71 thoughts on “Stolen Honor

  1. The duefur report is the Key here. You say it was the wrong war the Duelfur report says it was the right war at the right time . Thats why your man does not mention that report anymore, he only mentions one thing in that report (NO WMD) , but like I emailed you in your rebuttal YOU NEED TO READ THE REPORT THE ENTIRE REPORT. Not just the Parts that benifits your argument Like Mr. Kerry did but as a whole the report states Have we not removed saddam from power the world would be a differnt place ! That France germany russia and many other countries (OUR ALLIES) where selling military items to Iraq and that he believes the UN security council sold thier vote to saddam he exposes the food for oil program that states( UN SANCTIONS WHERE IN FACT FAILING) in other words NOT WORKING , but dont take my word for it read it for yourself . The report makes john kerrry `s rehotric WRONG WAR WRONG TIME(remember howard dean wrong war) statements dumbfounded, ill informed, and bad for America.
    Thats why this letter was sent to France:
    Letter From Barton to Chirac
    October 22, 2004
    His Excellency Jacques Chirac
    President
    Republic of France
    Palais de l’Elys

  2. Use of Force-Passage
    Bill Number: H.J.RES.114
    Issue: Military Issues
    Date: 10/10/2002
    Sponsor: Bill sponsored by Hastert,R-IL
    Roll Call Number: 237
    Bill passed
    Full Member List
    Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
    Vote to pass a joint resolution that would authorize the use of force against Iraq.
    H.J.RES.114 Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq
    Vote to pass a joint resolution that would authorize the use of force against Iraq. The administration would be required to report to Congress that diplomatic options have been exhausted before, or within 48 hours after military action has started. Every 60 days the president would also be required to submit a progress report to Congress
    (Bill sponsored by Hastert,R-IL)
    Note: Oct. 11, 2002, in the session that began and the Congressional Record that is dated Oct. 10, 2002.
    Passed 77-23: R 48-1; D 29-21; I 0-1 on 10/11/02.
    Bill sponsored by Hastert,R-IL
    Bill Number: HJ Res 114-107th Congress (2001-2002)
    House Passage Vote:10/10/2002-Outcome:Passed
    Senate Passage Vote:10/11/2002-Outcome:Passed
    Presidential Action: Signed on 10/16/2002

  3. Key Vote
    FY 2001 Defense Authorization-Nuclear Weapons Systems
    Bill Number: S 2549
    Issue: Military Issues
    Date: 06/07/2000
    Sponsor: Amendment sponsored by Warner, R-VA; Underlying amendment sponsored Kerrey, D-NE; Bill sponsored by Warner, R-VA
    Roll Call Number: 0119
    Amendment adopted
    Full Member List
    Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
    Vote on an amendment that would allow the president to make further arms reductions only after the Defense Department submits its quadrenniel defense review and an overall report on the status of the U.S. nuclear arsenal scheduled to be completed in December, 2001.
    S 2549: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
    Vote on an amendment that would allow the president to make further arms reductions only after the Defense Department submits its quadrenniel defense review and an overall report on the status of the U.S. nuclear arsenal scheduled to be completed in December, 2001. The measure replaced language in an underlying amendment that would have waived a provision of the fiscal 1998 defense authorization law that would have given the President the authority to dismantle nuclear weapons below the 6,000 warhead level set in the first Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty [START I] with Russia.
    (Amendment sponsored by Warner, R-VA; Underlying amendment sponsored Kerrey, D-NE; Bill sponsored by Warner, R-VA)
    Amendment adopted 51-47: R 50-3; D 1-44 on 06/07/2000.

