Quote:
Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
None of this means, though, that Kerry opposed spending money on the troops, as conservatives are suggesting. It just means that he wanted to pay for it by rolling back some of Bush's tax cuts for the rich. There's no question in my mind that most voters would agree with Kerry about this, so I can understand why conservatives are trying to muddy these waters.
|
You act as though this was some principled stand. Bullshit. He needed cover to compete with Dean and this was a convenient way to get it. I'm not suggesting that the troops were ever in jeopardy. What I am suggesting is that Kerry's vote against the $87 million had no relation to the merits. He would have found a way to vote no, no matter what the package had been. So in that way, he chose Kerry over the troops.
