Food for thought

[Pburgh]

JOHN KERRY – THE LIST
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ABORTION
o Voted to federally fund abortions
o Voted against parental consent for minors
o Voted against ban on Partial Birth Abortion (3 times)
o Voted against ban on sending money to UN population fund if the money was sent to pay for China’s forced abortion and sterilization policy
o NARAL lifetime rating of 100%
o National Right to Life Committee lifetime rating of 0%
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DEATH PENALTY
o Opposes federal death penalty
o Voted against death penalty for terrorists (recently flip-flopped in 2002)
o Voted against death penalty for drug-related murders
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TAXES & BUDGET
o Voted against Bush tax cut and wants to repeal portions of Bush tax cut
o Voted for 1993 Clinton tax hike (largest in history)
o Voted against major tax relief packages at least 10 times
o Voted at least 5 times against balance budget amendments
o Kerry voted at least five times to raid The Social Security Trust Fund.
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MILITARY & NATIONAL SECURITY
o Voted for 7 major reductions in military funding
o Voted against Gulf War I (1991)
o Voted for Gulf War II (but then criticized and voted against military appropriation for troops)
o Voted against MX missile
o Voted against Trident Submarine
o Voted against SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative – Star Wars)
o Voted against B-1 and B-2 Stealth Bomber and Fighter
o Favored UN control of US Troops (in the 1970s)
o Supported Slashing $2.6 Billion from Intelligence Funding While Serving as a Member of Senate Intel Committee
o Attended a seminar (the so-called "Winter Soldier Investigation) bankrolled by Jane Fonda in Detroit in February 1971 during which 125 self-proclaimed Vietnam veterans testified at a Howard Johnson's about atrocities allegedly committed by our own forces. Many of the so-called Veterans were frauds and virtually every alleged atrocity was investigated and proven to be false.
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FAITH & VALUES
o Voted Against Defense of Marriage Act (to give states option to decide whether to recognize homosexual marriages in other states)
o Sent letter to Massachusetts’ Legislature opposing Constitutional Amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman.
o Favors civil unions for homosexuals
o Voted to extend hate crimes protections to homosexuals
o Voted against a constitutional amendment on flag desecration.
o Voted against voluntary school prayer
o Voted against ban on human cloning
EDUCATION
o Voted against voucher pilot program
o Voted against approving a school-choice pilot program
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JUDGES, COURTS & LAW
o Voted against confirmation of Clarence Thomas for Supreme Court Justice
o Voted against confirmation of Robert Bork for Supreme Court Justice
o Voted against confirmation William Rehnquist as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
o Voted against confirmation John Ashcroft as US Attorney General
o Voted against punitive damages in products liability cases
o As Michael Dukakis’ Lt. Governor From 1983-1985, Kerry Supported Granting Prison Furloughs To Hundreds Of Massachusetts Inmates.
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FOREIGN POLICY
o Against linking Most Favored Nation status to China’s human rights record
o Voted for Kyoto Protocol on Environment that exempted major Third Word polluters
o Supported Iraq regime change as late as January, 2003. Now has flipped-flopped
o For Unilateral nuclear Freeze
o Voted against deployment of INF missiles in Europe
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POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS
o Founder Member of VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War)
o Attended and conducted anti-war and anti-American protests in the 1970s
o Organized the Protested
o Votes with Ted Kennedy an average of 94% of the time
o Received $300,000 contribution from Johnny Chung as directed by Chinese intelligence officer
o Supported Communist Sandinistas and visited with leader Communist Daniel Ortega days before Ortega flew to Moscow and received $200 million in Soviet aid
o Has a lifetime rating of 26% from Citizens Against Government Waste
o Has a lifetime rating of 0% from the National Rifle Assoc.
o Lifetime liberal vote rating of 93% from Americans For Democratic Action (5 points higher than Ted Kennedy)
o Voted with the liberal activist group, The League Of Conservation Voters, an average of 95% of the time

[Anonymous]

Yeah-that all sounds good--he has my vote.... NAWT!!!!!!!!!!! lol its Bush 2004

[Stephanie]

Thanks for the info. Karan.

[mf_dolphin]

If you want some scary reading try Kerry's web site.

[GalvestonDuck]

Hello? Stop...wait! Hang on just one minute!

Federally fund abortions?????? OH, HELLLLLL NO!! What in the world????

Just who in their right mind would even think of having tax-payer's money go toward funding the murder of innocent babies????

I'm dumbfounded.

Okay, now that I'm past that first one, I'll check out the rest of the list. On second thought, after the first, there's no need to go on.

[streetsoldier]

Kerry still believes that there should be a permanent "international peacekeeping force" under the U.N. banner (and to hell with national sovereignty, BTW); it was in one of his speeches earlier this year.

