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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-04 03:34 PM
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Can anyone help me debunk this list in response to an email a friend sent me.

He voted to kill the Bradley Fighting Vehicle
>
> He voted to kill the M-1 Abrams Tank
>
> He voted to kill every aircraft carrier laid down
> from 1988
>
> He voted to kill the Aegis anti aircraft system
>
> He voted to Kill the F-15 Strike Eagle
>
> He voted to Kill the Block 60 F-16
>
> He voted to Kill the P-3 Orion upgrade
>
> He voted to Kill the B-1
>
> He voted to Kill the B-2
>
> He voted to Kill the Patriot Anti Missile System
>
> He voted to Kill the FA-18
>
> He voted to Kill the B-2
>
> He voted to Kill the F117
>
> In short, he voted to kill every military
> appropriation for the
> development and deployment of every weapons systems
> since 1988
> to include the battle armor for our troops. With
> Kerry as president our
> Army will be made up of naked men running around
> with sticks and clubs.

>
> He also voted to kill all anti terrorism activities
> of every
> agency of the U.S. Government and to cut the funding
> of the FBI by 60%,
> to cut
> the funding for the CIA by 80%, and cut the funding
> for the NSA
> by 80%.
>
> But then he voted to increase OUR funding for U.N
> operations by
> 800%!!!
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carpediem Donating Member (700 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-04 03:36 PM
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1. Snopes
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Massacure Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-04 03:36 PM
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2. Try snopes
Edited on Wed Jul-28-04 03:37 PM by Massacure
http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/weapons.asp

edit: lol, I always get beat to this kind of thing.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-04 03:37 PM
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3. Ask him his source.
Edited on Wed Jul-28-04 03:40 PM by Richardo
That'll shut him up.

...and always, ALWAYS snopes.

(BTW, John McCain, ON HANNITY'S SHOW, also said that by this misleading assertion, he also "voted against" all of these weapons systems.)
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annxburns Donating Member (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-04 03:37 PM
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4. Right here
... check this

http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/weapons.asp

Debunked on snopes, fer chrissake.

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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-28-04 03:44 PM
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5. Who, Dick Cheney?
I always get confused about who these emails are about.
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