  4. Terminate Space Station
    Bill Number: HR 2099
    Issue: Technology and Communication
    Date: 09/26/1995
    Sponsor: Bumpers, D-AR
    Roll Call Number: 0463
    Rejected
    Full Member List
    Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
    Amendment to terminate the space station.
    HR 2099: Fiscal 1996 VA, HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations
    Vote on an amendment to terminate the space station program.
    Amendment introduced by Bumpers, D-AR.
    (Rejected 35-64 on 9/26/95)
    Bill Status:
    Bill Number: HR 2099 – 104th Congress (1995-96)
    House Passage Vote: 07/31/95 – Outcome: Passed
    Senate Passage Vote: 09/27/95 – Outcome: Passed
    House Conference Report Vote: 12/07/95 – Outcome: Passed
    Senate Conference Report Vote: 12/14/95 – Outcome: Passed
    Presidential Action: Vetoed on 12/18/95
    No further action was taken on this bill, never became law.
    Fetal Tissue Research
    Bill Number: HR 2507
    Issue: Abortion Issues
    Date: 03/31/1992
    Sponsor: Hatch, R-UT
    Roll Call Number: 0061
    Rejected
    Full Member List
    Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
    Only allow fetal tissue transplant research with tissue from spontaneous abortions and ectopic pregnancies.
    HR 2507 (National Institutes of Health Reauthorization);
    Amendment
    3/31/92
    Outcome: Rejected 23-77
    Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 – S61
    Amendment introduced by Hatch, R-UT.
    Bill Status:
    Bill Number: HR 2507 – 102nd Congress (1991-92)
    House Passage Vote: 07/25/91 – Outcome: Passed
    Senate Passage Vote: 04/02/92 – Outcome: Passed
    House Conference Report Vote: 05/28/92 – Outcome: Passed
    Senate Conference Report Vote: 06/04/92 – Outcome: Passed
    Presidential Action: Vetoed on 06/23/92
    House Override Vote: 06/24/92 – Outcome: Failed
    No further action was taken on this bill, never became law

  5. Prescription Drug Benefit – Adoption
    Bill Number: HR 1
    Issue: Senior and Social Security Issues
    Date: 11/25/2003
    Sponsor: Bill sponsored by Hastert, R-IL
    Roll Call Number: 459
    Conference Report Adopted
    Full Member List
    Senator John Forbes Kerry did not vote.
    Vote to adopt the conference report on the bill that would create a prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients.
    HR 1 Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003
    Vote to adopt the conference report on the bill that would create a prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. Starting in 2006, prescription coverage would be made available through private insurers to seniors. Seniors would pay a monthly premium of an estimated $35 in 2006. Individuals enrolled in the plan would cover the first $250 of annual drug costs themselves, and 25 percent of all drug costs up to $2, 250. Benefits would stop until personal drug costs exceeded $3, 600. After this point a beneficiary would cover 5 percent of all costs. Low-income seniors would qualifie for discounts on deductibles, premiums and co-payments. The government would offer a fallback prescription drug plan in regions were no private plans had made a bid. In both 2004 and 2005, beneficiaries would have a drug discount card to use in order to reduce prices by up to 25 percent. Over a 10 year time period medicare payemetns to managed care planes would increase by $14.2 billion. A pilot project would begin in 2010 in which Medicare would compete with private insurers to provide coverage for doctors and hospitals costs in six metropolitan areas for six years. The importation of drugs from Canada would be approved only if the Health and Human Services Department determines there is no safety risks and that consumers would be saving money. Starting in 2007, Part B premiums would increase for certain higher-income recipients. Health care accounts, which would pay for health care services not covered by an individuals insurances could be set up by certain individuals under 65 years of age, as well as Mediciare recipients.
    (Bill sponsored by Hastert, R-IL)
    Conference Report Adopted 54-44: R 42-9; D 11-35; I 1-0 on 11/25/2003.
    Bill Status:
    Bill Number: HR 1 – 108th Congress (2003-2004)
    House Passage Vote: 06/27/2003- Outcome: Passed
    Senate Passage:07/07/2003 -Outcome: Passed
    House Conference Report Vote: 11/22/2003-Outcome:Passed
    Senate Conference Report Vote:11/25/2003-Outcome:Passed
    Presidential Action: Signed on 12/08/2003

