THE RAW DEAL: WILL THE REAL JOHN KERRY PLEASE STAND UP?
KERRY ON ABORTION:
Kerry Says He Believes "Life Does Begins At Conception." "But even as he tried to avoid making news Sunday, Kerry broke new ground in an interview that ran in the Dubuque, Iowa, Telegraph Herald. A Catholic who supports abortion rights and has taken heat from some in the church hierarchy for his stance, Kerry told the paper, 'I oppose abortion, personally. I don't like abortion. I believe life does begin at conception.'" (Jonathan Finer, "Kerry Says He Believes Life Starts At Conception," The Washington Post, 7/5/04)
KERRY ON GUN RIGHTS:
Kerry Brags About Hunting. "I go out with my trusty 12-gauge double-barrel, crawl around on my stomach. I track and move and decoy and play games and try to outsmart them. You know, you kind of play the wind. That's hunting," said Kerry. (Craig Gilbert, "Bringing candidate to life," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/5/04)
Kerry Received An "F" On The Most Recent National Rifle Association Report Card. (National Rifle Association, "NRA U.S. Senate Key Votes," 1985-2004)
KERRY ON VALUES:
Kerry Claims To Represent "Conservative Values." ‘I actually represent the conservative values that they feel,’ he told a television interviewer in Minnesota, citing his pledge to balance the federal budget and strengthen the country's standing internationally." (Matea Gold, "Kerry Gets a Little Bit Country in Bid for Rural Vote," LA Times, 7/3/04)
Nonpartisan National Journal Scored Kerry's Votes Most Liberal In Senate For 2003. Kerry scored a Senate-high 97% liberal rating for 2003, beating out Sens. Barbara Boxer (91), Hillary Clinton (89), Ted Kennedy (88), and Tom Daschle (80). (National Journal Website, "How They Measured Up," http://nationaljournal.com, 2/27/04)
KERRY ON FARMING:
Kerry Says Plowing Was His "Passion." "In fact, I lived on a farm as a younger kid. My parents when we lived in Massachusetts, we, we lived on a farm. And I learned my first cuss words sitting on a tractor with the guy who was driving it. But I, when I was twelve years old, my passion was being allowed to go out and sit on the John Deere and drive it around the field and plow. And I learned, as a kid, what it was like to look in back of me, and see those furrows, and see that pattern, and feel the sense of accomplishment, and end up dusty, and dirty, and tired, but feeling great looking back at the field that you'd plowed." (Sen. John Kerry, Remarks In Independence, WI, 7/3/04)
In 1996, Kerry Called To "Get Rid Of The Agriculture Department, Or At Least Render It Three Quarters The Size It Is Today." (Timothy J. Connolly and Mike Elfland, "Kerry Rips Into GOP On Budget," [Worchester, MA] Telegram & Gazette, 1/6/96)
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Bush-Cheney ’04 Communications
7/5/04
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