05-20-2004, 01:09 PM
Well.... Kerry has stated repeatedly that he would NOT immediately pull out from Iraq, so I don't know what you mean.
He would try to clean up the huge mess in as quick and effective a manner as possible, but he knows what it is like to be a soldier in an unpopular war (you know, because he actually WENT to Vietnam) and knows how unfun it is to lose friends in combat.
Just because he didn't end up voting for the $87 billion dollar bill doesn't mean he is not supportive of the troops. The first time the bill was put to vote, Kerry voted yes. Then an amendment was taken out of the bill that would have helped to pay for the $87 billion through a small tax increase for the top 10% of Americans, and he ended up voting no.
Say what you will, but spending without any way to pay for it is irresponsible. The only part of Bush's tax cut that Kerry would repeal was the huge break it gave to the top 10% of Americans.
Oh, and think you might be part of that top 10%? The richest 29,000 Americans have as much income as the bottom 96000000 (yes, 96 MILLION).
As to the poster opposed to having intelligent people running the country- Not all smart people are snobs, and if you ask me, Bush isn't nearly as stupid as the press makes him out to be. It takes someone pretty clever to dupe half of a country for four years.
He would try to clean up the huge mess in as quick and effective a manner as possible, but he knows what it is like to be a soldier in an unpopular war (you know, because he actually WENT to Vietnam) and knows how unfun it is to lose friends in combat.
Just because he didn't end up voting for the $87 billion dollar bill doesn't mean he is not supportive of the troops. The first time the bill was put to vote, Kerry voted yes. Then an amendment was taken out of the bill that would have helped to pay for the $87 billion through a small tax increase for the top 10% of Americans, and he ended up voting no.
Say what you will, but spending without any way to pay for it is irresponsible. The only part of Bush's tax cut that Kerry would repeal was the huge break it gave to the top 10% of Americans.
Oh, and think you might be part of that top 10%? The richest 29,000 Americans have as much income as the bottom 96000000 (yes, 96 MILLION).
As to the poster opposed to having intelligent people running the country- Not all smart people are snobs, and if you ask me, Bush isn't nearly as stupid as the press makes him out to be. It takes someone pretty clever to dupe half of a country for four years.