posted on February 20, 2004 04:24:18 PM
helen - Being ex-military Kerry knew full well what NOT voting for this bill would mean to our soldiers.
What I'm saying to you is you can't have it both ways....say our troops don't/didn't have the proper protective equipment BECAUSE OF BUSH OR HALLIBURTON while supporting a man who didn't vote to give them that same equipment. This President did and Halliburton hasn't been found quilty of any of the claims you've made.
He voted for the war but didn't vote to support the troops. No way around that one. PLUS....anyone who examines his past military/National Defense/base closings - voting record can see he may have used that excuse this time, but what about all the other times. Even when clinton was in office. It's been a pattern with him.
If Kerry wins this nomination, and not Edwards, all his past voting records will be made public. Then you will see how what he says is so very different from how he's voted.
posted on February 20, 2004 04:25:57 PM
Please, Bear, tell us the name of the lone 'Feferalist' -- I've just gotta know who it is so I can try to deduce what that is!
posted on February 20, 2004 04:31:59 PM
But Linda, one important thing you've failed to comprehend (or at least address) is that those troops of ours were sent in by Bush. If he knew they weren't equipped with sufficient protective gear (or helicopters that don't crash every other week) how on earth can you possibly believe that he did the right thing in sending them off to war in such a hurry?
Where's the 'morality' in that? Where's the 'love for our soldiers' in that?
"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of what he was never reasoned into." -Jonathan Swift
posted on February 20, 2004 04:32:24 PM
bear - Isn't the literal definition of liberal. free giving?
That's the part of all this that has always bothered me between the two party's. The rich Republicans work to put our money back in our pockets, tax cuts, USUALLY less spending, etc.
The rich Liberals are always spending, spending and raising our taxes. CA is one GREAT example of that. Then the middle income tax payers pay for their decisions. Since they're the rich ones, who believe all this spending is necessary, THEY should give it to those programs out of their own wealth.
