Food for thought
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 9:57 am
JOHN KERRY – THE LIST
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ABORTION
o Voted to federally fund abortions
o Voted against parental consent for minors
o Voted against ban on Partial Birth Abortion (3 times)
o Voted against ban on sending money to UN population fund if the money was sent to pay for China’s forced abortion and sterilization policy
o NARAL lifetime rating of 100%
o National Right to Life Committee lifetime rating of 0%
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DEATH PENALTY
o Opposes federal death penalty
o Voted against death penalty for terrorists (recently flip-flopped in 2002)
o Voted against death penalty for drug-related murders
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TAXES & BUDGET
o Voted against Bush tax cut and wants to repeal portions of Bush tax cut
o Voted for 1993 Clinton tax hike (largest in history)
o Voted against major tax relief packages at least 10 times
o Voted at least 5 times against balance budget amendments
o Kerry voted at least five times to raid The Social Security Trust Fund.
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MILITARY & NATIONAL SECURITY
o Voted for 7 major reductions in military funding
o Voted against Gulf War I (1991)
o Voted for Gulf War II (but then criticized and voted against military appropriation for troops)
o Voted against MX missile
o Voted against Trident Submarine
o Voted against SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative – Star Wars)
o Voted against B-1 and B-2 Stealth Bomber and Fighter
o Favored UN control of US Troops (in the 1970s)
o Supported Slashing $2.6 Billion from Intelligence Funding While Serving as a Member of Senate Intel Committee
o Attended a seminar (the so-called "Winter Soldier Investigation) bankrolled by Jane Fonda in Detroit in February 1971 during which 125 self-proclaimed Vietnam veterans testified at a Howard Johnson's about atrocities allegedly committed by our own forces. Many of the so-called Veterans were frauds and virtually every alleged atrocity was investigated and proven to be false.
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FAITH & VALUES
o Voted Against Defense of Marriage Act (to give states option to decide whether to recognize homosexual marriages in other states)
o Sent letter to Massachusetts’ Legislature opposing Constitutional Amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman.
o Favors civil unions for homosexuals
o Voted to extend hate crimes protections to homosexuals
o Voted against a constitutional amendment on flag desecration.
o Voted against voluntary school prayer
o Voted against ban on human cloning
EDUCATION
o Voted against voucher pilot program
o Voted against approving a school-choice pilot program
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JUDGES, COURTS & LAW
o Voted against confirmation of Clarence Thomas for Supreme Court Justice
o Voted against confirmation of Robert Bork for Supreme Court Justice
o Voted against confirmation William Rehnquist as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
o Voted against confirmation John Ashcroft as US Attorney General
o Voted against punitive damages in products liability cases
o As Michael Dukakis’ Lt. Governor From 1983-1985, Kerry Supported Granting Prison Furloughs To Hundreds Of Massachusetts Inmates.
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FOREIGN POLICY
o Against linking Most Favored Nation status to China’s human rights record
o Voted for Kyoto Protocol on Environment that exempted major Third Word polluters
o Supported Iraq regime change as late as January, 2003. Now has flipped-flopped
o For Unilateral nuclear Freeze
o Voted against deployment of INF missiles in Europe
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POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS
o Founder Member of VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War)
o Attended and conducted anti-war and anti-American protests in the 1970s
o Organized the Protested
o Votes with Ted Kennedy an average of 94% of the time
o Received $300,000 contribution from Johnny Chung as directed by Chinese intelligence officer
o Supported Communist Sandinistas and visited with leader Communist Daniel Ortega days before Ortega flew to Moscow and received $200 million in Soviet aid
o Has a lifetime rating of 26% from Citizens Against Government Waste
o Has a lifetime rating of 0% from the National Rifle Assoc.
