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10-30-2004, 01:52 AM
First and foremost, I did not create this thread to bash the Christian Coalition's message, or Christianity in general.
That being said, I have a few problems with mine from the Alabama edition.
1. On the front, they have some very misleading facts, such as:
Banning partial birth abortions- Kerry opposed.
The whole story is the bill gave no protection to the mother, and that is why he voted against it.
Affirmative action programs that provide preferential treatment- Kerry support.
This is worded very carefully to make it seem to us Alabamians (who of course all hate minorities :rolleyes:) that Kerry wants minorities to be placed above all others. Besides the fact that such action would be unconstitutional, Affirmative Action is sometimes the only thing that keeps racist businesses from deny equal rights to minorities, which BTW Bush is opposed!
2. Almost every Democrat in my booklet has "No Response" for their answers, in fact, only one has any answers, and 5 of 7 are "Undecided". Do you honestly think every politician, 9 in total, has no response on EVERY issue?
3. At the bottom of the front page, it says in very small letters:
"When possible, positions on candidates were verified or determined by voting records or public statements"
Public statements are legit.
Voting records can be misleading because on one bill, there may be 3 or 4 issues, and voters are not allowed to vote on each specific issue, but have to vote YES or NO to them all. So while Kerry may have voted 90 something times to raise taxes, you would have to look at each bill to see if there was another issue, maybe more important to vote yes on than to not let pass. (BTW, I read somewhere that he also voted over 100 times to LOWER taxes)
The thing that REALLY bothered me was that, according to the statement, some of the positions were not verified by either public statement or voting record. WTF? So they could just "assume" a candidate believed one way, when they may in fact, believe an entirely different way, such as assuming all Republican are against abortion (which they all are in it), for a ban on gay marriage (which they all are in it), and display of ten commandments in a government building/state acknowledgement of God (which they all are in it).
I am all for groups wanted to attract voters for their cause, but come on guys, try to do a better job than this!
(sorry for the long post.)
That being said, I have a few problems with mine from the Alabama edition.
1. On the front, they have some very misleading facts, such as:
Banning partial birth abortions- Kerry opposed.
The whole story is the bill gave no protection to the mother, and that is why he voted against it.
Affirmative action programs that provide preferential treatment- Kerry support.
This is worded very carefully to make it seem to us Alabamians (who of course all hate minorities :rolleyes:) that Kerry wants minorities to be placed above all others. Besides the fact that such action would be unconstitutional, Affirmative Action is sometimes the only thing that keeps racist businesses from deny equal rights to minorities, which BTW Bush is opposed!
2. Almost every Democrat in my booklet has "No Response" for their answers, in fact, only one has any answers, and 5 of 7 are "Undecided". Do you honestly think every politician, 9 in total, has no response on EVERY issue?
3. At the bottom of the front page, it says in very small letters:
"When possible, positions on candidates were verified or determined by voting records or public statements"
Public statements are legit.
Voting records can be misleading because on one bill, there may be 3 or 4 issues, and voters are not allowed to vote on each specific issue, but have to vote YES or NO to them all. So while Kerry may have voted 90 something times to raise taxes, you would have to look at each bill to see if there was another issue, maybe more important to vote yes on than to not let pass. (BTW, I read somewhere that he also voted over 100 times to LOWER taxes)
The thing that REALLY bothered me was that, according to the statement, some of the positions were not verified by either public statement or voting record. WTF? So they could just "assume" a candidate believed one way, when they may in fact, believe an entirely different way, such as assuming all Republican are against abortion (which they all are in it), for a ban on gay marriage (which they all are in it), and display of ten commandments in a government building/state acknowledgement of God (which they all are in it).
I am all for groups wanted to attract voters for their cause, but come on guys, try to do a better job than this!
(sorry for the long post.)