Kerryisms
This file contains a list of Kerryisms. A friend of mine enjoys sending
Bushisms to me in e-mails, so of course I need to respond. Since Bushisms
are so popular, I thought it might be fun to put the Kerryisms I found
on the web too. Here are the ones I found so far.

Note: These are intentionally taken out of context. Most of
them cannot stand, logically, as part of an informed argument against
Kerry's policies. They're posted here purely for amusement purposes.


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"I was not present for Tuesday's vote because I was detained at a
doctor's appointment, but had I been present I would have voted in
favor of continuing the debate until we addressed the needs of the
long-term unemployed."
John Kerry, 1/9/2003
==> Public remarks re: Extension of Unemployment

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"I cannot be here for the vote, but if I were, I would vote in
favor of the amendment."
John Kerry, 1/16/2003
==> Public Statement re: Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003

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"By eliminating these expenditures would you balance the budget?
No. But that's not the point."
John Kerry, 12/3/2002
==> Remarks at the City Club of Cleveland

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"This president always makes decisions late after things
have happened that could have been different had the president
made a different decision earlier."
John Kerry, 2/29/2004
==> CBS-New York Times Democratic Debate

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"I actually did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted against it."
John Kerry, 3/17/2004
==> Interview with Glen Johnson, Boston Globe

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"Maybe they ought to get really nervous in the White House,
because I understand Karen Hughes was born in Paris."
John Kerry, 4/27/2004
==> Hardball, With Chris Matthews

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"The only people who've contributed to me are, yes, some people who lobby."
John Kerry, 2/26/2004
==> Democratic primary debate

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"I've been to the wedding of somebody who has gotten married who's gay,
and I just happen to have a different opinion about what you call it
and what the status is."
John Kerry, 2/29/2004
==> Democratic party primary debate

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"Your medals and your ribbons are the same thing, fundamentally.
The ribbons are medals. They're -- they're the ribbon that you
attach to the medal."
John Kerry, 4/27/2004
==> Hardball, With Chris Matthews

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"The face of our Party is Zell Miller."
John Kerry, 3/1/2001
==> Georgia Democratic Party Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner

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"That is what we are trying to say. It is part and parcel of everything."
John Kerry, 4/23/1971,
==> Statement to the Senate Committee of foreign relations

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"So I hear the goal of tonight's dinner was to raise $400,000 -
or as we call that in Washington: enough for 2 presidential pardons."
John Kerry, 3/1/2001
==> Georgia Democratic Party Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner

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"Somebody told me the other day that the Secret Service has orders that
if George Bush is shot, they're to shoot Quayle. . There isn't any press
here, is there?"
==> John Kerry, 1988 (AP)

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"There is not a right or wrong here. There was a correctness in the
president's judgment about timing. But that does not mean there was
an incorrectness in the judgment other people made about timing."
John Kerry
==> Senate Floor speech

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"And Americans are going to hear the truth, which has been sorely
lacking from the political discussion of our country."
John Kerry, 4/18/2004
==> Meet The Press

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"Fifty percent of the African-Americans in New York City are
unemployed between the ages of 16 and 64."
John Kerry, 2/24/2004
==> Democratic primary debate

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"We have to vote where we vote"
John Kerry, 8/18/2003
==> NPR Interview with Renee Montagne

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"There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes,
yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other
soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire
zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50-caliber
machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our
only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy
missions, in the burning of villages. All of this is contrary to the
laws of warfare, all of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions..."
John Kerry, 4/17/1971
==> Meet the Press

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"I would have done what I would have done originally."
John Kerry, 8/18/2003
==> NPR Interview with Renee Montagne

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