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October 12, 2004
LIBERAL!!! LIBERAL!!!
As others like New Donkey have predicted, Bush is resorting to the triedest and truest trick in the GOP playbook -- "HE'S A LIBERAL! MOST LIBERAL SENATOR!!!".
Well, OK, whatever. Isn't it just a wee bit disingenuous to level that charge when for better (Democracy promotion) and for worse (huge deficits, huge increases in government spending, huge increases in government entitlement spending) you yourself have somewhat less than a conservative record?
Interestingly, one of the National Journal votes that they used to rank Kerry was on a balanced budget requirement. Kerry voted in favor of it -- and National Journal marks this as a liberal vote. Um, excuse me? Since when exactly? Until very recently "liberals" supported increased federal spending especially if that meant going into deficit.
It seems, basically, that National Journal actually ranked Kerry the most Democratic senator. If a majority of Democrats voted for something it is the "liberal" vote and if Republicans voted for it, the "conservative" vote. Since Kerry has been campaigning, he has mostly cast procedural votes -- which usually break along party line. So it's not surprising.
Posted by Chris at October 12, 2004 05:12 PM
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