Cheney voted against Martin Luther King Day

[Cocoa]

He had an opportunity to defend his vote, and he passed. Maybe some reporter will ask him now?

http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2004b.html

IFILL: Senator Edwards, it's your turn to use 30 seconds for a complicated response...

EDWARDS: That was a complete distortion of my record. I know that won't come as a shock.

The vice president, I'm surprised to hear him talk about records. When he was one of 435 members of the United States House, he was one of 10 to vote against Head Start, one of four to vote against banning plastic weapons that can pass through metal detectors.

He voted against the Department of Education. He voted against funding for Meals on Wheels for seniors. He voted against a holiday for Martin Luther King. He voted against a resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela in South Africa.

It's amazing to hear him criticize either my record or John Kerry's.

IFILL: Thirty seconds.

CHENEY: Oh, I think his record speaks for itself. And frankly, it's not very distinguished.

[raysr]

1. I wonder how many troops

that support Bush know that in 1948 when the GI Bill was introduced the repukes tried to block it. Did YOU know that freeper troll???

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Not as many as should!!!!

[Maggie_May]

4. What gets me is

these voting Repukes don't have a pot to piss in. Do these guys have to be in the gutter before they wake up?

[Cha]

3. Of course, he did..why would a scowling

bitter old snarl face, shell of man vote for Martin Luther King Day?

Vote for a Day for someone as popular as Dr King who actually gave a damn for his country?

[bullwinkle428]

5. I'm pretty sure he was also one of a tiny handful of holdouts not to

vote for sanctions against South Africa when they were trying to hold on to the last vestiges of apartheid back in the mid-80s.

I'm just shocked...SHOCKED!! :sarcasm:

[Karenina]

6. IIRC...

He actively opposed the release of Nelson Mandela.

[Punkingal]

7. Yes, he was.....

He voted against anything good...his was one of the WORST voting records EVER. I posted it here once.

[Cocoa]

8. kick for Dick

:kick: