Re: Ultimate Chutzpah

 Kevin Tarr wrote:
> 
> At 04:00 PM 4/27/2004, you wrote:
> 
> >Yesterday Dick Cheney blasted John Kerrey for voting in the Senate
> >against various defense spending bills. It turns out, the Bush
> >Administration REQUESTED most of those cuts!
> >
> >Cheney: Kerrey voted against defense spending.
> >
> >Reporter: But, sir...you ASKED him to vote against those defense
> >spending bills!
> >
> >Cheney: That's irrelevant. The fact is, he voted against defense
> >spending.
> >
> >
> >
> >This is most blatant chutzpah since Colin Ferguson acted as his own
> >defense attorney in the LIRR shooting and asked his own victims if they
> >recognized the man who had shot them.
> >
> >Tom Beck
> 
> Did this little exchange come completely from your imagination?
> 
> The bigger issue, there are a few facts left out that put the votes into
> context. I think they would bolster your argument in the short term, but
> wreck it long term. I'll let it up to the gentle readers whether you didn't
> know these facts or left them out deliberately.

Not having been aware of any of this before now, I'm wondering if
someone could provide the rest of the facts that you say have been left
out?

        Julia