John Kerry's Debate flip-flops
OCTOBER 8, 2004 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE #2 IN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS
The Kerry habit, Flip-Flops and Contradictions:
1) John Kerry said his Iraq stance has been consistent. Lets take a look at what he calls consistent.
October 2002: Kerry Voted For Use Of Force Resolution Against Iraq.
April 2003: Kerry Promised Not To Attack President When War Began, But Weeks Later, With Troops Just Miles From Baghdad, Kerry Broke His Pledge And Called For "Regime Change In The United States."
May 2003: In First Dem Debate, Kerry Strongly Supported President's Action In Iraq.
September 2003: Kerry Said Voting Against The $87 Billion Supplemental Would Be "Irresponsible."
October 2003: Kerry Voted Against The $87 Billion Supplemental Supporting Our Troops.
January 2004: After Voting For War And Trailing Candidate Howard Dean In The Democrat Primaries, Kerry Says He Is Anti-War Candidate.
August 2004: In Response To President's Question About How He Would Have Voted If He Knew Then What He Knows Now, Kerry Confirmed That He Would Still Have Voted For Use Of Force Resolution.
September 2004: Kerry: Iraq Is "The Wrong War In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time."
September 2004: Kerry Says There Were No Circumstances Under Which We Should Have Gone To War, But He Was Still Right To Vote For It.
Kerry Said That The Removal Of Saddam Hussein Has Left America "Less Secure."
Kerry On Whether The Iraq War Was Worth It: "It Depends On The Outcome."
"And if we'd used smart diplomacy, we could have saved $200 billion and an invasion of Iraq. And right now, Osama bin Laden might be in jail or dead. That's the war against terror."
2) Kerry didn't want labels thrown around?
"Number One, Don't Throw The Labels Around. Labels Don't Mean Anything."
(Sen. John Kerry, Second Presidential Debate, St. Louis, MO, 10/8/04)
"I'm A Liberal And Proud Of It."
("Gee, There Were So Many In 1988," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 7/21/91)
3) Kerry supports the patriot act, and wants to replace it.
"So it is time to end the era of John Ashcroft. That starts with replacing the Patriot Act with a new law that protects our people and our liberties at the same time."
"We are a nation of laws and liberties, not of a knock in the night. So it is time to end the era of John Ashcroft. That starts with replacing the Patriot Act with a new law that protects our people and our liberties at the same time. I've been a District Attorney and I know that what law enforcement needs are real tools not restrictions on American's basic rights."
(Sen. John Kerry, Remarks At Iowa State University, 12/1/03)
"Now, The Three Things They Try To Say I've Changed Position On Are The Patriot Act. I Haven't. I Support It."
(Sen. John Kerry, Second Presidential Debate, St. Louis, MO, 10/8/04)
4) John Kerry says Intelligence is very important
"Because the most important weapon in doing that is intelligence. You got to have the best intelligence in the world, and in order to have the best intelligence in the world, to know who the terrorists are, and where they are, and what they're plotting, you've got to have the best cooperation you've ever had in the world."
(Sen. John Kerry, Second Presidential Debate, St. Louis, MO, 10/8/04)
While On The Senate Intelligence Committee, Kerry Missed 76 Percent Of Public Hearings. During John Kerry's eight years of service on the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence, there were 49 open, public hearings. Of these 49, John Kerry attended just 11 (22.4 percent).
(Factcheck.org, "Bush Nails Kerry's Poor Attendance at Intelligence Committee Hearings," 8/17/04, Available At http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=241)
In 1994, Not Long After First World Trade Center Attack, Kerry Proposed An Amendment To Cut Intelligence Budget By $6 Billion Across The Board Over Six Years.
The debate really exposed Kerry's senate record, the same record he has been running from. It's impossible to listen to John Kerry's votes, quotes and positions and not admit he's a flip-flopper without simply ignoring the obvious. John Kerry is playing politics with the American people, he's trying to have it both ways ... and during the debate the President proved this to be true.
The Kerry habit, Flip-Flops and Contradictions:
1) John Kerry said his Iraq stance has been consistent. Lets take a look at what he calls consistent.
2) Kerry didn't want labels thrown around?
(Sen. John Kerry, Second Presidential Debate, St. Louis, MO, 10/8/04)
("Gee, There Were So Many In 1988," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 7/21/91)
3) Kerry supports the patriot act, and wants to replace it.
(Sen. John Kerry, Remarks At Iowa State University, 12/1/03)
(Sen. John Kerry, Second Presidential Debate, St. Louis, MO, 10/8/04)
4) John Kerry says Intelligence is very important
(Sen. John Kerry, Second Presidential Debate, St. Louis, MO, 10/8/04)
(Factcheck.org, "Bush Nails Kerry's Poor Attendance at Intelligence Committee Hearings," 8/17/04, Available At http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=241)
The debate really exposed Kerry's senate record, the same record he has been running from. It's impossible to listen to John Kerry's votes, quotes and positions and not admit he's a flip-flopper without simply ignoring the obvious. John Kerry is playing politics with the American people, he's trying to have it both ways ... and during the debate the President proved this to be true.