"Lady Libertarian" <Lady_Libertarian@FreeWorld.xxx> wrote in message
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My liberal sister was complaining to me about the "Bush war" and
the "Patriot" Act renewal, so I showed her this:

http://www.nationalreview.com/lowry/lowry200401260838.asp

January 26, 2004, 8:38 a.m.
Kerry vs. Kerry
Running against his record.

MANCHESTER, N.H. - John Kerry has surged into first place here,
proving his oft-repeated contention that he is a "good closer."
Kerry has long said that he is a great fighter. If he completes
his miraculous comeback to win the Democratic nomination, he will
indeed have the fight of his life on his hands - against his own
legislative record.

Kerry, of course, has struggled with his vote in 2002 to
authorize the Iraq war. "We did not empower the president to do
regime change," Kerry said of the resolution on Meet the Press
last summer. Actually, the Kerry-supported resolution
specifically cited regime change as a goal, and Kerry also voted
to make regime change U.S. policy in 1998. That's two Kerry votes
in favor of regime change, but who's counting? The Massachusetts
senator has similar trouble with other prior votes, making him
the first candidate in U.S. history to run a presidential
campaign against himself.

Today's Kerry excoriates Attorney General John Ashcroft for
violating American civil liberties with his evil tool, the
Patriot Act. "We are a nation of laws and liberties, not of a
knock in the night," Kerry huffs. "So it is time to end the era
of John Ashcroft. That starts with replacing the Patriot Act with
a new law that protects our people and our liberties at the same
time." Maybe Kerry should have thought about that before voting
for the Patriot Act in 2001 - since laws and liberties are pretty
important and all.


http://newyorkliberal.com/blog/?p=4

"Hillary Clinton and the Patriot Act

Right now, the Republicans in the United States Senate are
working to extend the worst aspects of the infamous Patriot Act,
giving the Bush Administration the power to continue gathering
gigantic files on the private activities of law abiding American
citizens.

The Patriot Act is a monumental threat to American liberty. So
how will Senator Hillary Clinton's relationship to the Patriot
Act be remembered in the history books?

Hillary Clinton voted for the Patriot Act - without even reading
it."

Yep, just like about every other Senator, thanks to republican lies. lol