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Originally posted by bilmore
Not sure. But, are you saying that Kerry campaigned hard in '84 using his professed desire to kill all those systems, won, and then went on to vote FOR them all? I mean, that memo seems pretty unequivocal.
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No, I'm sure he voted against SOME weapons systems, but I question Miller's contention that he specifically voted to kill everything Miller listed last night. As I understand it, you're saying that Slave's list proves that Miller was 100% correct.
Along these lines, as long as you're willing to enter into evidence FactCheck.org pages, this page address Slave's memo specifically.
http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?DocID=147
"And Republicans go too far when they claim that Kerry voted against such mainstay weapons of today's military as the M-1 Abrams tank, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and the Patriot missile. These claims are misleading because they rest on Kerry's votes against the entire Pentagon appropriations bills in 1990 and 1995. Kerry also voted against the Pentagon authorization bills (which provide authority to spend but not the actual money) in those years and also in 1996. But none of those were votes against specific weapons systems. Kerry's critics might just as well say he was voting to fire the entire Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps."
