Senator Kerry will now understand what it means to be the front-runner!


The following are excerpts taken from a speech made by Chairman Gillespie at the RNC Winter Meeting:



John Kerry’s record of service in our military is honorable. But his long record in the Senate is one of advocating policies that would weaken our national security.

In 1972, when John Kerry first campaigned for Congress, he made a commitment to vote against military appropriations. After he was elected, he went one step further, actively introducing legislation to reduce funding for defense and intelligence.

In addition to his opposition to defense funding, John Kerry opposed the policies that led to victory in the Cold War.

In 1984 he called for a freeze on testing, production and deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems.

In 1985, he introduced a Comprehensive Nuclear Freeze Bill, and sponsored two amendments to freeze SDI-related nuclear development.

In 1991, he acknowledged Saddam Hussein’s possession of WMD, but voted against military action in the Gulf War.

In 1993, Sen. Kerry introduced a plan to:
 cut the number of Navy submarines and their crews;
 reduce the number of light infantry units in the Army down to one;
 reduce Air Force tactical fighter wings;
 terminate the Navy's coastal mine-hunting ship program; and
 force the retirement of no less than 60,000 members of the Armed Forces in one year.
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In 1995, Sen. Kerry voted to freeze defense spending for 7 years, cutting over $34 billion from the defense budget


Sen. John Kerry, twelve days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, said, “And the tragedy is, at the moment, the single most important weapon for the United States of America is intelligence. It's the single most important weapon in this particular war …”

This is the same Sen. Kerry who in 1995, two years after the first World Trade Center bombing, voted to cut FBI funding by $80 million.

That same year, again, only two years after the first World Trade Center bombing, he unsuccessfully proposed legislation to slash $1.5 billion—over the next 5 years—from our intelligence budget.
That’s a $300 million cut in intelligence funding in 1995; the year before terrorists attacked the Khobar Towers.

That’s a $300 million cut in intelligence funding in 1997; the year before terrorists attacked U.S. embassies in East Africa.

That’s a $300 million cut in intelligence funding in 1999; the year before terrorists attacked the U.S.S. Cole.