Originally posted by sigma:
If I supported the military and rejected almost every military-funding-related bill because I wanted it to have more money in it, the voting record would look like I hated the military, which would be patently false.


Is that really true though? Given who Kerry is, we can reasonably assume that he did not vote the bills down so that they could have more money in them. If that was true, you'd hear his campaign screaming that. Plus, if you loved the military so much, wouldn't you at some point vote for something?

Originally posted by sigma:
A guess, yes. But only by researching why he voted a certain way could you really reach a good conclusion on his view of the issue.


Then why isn't Kerry's campaign giving the reasons why he voted all those things down?

Originally posted by sigma:
The Republicans (and the Democrats from their side as well) just hope that by saying "Candidate X Voted Against Blah" he wants your children to die (or some other stupid rash conclusion) without actually getting into why someone voted that way. It's not exactly "dirty politics" but it's the same sort of creative truth omission and half-stories that Michael Moore is guilty of.


Exactly. For once, the Democrats are getting a pretty good taste of their own medicine. We've been labeled as baby killers, water polluters, etc. simply for votes and legislation we've pushed. No one was there to say "You should try to understand why we've done that".