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And I'm incredibly disappointed to see the old IWR and Patriot Act shit drug out by Clark people. I really thought you guys had more integrity than that.
It could be argued, I think, that voting FOR the IWR, in Kerry's case at least, was the "principled" act, depending on whether his constituents were for or against it. I know a LOT of liberals were against it, and if he was at that time contemplating a Presidential run, he had to have KNOWN it would hurt him. My question is not about whether OTHERS thought those votes were right or wrong, but whether HE did, and I'll thank you not to question MY integrity for bringing the issue up.
The question STILL REMAINS - and not just on those votes, if those are your sticking points - take NCLB, Homeland Security, the tax cuts - ANY of those bills that the Republicans essentially "dared" Democrats to vote against with the threat of using it against them in their next election. Look at Max Cleland. He thought the Homeland Security bill was WRONG, and refused to vote to end the fillibuster. It was the RIGHT THING TO DO and it cost him his Senate seat.
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