LAT:GOP Contrasts Kerry Votes with South's Values(RNC study)

[DeepModem Mom]

THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE
GOP Contrasts Kerry Votes With South's Values
A Republican National Committee study highlights his record on social issues such as gun control, gay marriage and abortion.

By Ronald Brownstein, Times Staff Writer


WASHINGTON — Republicans opened a potentially significant new front Thursday in their battle with Democrat John F. Kerry, launching their first broad assault against his views on abortion, gun control, gay marriage, the death penalty and other social issues.

Since Kerry effectively clinched his party's presidential nomination in early March, President Bush's campaign and the Republican National Committee have challenged him almost entirely over his record on taxes and national defense.

But a study released Thursday by the RNC also targeted the Massachusetts senator on cultural concerns, such as his opposition to banning a procedure some call partial-birth abortion and his vote against a measure that allowed states to disregard gay marriages performed outside their borders.

The study highlights Kerry's views on issues politically potent in the South, and it surfaced on the eve of a gathering of Southern Republicans that begins today in Miami....


http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-social16apr16,1,7716138.story?coll=la-home-politics

[JPace]

1. Above all else....

the South values jobs. Something the democrats
are able to produce and repugs send overseas.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. The goal is to convince Southerners, once again,

to vote against their economic interests.

[sniffa]

2. kerry doesn't taLk funny

kerry vaLues the separation of church & state.

kerry is gLad that the south Lost the 'war of northern aggression'.

kerry prefers F1 racing to nascar.