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Originally posted by dtb
Here's what USA Today has to say about the 98 number (he said 600 about something else -- but I can't remember what it was now -- or maybe I'm thinking of the 800 to 600 differential of something or other):
- Bush charged that Kerry has voted to raise taxes 98 times during his 19-year Senate career. Research by the non-partisan Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania finds the charge misleading. Of the 98 votes Bush referenced, 43 were for budget bills to set target levels for spending and taxes and did not actually raise or lower taxes. The total also includes a number of procedural votes and multiple votes on the same bill. An example: 16 votes were cast on various versions of President Clinton's 1993 deficit-reduction package, which raised taxes, but only on the top 1% or 2% of earners.
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Bilmore, if I were you, I would give up on this conversation now. First of all, dtb is actually willing to read USA Today, which suggests a ruthlessness and commitment the rest of us can only dream of. Second, she's either smart enough to have found their web site or bored enough to type in this quote from the paper edition. Third, in trying to defend the substance of Bush's domestic policy, you have a pretty weak hand to start with -- there's a reason that the man was running on the war on terror.
