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Kerry Lashes Out at Republican Criticisms

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Posted by Steve White 2003-04-05 02:08 am|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Kerry is wrong.

The budget for the Veterans Administration is being INCREASED in FY 2004 from $57,486,000,000 to $60,692,000,000. How do I know this? I went to thomas.loc.gov and read up on "H.CON.RES.95 - Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 and 2005 through 2013. (Reported in House)." The relevant information is on the third page:

(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):

Fiscal year 2003:
(A) New budget authority, $57,597,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,486,000,000.

Fiscal year 2004:
(A) New budget authority, $60,710,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,692,000,000.

Any claims you hear from Democrats about the Republicans cutting funds to the VA are, to put it bluntly, lies.

Posted by BarCodeKing 2003-04-05 03:41:49|| [barcodeking.blogspot.com/] 2003-04-05 03:41:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Great Call, BarCodeKing!!!

Posted by Ptah 2003-04-05 05:33:29|| [www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-04-05 05:33:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Agree with Ptah ....... GREAT WORK, BarCodeKing! HIGH FIVES!!!

Posted by NamVet 2003-04-05 08:03:16|| 2003-04-05 08:03:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Unlike much of the ruling cabal in this country, Kerry put his life on the line. He is right in his assessment that those who speak in opposition to the policies of this administration are branded as everything from un-American to treasonous by the political right and their radio and television apologists such as Limbaugh, Novak, et al. For now we still have the right to speak our minds, but the unusual secrecy of this administration makes it clear that they don't feel the need to involve everyday people in their thoughts. The ambitions of Reichsfuhrer Ashcroft and his secret police are contrary to the very freedoms they claim to defend. Their goal is to shame everybody into silence until the habit of speaking our minds is lost.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-04-05 08:34:05|| 2003-04-05 08:34:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Agreed here as well. This isn't the first time he's tried to have things both ways - recall his "heroic" protest when he threw his Viet Nam war medals back to show his anti-war bonafides? Turns out they weren't his! His are nicely mounted in his office to be brought out and shown at politically benficial times. D-Masshole indeed!

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-05 08:35:16|| 2003-04-05 08:35:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Anonymous, you can clearly speak your mind if you hadn't already lost it...

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-05 08:37:42|| 2003-04-05 08:37:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Regime change? Sounds like Kerry is engaged in a "martyrdom operation" himself.

Now, Anonymous and his fellow American fedayeen should realize that unusual secrecy is quite usual during war, especially terror war. Involving "everyday people" in war plans is not exactly a formula for success. Just for perspective, to earn the title "Reichsfuehrer" generally requires stronger methods than "shame".

Posted by Mark IV 2003-04-05 08:52:53|| 2003-04-05 08:52:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Anonymous - Free speech cuts both ways. Big Ketchup has discovered that the Left no longer has a monopoly on the media outlets in this country.

I don't think he should apologize, for the record. I think Big Ketchup should keep talking so that the people of this nation can understand full-well what he's about.

As for regime change... we got it in the Congress in 1994 and in the White House in 2000.

Posted by eLarson 2003-04-05 09:19:00|| [home.covad.net/~eriklarson] 2003-04-05 09:19:00|| Front Page Top

#9 "Their goal is to shame everybody into silence until the habit of speaking our minds is lost."

Damnit! Where's that habit of speaking my mind at? I had it just yesterday!

Posted by John Phares 2003-04-05 10:23:33|| 2003-04-05 10:23:33|| Front Page Top

#10 Okay, the instant that the seal on the podium says "President FOR LIFE of the United States of America," I'll start to worry. But until that instant, no reasonable person could use the word "regime" to describe American policits, when that word conjures up certain images of places like Cuba, NK, just about any ME / African country, etc.

Kerry's just looking for some headlines and pretending to be populist along the way. He's got more faces than Clinton/Gore combined, he just doesn't stand a chance of getting an Oval Office BJ, that's all.

Posted by (lowercase) matt 2003-04-05 10:25:57|| 2003-04-05 10:25:57|| Front Page Top

#11 4/5 Anonymous: Their goal is to
shame
everybody into silence until the habit of speaking our minds is lost.

Shame can only exist as long as someone does something bad that they know is bad, and they are called to account for it. If one has nothing to be ashamed of, then one cannot be silenced.

Shame, in fact, is the coin of the realm of the Liberals, with their "morally better than thou" attitude and accusations that are calculated to "shame" people into giving in. Why else would Kerry try to deflect criticism off of himself by FALSELY accusing the Administration of cutting VA funds ("SHAME ON THEM!"). That accusation is CALCULATED to try to shame into silence his accusers! Thus, while defending Kerry, Anonymous throws out an accusation of the Right of using bad tactics, when KERRY HIMSELF commits the very same tactics Anonymous condemns!

