From the Outbox

From: folkbum
Date: Wed Apr 28, 2004 5:47:21 PM America/Chicago
To: All Things Considered <atc@npr.org>
Subject: David Brooks/ Dick Cheney

Wednesday in your regular segment featuring David Brooks and E.J. Dionne, Brooks rightly corrected host Robert Siegel when he claimed Vice President Dick Cheney had questioned John Kerry's military service record in a speech Monday at Westminster College. Brooks said that in fact Cheney had been questioning Kerry's voting record on military spending and whether the senator supports various weapons systems.

David Brooks--and your listeners--should know that those remarks from Cheney open the door to a serious pot-and-kettle situation. Cheney may be a hawk now, but he
lambasted President Reagan as a leader in the House of Representatives for not cutting military spending back in the 1984. More recently, as Secretary of Defense to the first President Bush, Cheney oversaw deep cuts in military programs.

I guess wanting to cut military funding is another one of those things that is only okay if you're a Republican.

folkbum
Milwaukee, WI