No. His actions in the future will be based on his actions in the past. Now, this could work for Kerry in he could argue that he took a difficult position back then to go against the war. Unfortunately, by that time everyone was against the war, so he might have just been caving in. Similar to his quick switch during the campaign from pro-war to anti-war to Win-The-Peace of the democratic party.
Andy -----Original Message----- From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 8:14 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Cheney to fake heart attack? Andy dont you think there is a difference between a politician who is running for office and a president performing the duties of his office? Assuming your premises are correct, which I do not concede. On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:09:49 -0500, Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The double standard exists. Kerry is saying he will do things with his > budget that he knows he can not and that the experts know as well. You have > accused Bush of the same thing with regards to the intelligence available on > Iraq and WMD's. So either they both have lied to us or they both have > chosen to select those facts that support what they'd like to be the truth > without presenting the other side. > > Andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 7:41 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Cheney to fake heart attack? > > > Andy wrote: > > you appear to have a double standard. > > No, there's no double standard. The standard is, have you been > fiscally responsible and are you willing to ignore political pressure > to stay that way? > > With Mr. Bush, fiscally, we have a known quantity: > > 1.) Discretionary spending increases at twice the rate of Mr. Clinton (~8%). > 2.) The largest expansion of the federal government since Pres. > Johnson (The "Great Society") > 3.) A willful ignorance of the coming Social Security, Medicare, and > Medicaid crisis. > 4.) The first President that has never vetoed a spending bill. > > With Mr. Kerry we know: > > 1.) He's broke with his own party to support a balanced budget. > 2.) He supports the reinstatement of the pay-go rules. > 3.) He's promised he won't raise taxes (which, with pay-go, may mean > he won't spend more than he can pay for) > > Conclusion: > > + Mr. Bush has been fiscally irresponsible and hasn't indicated he's > willing to change. > > + Mr. Kerry has been fiscally responsible and has promised he will > continue to be. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=38 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:131576 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
