated by Dr. Dean's strong early showing in Iowa and New Hampshire, and whose aides predicted that the argument would reverberate for weeks. Mr. Sharpton and Mr. Edwards led the rebuking of Dr. Dean. The other Southern candidate, General Clark, of Arkansas, was silent during the exchanges. nytimes.com

To: American Spirit who wrote (487330)	11/5/2003 12:06:26 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769670

Senator Kerry’s Senate Record Inconsistent with Candidate Kerry’s Campaign Rhetoric Kerry Supported Slashing $2.6 Billion from Intelligence Funding While Serving as a Member of Senate Intel Committee Washington, DC-Democratic Presidential Candidate John Kerry delivered a speech today where he made the following statement: Today: "We cannot afford to leave the front lines of home security without the resources they need any more than we can afford to leave our soldiers vulnerable to attack in Iraq,'' he said. (Associated Press, July 16, 2003, Kerry says credibility gap has opened between Bush rhetoric, actions) In reality, Senator Kerry, as a member of the Senate Committee on Intelligence, supported slashing $2.6 billion dollars in intelligence funding. (S. 1290, Introduced 9/29/95; H.R. 2076, CQ Vote #480: Adopted 49-41: R 9-40; D 40-1, 9/29/95, Kerry Voted Yea) as S. Amdt. 1452 to H.R. 3759. (S. 1826, Introduced 2/3/94) (Amdt.. To H.R. 3759, CQ Vote #39: Rejected 20-75: R 3-37; D 17-38, 2/10/94, Kerry Voted Yea; Graham, Lieberman And Braun Voted Nay) In 1997:"Now that that [Cold War] struggle is over, why is it that our vast intelligence apparatus continues to grow even as Government resources for new and essential priorities fall far short of what is necessary? (Senator John Kerry agreeing with Critics Of Intel Community, Congressional Record, 5/1/97, p. S3891) Incoming Chairman of the Republican National Committee Ed Gillespie made the following statement in response to Kerry’s comments. "Candidate Kerry's political rhetoric is an indictment of his Senate record. He supported slashing $2.6 billion in intelligence funding in the course of his Senate career, including $80 million in cuts to the F.B.I. alone. His policy approach is based solely on hindsight, reflecting an inability to look ahead to the needs of securing our homeland and winning the war against terror." "Candidate Kerry is proving once again that he is more interested racing to the left of Howard Dean by politicizing war and national security issues than he is in making our nation and our world a safer place."