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Politics : The TRUTH About John Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (854)	3/9/2004 10:19:40 AM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1483

Live Shot living up to his name?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (854)	3/9/2004 10:21:28 AM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1483

Powell: Kerry Hurting Troop Morale Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that unduly harsh political attacks from likely Democratic nominee John Kerry are undermining the morale of U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Asked whether charges by Kerry and his supporters that Bush "lied" about and "hyped" pre-war intelligence are hurting the war effort, Powell told Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes," "It doesn't help." While U.S. soldiers will continue to serve with honor no matter what, Powell said, "they want to know that the American people are supporting them." He then warned, "Let's not misuse an issue for the purpose of political advantage in a way that will undercut the efforts of our brave young men and women out there or affect their morale." The top Bush official also took issue with former Vice President Al Gore, who has accused President Bush of "betraying" America in going to war against Iraq, telling Sean Hannity that Gore's comments were "very disturbing." "I mean, Vice President Gore was in an administration that believed there were weapons of mass destruction, to the extent that they bombed the facilities that they thought those weapons of mass destruction were in back in 1998. "That was President Clinton and Vice President Gore," Powell emphasized. "So to now scream that there is something wrong with the Bush Administration because we finished the job, as opposed to just have a four-day bombing campaign, and we've eliminated the problem forever, I think is incorrect."

To: PROLIFE who wrote (854)	3/9/2004 10:22:16 AM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1483

newsmax.com

To: PROLIFE who wrote (854)	3/9/2004 10:24:59 AM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 1483

Kerry Voted Against Body Armor for U.S. Troops Likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry slammed President Bush over the weekend for not supplying U.S. troops in Iraq with enough body armor to protect them from attacks. But, it turns out, Sen. Kerry actually voted against supplying the troops with more body armor just last year. Addressing a Texas audience on Saturday, the Massachusetts Democrat said it was "shocking" that "tens of thousands of other troops arrived in Iraq to find that – with danger around every corner – there wasn't enough body armor." But Bush campaign press secretary Scott Stanzel told WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg on Sunday that Kerry "voted against supplying body armor to our troops when it mattered most" – when President Bush included the request as part of the $87 billion appropriation for the Iraq war in 2003. RNC Chairman Marc Racicot confirmed the Kerry vote against body armor, telling ABC's "This Week" that the funding bill "did everything from provide hazard pay for our troops in Iraq to body armor for our troops in Iraq." "And yet he has the audacity yesterday to continue to complain about the fact that there was no body armor," Racicot complained. Asked about his vote not to protect the troops with new body armor, Sen. Kerry insisted he did no such thing. "That $87 billion has nothing to do with the preparatory money" for protective gear, he told the Fox News Channel. He then blamed President Bush for not supplying the body armor sooner, saying: "The president made the decision of when to go to war. If you make that decision, you have to make sure your troops are properly equipped."