Kerrys voting record

That economic answer might explain his vote against funding Head Start, an early education program for disadvantaged children, but it doesn't cover other votes in his record, such as ones against banning armor-piercing "cop-killer" bullets and against a resolution urging the government of South Africa to release black anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela from prison after two decades.

On his vote against the Equal Rights Amendment, Cheney said he feared it would lead to drafting women into military service. Congress approved the ERA under Democratic majorities, but it failed to win ratification by enough states to add it to the Constitution. On NBC's Today, Cheney said that his vote against Head Start came after "there were questions about whether or not Head Start was effective." The program is now widely accepted by both parties in Congress.

Cheney cited the Constitution in defending his votes on gun-control issues. His was one of only four House votes against banning plastic guns that can slip past weapons detection equipment and one of 21 against banning the cop-killer bullets.

Cheney Proposed to Cut Defense Programs Vital to Recent Military Operations
Cheney Proposed Cutting F-16 Aircraft. In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, Cheney said, "If you're going to have a smaller air force, you don't need as many F-16s...The F-16D we basically continue to buy and close it out because we're not going to have as big a force structure and we won't need as many F-16s." According to the Boston Globe, Bush's 1991 defense budget "kill[ed] 81 programs for potential savings of $ 11.9 billion...Major weapons killed include[d]....the Air Force's F-16 airplane." [Cheney testimony, House Armed Services Committee, 2/7/91; Boston Globe, 2/5/91]

Cheney Proposed Cuts to B-2 Program. 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..." [Boston Globe, 4/27/90]

Cheney Proposed Cutting AH-64 Apaches. In testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Defense Subcommittee, Cheney said, "This is just a list of some of the programs that I've recommended termination: the V-22 Osprey, the F-14D, the Army Helicopter Improvement Program, Phoenix missile, F-15E, the Apache helicopter, the M1 tank, et cetera." In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, Cheney said, "The Army, as I indicated in my earlier testimony, recommended to me that we keep a robust Apache helicopter program going forward, AH-64...I forced the Army to make choices...So I recommended that we cancel the AH-64 program two years out." [Cheney testimony, Senate Appropriations Committee, Defense Subcommittee, 6/12/90; Cheney Testimony, House Armed Services Committee, 7/13/89, emphasis added]

Cheney Proposed Cutting M-1 Abrams Tanks. In testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Defense Subcommittee, Cheney said, "This is just a list of some of the programs that I've recommended termination: the V-22 Osprey, the F-14D, the Army Helicopter Improvement Program, Phoenix missile, F-15E, the Apache helicopter, the M1 tank, et cetera." The Boston Globe reported on the impact of Cheney's cuts to armored tanks: "The Army's cupboard is left particularly bare. Coming in the wake of last year's killing of the M-1 tank and the Apache helicopter, the death of the M-2 means the Army will soon have virtually no major weapons in production." [Cheney testimony, Senate Appropriations Committee, Defense Subcommittee, 6/12/90; Boston Globe, 2/5/91]

Cheney Proposed Cutting B-52 Bombers. In 1990, Cheney proposed cutting 14 B-52 bombers. Cheney also sought the retirement of two Navy battleships, two nuclear cruisers, and eight nuclear-powered attack submarines. In 1991, Cheney scrapped the Navy's A-12 Stealth attack plane, a fighter that was proclaimed to be a key part of the future of navy aviation in advanced stealth technology. [Newsday, 2/5/91; NY Times, 1/8/91; Boston Globe, 4/27/90; Boston Globe, 1/30/90]

Cheney's Record as Secretary of Defense Includes Cutting Troops and Bases

Cheney Cut Thousands of Active-Duty, Reserve, and Civilian Forces. In January 1990, Cheney banned the hiring of any new civilian personnel in the Defense Department through the end of September, which left more than 65,000 jobs vacant. Under the budget proposed in 1990, the Pentagon would have reduced active military personnel by 38,000; selected reserves would have fallen by 3,000. The budget called for the deactivation of two Army divisions. Long range, the Pentagon planned to reduce its work force by 300,000, including about 200,000 military personnel and 100,000 civilians. In 1991, he called for reduction of 200,000 active and reserve military personnel over two years. In 1992, Cheney called for cutting 500,000 active-duty people, 200,000 reservists, and 200,000 civilians over five years. [Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 2/2/92; Chicago Tribune, 2/20/91; 1990 CQ Almanac, p. 672; Washington Post, 1/13/90; Boston Globe, 1/30

Let's take a look at Cheney's shall we?

You don't know very much about the political process, do you Karzak.

Kerry voted against a bill that increased penalties for dealing drugs at schools.

Why did Kerry want to stop efforts to remove drug dealers from schools?

Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.

Vote to increase penalties on certain drug-related crimes.

S 625: A Bill to Revise U.S. Bankruptcy Laws

Vote to increase penalties on certain drug-related crimes. The amendment would specifically target the manufacturing or trafficking of amphetamines and methamphetamines and possession of powder cocaine. It would also set stronger penalties for dealing drugs to minors or near a school.

Yes- Vote on an amendment to prohibit alcohol advertisements on billboards, signs and posters in public in the District of Columbia where children are likely to walk to school or play.

Didn't you do a few recreational drugs back in the old days Karzak?

http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?vote_id=2647&can_id=S0421103

Link to the vote, most all Democrats and even one Republican voted N on this bill

Yes they are all on the drug lords payroll.

and plastic guns that don't exist?

Karzak wrote:

and plastic guns that don't exist?

Seriously man... are you on meds or something?

Karzak,

I heard that Kerry once introduced a bill banning morons from making idiotic partisan arguments out of ignorance--lucky for you that one wasn't passed, eh? Phew!

Do you need meds you are not getting?

kickycan wrote:

Karzak,

I heard that Kerry once introduced a bill banning morons from making idiotic partisan arguments out of ignorance--lucky for you that one wasn't passed, eh? Phew!

Yea, or I wouldn't have your post to reply to!

Karzak wrote:

and plastic guns that don't exist?

Seriously man... are you on meds or something?

Can you try again? That kind of sucked.

/another thread down in flames...congrats!

Karzak wrote:

kickycan wrote:

Karzak,

I heard that Kerry once introduced a bill banning morons from making idiotic partisan arguments out of ignorance--lucky for you that one wasn't passed, eh? Phew!

Yea, or I wouldn't have your post to reply to!

You really got me with that one brainiac.