2/13
in a recent reuters article i was accused by the head of the republican national committee as being a 'kerry operative' trying to spearhead a dirty-tricks campaign against republicans.
i need to say very clearly that nothing could be further from the truth.
i have great respect for senator kerry and i would like nothing more than to see him elected as president in november of 2004. but i do not work for the kerry campaign and i'm not involved in spearheading any dirty-tricks campaign against republicans or the right-wing.
it is worth remembering, though, that the rnc have been behind some vicious 'dirty-tricks' campaigns against democrats(and even republicans, such as senator mccain in south carolina).
and it's also worth remembering that george bush's presidency has been so disastrous for this country that defeating him will only require telling the truth about what he and his administration have done during the last 3 years($1 trillion dollar deficit, 3 million lost jobs, the alienation of all of our allies, lies about reasons for waging war, sending american jobs overseas, billions of dollars in contracts for halliburton in the middle-east, and so on).
but i need to reiterate that although i admire and support senator kerry i do not work for his campaign and i'm not involved in any 'dirty-tricks' campaigns against republicans or the right-wing in america.
thank you,
moby
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2/10
in today's daily news there was a piece wherein i was supposedly talking about 'dirty tricks' aimed at keeping right-wing voters home on election day.
i just want to say, very clearly, that i don't support the suppression of anyone's constitutionally guaranteed right to vote.
what i meant in my statement was that george w. bush is actually quite weak on a lot of core right-wing issues.
for example:
a-he apparently paid for an ex-girlfriend to have an abortion(this isn't completely verifiable because president bush refuses to open his records. if he opens his records we'll be able to know a lot of things about his prior history.)
b-he has been arrested for drunk driving and cocaine posession(see previous caveat).
c-he went awol from his military service(see previous caveat).
d-he has invited the un to involve itself in america's foreign policy.
e-he has created the largest federal deficit in the history of the united states.
f-he has provided federal money for companies who actively close american factories and plants and send jobs overseas.
g-he has proposed amnesty for illegal aliens.
h-he approved funding for the taliban in early 2001.
i-he allowed a saudi private plane to remove members of the bin-laden family from the u.s. after september 11th when u.s airspace was shut down.
and so on.
i'm just pointing out that there are many core right-wing issues that are at odds with george bush's history and policy initiatives.
that's it.
thanks for listening,
moby
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