  6. Key Vote
    2002 Budget Resolution-Prescription Drug Benefit
    Bill Number: H Con Res 83
    Issue: Senior and Social Security Issues
    Date: 04/03/2001
    Sponsor: Amendment sponsored by Grassley, R-IA; Bill sponsored by Nussle, R-IA
    Roll Call Number: 0065
    Amendment adopted
    Full Member List
    Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
    Vote to pass an amendment that would make up to $300 billion available for a Medicare prescription drug benefit for 2002 through 2011.
    H Con Res 83
    Vote to pass an amendment that would make up to $300 billion available for a Medicare prescription drug benefit for 2002 through 2011. The money would come from the budget’s contingency fund. The amendment would also require a Medicare overhaul.
    (Amendment sponsored by Grassley, R-IA; Bill sponsored by Nussle, R-IA)
    Amendment adopted with Vice President Cheney casting a “yea” vote, 50-50: R 49-1; D 1-49 with Vice President Cheney casting a yea vote on 04/03/2001.
    Bill Number: H Con Res 83-107th Congress (2001-2002)
    House Passage Vote:03/28/2001-Outcome:Passed
    Senate Passage Vote:04/06/2001-Outcome:Passed
    House Conference Report Vote: 05/09/2001-Outcome:Passed
    Senate Conference Report Vote: 05/10/2001-Outcome:Passed

  7. Key Vote
    Minimum Wage Increase-Three Years
    Bill Number: S 625
    Issue: Labor
    Date: 11/09/1999
    Sponsor: Amendment sponsored by Domenici, R-NM, Bill sponsored by Grassley, R-IA
    Roll Call Number: 0357
    Amendment passed
    Full Member List
    Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
    Vote to raise the minimum wage by $1 an hour over three years, beginning on March 1, 2000.
    S 625: A Bill to Revise U.S. Bankruptcy Laws
    Vote to raise the minimum wage by $1 an hour over three years. The amendment would increase the minimum wage to $5.50 on March 1, 2000, $5.85 an hour on March 1, 2001 and $6.15 on March 1, 2002. In addition, the amendment would mandate $18.4 billion in tax cuts over a five-year period.
    Amendment sponsored by Domenici, R-NM, Bill sponsored by Grassley, R-IA
    (Amendment passed 54-44: R 53-1; D 1-43 on 11/09/99)
    Bill Status: (As of 12/08/1999)
    Bill Number: S 625 – 106th Congress (1999-2000)
    No passage votes taken on this bill.

  8. Say it aint so john!
    Key Vote
    Defense Contracts
    Bill Number: S 1894
    Issue: Defense
    Date: 07/17/1996
    Sponsor: Stevens, R-AK, motion to table Simon, D-IL, amendment.
    Roll Call Number: 0194
    Tabling motion adopted
    Full Member List
    Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
    Vote to table an amendment to require that all work done under Defense Department contracts be performed in the U.S.
    S 1894: Fiscal 1997 Department of Defense Appropriations
    Vote on a motion to table an amendment requiring that all work done under Department of Defense contracts must be performed in the United States.
    Stevens, R-AK, motion to table Simon, D-IL, amendment.
    (Tabling motion adopted 69-29 on 7/17/96)
    Bill Status:
    Bill Number: S 1894 – 104th Congress (1995-96)
    No passage votes were taken on this bill, never became law. HR 3610 passed instead.
    Bill Status:
    Bill Number: HR 3610 – 104th Congress (1995-96)
    House Passage Vote: 06/13/96 – Outcome: Passed
    Senate Passage Vote: 07/18/96 – Outcome: Passed
    House Conference Report Vote: 09/28/96 – Outcome: Passed
    Senate Conference Report Vote: 09/30/96 – Outcome: Passed by Voice Vote
    Presidential Action: Signed on 09/30/96
    Public Law Number: 104-208 110 Stat. 3009

