[KevinTheOmnivore]

Do Congressmen and women read everything they're given? No. Do they vote for bills that often force them to COMPROMISE their own ideological values? YES. Did the Congress clearly read the USA PATRIOT Act? No. Do elected officials instead hire staffers and interns to read legislation for them? YES. Ask anybody who has interned in a state or DC office. Sometimes representatives can't even recall what it is they had voted on that day. Is this utopian and deliberative? NO, but it's reality, and trying to single-out John Kerry for it is sad, pathetic, pointless, and irrelevant (in other words, the typical shit that Raygun posts here for his lord and savior, George W. Bush).

There is also a distinct difference between the decisions an EXECUTIVE makes, and one a LEGISLATOR makes. Senator Kerry is in a position where the decisions you make, and the votes you cast, can effect later legislation that he might propose.

President Bush has no such level of accountability. Like Max said, he initiated the bill. It's actually kind of funny-- by exploiting the fact that Kerry "didn't read" the bill, it almost sounds like a GOP confession that the bill was weak, and had Kerry even taken a cursory glance of it, he would've clearly votedagainst it. So, if Kerry is lazy, then Bush is just plain stupid. I can live with that.

Finally, I really think we should just ignore Raygun's posts. They ae pointless drivel, which are at best board spam, and at their worst ar just the desparate rantings of a GOP wonk. The Bush team is running scared, and most polls show him down, so irrelevant shit like this will become a volleyball for them. Don't buy in to it.....