[Rainband]

JOHN KERRY – THE LIST
·
ABORTION
o Voted to federally fund abortions
o Voted against parental consent for minors
o Voted against ban on Partial Birth Abortion (3 times)
o Voted against ban on sending money to UN population fund if the money was sent to pay for China’s forced abortion and sterilization policy
o NARAL lifetime rating of 100%
o National Right to Life Committee lifetime rating of 0%
·
DEATH PENALTY
o Opposes federal death penalty
o Voted against death penalty for terrorists (recently flip-flopped in 2002)
o Voted against death penalty for drug-related murders
·
TAXES & BUDGET
o Voted against Bush tax cut and wants to repeal portions of Bush tax cut
o Voted for 1993 Clinton tax hike (largest in history)
o Voted against major tax relief packages at least 10 times
o Voted at least 5 times against balance budget amendments
o Kerry voted at least five times to raid The Social Security Trust Fund.
·
MILITARY & NATIONAL SECURITY
o Voted for 7 major reductions in military funding
o Voted against Gulf War I (1991)
o Voted for Gulf War II (but then criticized and voted against military appropriation for troops)
o Voted against MX missile
o Voted against Trident Submarine
o Voted against SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative – Star Wars)
o Voted against B-1 and B-2 Stealth Bomber and Fighter
o Favored UN control of US Troops (in the 1970s)
o Supported Slashing $2.6 Billion from Intelligence Funding While Serving as a Member of Senate Intel Committee
o Attended a seminar (the so-called "Winter Soldier Investigation) bankrolled by Jane Fonda in Detroit in February 1971 during which 125 self-proclaimed Vietnam veterans testified at a Howard Johnson's about atrocities allegedly committed by our own forces. Many of the so-called Veterans were frauds and virtually every alleged atrocity was investigated and proven to be false.
·
FAITH & VALUES
o Voted Against Defense of Marriage Act (to give states option to decide whether to recognize homosexual marriages in other states)
o Sent letter to Massachusetts’ Legislature opposing Constitutional Amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman.
o Favors civil unions for homosexuals
o Voted to extend hate crimes protections to homosexuals
o Voted against a constitutional amendment on flag desecration.
o Voted against voluntary school prayer
o Voted against ban on human cloning
EDUCATION
o Voted against voucher pilot program
o Voted against approving a school-choice pilot program
·
JUDGES, COURTS & LAW
o Voted against confirmation of Clarence Thomas for Supreme Court Justice
o Voted against confirmation of Robert Bork for Supreme Court Justice
o Voted against confirmation William Rehnquist as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
o Voted against confirmation John Ashcroft as US Attorney General
o Voted against punitive damages in products liability cases
o As Michael Dukakis’ Lt. Governor From 1983-1985, Kerry Supported Granting Prison Furloughs To Hundreds Of Massachusetts Inmates.
·
FOREIGN POLICY
o Against linking Most Favored Nation status to China’s human rights record
o Voted for Kyoto Protocol on Environment that exempted major Third Word polluters
o Supported Iraq regime change as late as January, 2003. Now has flipped-flopped
o For Unilateral nuclear Freeze
o Voted against deployment of INF missiles in Europe
·
POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS
o Founder Member of VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War)
o Attended and conducted anti-war and anti-American protests in the 1970s
o Organized the Protested
o Votes with Ted Kennedy an average of 94% of the time
o Received $300,000 contribution from Johnny Chung as directed by Chinese intelligence officer
o Supported Communist Sandinistas and visited with leader Communist Daniel Ortega days before Ortega flew to Moscow and received $200 million in Soviet aid
o Has a lifetime rating of 26% from Citizens Against Government Waste
o Has a lifetime rating of 0% from the National Rifle Assoc.
o Lifetime liberal vote rating of 93% from Americans For Democratic Action (5 points higher than Ted Kennedy)
o Voted with the liberal activist group, The League Of Conservation Voters, an average of 95% of the time

I think civil unions are fair.

[GalvestonDuck]

Now that all the hoops games are over for the day and I was able to peruse this list further and make sure nothing was Snopesable (it's only fair...even for Kerry).

After reading it all, I feel like Jim Stark (James Dean) in "Rebel Without A Cause":

"YOU'RE TEARING ME APART! You! You say one thing, you say another, and it all changes back again!"

*grabbing head*

Thank God my mind is made up. But it's going to grate on my last nerve, hearing about this guy for the next few months.

[Rainband]

Now that all the hoops games are over for the day and I was able to peruse this list further and make sure nothing was Snopesable (it's only fair...even for Kerry).

After reading it all, I feel like Jim Stark (James Dean) in "Rebel Without A Cause":

"YOU'RE TEARING ME APART! You! You say one thing, you say another, and it all changes back again!"

*grabbing head*

Thank God my mind is made up. But it's going to grate on my last nerve, hearing about this guy for the next few months.

I agree, I wont vote for Kerry thats for sure