[Q]?Reckless? and ?Irresponsible??
2003 Tape Shows Kerry Seemingly Backing $87 Billion in Iraq Funding He Voted Against
By Jake Tapper
March 19 ? In an interview several weeks before he voted against $87 billion in funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., seemed to argue that such a vote would be reckless, irresponsible, and tantamount to abandoning U.S. troops.
On the Sept. 14, 2003, edition of CBS's Face the Nation, Kerry spoke at length about an amendment he and Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., were offering which would have paid for the $87 billion by delaying some of the recent tax cuts.
Asked if he would vote against the $87 billion if his amendment did not pass, Kerry said, "I don't think any United States senator is going to abandon our troops and recklessly leave Iraq to whatever follows as a result of simply cutting and running. That's irresponsible." [/Q]
Then the VOTE and reaction from his own party:
[Q]Kerry was one of the 12 who voted against the funding. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., also voted against the funding. Dean at the time seemed to support the Kerry approach, saying "if the president doesn't have a sufficient commitment to this operation to get rid of the $87 billion in tax cuts then we should vote no."
But Senate Democrats overwhelmingly took the other side of the issue. Biden, the co-sponsor of Kerry's amendment and the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, voted for the funding, saying, "the cost of failure in Iraq would far exceed the price of peace." In a Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., who also voted for the funding, said, "I don't know how John Kerry and John Edwards can say they supported the war but then opposed the funding for the troops who went to fight the war that the resolution that they supported authorized." [/Q]
and John Kerry's explination:
[Q] "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it."[/Q]
Hello.....Who is coaching this guy? Can we say flip flop? Can we say tell the truth?
Just explain to the people you wanted the nomination so BADLY that you sold out the troops so that the Democrats voting in the primary would see you as more in line with Dean. Tell the truth!!!!! The nomination was more important to you than giving troops the equiptment they needed.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/Politics/tapper_kerry_040319-2.html
Oh...here is the BUSH AD. If Kerry wants to win the nomination, he had better start figuring out how to explain himself. Watch the AD..........the last line is politicaly priceless. DOUBLETALK.
http://www.georgewbush.com/News/MultiMedia/VideoPlayer.aspx?ID=753&T=2
2003 Tape Shows Kerry Seemingly Backing $87 Billion in Iraq Funding He Voted Against
By Jake Tapper
March 19 ? In an interview several weeks before he voted against $87 billion in funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., seemed to argue that such a vote would be reckless, irresponsible, and tantamount to abandoning U.S. troops.
On the Sept. 14, 2003, edition of CBS's Face the Nation, Kerry spoke at length about an amendment he and Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., were offering which would have paid for the $87 billion by delaying some of the recent tax cuts.
Asked if he would vote against the $87 billion if his amendment did not pass, Kerry said, "I don't think any United States senator is going to abandon our troops and recklessly leave Iraq to whatever follows as a result of simply cutting and running. That's irresponsible." [/Q]
Then the VOTE and reaction from his own party:
[Q]Kerry was one of the 12 who voted against the funding. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., also voted against the funding. Dean at the time seemed to support the Kerry approach, saying "if the president doesn't have a sufficient commitment to this operation to get rid of the $87 billion in tax cuts then we should vote no."
But Senate Democrats overwhelmingly took the other side of the issue. Biden, the co-sponsor of Kerry's amendment and the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, voted for the funding, saying, "the cost of failure in Iraq would far exceed the price of peace." In a Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., who also voted for the funding, said, "I don't know how John Kerry and John Edwards can say they supported the war but then opposed the funding for the troops who went to fight the war that the resolution that they supported authorized." [/Q]
and John Kerry's explination:
[Q] "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it."[/Q]
Hello.....Who is coaching this guy? Can we say flip flop? Can we say tell the truth?
Just explain to the people you wanted the nomination so BADLY that you sold out the troops so that the Democrats voting in the primary would see you as more in line with Dean. Tell the truth!!!!! The nomination was more important to you than giving troops the equiptment they needed.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/Politics/tapper_kerry_040319-2.html
Oh...here is the BUSH AD. If Kerry wants to win the nomination, he had better start figuring out how to explain himself. Watch the AD..........the last line is politicaly priceless. DOUBLETALK.
http://www.georgewbush.com/News/MultiMedia/VideoPlayer.aspx?ID=753&T=2
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