Jesus, LarryK, your lack of understanding of the way Washington works is amazing. Kerry voted against a WHOLE BILL, not against "body armor for the troops" or even "the 87 million." The Bill was structured in such a way as to GIVE TAXPAYER MONEY DIRECTLY TO HALLIBURTON, and then to ADD THAT EXPENDITURE DIRECTLY TO THE DEFICIT. That's what he voted against.

Now I believe that conservative values do not include this kind of deficit taxation for pork-barrel programs. The previous version of the bill, which found specific sources for the money, and which Kerry voted FOR, was therefore MORE CONSERVATIVE.

This president can get away with any radical tax scheme he wants to. As long as the billions go directly to his cronies in industry, and we get meaningless 100 dollar refund checks, he remains the darling of conservatives. it's obscene!