
Kerryism of the DayThe senator's caveats and curlicues.
Posted Tuesday, June 15, 2004, at 11:07 AM ET
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Question: We have had an FCC chairman who's been a deregulator. I looked back in the records. You missed the vote in the Senate last fall which overturned his media ownership rules.
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Kerry: Right1. I wasn't there for the vote2.
—C-SPAN interview, June 3, 2004
[1] but I declared myself completely in favor of it
[2] but I was 100 percent in favor of overturning his rules
Verbatim:
Right, but I declared myself completely in favor of it. I wasn't there for the vote, but I was 100 percent in favor of overturning his rules.
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