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09/04/2004 Entry: "RNC"

That was quite a convention. I didn't watch it on TV, but having looked at transcripts from Zell's and Dick's speeches all I could say is wow:

If your bullshit detector didn't start ringing off the hook, then you haven't been doing your homework.

They were full of accusations --at best, spin; at worst, slander-- which have been long-since refuted.

For example, via Slate:

...John Kerry, during his 20 years in the Senate, voted to kill the M-1 tank, the Apache helicopter; the F-14, F-16, and F-18 jet fighters; and just about every other weapon system that has kept our nation free and strong.

Here, one more time, is the truth of the matter: Kerry did not vote to kill these weapons, in part because none of these weapons ever came up for a vote, either on the Senate floor or in any of Kerry's committees.

...

What makes this dishonesty not merely a lie, but a damned lie, is that back when Kerry cast these votes, Dick Cheney—who was the secretary of defense for George W. Bush's father—was truly slashing the military budget.

It goes on. Go 'ave a look.