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

To: American Spirit who wrote (26262)	5/27/2004 8:53:33 PM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Sen. Kerry Voted Against F-14. (H. R. 5803, CQ Vote #319: Adopted 80-17: R 37-6; D 43-11, 10/26/90, Kerry Voted Nay) Sen. Kerry Voted Against F-15. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay) Sen. Kerry Voted Against F-16. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay) Sen. Kerry Voted Against AV-8B Harrier Vertical Takeoff And Landing Jet Fighters. (H.R. 2126, CQ Vote #579: Adopted 59-39: R 48-5; D 11-34, 11/16/95, Kerry Voted Nay) Sen. Kerry Voted Against AH-64 Apache Helicopters. (H.R. 2126, CQ Vote #579: Adopted 59-39: R 48-5; D 11-34, 11/16/95, Kerry Voted Nay) Sen. Kerry Voted Against Patriot Missiles. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay) Sen. Kerry Voted Against Aegis Air Defense Cruiser. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay) Sen. Kerry Voted Against Trident Missile System For U.S. Submarines. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay) Sen. Kerry Voted Against M-1 Abrams Tanks. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay) Sen. Kerry Voted Against Bradley Fighting Vehicle. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay) Sen. Kerry Voted Against Tomahawk Cruise Missile. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)

To: American Spirit who wrote (26262)	5/28/2004 10:37:30 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

I purposely picked the high ADA ratings rather the his low rating from conservative groups because I figured you would just say the conservative groups are somehow distorting the picture. I do think the way these ratings are done that one or two years could give a wrong impression, but he's had consistently very high ADA ratings and consistently very low conservative ratings throughout his entire time in the Senate. His life time rating (and he has had a long enough run in the Senate for that to be meaningful) from the ADA is to the left of the ratings for Ted Kennedy, Walter Mondale, Dennis Kucinich, and Moseley Braun. If you don't like the ADA ratings for some reason you can look at the National Journal's liberal-conservative continuum. Mr. Kerry compiled a composite liberal score for 2003 of 96.5, the highest in the Senate. Or we can look at the fact that he had the most liberal record among Senators on CQ Weekly's social issue rankings in 2002. Kennedy, Harkin and who else? Kerry is clearly to the center of them both. Kerry votes with Kennedy almost all the time and when he doesn't he has been slightly more likely to vote the the more liberal position. Tim