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onetime2 · 05-14-2004, 04:19 AM

As I recall, Kerry has, on many occasions, said that he would make himself available for votes where it would be critical. I think that's a perfectly acceptable strategy. That being said, either the Democratic leadership of the Senate (e.g., Ted Kennedy) knew it would be a close vote and did not inform him of the need to attend, they miscalculated how close of a vote it would be, or Kerry did not answer when called. I would like to know which is the truth but don't believe anyone will bother investigating it.

If he failed to answer the call then the story is about Kerry not following through on one of his promises. <gasp> That means he lied and since there's so much BS being thrown around in the Kerry and Democratic camps about Bush's lying then the hypocrisy should be outed.

If he was never called back to vote, then the story is about the Democratic leadership of the Senate. Either they totally miscalculated how close of a vote it would be (almost unheard of since a big portion of their job is gaining the requisite number of votes to pass the legislation which they support) or they didn't make the effort to get him back to vote (maybe they thought his campaigning was more important than the legislation?). In that case it's much less of a story in my eyes.

05-14-2004, 04:19 AM	#26 (permalink)
onetime2 Junkie Location: NJ	As I recall, Kerry has, on many occasions, said that he would make himself available for votes where it would be critical. I think that's a perfectly acceptable strategy. That being said, either the Democratic leadership of the Senate (e.g., Ted Kennedy) knew it would be a close vote and did not inform him of the need to attend, they miscalculated how close of a vote it would be, or Kerry did not answer when called. I would like to know which is the truth but don't believe anyone will bother investigating it. If he failed to answer the call then the story is about Kerry not following through on one of his promises. <gasp> That means he lied and since there's so much BS being thrown around in the Kerry and Democratic camps about Bush's lying then the hypocrisy should be outed. If he was never called back to vote, then the story is about the Democratic leadership of the Senate. Either they totally miscalculated how close of a vote it would be (almost unheard of since a big portion of their job is gaining the requisite number of votes to pass the legislation which they support) or they didn't make the effort to get him back to vote (maybe they thought his campaigning was more important than the legislation?). In that case it's much less of a story in my eyes. __________________ Strive to be more curious than ignorant. Last edited by onetime2; 05-14-2004 at 04:22 AM..