Earlier today, I sat through the new Bush ad in which he damns Kerry for not supporting our troops to a sufficient degree. The Bushies have been pushing this theme for a while, but this is the first time I got through the whole commercial without flipping channels. (Although I did flip the bird.) The worst charge: Kerry supposedly voted against providing our brave soldiers with body armor!
The Republicans no shame whatsoever. As we noted in a previous post (on March 26), it was the Bush administration that delayed the provision of individual body armor vests.
Kerry voted against an $87 million supplemental bill for the Iraq campaign. He made his reasoning clear during the primary debates: Instead of asking for still more funds from the tapped-out working and middle classes, Bush should have rescinded the tax cut on the wealthy to the tune of $87 million. Kerry wanted "our boys" to have the armor -- he just wanted W's wealthy brethren to pay their fair share.
In my March 26 piece, I made a public plea to Kerry's forces: Get out in front on the body armor issue. Now they will have to play defense precisely on the grounds that should have allowed for a punishing offense. Note to the new JFK: To paraphrase the previous JFK, you're the only thing standing between W and four more years. For God's sake, stop dropping the ball!
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