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Originally posted by bilmore
Yeah, it's hard to defend a record because the bill funding the Blurperwhacker XX-21 might also fund killing baby seals.
BUT . . .
I saw posted this morning (I'll try to find it again) Kerry's fundraising memo from way back, listing a whole bunch of weapons programs (Miller's list, BTW), setting out that Kerry thought they were all unnecessary and wasteful because we don't need such a huge defense anymore, and promising to work to cancel them all.
So, no, he doesn't have that particular defense here. Miller was accurate.
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How "way back"? Was this anywhere 1992-1998? 'Cause then I'm thinking not so much bad. If we're talking post 9/11, that's a different matter. Maybe. Even then, not so much, if we're giving up a program / weapon that's really good at stopping the advance of Soviet troops across Germany in favor of, say, bomb detection technology.
I remember in 93, 94 in particular (because I happened to be taking a class on US defense policy), everybody, both sides of the isle, was talking about the "peace dividend."
I also am curious to know (and I'm sure some left wing wonk will provide) which things Miller himself voted against, or if he voted in the opposite direction from Kerry on each of those bills.
