Posted by Eugene Volokh: Know Your Candidate: On several occasions, most recently on [1]Aug. 6, the Kerry campaign has said that "John Kerry is an Experienced Leader in the Intelligence Field -- John Kerry served on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for 6 years and is the former Vice Chairman of the Committee. Kerry joined the Committee in early 1993 and served until early 2001." See also [2]this Mar. 24 press release and [3]this Jan. 29 press release. The Aug. 6 and Jan. 29 press releases, incidentally, are labeled "fact checks" of Republican arguments; the Jan. 29 press release mentions the item in a section labeled "Reality" (as opposed to "Republican Rhetoric"), the Mar. 24 press release under "Just the Facts," and the Aug. 6 press release under "The Record."
Now the Republican National Committee is pointing out -- correctly, I think, based on my quick search -- that Kerry never was the Vice Chairman of the Committee; that post was held by former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey. Whoops . . . . I'd hate to be the guy who screwed that one up. References 1. http://releases.usnewswire.com/printing.asp?id=146-08062004 2. http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=134-03242004 3. http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2004_0129f.html _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://highsorcery.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
