Thursday, May 27, 2004
Summary of Kerry's Defense Cuts (Translation: the GHWBush/Cheney Peace Dividend)
Our current President's re-election committee is running ads higlighting the defense programs that Kerry supposedly voted against over his 20-year political career. A good summary of the irony, misrepresentation, and dishonesty in the ads can be found in a Florida newspaper opinion piece. In short, It was "W's" dad, George H. W. Bush, who cut these programs, Dick Cheney who touted the "peace dividend" of military cost reductions, and the timeframe of the cuts was the early 1990's, when military spending had gotten so far out of hand, there was bipartisan support for the reductions.
I wonder if we'll see a similar ad discussing how troubling we find Cheney's support of defense cuts? After all, until this coming November, he's one heartbeat away from the presidency.
Our current President's re-election committee is running ads higlighting the defense programs that Kerry supposedly voted against over his 20-year political career. A good summary of the irony, misrepresentation, and dishonesty in the ads can be found in a Florida newspaper opinion piece. In short, It was "W's" dad, George H. W. Bush, who cut these programs, Dick Cheney who touted the "peace dividend" of military cost reductions, and the timeframe of the cuts was the early 1990's, when military spending had gotten so far out of hand, there was bipartisan support for the reductions.
I wonder if we'll see a similar ad discussing how troubling we find Cheney's support of defense cuts? After all, until this coming November, he's one heartbeat away from the presidency.
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