You should know this

You probably do. It is a well known, scientifically demonstrable fact that readers of "Make me a Commentator!!!" are the smartest people on the planet. But just in case you missed this particular story, here it is.

Senator Kerry voted against $87 billion dollars which was in part going to support the troops. I've heard a couple of explanations for this. One is that he wanted President Bush and congressional Republicans to agree to rescind some of the tax cuts in order to pay for the $87 billion. The other explanation is that there $60 billion for the troops that Kerry wanted to see passed right away, and $27 Billion for reconstruction contracts that Kerry wanted to consider in more detail. At any rate he voted against the $87 billion.

You already know more about this funding than the Bush Campaign would like you too.

But here's another tidbit that I've mentioned before. President Bush threatened to veto the $87 billion, including $60 billion to support our troops if the bill was not configured the way he wanted it. He threatened to veto this bill that he is now heckling Future President Kerry over.

Of course there is always the possibility that this was just rhetoric to force the bill into a configuration he was happy with. If they had resisted him, he would still have signed the bill for the troops. It's impossible to say. By the same token, the bill passed with a vast majority. What would Senator Kerry have done if the vote had been close? It's hard to say. Perhaps he would have voted for it, in that situation.

This does seem to be a campaign strategy of the Republicans this time around; accuse your opponents of doing, more or less, what you are doing. And hope the American people are too dumb to catch on. We saw this with the evil Move on Nazi Ads. For those who don't remember this; Move on had a contest called Bush in 30 seconds. Two ads used Nazi imagery and were yanked from the competition. Republicans pointed out that this proved Democrats inherent viciousness and evilness and that such ads had no place in the national discourse.

And then, of course, used clips from those ads in an ad of their own. Guess it's not that bad when they do it.

I know I've said all this before; but it drives me nuts when the Republicans say that Black is White and approximately half of America (or more) nods in agreement.

Edited to add; this was triggered by readint the Daily Howler, which I really can't say enough about--you should read it every day.