What Do You Really Know About Kerry? How About George Soros? Do You Know Him?

[MagicMtnDan]

Senator John Kerry, Democrat from Massachusetts, says he is the strongest Presidential Candidate on National Defense ! He said check the record. If you do hereÂ’s what youÂ’ll learn:
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
He voted to kill every military appropriation for the development and deployment of every weapons systems since 1988, including a bill for battle armor for our troops.
He voted to kill all anti-terrorism activities of each and every agency of the U.S. Government.
He voted to cut the funding of the FBI by 60%.
He voted to cut the funding for the CIA by 80%.
He voted to cut the funding for the NSA by 80%.
THEN, and this is abhorrent to almost every American Voter be you Democrat, Republican or Independent, he voted to increase OUR funding for U.N operations by 800%!
Ask yourself Is THIS the person you want as President of these United States providing for the Common Defense of the Nation and be the Leader of the Free World ?
Voting history can be accessed through Senate voting records. The above is an accurate summary.
I do not know if you saw any part of the Democratic "Taking Back America" Convention – if you did you would have seen Hillary introduce George Soros as speaker – a man she called a "Great American".
Who is George Soros? George Soros is a Hungarian born naturalized American who made his fortune in dubious ways. He was tried in England for stock manipulation and almost brought down a couple of small countries with his money. With that said, hereÂ’s what he says he believes in:
1. God does NOT exist, therefore Christians are all extremist.
2. George Bush is a Christian, therefore, he MUST be defeated.
3. He equates the prison scandal in Iraq with the 9/11 terrorist attack on the USA.
4. He states all drugs should be legal.
5. He believes in abortion on demand.
6. He believes in euthanasia.
7. He thinks the majority of American voters are stupid, otherwise they would vote Democratic.
8. He has donated $16 million to "http://www.moveon.org/", an organization dedicated to bringing down our Commander in Chief. So much for campaign finance laws reform.
9. Stated he was prepared to spend $70 million to bring down Bush if necessary.
10. Stated he would destroy the American economy and put people out of work IF George Bush was reelected.
This man is the benefactor of John Kerry and the Democratic Party. Is this the party that has AmericaÂ’s best interest at heart?? I don't think so. It is all about liberal power that will ultimately destroy this country if we continue to elect people like Kerry, Kennedy, Clinton, Levin, Dashcle, Pelosi, and others.

[gnarley]

MMD, in the case of his voting do we know why he didn't vote on a particular bill? Just about every bill that enters the floor ends up getting so many trailer bills attached to it the original intent of the bill becomes overshadowed and the cost balloons immensely. If they could just stick to the bill without adding anything to it we would then find out what our Senators really think. No one here really cares why he voted the way he did, all that seems to matter is he voted against more military. Can you also publish what all those bills were in their entirety? You might have also voted against something if you read the entire bill and most Senators don't read the entire bill, their staffers do and brief the Senator on the contents. Maybe he is one of the few who actually read a bills contents??? And if all these bills passed whoÂ’s going to pay for it? What did we really need and what was absolutely necessary? I do feel he was out of line in voting to increase OUR funding of the U.N. with more of our money however! F the U.N.
Oh and by the way aren't there benefactors of Bush and the Republican Party? To imply that only one party or candidate has benefactors is hypocritical, IMO

[eliminatedsprinter]

MMD, in the case of his voting do we know why he didn't vote on a particular bill? Just about every bill that enters the floor ends up getting so many trailer bills attached to it the original intent of the bill becomes overshadowed and the cost balloons immensely. If they could just stick to the bill without adding anything to it we would then find out what our Senators really think. No one here really cares why he voted the way he did, all that seems to matter is he voted against more military. Can you also publish what all those bills were in their entirety? You might have also voted against something if you read the entire bill and most Senators don't read the entire bill, their staffers do and brief the Senator on the contents. Maybe he is one of the few who actually read a bills contents??? And if all these bills passed whoÂ’s going to pay for it? What did we really need and what was absolutely necessary? I do feel he was out of line in voting to increase OUR funding of the U.N. with more of our money however! F the U.N.
You have a very good point here. On individual bills this is often an issue. Often a politition who has worked a a legislator can be cited as to have voted agianst something ie a tax cut and therefore falsly made to appear to oppose tax cuts, when in fact he or she didn't vote for that cut, because they voted for a larger one instead etc. That's why to be fair and objective you have to look at both what they voted agianst and for and take that legislators entire record into account. Unfortunatly Mr Kerry looks pretty bad when this is done to his record. He has consistantly voted to cut vital defense and intellegence programs and you really can't find any that he has much supported. It's the same with tax cuts and increases, he votes against the cuts and for the increases. From what I've seen, the deeper you look at Senator Kerry's voting record the worse he looks, for both the safety of my family and my wallet....
So when Senator Kerry says check the record, that is one time I'd listen to him. Because, when he says that, he knows 90+ percent of us will not bother and never have....
The big gamble the Dems have made is that they are banking on the fact that voters will vote for him based on his sober and moderate appearance and current tone as a speaker (and of course his official war record). They are giong to great lengths to de-emphasize and obfiscate his congressional record.

