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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (19579)	5/1/2004 11:35:38 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

It is not how Kerry voted that this election is all about. It is what Bush did and do we want the same to continue for the next 4 years. Bush failed on the war on terrorism. He fell asleep at the wheels causing 9/11 to happen. He failed to provide the lead for the gathering and analysis of the intelligence and decide on what to do next. He failed in his judgement on when to call the Iraq war as "significantly complete." He lost more than 2 million jobs etc. etc. So do we want more of these failures to continue is what we ask? I think we need to get that question answered first.

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (19579)	5/1/2004 1:22:28 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

In 84 it was CHENEY who called for defense cuts: The president has to reach out and take a whack at everything to be credible [meaning] you've got to hit defense." - U.S. Rep. Dick Cheney, 12/16/84 "We have to get on with the business of cutting…We have to cut out those things we don't need. We have to cut out those things that we can do without in the military area, that we can do without in terms of the complex that is the Department of Defense…Over the course of the last year, since I've been Secretary, I've recommended terminating, cancelling, shutting down 20 separate weapons programs." - Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, 4/30/90 "The F-14B, of course, we're terminating in '90. There's no new money in it for '91. The AHIP, the Phoenix missile, the F-15 aircraft, et cetera -- all of those are being terminated in '91…The Apache helicopter, of course, ends in '91. The M1 tank, we're proposing to shut down the M1 tank production lines in '91.” - Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, 2/1/90 Defense Secretary Cheney tried "to reduce active-duty troop strength" from 2.2 million to 1.6 million while making "deep cuts in the Reserves and National Guard." - NY Times, 8/4/91 If President Reagan "doesn't really cut defense, he becomes the No. 1 special pleader in town…The president has to reach out and take a whack at everything to be credible [meaning] you've got to hit defense." - U.S. Rep. Dick Cheney, 12/16/84 americanprogress.org