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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Why? There were more tax cuts hidden in the bill, and Bush threatened to veto the bill unless the tax cuts were kept in. The bill passed easily (with the tax cuts), but Kerry voted a symbolic "No." Rs spin this as Kerry failing to support the troops. I view it as tax cuts being more important to Bush than funding the troops.
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I agree with Kerry's stance on this one. But shouldn't such stances be rare? Why (assuming Miller is telliing the truth) did Kerry vote "No" on so many of those defense projects? My gut tells me that it must be that he is, generally speaking, not in favor of defense spending. And unfortunately, simpletons such as myself tend to equate "defense spending" with "defending ourselves from terrorism".
