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Originally Posted by marichiko
As for the rest of the statements in that snip, even Rolling Stone wouldn't tell outright lies. The votes of members of Congress are a matter of public record, and given all the hoopla over CBS, Dan Rather, and forged documents, I would think that the writer would have been careful to keep his facts straight.
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it doesn't have to be a lie in order to be misleading. example: John Kerry voted for the war but against the $87B needed to fight it. every item up for vote has multiple versions and most have BS tagged onto the back that cause people who support the original idea of the bill to vote against it. so it is technically true to say Kerry voted against funding US troops with an $87B bill, it is misleading.
Cheney in the early '80's was strongly influenced by a group in the pentagon called the reformers and the fighter mafia. this was a small group of people trying to reform the way R&D was done. they were pro-warrior but anti-gold plated weaponry. Cheney along with more than 100 congressman and senators joined these individuals in fighting the generals for reform. so yes, cheney did vote against many military projects at the time. at least variations of it.
i'm sure that he also voted for and against variations of different bills quite often. in order to find out what he was really trying to do, you would have to look at each of his (and any politician's) votes in detail.