Rei writes:
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The democrats voted 2 to 1 against the DOMA. The Republicans voted 20:1 for it.
Um, not quite.
In the Senate, 53 Republicans voted for DOMA and 0 voted against. 14 Democrats voted against DOMA while 32 voted for it with 1 abstention.
In the House, 224 Republicans voted for DOMA and 1 voted against it (Gunderson...who's gay.) 118 Democrats voted for DOMA and 65 voted against it.
Thus, 277 Republicans voted for it while 1 voted against it. That's much more than 20:1.
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Even the Log Cabin republicans are refusing to endorse the Bush administration.
Yes, but they can't figure out that not endorsing anybody actually is a functional endorsement of Bush. The only way the Republicans will learn that Bush and people like him do not represent the Republican party is for people to actively court other people.
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I knew the sort of dirty tricks the people around him were famous for pulling (Rove bugging his own office, the horrible smear tactics against McCain in South Carolina, etc)... but I never thought he'd go as far as he did.
You mean flip-flop on funding the troops he was sending into harm's way?
That's right...Bush flip-flopped. He vetoed the bill before he signed it.
The original bill the Congress was voting on provided health and insurance benefits for veterans and sought to pay for the $87 billion in funding by removing the Bush tax cut on those earning more than $300,000 a year.
Bush threatened to veto this bill. This was the bill that Kerry voted for since it provided benefits for the troops and had a way to pay for what was needed.
But then the bill changed, the veterans' benefits were removed, the payment by revocation of the tax cut was yanked, and Bush signed it. This was the bill that Kerry voted against.
So if Kerry is a "flip-flopper" for voting for this bill before voting against it, then Bush is a flip-flopper for vetoing this bill before signing it.
Flip-flop, flip-flop....
Why does Bush hate veterans? What could cause a man to detest military servicemen so much that he would destroy their financial and medical lives after they got out?
[Hint: If Bush isn't a flip-flopper for wanting a bill that provided support for the troops in the way he wanted, then how is Kerry a flip-flopper for doing the same thing?]
Rrhain
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