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

To: Brumar89 who wrote (37227)	7/23/2004 2:02:10 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Much better to say that conservatives don't approve of increasing the national debt by $2 Trillion in a four year term. So who is the liberal and who is the conservative?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (37227)	7/23/2004 2:15:16 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Kerry is an anti-establishment hero. In some circles that means liberal and in others it just means anti-government or anarchist. As fate would have it, he has found him-self catapulted into a race for the position of administering the most powerful establishment the world has ever known in recorded history. He is stuck with having not only no experience but experience that indicates aptitudes to the contrary. Its true that he shouldn't be held too responsible for his indiscretions as a youth but what has he done lately? What indication do we have that he's a different kind of person. As demonstrated by this interview in March... not much: (2004-03-10) -- Senator John Forbes Kerry today defended his 1995 attempt to cut $1.5 billion from the U.S. intelligence budget, saying "the bill failed...no harm, no foul." The bill in question, S.1290 introduced September 29, 1995 by Mr. Kerry, included the following proposal in Sec. 3, paragraph (7): Reduce the Intelligence budget by $300 million in each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. However, Senator Kerry said he only introduced the bill because he "knew it would not garner a single co-sponsor and would never get out of committee." "It's not like I was some sort of super-effective legislator, building coalitions for my ideas and persuading my colleagues to make the tough, responsible decision to reduce our national intelligence capabilities," said Mr. Kerry. "You can't blame me for the intelligence failures that may have led to the 9/11 attacks. My bill failed. In any case, that was nine long years ago. I can't be held accountable for every youthful indiscretion."