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To: American Spirit who wrote (8504)	3/15/2004 11:38:43 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

OK, here's an issue Kerry brought up himself recently - US sanctions on Cuba: ''I'm pretty tough on Castro, because I think he's running one of the last vestiges of a Stalinist secret police government in the world,'' Kerry told WPLG-ABC 10 reporter Michael Putney in an interview to be aired at 11:30 this morning. Then, reaching back eight years to one of the more significant efforts to toughen sanctions on the communist island, Kerry volunteered: ``And I voted for the Helms-Burton legislation to be tough on companies that deal with him.'' It seemed the correct answer in a year in which Democratic strategists think they can make a play for at least a portion of the important Cuban-American vote -- as they did in 1996 when more than three in 10 backed President Clinton's reelection after he signed the sanctions measure written by Sen. Jesse Helms and Rep. Dan Burton. There is only one problem: Kerry voted against it. instapundit.com Now, clearly Kerry was inaccurate when he claimed he'd voted for Helms-Burton. But was the inaccuracy 1) a lie or 2) an honest mistake caused by his having flip-flopped so much he can't remember what his position was? Personally, I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and assume it wasn't a deliberate lie.

To: American Spirit who wrote (8504)	3/15/2004 11:50:11 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Here is Colin Powell saying Kerry's recent comments on Libya and foreign leader's are hogwash. First Libya: WALLACE: Senator Kerry has also suggested that the Bush administration held up the agreement with Libya for it to give up its nuclear weapons program to help in the president's reelection. This is what Senator Kerry had to say, and you can see it on the screen: "Gadhafi's been trying to get back into the mainstream for several years now. There's evidence that we could've had that deal some time ago." POWELL: It's absurd. I don't know what Senator Kerry's talking about. It's just absurd. That took time to bring that deal together. And I've been following it very, very closely for a number of months. And when finally the United States and the United Kingdom negotiators got a deal with Libya, we acted on that deal and we announced that deal. It was not held up for any campaign or political purpose. WALLACE: You seem offended by it. POWELL: Well, it is offensive because it's a political charge in a political year. And I expect that we will be hearing and seeing many more charges and many more such video clips. But I don't know what basis Senator Kerry is using to make such a statement. I mean, what is his evidence for this, other than an assertion on his part? It's not accurate. Now, the unnamed foreign leader's comment: Powell, who rarely makes overtly partisan comments, challenged Kerry to name one such official. "I don't know what foreign leaders Senator Kerry is talking about," Powell said on "Fox News Sunday." "It's an easy charge, an easy assertion to make. But if he feels it is that important an assertion to make, he ought to list some names. If he can't list names, then perhaps he should find something else to talk about."