The infamous $87 Billion which Kerry voted for before he voted against it.
You can't say "I don't oppose A. I only oppose it if (impossible) condition B is not met." In reality, or as the old Marxists used to say objectively, you oppose A. You could say that Bush, in threatening to veto the Iraq appropriation if it was linked to tax cuts, took both our military and our economic future hostage. I won't even argue that that's an especially unfair thing to say. But Kerry, once his amendment failed, decided to take the US military in Iraq hostage to his opposition to Bush's tax cuts.
Or, even more unkindly, you could say that Kerry is a spineless weed who shifts with every wind, bowing to a pro-Bush, pro-war wind in 2002 and then bowing to a pro-Dean, anti-war wind in 2003.
If you google "Hannity and fisting" you deserve whatever you get.
Kerry on the Patriot Act. This is actually an example of a non-flip-flop--in this speech Kerry takes responsibility for his vote, despite its flaws, and suggests a way to fix it. (BTW, I highly suspect that Kerry's statement about the Patriot Act being abused by Bush and Ashcroft is BS. The most hyped provisions haven't been actually used. I am sure that some prosecutors have used Patriot Act provisions as convenient tools in non-terrorism cases, though.) Here, Kerry doesn't try to play both sides at once.
You can't say "I don't oppose A. I only oppose it if (impossible) condition B is not met." In reality, or as the old Marxists used to say objectively, you oppose A. You could say that Bush, in threatening to veto the Iraq appropriation if it was linked to tax cuts, took both our military and our economic future hostage. I won't even argue that that's an especially unfair thing to say. But Kerry, once his amendment failed, decided to take the US military in Iraq hostage to his opposition to Bush's tax cuts.
Or, even more unkindly, you could say that Kerry is a spineless weed who shifts with every wind, bowing to a pro-Bush, pro-war wind in 2002 and then bowing to a pro-Dean, anti-war wind in 2003.
If you google "Hannity and fisting" you deserve whatever you get.
Kerry on the Patriot Act. This is actually an example of a non-flip-flop--in this speech Kerry takes responsibility for his vote, despite its flaws, and suggests a way to fix it. (BTW, I highly suspect that Kerry's statement about the Patriot Act being abused by Bush and Ashcroft is BS. The most hyped provisions haven't been actually used. I am sure that some prosecutors have used Patriot Act provisions as convenient tools in non-terrorism cases, though.) Here, Kerry doesn't try to play both sides at once.
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"Or, even more unkindly, you could say that Kerry is a spineless weed who shifts with every wind, bowing to a pro-Bush, pro-war wind in 2002 and then bowing to a pro-Dean, anti-war wind in 2003."
You could say that, but you'd be LYING. At best, he played the same "hold the government hostage" game that Bush played... except Senators are called on the records more than Governors/Presidents.
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