  9. Key Vote
    Gulf War Authorization – Passage
    Bill Number: S Joint Res 2
    Issue: Foreign Aid and Policy Issues
    Date: 01/12/1991
    Sponsor: Joint Resolution introduced by Warner, R-VA
    Roll Call Number: 0002
    The resolution passed
    Full Member List
    Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
    Vote on the passage of a joint resolution to permit military force in Iraq under specific Congressional instructions.
    S Joint Res 2: Use of Force against Iraq
    Vote on the passage of a joint resolution to permit military force in Iraq if Iraq does not withdraw from Kuwait and comply with U.N. Security Council resolutions by Jan. 15. The resolution authorizes the use of force and expending funds under the War Powers Act and requires the president to file a report with Congress every 60 days on the efforts to force Iraq to comply with U.N. Resolutions.
    Joint Resolution introduced by Warner, R-VA
    (Resolution passed 52-47 on 1/12/91)
    Bill Status:
    Bill Number: S Joint Res 2 – Congress (1991-92)
    Senate Passage Vote: 01/12/91 – Outcome: Passed
    No further action was taken on this bill, never became law.

  10. WAR criminal then john?
    Key Vote
    Prosecution of Saddam Hussein as War Criminal
    Bill Number: S Con Res 78
    Issue: Foreign Aid and Policy Issues
    Date: 03/13/1998
    Sponsor: Resolution introduced by Specter, R-PA.
    Roll Call Number: 0032
    Resolution passed; concurrent resolutions do not have the force of law
    Full Member List
    Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
    Vote to pass a resolution calling on the United Nations to create a criminal tribunal to prosecute Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity, genocide and other violations of international law.
    S Con Res 78: Resolution Calling for Prosecution of Saddam Hussein as War Criminal
    Vote to pass a resolution calling on the United Nations to create a criminal tribunal to indict, prosecute, and imprison Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials for crimes against humanity, genocide and other violations of international law.
    Resolution introduced by Specter, R-PA.
    (Resolution passed 93-0 on 3/13/98; concurrent resolutions do not have the force of law)
    Bill Status:
    Bill Number: S Con Res 78 – 105th Congress (1997-98)
    Senate Passage Vote: 03/13/98 – Outcome: Passed
    Bill referred to House International Relations committee on 03/16/98
    No further action was taken on this bill. Concurrent Resolutions do not become law.

  11. Key Vote
    U.N. Recognition of U.S. Taxpayers’ Support
    Bill Number: S 1768
    Issue: Foreign Aid and Policy Issues
    Date: 03/25/1998
    Sponsor: Amendment introduced by Helms, R-NC; original bill introduced by Stevens, R-AK.
    Roll Call Number: 0043
    Amendment passed
    Full Member List
    Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
    Vote on an amendment to express the sense of the Senate that U.S. taxpayers should be commended for their support of maintaining international peace and security and the United Nations should publicly acknowledge the financial and military support of the U.S. in maintaining international peace and security. The amendment also expresses the sense of the Senate that the United Nations should reduce the percentage that the U.S. is assessed for U.N. peacekeeping operations to 25 percent.
    S 1768: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
    Vote on an amendment to express the sense of the Senate that U.S. taxpayers should be commended for their generous support of maintaining international peace and security and the United Nations should publicly acknowledge the financial and military support of the U.S. in maintaining international peace and security. The amendment also expresses the sense of the Senate that the United Nations should reduce the percentage that the U.S. is assessed for U.N. peacekeeping operations from 30.4 percent to 25 percent, to reflect U.S. law that limits assessments the U.S. will pay to support U.N. peacekeeping missions, among other provisions.
    Amendment introduced by Helms, R-NC; original bill introduced by Stevens, R-AK.
    (Amendment passed 90-10 on 3/25/98)
    Bill Status:
    Bill Number: S 1768 – 105th Congress (1997-98)
    No passage votes were taken on this bill, never became law. HR 3579 passed instead.
    Bill Status:
    Bill Number: HR 3579 – 105th Congress (1997-98)
    House Passage Vote: 03/31/98 – Outcome: Passed
    Senate Passage Vote: 03/31/98 – Outcome: Passed
    House Conference Report Vote: 04/30/98 – Outcome: Passed
    Senate Conference Report Vote: 04/30/98 – Outcome: Passed
    Presidential Action: Signed on 05/01/98
    Public Law Number: 105-174 112 Stat. 58

