Beyond negativity- the partial truth lie of Kerry missing 38 Intel meeting

[papau]

Beyond negativity- it is a partial truth lie - of about 400 meetings,38 or so (of 49) are the only ones that count. Bush and his cabinet missed all of the counterterrorism meetings from the day he took office until after 9/11, when it was too late.

Amazing that our Media does not at some point feel so dirty that they need to say that these ads are lies - or partial truth only.

But our media seems to look at their paycheck and find that they can tolerate GOP lies.

God forbid a Dem statement without enough qualifiers, however.

THE REALITY
Fact Check: John Kerry has supported $200 billion in intelligence funding over the past seven years – a 50 percent increase since 1996.

FY03 Intel Authorization $39.3-$41.3 Billion*
<2002, Unanimous Senate Voice Vote 9/25/02>

FY02 Intel Authorization $33 Billion*
<2001, Unanimous Senate Voice Vote 12/13/01>

FY01 Intel Authorization $29.5-$31.5 Billion*
<2000, Unanimous Senate Voice Vote 12/6/00>

FY00 Intel Authorization $29-$30 Billion*
<1999, Unanimous Senate Voice Vote 11/19/1999>

FY99 Intel Authorization $29.0 Billion*
<1998, Unanimous Senate Voice Vote 10/8/98>

FY98 Intel Authorization $26.7 Billion*
<1997, Senate Roll Call Vote #109>

FY97 Intel Authorization $26.6 Billion*
<1996, Unanimous Senate Voice Vote 9/25/96>

9/29/1995 Arlen Specter and Bob Kerrey sought to strip the intelligence budget of its pet projects and pork, and shift our intelligence from the cold war to the threat of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The same day that John Kerry proposed to cut the intelligence budget, Senators Specter and Kerrey introduced a similar bill, which passed by a bipartisan voice vote. S.AMDT.2881 to S.922: To reduce the total amount of funds authorized to be appropriated for the National Reconnaissance Office to offset the availability of certain prior year appropriations. <9/29/1995: Proposed by Senator Coats for Senator Specter. Agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.>


1997: Long Before Bush Had Heard of Taliban (or Afghanistan?) Kerry Was Warning the Nation About the Taliban's Connection to Terrorism "In the autumn of 1996, Taliban fighters, Islamic fundamentalists who had taken over Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul, executed the last Soviet installed leader of the country and called for a return to Islamic purity and a repudiation of opium trafficking. But Western intelligence analysts immediately detected evidence that the public statements were a sham to mask continued smuggling by the Taliban forces." (The New War, Kerry, 1997, p.97)

[LittleApple81]

1. Ok. We know. But do other Americans know? The ad blitz is coming.

If they repeat it enough and with cooperation from the media who transmits it for free (on the pretext of discussion) are we in a position to clarify and contradict?

[coloradodem2005]

2. We need to spread the word on this.

n/t

[Catt03]

3. How?

What would get the most coverage.

How about MoveOn.org doing some quick ads and saturate the airwaves and bill boards?