<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Kerry: America First!</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#000000">But, notwithstanding all that, I'm also surprised you put so much stock in ADA Senatorial scores.</font></blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#000000"><br></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#000000">I'm not endorsing the ADA (that's Max's job), but it's a venerable and reasonably "objective" measure. Do you have any evidence of Kerry's deep GOPness aside from a feeling?</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#000000"><br></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#000000">Doug</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><font color="#000000">From a local DSA activist</font> Rick Wilhelm<font color="#000000">:</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">*****  </font> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 21:45:30 -0800</div> <div>From: Rick Wilhelm</div> <div>Subject: [C-JwJ] Six issues and how the candidates stand</div> <div>To: columbuslabor@topica.com . . .</div> <div><br></div> <div>I have compiled a chart on the Democratic candidates on 6 major issues, combining NAFTA and Fast Track into one for scoring.  The chart and explanations can be accessed here: <a href="http://dsco1.tripod.com/issues.htm" >http://dsco1.tripod.com/issues.htm</a></div> <div> </div> <div>It was surprising to me, in compiling this chart, that Kerry, on these five issues, has a worse record than Lieberman.  I have included Carol Moseley Braun and Dick Gephardt.  The issues are: NAFTA and Fast Track, the Welfare Reform Bill of 1996, the Patriot Act, the Millionaire tax cuts, and the Iraq War Resolution.</div> <div> </div> <div>Rick Wilhelm<font color="#000000">   *****</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">*****   1) Welfare Reform Bill of 1996 . . .</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Kerry Voted For W.R. Bill   </font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Howard Dean Supports W.R. Bill . . .</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br> John Kerry: On the domestic front, after his New Hampshire victory, Kerry boasted to CNN viewers that he voted for the 1996 "welfare reform" law -- which amounts to class war against low-income mothers.  (Normon Solomon quote.)  Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0130-10.htm</font><br> <font color="#000000"></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Howard Dean: Likewise, Howard Dean also supported that draconian measure. On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, Dean talked about the welfare law as a terrific booster of self-esteem for poor moms -- even though the law is pushing them out of the home into dead-end minimum wage jobs.  (Normon Solomon quote.)  Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0130-10.htm . . .</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">2) Patriot Act of 2001 . . .</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Kerry Voted For Act . . .</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">3) Iraq War Resolution . . .</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Kerry Voted for Resolution . . .</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Kerry:  Voted for Iraq War Resolution.  Has defended that position many times.  Now says Bush should have "explored all other options first."  However, in his statement on the floor of Congress, he was obviously looking for a good reason, since he said in part: "Why is Saddam Hussein attempting to develop nuclear weapons when most nations don't even try, and responsible nations that have them attempt to limit their potential for disaster?"  The evidence was slim to none for that statement, as was common knowledge in the halls of Congress that the statement had no merit.  Kerry's statement supporting the war was full of hypocrisy.  Kerry's full statement can be assessed here:  http://www.independentsforkerry.org/uploads/media/kerry-iraq.html . . .</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br> 4a & 4b) Fast Track Trade Authority / NAFTA</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Source: http://www.cwa-union.org/international/ftaa/congress_votes.asp . . .</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Kerry Voted for Fast Track in 97/98, 2001, 2002.  Supports NAFTA . . .</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">5) Millionaire Tax Cuts . . .</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Kerry Did not vote . . .</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000">Progressive Scorecard explanation<br> <br> Why these issues were chosen / Scoring</font><br> </div> <div><font color="#000000">The Welfare Reform issue was chosen frankly because it is an important issue to me.  I feel it shows a brazen contempt for the less fortunate, and was a defining moment for the lengths the Clinton Administration would go to gain re-election.  Each issue counts 20 points. . . .</font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><http://dsco1.tripod.com/issues.htm>   *****</font></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div>Yoshie<br> <br> * Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/><br> * Calendars of Events in Columbus: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>, <http://www.freepress.org/calendar.php>, & <http://www.cpanews.org/><br> * Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/><br> * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osudivest.org/><br> * Al-Awda-Ohio: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio><br> * Solidarity: <http://www.solidarity-us.org/></div> </body> </html>