  12. Key Vote
    Aid to Vietnam
    Bill Number: HR 3540
    Issue: Foreign Aid and Policy Issues
    Date: 07/25/1996
    Sponsor: Smith, R-NH
    Roll Call Number: 0239
    Amendment rejected
    Full Member List
    Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
    Vote on an amendment to delete the $1.5 million provided for economic aid to Vietnam.
    HR 3540: Fiscal 1997 Foreign Operations Appropriations
    Vote on an amendment that would delete the $1.5 million provided in the bill for economic aid to Vietnam.
    Amendment introduced by Smith, R-NH.
    (Amendment rejected 43-56 on 7/25/96)
    Bill Status:
    Bill Number: HR 3540 – 104th Congress (1995-96)
    House Passage Vote: 06/11/96 – Outcome: Passed
    Senate Passage Vote: 07/26/96 – Outcome: Passed
    No Conference Report votes were taken on this bill, never became law

  13. Key Vote
    U.S. Troops in Bosnia – Passage
    Bill Number: HR 2606
    Issue: Foreign Aid and Policy Issues
    Date: 12/13/1995
    Sponsor:
    Roll Call Number: 0601
    Bill rejected
    Full Member List
    Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
    Pass bill to require specific Congressional funding for ground deployment in Bosnia.
    HR 2606: Bosnia Troop Deployment
    Vote to pass a bill to prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for the ground deployment of U.S. forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of any peacekeeping operation or implementation force, unless funds for such deployment have been specifically appropriated by a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (Bill rejected 22-77 on 12/13/95)
    Bill Status:
    Bill Number: HR 2606 – 104th Congress (1995-96)
    House Passage Vote: 11/17/95 – Outcome: Passed
    Senate Passage Vote: 12/13/95 – Outcome: Failed
    No further action was taken on this bill, never became law.

  14. Key Vote
    Vietnam Trade Embargo
    Bill Number: S 1281
    Issue: Foreign Aid and Policy Issues
    Date: 01/27/1994
    Sponsor: Kerry, D-MA
    Roll Call Number: 0005
    The amendment was adopted
    Full Member List
    Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
    ‘Sense of Senate’ amendment to lift U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam.
    S 1281:
    Vote on an amendment to express the sense of the Senate that in order to maintain and expand further U.S. and Vietnamese efforts to obtain the fullest possible accounting of American servicemen unaccounted for during the war in Vietnam, the President should lift the U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam expeditiously.
    Amendment introduced by Kerry, D-MA.
    (The amendment was adopted 62-38 on 1/27/94)
    Bill Status:
    Bill Number: S 1281 – 103rd Congress (1993-94)
    No passage votes were taken on this bill, never became law. HR 2333 passed instead.
    Bill Status:
    Bill Number: HR 2333 – 103rd Congress (1993-94)
    House Passage Vote: 06/22/93 – Outcome: Passed
    Senate Passage Vote: 02/02/94 – Outcome: Passed
    House Conference Report Vote: 04/28/94 – Outcome: Passed by Voice Vote
    Senate Conference Report Vote: 04/29/94 – Outcome: Passed
    Presidential Action: Signed on 04/30/94
    Public Law Number: 103-236 108 Stat. 382

