Reply #12: Actually I have posted several of these on (mostly on GD:Politics-

[Douglas Carpenter]

-mostly inside threads) comparing both Democrats to Democrats and usually using McCain as the benchmark since he is commonly viewed as a "moderate" Republican.

Here is a compilation of some -- all extracted from previous post of mine:

this is courtesy of project vote smart - link:

http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm
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2004 Representative Kucinich supported the interests of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 67 percent in 2004.

"2004 Senator Baucus (Democrat - Montana) supported the interests of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Feinstein supported the interests of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 33 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Lieberman supported the interests of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 33 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 0 percent in 2004.
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2004 Representative Kucinich supported the interests of the Peace Action 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Baucus supported the interests of the Peace Action 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Feinstein supported the interests of the Peace Action 88 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the Peace Action 13 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Lieberman supported the interests of the Peace Action 38 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the Peace Action 13 percent in 2004.
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2004 Representative Kucinich supported the interests of the National Abortion Reproductive Rights Action League 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Baucus supported the interests of the National Abortion Reproductive Rights Action League 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Feinstein supported the interests of the National Abortion Reproductive Rights Action League 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the National Abortion Reproductive Rights Action League 100 percent in 2004

2004 Senator Lieberman supported the interests of the National Abortion Reproductive Rights Action League 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the National Abortion Reproductive Rights Action League 0 percent in 2004.
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2003-2004 Representative Kucinich supported the interests of the American Civil Liberties Union 93 percent in 2003-2004.

2004 Senator Baucus supported the interests of the AFL-CIO 92 percent in 2004

2003-2004 Senator Feinstein supported the interests of the American Civil Liberties Union 78 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the American Civil Liberties Union 100 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator Lieberman supported the interests of the American Civil Liberties Union 83 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the American Civil Liberties Union 22 percent in 2003-2004.
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2004 Representative Kucinich supported the interests of the Americans for Democratic Action 90 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Baucus supported the interests of the Americans for Democratic Action 85 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Feinstein supported the interests of the Americans for Democratic Action 100 percent in 2004

2004 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the Americans for Democratic Action 25 percent in 2004.2003 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the Americans for Democratic Action 85 percent in 2003.

2004 Senator Lieberman supported the interests of the Americans for Democratic Action 75 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the Americans for Democratic Action 35 percent in 2004.
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2004 Representative Kucinich supported the interests of the AFL-CIO 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Baucus supported the interests of the AFL-CIO 92 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Feinstein supported the interests of the AFL-CIO 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the AFL-CIO 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Lieberman supported the interests of the AFL-CIO 83 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the AFL-CIO 33 percent in 2004.
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2004 Representative Kucinich supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 93 percent in 2004

2004 Senator Baucus supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 73 percent in 2004

2004 Senator Feinstein supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 50 percent in 2004. 2003 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 102 percent in 2003.

2004 Senator Lieberman supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 92 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 9 percent in 2004.
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2003-2004 Representative Kucinich supported the interests of the National Education Association 88 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator Baucus supported the interests of the National Education Association 85 percent in 2003-2004

2003-2004 Senator Feinstein supported the interests of the National Education Association 90 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the National Education Association 100 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator Lieberman supported the interests of the National Education Association 88 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the National Education Association 35 percent in 2003-2004.
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2003-2004 Representative Kucinich supported the interests of the Human Rights Campaign 100 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator Baucus supported the interests of the Human Rights Campaign 50 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator Feinstein supported the interests of the Human Rights Campaign 75 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the Human Rights Campaign 100 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator Lieberman supported the interests of the Human Rights Campaign 88 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the Human Rights Campaign 25 percent in 2003-2004.
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2003-2004 Representative Kucinich supported the interests of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 100 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator Baucus supported the interests of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 100 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator Feinstein supported the interests of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 89 percent in 2003-2004

2003-2004 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 100 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator Lieberman supported the interests of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 95 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 14 percent in 2003-2004.
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2003 Representative Kucinich supported the interests of the Arab American Institute 100 percent in 2003.

2004 Senator Baucus supported the interests of the Arab American Institute 0 percent in 2004

2004 Senator Feinstein supported the interests of the Arab American Institute 67 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the Arab American Institute 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Lieberman supported the interests of the Arab American Institute 50 percent in 2004

2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the Arab American Institute 0 percent in 2004.
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2004 Representative Kucinich supported the interests of the Family Research Council 0 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Baucus supported the interests of the Family Research Council 0 percent in 2004

2004 Senator Feinstein supported the interests of the Family Research Council 0 percent in 2004

2004 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the Family Research Council 0 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Lieberman supported the interests of the Family Research Council 0 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the Family Research Council 67 percent in 2004.
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2004 Representative Kucinich supported the interests of the Christian Coalition 25 percent in 2004

2004 Senator Baucus supported the interests of the Christian Coalition 0 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Feinstein supported the interests of the Christian Coalition 0 percent in 2004

2004 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the Christian Coalition 0 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Lieberman supported the interests of the Christian Coalition 0 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the Christian Coalition 83 percent in 2004.
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2004 Representative Kucinich supported the interests of the American Conservative Union 0 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Baucus supported the interests of the American Conservative Union 29 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Feinstein supported the interests of the American Conservative Union 4 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Kerry supported the interests of the American Conservative Union 0 percent in 2004.

2004 Senator Lieberman supported the interests of the American Conservative Union 0 percent in 2004

2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the American Conservative Union 72 percent in 2004.
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Now I will end with a 1996 quote from Noam Chomsky on why he was voting for Clinton's reelection and not for Nader:

from: Understanding Power by Noam Chomsky page 337

"I mean, I'll vote for Clinton, holding my nose--but the reason has nothing at all to do with big policy issues; there I can't see too much difference. What it has to do with are things like who's going to get to appoint the judiciary happens to have a big effect on people's lives....
They may be small policy differences when you look at the big picture--but remember, there's a huge amount of power out there, and small policy differences implementing a huge amount of power can make a big difference in people's lives....Okay, that makes a lot of difference for people whose kids are hungry in downtown Boston"

Of course that was in 1996. Since the first administration of Bush jr. it is clear that Dr. Chomsky considers the current Republican Party with its fundamentalist base and its influence on domestic policy and neoconservative influence on foreign policy to represent a significant departure from what had been bi-partisan consensus into a whole new and much more dangerous direction thus increasing the differences between the two parties