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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (3504)	2/8/2004 5:28:12 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Here is Kerry's defense-related plan in detail: johnkerry.com In terms of military spending, some especially on the right have never met a program they didn't want to spend our money on. John knows the military, what we need and what we don't need. While he is strong on defense he is tough on waste. If he voted against a bill it was because there was a lost of waste in it. Because he wanted it rewritten, items taken out or put in. Each vote is a different deal. Sometimes those defense bills are crammed with the kind of pork barrel spending and boondoggles a responsisble senator needs to eliminate. This is one of McCaibn's biggest beefs with the Bush spending plans. Chock fulla pork and corporate welfare payoffs.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (3504)	2/8/2004 6:14:34 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 90947

I have researched the defense bills the Right is bringing up. They are from the early 80's and yes Kerry did vote against some expensive programs which turned out to be useful later. He now regrets some of those votes and calls himself "inexperienced in those days". Cheney said he also regrets some of his votes in the 70's. Fact is, every representative regrets some votes years later. GW Bush probably regrets going AWOL but won't admit it. The point is though that the defense bills they're attacking Kerry with now are mainly from around 1984 during the time of Reagan's big build-up. Kerry has certainly learned a lot since then. I think we can all agree Kerry is not perfect. But is he weak on defense or intelligence now? Not a chance.