  15. Edwards Parrots New York Times’ Fiction; ’60 Minutes’ Busted
    The novice legislator who wants to be one heartbeat from the presidency either is too stupid to understand the phoniness of the New York Times’ latest fiction about Iraq or thinks the American people are too stupid to understand.
    Or perhaps Democrat airhead apparent John Edwards is just doing his handlers’ bidding: the old Democrat trick of repeating a lie often enough until people believe it.
    Story Continues Below
    Edwards claimed today in Wilmington, Ohio: “These are exactly the kind of explosives terrorists want. They’re the dangerous weapons we wanted to keep from falling in the hands of terrorists. And now these explosives are out there, and we have no idea who’s got them. Dick Cheney calls that a remarkable success.”
    He failed to mention that the pro-Democrat Times, whose recent endorsement of the Kerry-Edwards ticket was the nation’s most obvious redundancy since the coining of the term “liberal media bias,” refused to report reality, which even NBC reported: that the explosives were already missing from Al-Qaqaa when GIs got there a mere one day after Saddam Hussein’s fall.
    Nor did the one-term senator or the Times note that that “news” dated from April 2003.
    More Democrat Sleaze at ’60 Minutes’
    Now the media scandal is growing with the revelation that pro-Democrat Viacom’s pro-Democrat CBS’s pro-Democrat “60 Minutes” had planned to report the old “news,” in the guise of new revelations, as an attack on the president Sunday, right before the election.
    The Los Angeles Times reported today that “CBS was relegated to airing a report Monday evening, and ’60 Minutes’ merely got credit in the newspaper, which ran an unusual box noting that the article ‘was reported in cooperation with the CBS News program 60 Minutes. 60 Minutes first obtained information on the missing explosives.'”
    “60 Minutes” executive producer Jeff Fager issued a statement saying that “our plan was to run the story on [Oct.] 31, but it became clear that it wouldn’t hold, so the decision was made for the Times to run it.”
    Sen. John Kerry stepped up the Democrat-Times-CBS collusion Tuesday in Wisconsin, where he claimed, “Yesterday we learned that nearly 380 tons of powerful conventional explosives vanished from one of Iraq’s most sensitive military installations after the invasion.”
    The Washington Dispatch noted today:
    This story is in dispute and has been presented in a completely biased manner. It is easy to argue that this story was highlighted to assist John Kerry. It was at the center of his accusatory campaign rallies all day on Monday. But the missing elements of the story are astonishing. And again, just as with the fraudulent document story Dan Rather tries to heave at the president, the story is falling apart in record time.
    By Monday night it was learned that NBC News had imbedded reporters with the 101st Airborne as they took over the facility on April 10, 2003. The conclusion of NBC, “the troops never found the nearly 380 tons of some of the most powerful conventional explosives, called HMX and RDX, which is now missing.

  16. The jingoistic, nationalistic, troglodydic brain-washed masses have decided to converge, en masse, on this humble site to spew their misperceptions and opinions gleaned from sources that have absolutely no interest in providing them with the truth. Instead of adding anything constructive to a debate about the role of the United States in the world, or about what actually happened in Vietnam, or about what Senator Kerry actually said once returning from Vietnam, or the current war in Iraq and its implications for reigning in terrorism and other sources of conflict, the people keep providing seemingly factually-baseless conclusions. The only support is anectodal, from people that probably suffer from the same myopia as those that are using them for support. “I love George Bush; he is strong,” is not an argument. It’s barely even a supportable opinion. It is hyperbole and propaganda regurgitated by people that can only regurgitate.

  17. My my, I can see I’m not on your good side. I’m amazed at the respect that you liberals show for your veterans, and their right to be heard.
    I think that Kerry is a clear and present danger to the USA if elected President and you think he will be wonderfull. You might be right, but what if it turns out that I’m right. What then?
    I actually like Bush but even if I hated his guts I would not vote for another candidate for the simple reason that it would send a message of indesiveness to the enemy, wich they WILL exploit. If Kerry is elected he WILL be tested by the terrorists and if he fails their test, what then? A Beslan in your child’s school, or worse? No, the only way I would support another candidate is if he openly and forcefully promised to deliver the terrorists a taste of “Hell” and unleash the full force of the US millitary on them should they not choose to stand down. Anything less is unacceptable.
    There is absolutely nothing Bush has done that would make me take that risk. Hundreds of thousands of men have suffered and died that I may live in Freedom and I will suffer any hardship that comes my way so that those who come after me will also live in Freedom.
    Four more years of Bush would be a cake-walk even if I didn’t like him.
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