Anonymous, you are so F**king stupid, it's a miracle you know enough to breathe...

Posted by Ptah 2003-04-05 11:28:11|| 2003-04-05 11:28:11|| Front Page Top

#12 "If they want a fight, they've picked a fight with the wrong guy". I must say I absolutely agree with Kerry, He is the wrong guy. Thank goodness we have the right guy in the White House right now. So you see Anonymous sometimes, we can even agree with the opposition .We're not shaming you into silence,you have the right to speak and you did, and you will, just as we have the right to speak. The problem is you didn't like what you heard. As far as the unusual secrecy of this administration, I 'm one of those everyday people who is as curious as you are and wants to know what's really going on, and that's OK ,normal human reaction for all of us. We're a bunch of intelligent americans but sometimes just plain common sense is enough to figure out that sometimes some secrecy is needed for our success and security. I want to know some,but I don't want to know everything because the wrong guys will probably know it too.

Posted by sonnie 2003-04-05 11:47:44|| 2003-04-05 11:47:44|| Front Page Top

#13 The problem is his wording - a "regime change". That indicates a revolution, or another type of change in government. Kerry was stupid (cubed) to issue such a statement, and even more stupid to stand behind it. As another here pointed out, a change of President would be an "administration" change, not a "regime" change. Kerry's mouth has put him in deep hot water, and not for the first time. He deserves all the attacks he's the target of. His mouth is his most dangerous weapon, and it's often used for self-inflicted wounds.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-04-05 12:50:20|| 2003-04-05 12:50:20|| Front Page Top

#14 Once again the Chicken Hawk GOP politicians--most of which NEVER served in the military ("Daddy, can I get into the Texas Nat'l Guard?") wrap themselves in the flag and disparage anyone who questions their actions by calling them unamerican and unpatriotic. I'm sure the unusual secrecy is justified--yep, just like no one knew what was going on in Dachau "Ve thought it vas a faktory" Never underestimate the American citizenry's desire to be hoodwinked by the GOP and their big business fatcat masters

Posted by Anonymous 2003-04-05 12:56:21|| 2003-04-05 12:56:21|| Front Page Top

#15 Michael Moore? Is that you? Smells same...

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-05 14:02:49|| 2003-04-05 14:02:49|| Front Page Top

#16 Once again the Chicken Hawk GOP politicians--most of which NEVER served in the military ("Daddy, can I get into the Texas Nat'l Guard?") wrap themselves in the flag and disparage anyone who questions their actions by calling them unamerican and unpatriotic.

Old news.

Care to dig up something more effective?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-04-05 14:18:30|| 2003-04-05 14:18:30|| Front Page Top

#17 Horrors! That racist, J-E-W loving, Nazi Bush and his Christian Fascist lackey AshKKKroft just called me unamerican!

But I never say anything bad about THEM!

America is so unfair!

Posted by Anonymous 2003-04-05 15:14:42|| 2003-04-05 15:14:42|| Front Page Top

#18 Anonymous:
This morning I drove my son to his HS for three hours of detention since he skipped class a few weeks ago to walk around town with like-minded people against the war. He's better than you tho, because he reads, knows his history, etc. We've had good discussions where I've explained my side and he, his. He's never called any pro-war person a Nazi, howerver, like you called Ashcroft Reichsfuerer. If the US were a Nazi state, I'd have dropped him off at the local GESTAPO HQ, and he knows that.

But you still haven't answered anyone's comments on your statements. Why? Please justify why JFK used "regime change" Nobody's questioning JFK's patriotism, just his judgement and two-facedness. Please refer to 2 different letters sent to constituent. JFK's problem is that he listens too much to his Old Europe wine and cheese crowd.
Vituperation and bile is your MO.

Posted by Michael 2003-04-05 15:15:52|| 2003-04-05 15:15:52|| Front Page Top

#19 Every time 'jfk' opens his yap, just remember he's been known in MA as Sen. Spaceshot for a great many years!

Posted by MommaBear 2003-04-05 18:28:18|| [site-essential.com] 2003-04-05 18:28:18|| Front Page Top

#20 For Anonymous, we should be clear: every American should thank the Vietnam vets. They suffered, they worked hard, and it wasn't their fault that the war was lost. We should honor these men and women every day.

I don't even care that Kerry uses his service in his political life; hell every politican who can do so will.

However, Anonymous, you might do well to recall that our liberal-left friends are equally adept at using the shame game, the race game, the shout down game, and the silencing game to further their ends.

Posted by Steve White 2003-04-05 22:51:24|| 2003-04-05 22:51:24|| Front Page Top

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