[HighRoller]

I found out an interesting tidbit about Kerry the other night. He was appointed several years ago to head a commission on P.O.W.'s in Vietnam. Two years later when the commission was disbanded, a Company named Collier International was awarded a multi million dollar contract with Vietnam to rebuild, renew and renovate several cities in Vietnam. The man who runs Collier Int'l is John Kerry's cousin. So much for Haliburton......

[AzDon]

I found out an interesting tidbit about Kerry the other night. He was appointed several years ago to head a commission on P.O.W.'s in Vietnam. Two years later when the commission was disbanded, a Company named Collier International was awarded a multi million dollar contract with Vietnam to rebuild, renew and renovate several cities in Vietnam. The man who runs Collier Int'l is John Kerry's cousin. So much for Haliburton......
Okay, This is interesting.... Was this Collier international the only bidder? Did the U.S. taxpayers pay for this work? If so, how was the spending approved? Telling someone where they might compete for a contract falls a bit short of insider trading.
If it's a contract awarded without competition that has the appearance of personal sheparding (like Haliburton's) then it becomes a REAL issue and not just mudslinging!

[HighRoller]

AZDon, if you are as knowledgeable about Gov't affairs as you claim, you know that "no-bid" contracts are very common with our Government. Also, please name the multitude of companies that could handle a job of the size and scope that was proposed. Finally, what exactly is Dick Cheney's connection to Haliburton? Last time I checked, he didn't own any stock and didn't collect a paycheck from them. Maybe, like you said, he just told them to ask the government for the job.
You crack me up, Don. Here you have Cheney, whose net worth is probably a hundredth of John Kerry's, and you are acting like the Republicans stole all the money from the whole country. What about Kerry living off of the dividends from a "foreign" company while saying we need more jobs here at home? Whatever meager amount of money Bush and Cheney have earned,(by the Kerry standard)at least they worked for it. Kerry got his by saying "I do."

[058]

If Soros believes in euthanasia then he should set an example and euthanize himself. This guy is scary.

[HighRoller]

He, along with John and Theresa Heinz Kerry and the Clintons are part of the One World gov't crowd. They are socialists in Democrat garb who think Fidel Castro is a hero and Cuba is "paradise".

[eliminatedsprinter]

Cheney left public service with knowledge, and skills, etc ,that were of great value to Haliburton. They wisely hired him and he used those assets to make Haliburton and himself tons of dough etc... Somehow that is a bad thing....Haliburton knew he could do the job they wanted him to and he got very rich as a result of it. Cheney and the Bush administration knew Haliburton was the best qualified co to contract the job they wanted them to do. It seems to me that Haliburton used Cheneys abilities to further their best intrest when he worked for them and it seems to me that Cheney and the Bush Administration are using Haliburtons abilities (which he knows from direct expieriance they have) to further our intrestes in Iraq. Oh yes there is evil afoot imagine a government official actually hiring a contractor that he knew something about for a job, oh the humanity! Where will it stop... :2purples: My god man, Hailburton might actually have been the most qualified to do it rather than the lowest minority bid.... :2purples:

[MagicMtnDan]

Oh and by the way aren't there benefactors of Bush and the Republican Party? To imply that only one party or candidate has benefactors is hypocritical, IMO
While you're so busy standing up for the Democrats and defending Soros and the others, why don't you tell me who, what single entity, is putting as much money, time and energy into the Republican party as George Soros is putting into the Dems?!
And while you're at it - tell me who is as scary as Soros. Do you even know about him?