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In reply to the discussion: Kerry COVERS UP Iraq War Falsifications [View all]karynnj
(61,071 posts)He spoke out in January 2003 at Georgetown University - saying not to rush to war - to let the inspectors finish and to exhaust diplomacy. (Here is a DU link to the National Review article written basting Kerry as anti-war. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3358606&mesg_id=3358606
As to speaking out in February 2003, Kerry was in the hospital being treated for cancer. The Senate resolution was in support of the US troops and it got 99 votes - with only Zell Miller not voting! http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=1&vote=00061 The sponsor of the bill was Frist and he had 98 co-sponsors -
S.RES.95
Latest Title: A resolution commending the President and the Armed Forces of the United States of America.
Sponsor: Sen Frist, William H. [TN] (introduced 3/20/2003) Cosponsors (98)
Latest Major Action: 3/20/2003 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 99 - 0. Record Vote Number: 61.
COSPONSORS(98), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] - 3/20/2003
Sen Alexander, Lamar [TN] - 3/20/2003
Sen Allard, Wayne [CO] - 3/20/2003
Sen Allen, George [VA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Baucus, Max [MT] - 3/20/2003
Sen Bayh, Evan [IN] - 3/20/2003
Sen Bennett, Robert F. [UT] - 3/20/2003
Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] - 3/20/2003
Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] - 3/20/2003
Sen Bond, Christopher S. [MO] - 3/20/2003
Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Breaux, John B. [LA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Brownback, Sam [KS] - 3/20/2003
Sen Bunning, Jim [KY] - 3/20/2003
Sen Burns, Conrad R. [MT] - 3/20/2003
Sen Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [CO] - 3/20/2003
Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Carper, Thomas R. [DE] - 3/20/2003
Sen Chafee, Lincoln [RI] - 3/20/2003
Sen Chambliss, Saxby [GA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 3/20/2003
Sen Cochran, Thad [MS] - 3/20/2003
Sen Coleman, Norm [MN] - 3/20/2003
Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] - 3/20/2003
Sen Conrad, Kent [ND] - 3/20/2003
Sen Cornyn, John [TX] - 3/20/2003
Sen Corzine, Jon S. [NJ] - 3/20/2003
Sen Craig, Larry E. [ID] - 3/20/2003
Sen Crapo, Mike [ID] - 3/20/2003
Sen Daschle, Thomas A. [SD] - 3/20/2003
Sen Dayton, Mark [MN] - 3/20/2003
Sen DeWine, Mike [OH] - 3/20/2003
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] - 3/20/2003
Sen Dole, Elizabeth [NC] - 3/20/2003
Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM] - 3/20/2003
Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] - 3/20/2003
Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] - 3/20/2003
Sen Edwards, John [NC] - 3/20/2003
Sen Ensign, John [NV] - 3/20/2003
Sen Enzi, Michael B. [WY] - 3/20/2003
Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] - 3/20/2003
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Fitzgerald, Peter [IL] - 3/20/2003
Sen Graham, Bob [FL] - 3/20/2003
Sen Graham, Lindsey [SC] - 3/20/2003
Sen Grassley, Chuck [IA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Gregg, Judd [NH] - 3/20/2003
Sen Hagel, Chuck [NE] - 3/20/2003
Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] - 3/20/2003
Sen Hollings, Ernest F. [SC] - 3/20/2003
Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] - 3/20/2003
Sen Inhofe, James M. [OK] - 3/20/2003
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - 3/20/2003
Sen Jeffords, James M. [VT] - 3/20/2003
Sen Johnson, Tim [SD] - 3/20/2003
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] - 3/20/2003
Sen Kyl, Jon [AZ] - 3/20/2003
Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] - 3/20/2003
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] - 3/20/2003
Sen Levin, Carl [MI] - 3/20/2003
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 3/20/2003
Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] - 3/20/2003
Sen Lott, Trent [MS] - 3/20/2003
Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] - 3/20/2003
Sen McCain, John [AZ] - 3/20/2003
Sen McConnell, Mitch [KY] - 3/20/2003
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] - 3/20/2003
Sen Miller, Zell [GA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Murkowski, Lisa [AK] - 3/20/2003
Sen Murray, Patty [WA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Nelson, Bill [FL] - 3/20/2003
Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin [NE] - 3/20/2003
Sen Nickles, Don [OK] - 3/20/2003
Sen Pryor, Mark L. [AR] - 3/20/2003
Sen Reed, Jack [RI] - 3/20/2003
Sen Reid, Harry [NV] - 3/20/2003
Sen Roberts, Pat [KS] - 3/20/2003
Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] - 3/20/2003
Sen Santorum, Rick [PA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Sarbanes, Paul S. [MD] - 3/20/2003
Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 3/20/2003
Sen Sessions, Jeff [AL] - 3/20/2003
Sen Shelby, Richard C. [AL] - 3/20/2003
Sen Smith, Gordon H. [OR] - 3/20/2003
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 3/20/2003
Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] - 3/20/2003
Sen Stevens, Ted [AK] - 3/20/2003
Sen Sununu, John E. [NH] - 3/20/2003
Sen Talent, Jim [MO] - 3/20/2003
Sen Thomas, Craig [WY] - 3/20/2003
Sen Voinovich, George V. [OH] - 3/20/2003
Sen Warner, John [VA] - 3/20/2003
Sen Wyden, Ron [OR] - 3/20/2003
There are tons of things to dispute here - because this article maybe exceeds the level of cherry picking that Bush did in his intelligence estimate.