I don't have time to verify this message that's been making the rounds of newsgroups, but if it's true, Kerry has a good argument to counter persistent and simplistic GOP charges that he is a flip-flopper:
A caller to the Al Franken Show just made a brilliantly simple observation regarding Kerry's "flip-flop" on the $87 billion Iraq funding bill. Remember that Bush commercial that shows Kerry saying he actually voted for the funding bill before he voted against it? In fact he voted for the bill that would have paid for the funding by reducing the tax-cut to the top 2%, and he voted against the bill that would have paid for the funding by borrowing the money.
The caller observed that the Republicans, including George W, opposed the first bill and supported the second. In other words the Republicans voted against the funding bill before they voted for it. And Bush opposed the funding bill before he supported it. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Hopefully someone from the Kerry camp was listening and will make this response part of Kerry's repertoire. Let's be sure to add it to ours.
Also, let's point out that the $87B didn't pay for stuff like rifle scopes or body armor.
-Bob
Posted by: Mormon for America | July 27, 2004 at 06:51 PM