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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Woooah there, hold them horses.
Kerry had the MOST liberal voting record in the Senate.
Yes he won first in Iowa, and there ARE liberals in Iowa. The caucus system leans to the more extreme type of supporters and who can get the most people mobalized all over the state. Its not like you had independent Iowians picking the dem nominee.
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Well, let's just see what
factcheck.org has to say about the "most liberal senator" bs:
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The ad's claim that Kerry is the most liberal senator is wrong. And whether he's "the most liberal ever to run for president" is silly. What about Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs?
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Other analyses put Kerry farther down the list of liberals. Political science professor Keith T. Poole analyzed 379 roll call votes from 2003 (essentially all votes except those that were unanimous or nearly so). Poole rated 21 senators more liberal, and had Kerry tied with six others for the next place. Based on that, Kerry tied for number 24-1/2.
Poole has been using his method for years. In an analysis of House and Senate voting from 1937-2002, Kerry ranked 478th most liberal out of 3,320 persons who have served in Congress during that time.
Poole concluded that Kerry is "a bit" more liberal than the typical Democratic House or Senate member over the past seven decades, but not an "extreme" liberal.
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You know, I'm sick of being a Kerry apologist....I'm not even a registered Democrat. Unfortunately, until the same old bullshit sound bites stop getting flung around, I guess I'm stuck in this role. I just can't stand to see blatant dishonesty masquerading as truth.