Reply #26: But people still fail to understand his vote on IWR because nobody seems able to explain it. [View All]

[Rhiannon12866]

I got totally frustrated with the 2004 Kerry presidential campaign for not being clear on this, but, as Randi Rhodes said, he was beset by "handlers," who did not do right by him.:-(

John Kerry did not vote for the war. The entire "flip-flopping" accusation was bogus, but was never sufficiently addressed during or after his campaign. What John Kerry voted for was to give the president the authority to use force against Iraq, so he could bring it to the U.N., so they would bring the inspectors back in, and, thus, avoid a war and keep the peace. That was Bush*'s message, at the time, the one we all kept hearing.x(

Bush* obviously lied to Congress, to the American people, and to the world. But John Kerry voted his conscience and in good faith. The fact that he then voted against the $87 billion meant that he really was against the war, as he had been, all along. He just made the mistake of initially believing the words of this lying administration. He's no longer doing that and is still being criticized.:grr: