Misrepresenting the truth is what Kerry is very good at

Misrepresenting the truth iswhat Kerry is very good at
EDITOR:
At age 27, John Kerry falsely testified at a 1971 Senate hearing, telling the world that American soldiers are baby killers. This turned out to be incorrect. During the Cold War, Kerry opposed both President Reagan and his own party over the deployment of U.S. missiles in England, Italy, Holland and Germany aimed at the Soviet Union. An angry Kerry thought this was the wrong way at the wrong time. History shows it was the right way at the right time, but it took a president with courage, thereby keeping America safe.
We all know Kerry opposed the funding and development of the Peacekeeper, B-1, B-2, the Trident submarine and numerous other attack-type planes that kept America safe then, safe now and safe into the future. In fact, he voted against the entire military modernization program. Historians now tell us that investment of tax dollars secured our future. Kerry criticized the vote.
His failed judgment continued into the '90s, when he voted against the United States and its allies militarily kicking Saddam out of Kuwait. Too dangerous for a Massachusetts senator. We all know the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, after which the internationalist Kerry voted against intelligence funding
In 2004, he had the gall to tell George Bush he hadn't passed the global test. Well, John Kerry has never passed the American test.
During the debates, Kerry displayed his only plan. Just keep falsely belittling and mischaracterizing the president. He's shown us that he is an expert at criticizing.
My dad, born in Italy in 1897, told me years ago, if you know where a man's been, you can tell where he's going. For Kerry, let's make sure it's Massachusetts.
JACK CANZONETTA
Warren
Enough with Bush hoaxes:Put your vote behind Kerry
EDITOR:
Black is white. Up is down. That's how the Bush campaign has been trying to get its man re-elected.
First, they would have us believe that we would be safer with President Bush even though the worst attack on American soil took place on his watch, while he and his team ignored warnings from Richard Clarke and others that Osama bin Laden was planning to attack us and was an imminent threat. Then they would have you believe that a president who dodged the draft would be a better commander in chief than the guy who volunteered for Vietnam and has numerous medals and wounds for the experience. The Bushies would even stoop so low as to use the Swift Boat veterans group to discredit his service, even though none of the men in that group served under Kerry and each of the men who did serve with Kerry, support the documented heroic actions that Kerry was honored for. Of course, the Bush team has a history of discrediting Vietnam veterans. Just ask John McCain and Max Cleland.
The Bush team would fool the elderly into believing that the Medicare prescription bill will save them money when built into the bill are restrictions prohibiting the government from negotiating lower prices from the drug companies. They even fooled the Congress by withholding the real cost of the bill until after it had passed.
The No Child Left Behind act should be called & quot;the no child left behind unless we don't fund it act & quot; because it is nothing more than a Republican smoke screen to trick the people into thinking that our legislators care about leveling the education playing field. The mandates within the bill are noble, but if you don't fund them, they are hollow and can't be met.
Another cleverly named policy is the Clear Skies Initiative. Everyone is for clear skies, but as they say, the devil is in the details. The bill permits businesses free rein over the environment.
The biggest hoax of all is the claim that tax cuts for the wealthy will create jobs. Over the past three years, President Bush has dramatically cut taxes for his base. The results are in, and this president will be the first president in 70 years to have net job losses during his term.
Are we better off now than four years ago? I don't think so.
BILL JOHNSON
Boardman
Don't believe the big liefrom the Kerry campaign
EDITOR:
Subject: Biggest Lie John Kerry and Democratic Party is Telling.
This lie must be brought to the attention to the voters.
The Democrats and John Kerry keep saying this is the most unemployment since President Hoover.
During Hoover's and President Roosevelt's first and second terms in office there were no jobs or employment. Roosevelt had the WPA , NRA and the CCC camps. Soup lines and surplus food give always. Welfare helped to get a pair of shoes. My father worked at an auto repair shop for 50 cents for a 10-hour day. More than one family lived in a house, and a majority didn't have electricity, using oil lamps or candles for light and a coal stove to cook on.
Now there is less unemployment than when Bill Clinton was president.
If this employment is so bad, where did Bill Clinton's unemployment come in at, being there was more unemployment during his time in office?
THOMAS J. FINN
Youngstown
What does Bush have for McKelvey after the election?
EDITOR:
I wonder when George McKelvey decided he was a closet Republican? Most certainly it was after he was elected mayor of the & quot;most Democratic city & quot; in Ohio.
He took a jab at the Democratic Party in Ohio for its allegiance to Jerry Springer. "The Jerry Springer Show" is basically crude, obnoxious entertainment, but I'm sure Springer has made a great deal of money from it. Springer also managed to be elected mayor of an even larger city than Youngstown (which does not have as large a Democratic base as Youngstown does). Maybe Democrat of the Year came down to Springer or McKelvey.
McKelvey's comparison of George Bush to FDR, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy nearly made me vomit. FDR fought a courageous battle with polio and also led our country through most of World War II. Both Truman and Kennedy served in our armed forces during wartime instead of hiding behind a stint in the Air National Guard that no one has ever proved Mr. Bush fulfilled. All three of these men were great orators. Nobody ever heard them stumble and bumble their way through a speech like English was their second language.
I can just imagine the conversation that McKelvey and Bush had over dinner in Washington. Bush probably put on that possum grim of his and said, & quot;If you go back to Youngstown and tell the people you're backing me in the election, I'll make sure you end up with some cushy job somewhere else. & quot; To this McKelvey probably replied, & quot;You better, because after this I doubt that I could be elected dog catcher in that town. & quot;
JIM SPENCER
Lake Milton
State Issue 1 will do nothingbut tie up the court system
EDITOR:
State Issue 1 on the Ohio ballot is touted by its sponsors as being a & quot;marriage protection amendment. & quot;
But a close look at the language shows that Issue 1 is not really about protecting anything. This ballot issue is a mean-spirited, divisive attempt to punish anyone in Ohio who does not conform to the cookie-cutter mold of those whose misguided passion led them to craft this proposal.
On top of that, the language is so poorly and vaguely worded that it will almost certainly lead to a flood of legal challenges that will tie up the courts for years. In announcing that he will vote against Issue 1, Gov. Taft noted that there likely will be as many interpretations of the issue's second sentence as there are judges.
And for those who think that Issue 1 is only about banning same-sex marriage, consider the words of the Ohio branch of AARP concerning the impact on senior citizens: & quot;State Issue 1 would deny rights of property ownership, inheritance, pensions, power of attorney and other matters of vital interest to the health and well being of unmarried older couples. & quot;
Issue 1 is bad law, written poorly, and for all the wrong reasons. The only fair and sensible vote on Issue 1 is no.
BOB HOGUE
Boardman