o Lifetime liberal vote rating of 93% from Americans For Democratic Action (5 points higher than Ted Kennedy)
o Voted with the liberal activist group, The League Of Conservation Voters, an average of 95% of the time
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ABORTION
o Voted to federally fund abortions
o Voted against parental consent for minors
o Voted against ban on Partial Birth Abortion (3 times)
o Voted against ban on sending money to UN population fund if the money was sent to pay for China’s forced abortion and sterilization policy
o NARAL lifetime rating of 100%
o National Right to Life Committee lifetime rating of 0%
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DEATH PENALTY
o Opposes federal death penalty
o Voted against death penalty for terrorists (recently flip-flopped in 2002)
o Voted against death penalty for drug-related murders
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TAXES & BUDGET
o Voted against Bush tax cut and wants to repeal portions of Bush tax cut
o Voted for 1993 Clinton tax hike (largest in history)
o Voted against major tax relief packages at least 10 times
o Voted at least 5 times against balance budget amendments
o Kerry voted at least five times to raid The Social Security Trust Fund.
·
MILITARY & NATIONAL SECURITY
o Voted for 7 major reductions in military funding
o Voted against Gulf War I (1991)
o Voted for Gulf War II (but then criticized and voted against military appropriation for troops)
o Voted against MX missile
o Voted against Trident Submarine
o Voted against SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative – Star Wars)
o Voted against B-1 and B-2 Stealth Bomber and Fighter
o Favored UN control of US Troops (in the 1970s)
o Supported Slashing $2.6 Billion from Intelligence Funding While Serving as a Member of Senate Intel Committee
o Attended a seminar (the so-called "Winter Soldier Investigation) bankrolled by Jane Fonda in Detroit in February 1971 during which 125 self-proclaimed Vietnam veterans testified at a Howard Johnson's about atrocities allegedly committed by our own forces. Many of the so-called Veterans were frauds and virtually every alleged atrocity was investigated and proven to be false.
·
FAITH & VALUES
o Voted Against Defense of Marriage Act (to give states option to decide whether to recognize homosexual marriages in other states)
o Sent letter to Massachusetts’ Legislature opposing Constitutional Amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman.
o Favors civil unions for homosexuals
o Voted to extend hate crimes protections to homosexuals
o Voted against a constitutional amendment on flag desecration.
o Voted against voluntary school prayer
o Voted against ban on human cloning
EDUCATION
o Voted against voucher pilot program
o Voted against approving a school-choice pilot program
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JUDGES, COURTS & LAW
o Voted against confirmation of Clarence Thomas for Supreme Court Justice
o Voted against confirmation of Robert Bork for Supreme Court Justice
o Voted against confirmation William Rehnquist as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
o Voted against confirmation John Ashcroft as US Attorney General
o Voted against punitive damages in products liability cases
o As Michael Dukakis’ Lt. Governor From 1983-1985, Kerry Supported Granting Prison Furloughs To Hundreds Of Massachusetts Inmates.
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FOREIGN POLICY
o Against linking Most Favored Nation status to China’s human rights record
o Voted for Kyoto Protocol on Environment that exempted major Third Word polluters
o Supported Iraq regime change as late as January, 2003. Now has flipped-flopped
o For Unilateral nuclear Freeze
o Voted against deployment of INF missiles in Europe
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POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS
o Founder Member of VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War)
o Attended and conducted anti-war and anti-American protests in the 1970s
o Organized the Protested
o Votes with Ted Kennedy an average of 94% of the time
o Received $300,000 contribution from Johnny Chung as directed by Chinese intelligence officer
o Supported Communist Sandinistas and visited with leader Communist Daniel Ortega days before Ortega flew to Moscow and received $200 million in Soviet aid
o Has a lifetime rating of 26% from Citizens Against Government Waste
o Has a lifetime rating of 0% from the National Rifle Assoc.
o Lifetime liberal vote rating of 93% from Americans For Democratic Action (5 points higher than Ted Kennedy)
o Voted with the liberal activist group, The League Of Conservation Voters, an average of 95% of the time