John Kerry Served in Viet Nam and I thank him for his service there.  He came back and Viet Nam Anti-war movement and I don't 

feel he honored the Solders that came after and went before him in Nam.  Now John Kerry is bring up the war again because he doesn't 

want to talk about his vote record in the senate.  Could it be that he is not on the side of the Military?  I could never vote for a man that 

will not let the Military defend The U.S. with the proper armament.  

He voted to kill the Bradley Fighting Vehicle
He voted to kill the M-1 Abrams Tank
He voted to kill every Aircraft carrier laid down from 1988
He voted to kill the Aegis anti aircraft system
He voted to Kill the F-15 strike eagle
He voted to Kill the Block 60 F-16
He voted to Kill the P-3 Orion upgrade
He voted to Kill the B-1
He voted to Kill the B-2
He voted to Kill the Patriot anti Missile system
He voted to Kill the FA-18
He voted to Kill the B-2
He voted to Kill the F117

In short, he voted to kill every military appropriation for the development and deployment of every weapons systems since 1988 to include the battle armor for our troops. With Kerry as president our Army will be made up of naked men running around with sticks and clubs.

He also voted to kill all anti terrorism activities of every agency of the U.S. Government and to cut the funding of the FBI by 60%, to cut
the funding for the CIA by 80%, and cut the funding for the NSA by 80%.

Senator John Kerry (D-MA) has voted for:

·         Authorization for use of force against Iraq (2002, Iraq War - Op. Iraqi Freedom)

·         Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Dept. of H.S.)

·         Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001

·         Motion to dismiss impeachment of Clinton (motion failed, nonbinding vote)

·         Authorization for air operations & missile strikes against Yugoslavia (Serbia)

·         Welfare reform

·         NAFTA

·         Resolution supporting Pres. George H.W. Bush's actions against Iraq in Gulf War

Kerry has voted against:

·         Supplemental funding for Iraq/Afganistan military & humanitarian efforts (2003)

·         Medicare Prescription Drug & Modernization Act of 2003

·         Partial Birth Abortion Act of 2003

·         Jobs and Growth Tax Act of 2003

·         Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002

·         Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001

·         Motion to table (kill) use of force authorization in Kosovo

·         Clinton obstruction of justice charge

·         Clinton perjury charge

·         Defense of Marriage Act

·         Authorization for use of force against Iraq (1990, Gulf War - Op. Desert Storm)

Zell's Right, Kerry's Wrong

by Joseph A. D'Agostino
Posted Sep 10, 2004

• When Kerry first ran for the Senate in 1984, he published a campaign document in which he promised to try to cancel "this year" all the weapons systems that Miller mentioned in his speech except the B-2 bomber and Trident missile.
  
  
• Kerry voted to cancel the B-2 bomber on Aug. 2, 1990 (roll call vote #208) and on Sept. 18, 1992 (roll call vote #216).
  
  
• Kerry voted on Aug. 11, 1995, to cancel funding for the Trident II nuclear missile for submarines (roll call vote #393).
  
  In a June 19, 2003, article in the Boston Globe, Kerry--now a wartime presidential candidate--admitted he had opposed the very weapons systems Zell Miller cited him for opposing. In this article, Kerry admitted some of his positions on weapons had been "ill-advised" and "stupid." But he still defended his opposition to some other weapons systems.
  
  "In his zeal to keep pace with [1984 Democratic primary opponent James] Shannon's leftward drift on disarmament," the Globe reported, "Kerry supported cancellation of a host of weapons systems that have become the basis of U.S. military might--the high-tech munitions and delivery systems on display to the world as they leveled the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein in a matter of weeks. These weapons became conversation topics at American dinner tables during the Iraq war, but candidate Kerry in 1984 said he would have voted to cancel many of them: the B-1 bomber, B-2 stealth bomber, AH-64 Apache helicopter, Patriot missile, the F-15, F-14A and F-14D jets, the AV-8B Harrier jet, the Aegis air-defense cruiser, and the Trident missile system.
  
  "He also advocated reductions in many other systems, such as the M1 Abrams tank, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, the Tomahawk cruise missile, and the F-16 jet," the Globe continued. "In retrospect, Kerry said some of his positions in those days were 'ill-advised, and I think some of them are stupid in the context of the world we find ourselves in right now and the things that I've learned since then.' But he defended his opposition at the time to the MX missile, the 'Star Wars' strategic defense initiative, and some other programs."
  
  The conclusion is irrefutable: Had Kerry actually succeeded in canceling the weapons systems he promised to fight to cancel when he was first elected to the Senate--or that he later specifically voted against in the Senate--every one of the weapons Miller listed Kerry as opposing would have been cancelled. The systems that in the words of the liberal Boston Globe became "the basis of U.S. military might" would not have been built.
  
  Ironically, it is Kerry's supporters who now want people to believe Kerry flip-flopped and actually supported the weapons he was elected vowing to oppose. Further, they argue that Kerry cannot be accused of "voting" against specific weapons systems merely because he sometimes voted against overall Defense authorizations or appropriations. Yet, this argument, implies that Kerry should not be credited for supporting specific weapons merely because he sometimes voted for overall Defense authorizations or appropriations.
  
  Interestingly enough, Kerry did vote for the Defense bill in 1985, his first year in the Senate. By the logic of Kerry's current supporters, that would mean he immediately betrayed his campaign pledges of 1984 and supported the very weapons systems he had just been elected opposing. Then, again, Kerry voted against the Defense authorization and appropriations bills in 1990 and 1995, and the Defense authorization in 1996.
  
  So, when should Kerry get credit for flip-flopping and abandoning the campaign promises that made him a senator? HUMAN EVENTS last week repeatedly asked the Kerry campaign if they could cite any instance between Kerry's 1984 campaign and 2003 interview with the Boston Globe in which Kerry ever expressly said he had changed his mind and now supported any of the weapons systems Miller listed in his Republican convention speech.
  
  The Kerry campaign took the question. But no one ever responded.
  
  

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