WALL STREET JOURNAL
NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE
THE WEEKLY STANDARD
DRUDGE REPORT
THE WASHINGTON POST
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
NEW YORK TIMES








Matthew Hoy currently works as a metro page designer at the San Diego Union-Tribune.

The opinions presented here do not represent those of the Union-Tribune and are solely those of the author.

If you have any opinions or comments, please e-mail the author at: hoystory -at- cox -dot- net.

Dec. 7, 2001
Christian Coalition Challenged
Hoystory interviews al Qaeda
Fisking Fritz
Politicizing Prescription Drugs

RSS FEED
<< current


Amazon Honor System Click Here to Pay Learn More













A note on the Amazon ads: I've chosen to display current events titles in the Amazon box. Unfortunately, Amazon appears to promote a disproportionate number of angry-left books. I have no power over it at this time. Rest assured, I'm still a conservative.



Tuesday, August 31, 2004
You gotta love this: This is old news, but I'm going to resurrect it because it follows a media storyline: Kerry is a flip-flopper.


John Kerry had just pumped up a huge crowd in downtown West Palm Beach, promising to make the state a battleground for his quest to oust President Bush, when a local television journalist posed the question that any candidate with Florida ambitions should expect:

What will you do about Cuba?

As the presumptive Democratic nominee, Kerry was ready with the bravado appropriate for a challenger who knows that every answer carries magnified importance in the state that put President Bush into office by just 537 votes.

''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 reporter Michael Putney in an interview to be aired at 11:30 this morning.

Then, reaching back eight years to one of the more significant efforts to toughen sanctions on the communist island, Kerry volunteered: ``And I voted for the Helms-Burton legislation to be tough on companies that deal with him.''

It seemed the correct answer in a year in which Democratic strategists think they can make a play for at least a portion of the important Cuban-American vote -- as they did in 1996 when more than three in 10 backed President Clinton's reelection after he signed the sanctions measure written by Sen. Jesse Helms and Rep. Dan Burton.

There is only one problem: Kerry voted against it.


So, what is the Senator's staff to do when Kerry pulls a "voted for it before I voted against it" moment?


Asked Friday to explain the discrepancy, Kerry aides said the senator cast one of the 22 nays that day in 1996 because he disagreed with some of the final technical aspects. But, said spokesman David Wade, Kerry supported the legislation in its purer form -- and voted for it months earlier.


Thanks to John Kerry we know that no vote ever really matters. You can vote for it before you vote against it. You can vote against it before you vote for it.

As president, what happens if Kerry signs a bill before he vetoes it? What happens if he vetoes it before he signs it? These are puzzling questions that we may need the Supreme Court to eventually decide.

2:45 AM

Comments:
We might not win the war on terroism. We will win the war on terrorism. I oppose nation building. We need to build a new Iraq. I oppose a Department of Homeland Security. I'm for a Department of Homeland Security. I oppose the 9-11 commission. I support the 9-11 commission. I will not let Ms. Rice testify. I will let Ms. Rice testify. I'm a conservative. I'm a moderate. I never flip flop! GWB
 
We might not win the war on terroism. We will win the war on terrorism. I oppose nation building. We need to build a new Iraq. I oppose a Department of Homeland Security. I'm for a Department of Homeland Security. I oppose the 9-11 commission. I support the 9-11 commission. I will not let Ms. Rice testify. I will let Ms. Rice testify. I'm a conservative. I'm a moderate. I never flip flop! GWB
 
Post a Comment

Powered by Blogger Pro™