No doubt John Kerry has made mistakes, both in his past, his actions in Congess and with his words. Bush is no different in this regard. The big, and most ominous difference between them is that Kerry has acknowlegded his errors and worked to correct them. He listens to his advisors, changes his mind when convinced otherwise and promises us a better future. Some call this "flip-flopping".
Bush on the other hand, has not ever, nor will ever, acknowledge his countless mistakes and promises to "stay the course". He dwells on what has happened in the past and doesn't talk much about our future, other than to say that we are in grave peril unless it is HE who leads us through it. Refusing to listen to his advisors, (some of who have resigned in disgust and fear) he insists that his way is the only way. Some call this a dictatorship.
For my life, I'll take the candidate who listens to his constituents and is willing to admit that there have been mistakes made on his part, then corrects those mistakes. The world's scenario is constantly changing and the best man will change with it as opposed to having tunnel vision.
Monday, October 25, 2004
John Kerry Doesn't Really "Flip Flop"
Most of the media has accepted the "Flip Flops" of John Kerry as simply changing his mind on plans and positions, perhaps due to changing conditions.
The evidence of his entire political career supports an explanation that is far more troubling.
His entire record supports the conclusion that he meticulously creates his position on a subject together with well-crafted justification with the sole objective of enhancing his political career.
In some cases, he meticulously creates two diagrammatically opposed positions on the same subject, which he uses for different recipients.
An example of this dishonest duplicity was reported in The New Republic1. John Kerry authored two letters to constituents regarding the First Gulf War. Iraq invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990 and we entered the war on January 17, 1991.
In a letter dated January 22, 1991, he agreed with the opposition to the early use of military force by the U.S. He stated "On January 11, I voted for a resolution that would have insisted that economic sanctions be given more time to work and against a resolution giving the President the immediate authority to go to war".
In a letter dated January 31, 1991, nine days later, he agreed with the support of "the actions of President Bush in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. From the outset of the invasion, I have strongly and unequivocally supported President Bush's response to the crisis and the policy goals he has established with our military deployment in the Persian Gulf." (Page 24)
He was very sly in this matter, however, he made one mistake. He sent both letters to the same constituent.
On the subject of abortion, he has two different positions which he expresses dependent on the audience.
To religious groups, he says he is a practicing Catholic and that he wears a cross around his neck at all times and that he carries his prayer beads and prayer book with him at all times. He also says he believes and agrees with the churches teaching that human life begins at conception. To women's groups, he said he supports unlimited Federal support for all types of abortions including partial birth abortions.
On the Iraq War, his positions range from we shouldn't have sent any troops to Iraq to we should have sent more. Tragically, his reliance on successes of the terrorists in Iraq as evidence it is the "Wrong War at the wrong time at the wrong place" has encouraged the terrorists to increase their campaign of murder.
Unconscionably, he displayed a similar disdain for the safety of our armed forces during the Vietnam War with his false allegations of atrocities by our armed forces.
His positions on the need for coalitions have been completely contradictory.
He voted against the First Gulf War even though Iraq had invaded Kuwait, threatened the entire Middle East and even though the war was widely supported by our Allies and the U.N.
After changing his position regarding the second war on Iraq, he said we should not have started this war without the support of coalition partners i.e. France, Russia, etc.
He said we should abandon our coalition of partners to negotiate with N. Korea and accept N. Korea demands to negotiate unilaterally.
What is the most logical conclusion from John Kerry's entire history of statements and Senate votes?
His statements and actions are meticulously concocted to support his political career without regard to honesty, ethics, morality or resultant damage to our armed forces or our country. This is the only real plan he has and he doesn't "Flip Flop" on it.
Can either of you two huckleberries tell us what Kerry has done in the past 20 years that has made him win your hearts... Actually, I'll give you break - you can go back 30 years if you wish...
Snowman couldn't even pronounce the word k-e-r-r-y one year ago - and now he is the savior...
You guys continue to look like schmucks each and every day standing behind your self professed war criminal...
So, now we have gone full circle with the likes of Blower... Once upon a time his 'only major concern' was immigration, then it was outsourcing - and now - drum roll please - it is 'that gwb will never admit to a mistake'...
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But we'll let that overshadow being a confessed war criminal, creating fear for votes, being endorsed by every terrorist nation, voting against going to war if 100% of the UN approves, making trillion dollar promises that will raise taxes by a large number, associates with the likes of a Michael Moore, flips and flops on every single issue depending on which way the political breeze is blowing, has a wife that continues to degrade American citizens, has a running mate that has sued for millions to line his pockets and a select few at the price of hundreds of thousands of average Americans, etc...
Hmmmmm, you have a very valid point Blower... Good for you... :thumb:
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Can either of you two huckleberries tell us what Kerry has done in the past 20 years that has made him win your hearts... Actually, I'll give you break - you can go back 30 years if you wish...
Snowman couldn't even pronounce the word k-e-r-r-y one year ago - and now he is the savior...
You guys continue to look like schmucks each and every day standing behind your self professed war criminal...
War criminal? How about invading a country on false information dick head? You don't think that's a crime? Sending 1,000's of Americans and running into massive debt on a miss calculation - that's the presidents ass and if he was CEO of a company he would have been fired for that mistake! Nov 2 he will be fired, you watch!
Can either of you two huckleberries tell us what Kerry has done in the past 20 years that has made him win your hearts... Actually, I'll give you break - you can go back 30 years if you wish...
Snowman couldn't even pronounce the word k-e-r-r-y one year ago - and now he is the savior...
You guys continue to look like schmucks each and every day standing behind your self professed war criminal...
War criminal? How about invading a country on false information dick head? You don't think that's a crime? Sending 1,000's of Americans and running into massive debt on a miss calculation - that's the presidents ass and if he was CEO of a company he would have been fired for that mistake! Nov 2 he will be fired, you watch!
For once, answer the question that was asked of you, you damn huckleberry!!!
No doubt John Kerry has made mistakes, both in his past, his actions in Congess and with his words. Bush is no different in this regard. The big, and most ominous difference between them is that Kerry has acknowlegded his errors and worked to correct them. He listens to his advisors, changes his mind when convinced otherwise and promises us a better future. Some call this "flip-flopping".
Bush on the other hand, has not ever, nor will ever, acknowledge his countless mistakes and promises to "stay the course". He dwells on what has happened in the past and doesn't talk much about our future, other than to say that we are in grave peril unless it is HE who leads us through it. Refusing to listen to his advisors, (some of who have resigned in disgust and fear) he insists that his way is the only way. Some call this a dictatorship.
For my life, I'll take the candidate who listens to his constituents and is willing to admit that there have been mistakes made on his part, then corrects those mistakes. The world's scenario is constantly changing and the best man will change with it as opposed to having tunnel vision.
right on! Nobody is perfect, but Kerry is the kind of person we can trust.
Bush is just a moron on rails headed for a cement wall.
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