John Kerry's America

[Typhoon1244]

Originally posted by 2000flyer
...a prime statement in [Kerry's] campaign is "I'm a war Hero!"

I've got to confess, I haven't been watching the Democrats that closely. Did Kerry really come out saying "I'm a war hero?" I find it hard to believe that kind of conceit would play well even with his more supportive audiences. (Calling yourself a "hero" ain't exactly humble.)

Did he really say that? What exactly did he say?

 

[FN FAL]

Kerry, like all Democrats, is anti-gun. That's all I need to know about him.

The far extreme right scares me almost as much as the liberals do, but till someone comes up with something better, I'm sticking with the party that stays out of my gun vault.

The insane Clinton Assault Weapon Ban of 1994 MUST go. It's typical of the feel good, do nothing legislature that Democrats try to jam down our throats, so they can go home at night and think they saved the country from it's own people.

The only good Democrats serve, is keeping Republicans on their toes, should they ever forget who it is they serve.

We just saw a Democrat governor defeat the concealed carry bill in our state. I must say as a gun rights activist, the eventual sunseting of the AW Bill of 94, was more of a priority to me than CCW. But it was funny watching the Democrats squirm.

This governor is going to get tossed out in the next election and here is what's so funny about his so called win over the CCW bill by veto. They ( the democrats ) had a chance of producing one of the most restrictive concealed carry laws ever designed. But, they eventually defeated the bill instead. Now the governor's term is up soon and he will be defeated. The Republicans will just bring the bill back, but it will be the Republican version. Less restrictive, more effective.

The Democrats had a chance to give the people what they wanted, they had a chance to have some control over it and make it as anally restrictive as they could make it. But no. They defeated the bill, and it will pass with ease during the next administration of our state. It will not be the Democrat version of the bill that prevails. It will be the Republican version.

 

[Typhoon1244]

Kerry, like all Democrats, is anti-gun.

All Democrats are anti-gun? Just like all Republicans are anti-abortion?

Wild exaggeration doesn't help credibility. (I know: I've been guilty of it before.)

 

[FN FAL]

hahaha...O.K. Insert the word "MOST"!

If it wasn't for the fact that there were a lot of Democrats FOR the CCW bill in our state, it would have never made a second chance at bat.

It was interesting to watch the whole process as it went along. As I said, CCW wasn't at the top of my list of must haves. The Governor won a small short term battle, but in the end they lost control over the issue in the long term. When the bill comes back, it will not be as restrictive as it could have been, had the Demcrats had a hand in getting it passed.

You are right, I must consider the Demcrats that were on the side of passing this CCW bill. Even if their ulterior motive was to have a hand in making it the most restrictive and un-effective CCW bill it could be.

 

[46Driver]

One of the reasons that I am looking hard at Edwards is that he is specific in his support for the 2nd Amendment. Also, because Republicans will control both houses of congress, a Democratic President will not be able to do anything radical. Finally, A Democratic President in 2004 means Hillary will not be able to run in 2008 like she is planning.

However, I will vote for Bush over Kerry without hesitation.

 

[FN FAL]

Good point 46 driver...Hillary absolutely, positively, MUST be kept out of the White House. Even If that means having a Democratic president. I don't know much about Edwards, but if he promises to allow the rediculous AW Bill of '94 to sunset and promises to not replace it with something even more ludicrust, I could see researching whether or not I could vote for him. Especially to keep Hillary out!

 

[GogglesPisano]

Kerry, like all Democrats, is anti-gun. That's all I need to know about him.
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So it's safe to say you're a single-issue type of voter.

 

[46Driver]

So it's safe to say you're a single-issue type of voter.

I'm not a single issue voter but some things have precedence over others. In this case, guns (and the protection of the 2nd Amendment) are higher on my priority list than anything ALPA says or does.

 

[2000flyer]

Can someone tell me why my last post with a link to a Kerry article was removed from this thread?

Regards,
2000Flyer

 

[Noam]

Although it appears as though the Republicians will portray John Kerry as a Northeast, anti-American, liberal...nothing could be farther from the truth.

Democrat vs. Republician. Bush vs. Kerry. They are all one in the same. Dare I say American democracy is a sham?

The New York Times
February 7, 2004
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Kerry's Special Friends
By DAVID BROOKS

John Kerry has been railing against the special interests, and I don't think that's very nice because it implies that some people's interests are not so special. I like to think that everybody's interests are special in their own way.

What's more, I think Kerry knows this, because if you look over his long career, you see that he loves all our interests, big and small, near or far. For example, a Chinese businesswoman named Liu Chaoying dreamed of having her company listed on a U.S. stock exchange. That's certainly a special dream.

Maybe as a little girl she would come home from school, gather up her little dollies and tell them about her dream of ringing the bell to start the trading day, or of having little Lucite tombstones on her desk to mark her mergers and acquisitions. Maybe some of the other little girls in school told her she'd never have a company on a U.S. exchange, because you know how cruel little kids can be.

But she had an interest, and to her it was the most specialest interest in the world. And she kept at it. And that cute little girl grew up to become a lieutenant colonel in China's People's Liberation Army, which is a very special army, even measured against the armies of other human rights-violating dictatorships. And what's more, she had a $300,000 bank account with funds supplied by the head of Chinese intelligence, which is certainly quite special indeed.

And Liu came to America in search of her dream, for this is the nation of dreams. And she went to see a most special man named Johnny Chung. And in July 1996, according to Newsweek, Chung took Liu to see his special friend John Kerry about her dream, and Kerry recognized its specialness. So his aides faxed over a letter to the S.E.C. about the dream, and the very next day Liu and Chung had a private briefing with a senior S.E.C. official about making her special dream come true.

And then a few weeks after that, Johnny Chung threw a fund-raiser for John Kerry in Beverly Hills. And John Kerry came away with $10,000 in contributions, and I like to think they were very special contributions. I like to think they were written on special designer checks, maybe with rainbows or kittens or Chinese long-range missile designs shaded on the back, because special dreams deserve special checks, and when a man as special as John Kerry takes up an interest, I think that makes it a special interest all by itself.

Liu Chaoying's interest was not the only interest John Kerry took a special interest in. According to The Associated Press, Kerry took a special interest in the insurance giant American International Group. When Senator John McCain proposed legislation that would have ended a federal contracting loophole benefiting A.I.G., Kerry did not look away, as others might have done. A loophole may not seem like much to you and me, but to A.I.G. it was a very special loophole — the cuddly kind of loophole you can hold under the blankets and tell your secrets to late at night. And according to The A.P., John Kerry preserved the little loophole. And by sheer coincidence, A.I.G. donated $30,000 to help start Kerry's presidential campaign.

While sitting on the commerce and finance committees, John Kerry has seen many interests, and you could forgive him if he didn't think they were all special. But Kerry has raised more money from Washington lobbyists than any other senator. He's raised over $30 million over the past nine years, and you just ask the folks in the telecom industry if he doesn't make them feel special.

You just ask David Paul, one of the big figures in the savings and loan scandal, if Kerry didn't make him feel special. You just ask the high-tech executive Bob Majumder how special Kerry made him feel, at least until Majumder was charged with 40 counts of conspiracy, witness tampering, fraud, tax evasion and illegal campaign contributions. You just ask the law firms, the brokerage houses, the oil companies, the H.M.O.'s and the drug companies, which have donated tens of thousands of dollars to Kerry.

Oh, he sometimes pretends that he doesn't care about our special interests. He puts on that callous populist facade. But deep down he cares. Maybe he cares too much. When he's out on the stump saying otherwise, he's just being a big old phony.