Stuck in the 70's

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-17-2004
Stuck in the 70's
3
Thu, 08-26-2004 - 6:10pm

"I called the media. . . . I said, 'If I take some crippled veterans down to the White House and we chain ourselves to the gates, will we get coverage?' 'Oh, yes, we will cover that.' "--John Kerry, testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, April 22, 1971


"Kerry is sending to Crawford former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia, a frequent companion of Kerry's on the campaign trail and a fellow Vietnam War veteran who lost three limbs during the war. Cleland . . . will try to deliver a letter protesting the ads to Bush at his heavily guarded ranch, Kerry aides said."--Reuters, Aug. 25, 2004


http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110005526

Renee ~~~

Renee ~~~

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-31-2003
Thu, 08-26-2004 - 10:09pm
Stuck in the 70's haze (from our tokin' commander in cheif): I've got MSNBC on behind me and they just played a clip of President Bush calling for the end of 527's. He urged John Kerry to do the same. He said they're bad (I'm paraphrasing) and that's why he signed the bill...(long pause while he searches his brain...) the McCain-Feingold bill. Poor Deborah Norville had to immediately clarify that "Actually McCain-Feingold CREATED the 527's" Hey George....pass the dutchie!

I'll bet no one runs a headline tomorrow that says "President Unclear on Specifics of Bill He Signed". Why? Because Bush gets a pass from the press. They all report on what they think he meant to say rather than what he said. It's madness. It's not a liberal media. It's a psychic media. Please, scour the newspapers tomorrow and see if anyone calls him on this. If Kerry made such an incredible error it would be the cover of the NY Post.

Does our President have any idea what he signed into law???

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-17-2004
Sat, 08-28-2004 - 9:13pm

<>


You won't see that headline because McCain Feingold didn't create 527s. They are a designation for certain non-profits in the tax code.

Renee ~~~

Renee ~~~

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-31-2003
Sat, 08-28-2004 - 10:17pm
You know, I've been waiting for you to call me out on that one. The day after I posted that I stopped and thought "Wait a minute...Deborah Norville is a complete twit!" and so I looked it up myself. Yup. McCain-Feingold did NOT create 527's (although it allowed them to persist, so Bush's statement still makes no sense...). I would have corrected it, but the thread had mercifully sunk to the bottom, where I was happy to let it lay.

I have this to say in my defense - What? Have you got nothing better to do on a Saturday night? ; )