Margolis Fails Spin 101: Don't Provide the Info That Proves You Wrong

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Matt reprints this agitprop piece on Kerry at Blogs For Bush.

John Kerry Voted Against the B-1 Bomber. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)

John Kerry Voted Against the B-2 Stealth Bomber. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)

John Kerry Voted Against the F-14. (H. R. 5803, CQ Vote #319: Adopted 80-17: R 37-6; D 43-11, 10/26/90, Kerry Voted Nay)

John Kerry Voted Against the F-15. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)

John Kerry Voted Against the F-16. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)

John Kerry Voted Against the AV-8B Harrier Vertical Takeoff And Landing Jet Fighters. (H.R. 2126, CQ Vote #579: Adopted 59-39: R 48-5; D 11-34, 11/16/95, Kerry Voted Nay)

John Kerry Voted Against AH-64 Apache Helicopters. (H.R. 2126, CQ Vote #579: Adopted 59-39: R 48-5; D 11-34, 11/16/95, Kerry Voted Nay)

John Kerry Voted Against Patriot Missiles. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)

John Kerry Voted Against the Aegis Air Defense Cruiser. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)

John Kerry Voted Against the Trident Missile System For U.S. Submarines. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)

John Kerry Voted Against the M-1 Abrams Tanks. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)

John Kerry Voted Against the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)

John Kerry Voted Against the Tomahawk Cruise Missile. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)

Curiously, he doesn't link back to the RNC website, although he's obviously just cut-and-pasted. If he had actually compiled the list, he might have noticed that ten of these "votes" are actually one single vote, against S. 3189 in 1990. Two others are a single vote against H.R. 2126. The information is right there. So this impressive looking list of Kerry "votes" against defense programs dwindles to a wimpy little three votes.

Three votes is all that they've got against Kerry in his "32 years of cutting defense spending and programs". That's one vote per decade. But that wouldn't have been nearly as impressive as listing a few individual programs, and mixing them up to kind of hide the actual number of Senate bills involved.

Curiously enough, I've found a similar list of my own, drawn up against my own mother back in 1976, the Bicentenial Year its own self:

Mama Voted Against Pancakes for Breakfast (June 14, 1976, F. 318, Failed 0-1)

Mama Voted Against Waffles for Breakfast (June 14, 1976, F. 318, Failed 0-1)

Mama Voted Against Cartoons on Sunday Morning (May 7, 1976, F. 247, Failed 0-1)

Mama Voted Against Me Wearing Superman Cape To School (October 16, 1976, F. 1674, Failed 0-1)

Mama Voted Against Capt'n Crunch For Breakfast (June 14, 1976, F. 318, Failed 0-1)

Mama Voted Against Going Out To Hardee's For Breakfast (June 14, 1976, F. 318, Failed 0-1)

Mama Voted Against Reading Comic Books on Sunday Morning (May 7, 1976, F. 247, Failed 0-1)

Mama Voted Against Cinnamon Toast For Breakfast (June 14, 1976, F. 318, Failed 0-1)

Mama Voted Against Cheese Toast For Breakfast (June 14, 1976, F. 318, Failed 0-1)

Mama Voted Against Bacon and Eggs for Breakfast (June 14, 1976, F. 318, Failed 0-1)

Mama Voted Against Pigs in Blankets for Breakfast (June 14, 1976, F. 318, Failed 0-1)

Mama Voted Against Hashbrowns for Breakfast (June 14, 1976, F. 318, Failed 0-1)

Mama Voted Against Not Eating Breakfast (June 14, 1976, F. 318, Failed 0-1)

How un-American can you get? I mean, the woman voted against bacon and eggs.

UPDATE: Why did John Kerry vote against the 1990 Defense Appropriations Bill? Because he felt that less funding should be spent on massive war profiteer entitlements and more on issues that affect everyday Americans:

Sponsored an amendment to authorize the transfer of $400,000,000 of the funds authorized to be appropriated for the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) for drug treatment, pregnant women, and veterans health programs [S.Amdt. 2590]

Kerry's record on Women's Rights (.pdf file)

That's right. John Kerry voted FOR pregnant women, veterans, and recovering drug addicts when he voted AGAINST more money for the SDI money pit.

But you won't hear that from Matt Margolis.