Zell hates when we call the troops occupiers. Bush called us occupiers.

[bigtree]

Bush:

"Some citizens are fearful of stepping up. And they were happy -- they're not happy they're occupied. I wouldn't be happy if I were occupied either."

April 13, 2004 press conference

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040413-20.html

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Zell hates when we call

Yeah.... goes to show just how informed old Zell from Hell really is.

I suggest he read the following.... and the dirt on the gas taxes, and many other things are fully explained here.... in essence... the GOP is filled with liars who twist the facts to suit their agenda.

http://www.bushlies.net/pages/10/

BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLES: The Kerry Record

Kerry has supported at least $8.5 billion in defense authorizations for the Bradley program



THE CHENEY RECORD: Bush-Cheney Budget Terminated The Bradley. “Major weapons killed include the Army's M-2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, the Navy's Trident submarine and F-14 aircraft, and the Air Force's F-16 airplane. Cheney decided the military already has enough of these weapons.”



BLACKHAWK HELICOPTERS:
The Kerry Record

Kerry has supported at least $13 billion in defense authorizations on versions of the Blackhawk.



THE CHENEY RECORD: “Terminate The Black Hawk. The Pentagon’s internal budget deliberations recommended termination of the Black Hawk program under Secretary Cheney.”



B-2 BOMBER:
The Kerry Record

Kerry has supported over $16.7 billion in defense authorizations for the B-2 program



THE CHENEY RECORD: Cheney Proposed Cuts to B-2 Program, According to the RNC, B-2s Were Crucial to Operation Iraqi Freedom. According to the Boston Globe, in 1990, “Defense Secretary Richard Cheney announced a cutback… of nearly 45 percent in the administration's B-2 Stealth bomber program, from 132 airplanes to 75…”


F/A-18 FIGHTER JETS: The Kerry Record

Kerry supported at least $60 billion in defense authorizations for the F/A-18 and F-18



THE CHENEY RECORD: Cutbacks Hit Industry Hard: Workers and the industry were hit hard by Cheney’s decision for “major cuts” in the F/A-18 program and upgrades to the F-18 in the late 1980s



PATRIOT MISSILE SYSTEM:
The Kerry Record

Kerry supported at least $10 billion in defense authorizations for the Patriot program.



SOURCES ON KERRY SPENDING: Congressional Quarterly Almanacs, 1986-2002; House Armed Service Committee Authorization Conference Report Summaries; Conference Reports for Defense Authorizations, FY1986 – present.



See FACTCHECK.ORG “Latest Barrage Of Ads Repeats Misleading Claims That Kerry "Repeatedly Opposed" Mainstream Weapons” http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=177

[bigtree]

2. Looks like Zell was the one with the pea shooter

[miss_kitty]

3. i find it disturbing

that the rethugs have made it a SHAMEFUL thing to vote down money money for wasteful and outdated combat equipment. voting down funds for a dept (the pentagon) that can not or will not account for billions of taxpayers' $$$.

where's the shame for voting away veterans' benefits? funds for the arts and education? Federal housing assistance? meals for the poor? not coming up w/ universal healthcare?

this is absolutely sickening and backwards. ass-backwards

[bigtree]

4. Indeed

Most of these cuts were a result of a moment of reason when we discovered that Reagan had exaggerated the Soviet threat and we were swamped with weapons systems we didn't need or use, carriers that we couldn't man, and a nuclear policy without a credible threat due to the fall of the communist state. Now we are being sold the same hog-wash about our weapons keeping us safe from box-cutters and suicidal hijackers.

[bigtree]

5. Kick

:kick:

[John_H]

6. "Look nobody likes to be occupied. I wouldn't want to be occupied"

Paul Bremmer.

[imrichb]

8. More contradictions

This campaign is so full of contradictions like this. Here's another I noticed today:

Dick Cheney, talking about George Bush's leadership qualities - "When he has to make a decision, he doesn't waffle, he doesn't agonize over it."

Laura Bush, talking about her husband's decision to go to war in Irag - "I knew he was wrestling with these agonizing decisions."

Which is it??? Is Laura Bush calling Dick Cheney a liar????

[spanone]

7. This was pointed out to Zell on CNN last night.

He said he didn't believe the president said that. Well Guess What ZELL!!! You SHit For BRains.

[VolcanoJen]

9. Yep. Didn't Jeff Greenfield predict...

... that Zell's words would be fact-checked to death, and come back to haunt him?

God, that interview of Zellout by Blitzer, Woodruff and Greenfield was the most uncomfortable thing I've watched in a long time. I've never seen Greenfield look more disgusted in my life. He was squirming in his chair, and his body language was placing him as far away from Zell-ot as possible... he was literally leaning in his chair, just to get away from him.

Hard to believe that that bizarre interview was trumped moments later by the Zell/Aaron Burr on Chris Matthews!!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

10. Bush should be occupied chewing pretzels

and clearing brush on the dirt farm.