Of course he has, but loco isn't thinking for himself. He's letting Karl
Rove do the talking.

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"Beauregard" wrote in message
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These are typical Republican distortions of Kerry's voting record!
Throughout Kerry's early Senate years he often voted against specific
weapons systems and sometimes against the entire Pentagon budget.
Republicans shouldn't make too much of these votes, however, since
President Bush's own father announced in his 1992 State of the Union
address that he would be ceasing further production of B-2 bombers and
MX missiles, and would cut military spending by 30 percent over several
years.

Kerry has a point when he says "I've voted for some of the largest
defense and intelligence budgets in our history," which is correct. He's
voted for military spending bills regularly since 1997. Since 1996, the
John Kerry who once opposed the Apache helicopter and wanted to cut
Tomahawk cruise-missile funds by 50% has evolved into a steady supporter
of military budgets. Starting in 1997 Kerry voted for every regular
Department of Defense appropriations bill and for every authorization
bill as well.

See http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=147 for the truth,
instead of the distortions and outright lies being spread by the Bush
supporters.


"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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Don't forget -- John Kerry is strong on defense:
He voted to kill the Bradley Fighting Vehicle
He voted to kill the M-1 Abrams Tank
He voted to kill every Aircraft carrier laid down from 1988
He voted to kill the Aegis anti aircraft system
He voted to Kill the F-15 strike eagle
He voted to Kill the Block 60 F-16
He voted to Kill the P-3 Orion upgrade
He voted to Kill the B-1
He voted to Kill the B-2
He voted to Kill the Patriot anti Missile system
He voted to Kill the FA-18
He voted to Kill the B-2
He voted to Kill the F117

In short, he voted to kill every military Appropriation for the
development
and deployment of every weapons systems since 1988 to include the
battle
armor for our troops.

With Kerry as president our Army will be made up of naked men
running
around
with sticks and clubs. He also voted to kill all anti terrorism
activities

S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"

"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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Don't forget -- John Kerry is strong on defense:
He voted to kill ....

In short, he voted to kill every military Appropriation for the
development
and deployment of every weapons systems since 1988 .....

Records of individual votes, oft taken out of context, are a poor indicator
of anyones stan on a given issue. For example, pro-gun congressmen were
recently asked to defeat a bill they had supported after their anti-gun
fellows loaded it up with anti gun ammendments. This could allow their
future opponants to paint the most avid NRA supporter to be an anti-gun
crank by citing his oppostition to this bill.

Perhaps a better example involves a state senator I know. He is a devout
Catholic who vehemently opposes abortion. He voted against an anti-abortion
bill at the request of both his church and several right-to-life org's he
supported because it was certain to be struck down in the courts. Worse yet
(from his RTL standpoint) its passage would have precluded a vote on a more
moderate law that could have a chance in court. But angry ayatollahs of the
radical right attacked him so visciously next election that he barely won
and then decided to retire.

Records of individual votes, oft taken out of context, are a poor indicator
of anyones stan on a given issue.

Nice try. I would buy into your argument if there were one instance or two
or even three.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"