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Lou P. Garrew wrote:
Troop Funding
For It

"I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it,"  - 
Mar. 16, 2004


  Troop Funding
Against It

He actually voted against final - That is an absolute fact. He is lying.

"I voted against that $87 billion in Washington yesterday,"

12 Who Voted Against It:
Boxer (D-CA) Byrd (D-WV) Edwards (D-NC) Graham (D-FL) Harkin (D-IA) 
Hollings (D-SC) Jeffords (I-VT) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Lautenberg 
(D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Sarbanes (D-MD)
  Roll Call Vote
Waffles

Tough on Castro
Yes

''I'm pretty tough on Castro, because I think he's running one of the 
last vestiges of a Stalinist secret police government in the world,'' 
Kerry told WPLG-ABC 10 "And I voted for the Helms-Burton legislation to 
be tough on companies that deal with him.''


  Tough on Castro
Liar

Kerry voted against it along with 21 other senators
Nays:
Akaka (D-HI) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Bumpers (D-AR) 
Chafee (R-RI) Dodd (D-CT) Feingold (D-WI) Harkin (D-IA) Hatfield (R-OR) 
Jeffords (R-VT) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerrey (D-NE) Kerry (D-MA) Leahy (D-VT) 
Levin (D-MI) Moseley-Braun (D-IL) Moynihan (D-NY) Murray (D-WA) Pell 
(D-RI) Simon (D-IL) Wellstone (D-MN)
  Herald Story
Roll Call Vote - Helms Burton Act

Bill Summary

Kerry Against Kyoto

Kerry voted to cut of funding for Kyoto
Prohibit Funds for Kyoto Treaty, HR4578 (Roll Call Vote No. 211).
2000-07-18
The Senate passed the Interior Appropriations bill including a ban on 
the use of any of the money to implement the Kyoto "Global Warming" 
Protocol, which has never been submitted to the Senate for ratification.
Roll Call Vote
  Kerry for Kyoto

April 9, 2001:
"While no one is under the illusion that Kyoto is perfect, this vote 
today... underscores that the Bush administration's initial approach of 
ignoring climate change altogether is beyond imperfect - it's 
unacceptable," said John Kerry, a Democratic senator.

Guardian Unlimited

Kerry on Arafat
Loves Him

In a 1997 book, Kerry described "Arafat's transformation from outlaw to 
statesman."
  Kerry on Arafat
Hates Him

"Obviously, Yasser Arafat has been an impediment to the peace process," 
said Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee-in-waiting. "He missed a 
historic opportunity and he's proved himself to be irrelevant."
  Wary of Kerry's Flattery

Kerry shifts Arafat Views

50 Cent Tax Hike - For

In 1994, Kerry Backed Half-Dollar Increase In Gas Tax. �Kerry said [the 
Concord Coalition�s scorecard] did not accurately reflect individual 
lawmakers� efforts to cut the deficit. �It doesn�t reflect my $43 
billion package of cuts or my support for a 50-cent increase in the gas 
tax,� Kerry said.� (Jill Zuckman, �Deficit-Watch Group Gives High Marks 
To 7 N.E. Lawmakers,� The Boston Globe, 3/1/94)
  50 Cent Tax Hike - Against

Two Years Later, Kerry Flip-Flopped. �Kerry no longer supports the 
50-cent [gas tax] hike, nor the 25-cent hike proposed by the [Concord] 
coalition.� (Michael Grunwald, �Kerry Gets Low Mark On Budgeting,� The 
Boston Globe, 4/30/96)


Abortion a State Issue

�I think the question of abortion is one that should be left for the 
states to decide,� Kerry said during his failed 1972 Congressional bid. 
(�John Kerry On The Issues,� The [Lowell, MA] Sun, 10/11/72)
  Abortion a Federal Issue

�The right to choose is the law of the United States. No person has the 
right to infringe on that freedom. Those of us who are in government 
have a special responsibility to see to it that the United States 
continues to protect this right, as it must protect all rights secured 
by the constitution.�


Drilling in ANWAR - Against

Kerry voted against drilling in ANWAR Upheld 52-48 S.Amdt. 272 to 
S.Con.Res. 23 (Budget resolution FY2004 )

  Drilling in ANWAR - For it

MATTHEWS:  How about ANWR?  You guys want to see ANWR because you want 
to see guys working in your business.  I guess there�s a lot of 
Teamsters jobs up there lined up and organized, if you could put a 
pipeline up to the Alaska wilderness.  He is against that.

HOFFA:  Well, we talked about that.

He says, look, I am against ANWR, but I am going to put that pipeline in 
and we�re going to drill like never before.

MATTHEWS:  What, are they going to run water through it?

HOFFA:  ... more jobs than the ANWR would have ever created.

MATTHEWS:  What are they going to run through the pipeline?

HOFFA:  And that�s the position he�s taking.

MATTHEWS:  But he is against drilling up there.  What are they going to 
run through the pipeline?

