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dem4life
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Posted: Mon Sep 27th, 2004 05:44 am |
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From AmericaBlog: "Here's something I REALLY hope John Kerry and Senate Democratic candidates will use in their attack ads. EVERY GOP SENATOR save one voted AGAINST legislation sending body armor to our troops, and George Bush threatened to VETO the body armor legislation TWICE. How did that happen? It happened when John Kerry voted FOR the legislation but the Republicans almost unanimously voted against it, and Bush threatened to veto it twice. The legislation (Biden amendment #1796 to S. 1689) had everything President Bush and the military wanted for Iraq, but on October 2, 2003 the Senate Republicans opposed it and President Bush threatened to veto it because it gave new federal employees union rights, something that has NOTHING to do with the body armor our troops dearly needed. Oh, but it gets better than that. Bush also threatened to veto the final legislation EVEN AFTER the Biden amendment was defeated. Yes, Bush threatened to DENY BODY ARMOR TO OUR TROOPS."
http://americablog.blogspot.com/archives/2004_09_19_americablog_archive.html#109569255095400842
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jailkerry
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Posted: Mon Sep 27th, 2004 05:49 am |
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| Well how bout the rest of the story...the second veto threat, which you would have read had you followed that link past the part that states the President threatened to veto it (the part that suited your purpose) was to force the removal of a provision inthe appropriation bill which would have changed part of the aid package to Iraq and Afghanistan into a loan mechanism, saddling the new Iraqi and Afghan governments with large amounts of debt, right from the git go. So maybe instead of bashing the president you should applaud him for trying to support new democratic governments. Last edited on Mon Sep 27th, 2004 05:50 am by jailkerry
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dem4life
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Posted: Mon Sep 27th, 2004 06:00 am |
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jailkerry wrote:
Well how bout the rest of the story...the second veto threat, which you would have read had you followed that link past the part that states the President threatened to veto it (the part that suited your purpose) was to force the removal of a provision inthe appropriation bill which would have changed part of the aid package to Iraq and Afghanistan into a loan mechanism, saddling the new Iraqi and Afghan governments with large amounts of debt, right from the git go. So maybe instead of bashing the president you should applaud him for trying to support new democratic governments. But forget about our troops, huh...
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mcmik49
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Posted: Mon Sep 27th, 2004 06:03 am |
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| Bush threatend, Kerry actually did it.
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jailkerry
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Posted: Mon Sep 27th, 2004 06:04 am |
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| No. Just don't cave in on something that is wrong. Why don't you show the same contempt for those who attempted to hijack this bill in the first place by putting those conditions on it?
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Pigasus
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Posted: Mon Sep 27th, 2004 06:05 am |
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jailkerry wrote: Well how bout the rest of the story...the second veto threat, which you would have read had you followed that link past the part that states the President threatened to veto it (the part that suited your purpose) was to force the removal of a provision inthe appropriation bill which would have changed part of the aid package to Iraq and Afghanistan into a loan mechanism, saddling the new Iraqi and Afghan governments with large amounts of debt, right from the git go. So maybe instead of bashing the president you should applaud him for trying to support new democratic governments.
Source? Link?
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a soldier
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Posted: Mon Sep 27th, 2004 06:24 am |
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In the 80's , John Kerry was a member of the Board of Directors for "Jobs With Peace." Their charter was to gain public support for the cutting back of the defense budget. Referring to the "military-industrial corporate welfare complex that chewed up taxpayer dollars," Kerry called for cuts totalling 50 billion dollars. He voted against the F-15, F-14A, F-14D, AV-8B, the Aegis Defense Cruiser, Trident Missle and the Peacekeeper Missle.
In 1990, Kerry voted against the B-1, the B-2, F-14, F-15, F-16, Patriot Missle, Aegis Defense Cruiser (again), Trident Missle (again), M-1 Abrams Tank, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and the Tomahawk Cruise Missle.
In 1995 he voted agianst the Marine AV-8B Harrier (again), and the Army's Apache Helicopter.
He has also voted NO on twelve different occasions to raise Military Pay. He has repeatedly and consistently voted against every weapon system that our fighting forces rely on today!
How can he be considered as a candidate for Commander-in-Chief, with his demonstrated total lack of support, for ALL branches of the military, while in the Senate. Does anybody really believe that he is going to change his views in the next two months?
I fail to understand the logic behind considering the Senator for Commander-in Chief of the world's finest military force during the war on terror. Am I missing some crucial point on this subject? ![[usa]](/forums/themes/default/usa.gif)
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jailkerry
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Posted: Mon Sep 27th, 2004 06:26 am |
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| Pig..just follow the original link and find the link to the letter from Joshua B. Bolten to the Chairman of the House appropriations committee.
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