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To: tejek who wrote (190808)	6/22/2004 4:30:02 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574854

Examples of Kerry's flip flops? You haven't seen them??? I personally like the "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it" on money for Iraq. But its not just the current war he sent out letters expressing his concern about 1st war against Saddam's regime and saying that sanctions should be given more time to work and also sent out letters saying that he "strongly and unequivocally supported President Bush's response to the crisis and the policy goals he has established with our military deployment in the Persian Gulf." The 2nd letter is dated 9 days after the first. tnr.com Other things include voting for the Patriot Act and then condmning it. Flipflopping on hiking the gas tax 50cents. Voting to ut funding for any enforcement of the Kyoto treaty (HR4578) then when a later bill came in front of congress he critizied Bush for opposing Kyoto saying - "While no one is under the illusion that Kyoto is perfect, this vote today... underscores that the Bush administration's initial approach of ignoring climate change altogether is beyond imperfect - it's unacceptable," He condemned PACs and posed laws to restrict them then set up the "Citizen Soldier Fund" PAC which engaged in all the activity that would soon become illegal with the help of Kerry's vote. To try to seem less hypicritcal he loudly said he would limit contributions to the fund to $10k but then he quietly lifted that limit. He agreed to limit personal contributions to his campaign to $500k and then spent $1.7 mil of his wife money. When Clinton nwas running Kerry said "I am saddened that Vietnam has yet again been inserted into the campaign." He has flip floped on gay marriage. He said - “Throughout two centuries, our federal judiciary has been a model institution, one which has insisted on the highest standards of conduct by our public servants and officials, and which has survived with undiminished respect. Today, I fear that this institution is threatened in a way that we have not seen before. … This threat is that of the appointment of a judiciary which is not independent, but narrowly ideological, through the systematic targeting of any judicial nominee who does not meet the rigid requirements of litmus tests imposed …” (Sen. John Kerry, Congressional Record, 2/3/86, p. S864) but then he said “The potential retirement of Supreme Court justices makes the 2004 presidential election especially important for women, Senator John F. Kerry told a group of female Democrats yesterday, and he pledged that if elected president he would nominate to the high court only supporters of abortion rights under its Roe v. Wade decision..." Glen Johnson, “Kerry Vows Court Picks To Be Abortion-Rights Supporters,” The Boston Globe, 4/9/03) He voted for the "No child left behind" act and then condemed it. He flipfloped 180 degrees on trade with China In 1991, Kerry Supported Most-Favored Trade Status For China. “Sen. John Kerry said yesterday that he is breaking party ranks to support most-favored-nation trade status for China … ‘I think the president has some strong arguments about some of the assets of most-favored-nation status for China,’ Kerry said.” (John Aloysius Farrell, “Kerry Breaks Party Ranks To Back China Trade Status,” The Boston Globe, 6/15/91) In 2000, Kerry Voted In Favor Of Permanent Normal Trade Relations With China. (H.R. 4444, CQ Vote #251: Passed 83-15: R 46-8; D 37-7, 9/19/00, Kerry Voted Yea) Now Kerry Criticizes The Bush Administration For Trading With China. “Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said on Monday Americans workers were paying the price for President Bush's weak stance on trade with China and other countries. … On the bus tour, Kerry singled out the Bush administration's handling of trade with China and said that country was manipulating its currency.” (Caren Bohan, "Kerry Pledges Aggressive Trade Stance," Reuters, 4/26/04)