HOFFA:  Well, they are going to drill all over, according to him.  And 
he says, we�re going to be drilling all over the United States.  And he 
says that is going to create more jobs.
  Roll Call Vote

Hardball Interview

PAC Money - For It

Kerry Used To Decry �Special Interests And Their PAC Money.� ��I�m 
frequently told by cynics in Washington that refusing PAC money is 
naive,� Kerry told his supporters in 1985. �Do you agree that it is 
�na�ve� to turn down special interests and their PAC money?�� (Glen 
Johnson, �In A Switch, Kerry Is Launching A PAC,� The Boston Globe, 
12/15/01)
  PAC Money - Against it

But Kerry Created His Own Hard Money PAC Called Citizen Soldier Fund, 
Which Raised Over $700,000. �A week after repeating that he has refused 
to accept donations from political action committees, Senator John F. 
Kerry announced yesterday that he was forming a committee that would 
accept PAC money for him to distribute to other Democratic candidates. � 
Kerry�s stance on soft money, unregulated donations funneled through 
political parties, puts him in the position of raising the type of money 
that he, McCain, and others in the campaign-finance reform movement are 
trying to eliminate.� (Federal Election Commission Website, www.fec.gov, 
Accessed 2/10/04; Glen Johnson, �In A Switch, Kerry Is Launching A PAC,� 
The Boston Globe, 12/15/01)


$10,000 Limit to His PAC
Against It

When Kerry Established His PAC In 2001, He Instituted $10,000 Limit On 
Donations. �A week after repeating that he has refused to accept 
donations from political action committees, Senator John F. Kerry 
announced yesterday that he was forming a committee that would accept 
PAC money for him to distribute to other Democratic candidates � The 
statement also declared that the new PAC would voluntarily limit 
donations of so-called soft money to $10,000 per donor per year and 
disclose the source and amount of all such donations.�  (Glen Johnson, 
�In A Switch, Kerry Is Launching A Pac,� The Boston Globe, 12/15/01)
  $10,000 Limit to His PAC
For It

One Year Later, Kerry Started Accepting Unlimited Contributions. 
�Senator John F. Kerry, who broke with personal precedent last year when 
he established his first political action committee, has changed his 
fund-raising guidelines again, dropping a $10,000 limit on contributions 
from individuals, a cap he had touted when establishing the PAC. The 
Massachusetts Democrat said yesterday he decided to accept unlimited 
contributions, which has already allowed him to take in �soft money� 
donations as large as $25,000, because of the unprecedented fund-raising 
demands confronting him as a leader in the Senate Democratic caucus.� 
(Glen Johnson, �Kerry Shifts Fund-Raising Credo For His Own PAC,� The 
Boston Globe, 10/4/02)


Personnal Funds in 1996 Race - Against It

In 1996, Kerry And Weld Established $500,000 Limit Of Personal Wealth To 
Be Used In Senate Campaign. �In 1996, Kerry and Weld gave their already 
noteworthy Senate race added significance by establishing a spending 
cap. The candidates agreed to spend no more than $6.9 million from July 
1 through the election. Weld ended up spending $6.6 million and Kerry 
$6.3 million. One key element of the agreement limited the candidates to 
spending $500,000 in personal wealth, a clause Weld favored because 
Kerry is married to a millionaire, Teresa Heinz.� (Glen Johnson, �In 
Kerry�s Plan For A Pac, The Resolution Of Opposites,� The Boston Globe, 
12/18/01)
  Personal Funds in 1996 Race - For It

Kerry Broke Agreement By Spending $1.2 Million Over Limit. 
�[P]ost-election reports showed a last-minute infusion of $1.7 million 
from Kerry�s wife, heiress Teresa Heinz. � [K]erry denied that his 
campaign violated its agreement. The money had been loaned--not 
contributed--by his wife, he explained. �There was nothing in the 
agreement that restricted us from taking a loan � and we paid it back in 
$1,000 and $2,000 chunks.�� (�Global Ecology Lobby Rocked By Defection,� 
Political Finance, The Newsletter, 1/02)


Against Vietnam in Campaigns

1992 in defense of Bill Clinton's Draft Dodging: "I am saddened that 
Vietnam has yet again been inserted into the campaign."
  For Vietnam in
Campaigns

 From "About John Kerry" at John Kerry.com
A graduate of Yale University, John Kerry entered the Navy after 
graduation, becoming a Swift Boat officer, serving on a gunboat in the 
Mekong Delta in Vietnam. He received a Silver Star, Bronze Star with 
Combat V, and three awards of the Purple Heart for his service in combat.
  WSJ

NAFTA - For

Kerry voted for NAFTA:
H.R. 3450, CQ Vote #395

��NAFTA recognizes the reality of today�s economy - globalization and 
technology,� Kerry said. �Our future is not in competing at the 
low-level wage job; it is in creating high-wage, new technology jobs 
based on our skills and our productivity.�� (John Aloysius Farrell, 
�Senate�s OK Finalizes NAFTA Pact,� The Boston Globe, 11/21/93)
  NAFTA - Against

Kerry, who voted for NAFTA in 1993, expressed some doubt about the 
strength of free-trade agreements.  �If it were before me today, I would 
vote against it because it doesn�t have environmental or labor standards 
in it,� he said.� (David Lightman, �Democrats Battle For Labor�s 
Backing,� Hartford Courant



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