Lawsuits Are Driving Up Health Care Costs & Hurting Job Growth.
5. Melissa Brown: Thousands of lawsuits are driving up health care costs.
6. Geoff Davis: “I'll fight to stop the frivolous lawsuits that drive up health care costs…”
“… and hurt jobs.”

This is entirely true: according to the non-partisan National Center for Policy Analysis:
Medical liability is extremely costly to the medical industry. It adds $60 billion to $110 billion to the costs of private health care each year and another $30 billion to $60 billion to federal government payments for Medicare, Medicaid and other programs.

The Department of Health and Human Services agrees.

11. Senator John McCain: “Our President will work with all nations willing to help us defeat this scourge that afflicts us all.”

As of July 17, 2004, the following nations had deployed forces to Iraq:
Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Thailand, the Philippines, Romania, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

LIE: Bush Created Homeland Security Department
19. Dennis Hastert: We have taken important steps to defend our people by creating a Department of Homeland Security to better coordinate our internal defense.

Why, here's where he signed the bill creating said Department.

Taxes, Litigation, and Regulation Lead to Job Loss.
29. Hastert: These [taxation, litigation, and regulation] are the job killers. They add costs to our products and put American workers at a disadvantage.

So Kerry's saying that taxes, lawsuits, and regulation create jobs?

John Kerry Voted Against Funding Troops.
38. Rudy Guliani: And then just 9 months later, he voted against an $87 billion supplemental budget to fund the war and support our troops.

This is true. It's something that everyone knows is true.

Kerry has said he voted against that measure because it would have financed the war with borrowed money. He voted for a defeated alternative that would have rolled back some of Bush's tax cuts to pay for the conflict.

While looking this up, I found something else of interest:
On the Sept. 14, 2003, edition of CBS's Face the Nation, Kerry spoke at length about an amendment he and Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., were offering which would have paid for the $87 billion by delaying some of the recent tax cuts.

Asked if he would vote against the $87 billion if his amendment did not pass, Kerry said, "I don't think any United States senator is going to abandon our troops and recklessly leave Iraq to whatever follows as a result of simply cutting and running. That's irresponsible."

John Kerry’s Statement on the $87 Billion Indicates Inconsistency.
40. Rudy Guliani: My point about John Kerry being inconsistent is best described in his own words when he said, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it."

I'm not really sure what it demonstrates if it doesn't demonstrate inconsistency.

John Kerry Flip-Flopped on the Security Fence.
41. Rudy Guliani: In October, 2003, he told an Arab-American Institute in Detroit that a security barrier separating Israel from the Palestinian Territories was a "barrier to peace." A few months later, he took exactly the opposite position. In an interview with the Jerusalem Post he said, "Israel's security fence is a legitimate act of self defense."

If you're going to deny flip-flopping, one would be well-advised not to outline the flip-flop in the process of the denial.

Reasons for Removing Saddam Were Based on More Than Just WMDs.
45. Rudy Guliani: But the reasons for removing Saddam Hussein were based on issues even broader than just the presence of weapons of mass destruction.

Well, the War Resolution that Senator Kerry voted for named reasons other than WMD's;

Whereas after the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, Iraq entered into a United Nations sponsored cease-fire agreement pursuant to which Iraq unequivocally agreed, among other things, to eliminate its nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs and the means to deliver and develop them, and to end its support for international terrorism;

Whereas Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region and remains in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations by, among other things, continuing to possess and develop a significant chemical and biological weapons capability, actively seeking a nuclear weapons capability, and supporting and harboring terrorist organizations;

Whereas Iraq persists in violating resolution of the United Nations Security Council by continuing to engage in brutal repression of its civilian population thereby threatening international peace and security in the region, by refusing to release, repatriate, or account for non-Iraqi citizens wrongfully detained by Iraq, including an American serviceman, and by failing to return property wrongfully seized by Iraq from Kuwait;

Whereas members of al Qaida, an organization bearing responsibility for attacks on the United States, its citizens, and interests, including the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, are known to be in Iraq;

Whereas Iraq continues to aid and harbor other international terrorist organizations, including organizations that threaten the lives and safety of United States citizens;

Whereas the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-338) expressed the sense of Congress that it should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove from power the current Iraqi regime and promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime;

Unless, of course, Senator Kerry didn't bother to read the resolution before he voted to send American boys to war.

Bush Gave 4 Million Seniors Discounted Prescription Drugs
48. Frist: And right now, thanks to the President's action, this Medicare prescription drug discount card is providing 4 million seniors with immediate relief from the high cost of their medicines. Remarks [Remarks at the Republican National Convention, 8/31/04]

From the Department of Health and Human Services:
Administrator Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., today announced that enrollment in the Medicare-approved drug discount card program has surpassed the 4 million mark – eclipsing the pace of enrollment in the popular children’s health program.

Kerry Mischaracterized Bush’s Stem Cell Policy
52. Frist: John Kerry claims that the President has put a "sweeping ban" on stem cell research. [Remarks at the Republican National Convention, 8/31/04]

From the BBC:
"Here in America, we don't sacrifice science for ideology," he said.

"Come next January, when John Edwards and I are sworn into office, we're going to create a new anniversary, one that will be a cause for celebration."

"We're going to lift the ban on stem cell research," he said

Kerry’s Health Care Plan to Cost $1 Trillion
54. Frist: We have a choice. John Kerry's trillion dollar government-run plan will place your health in the hands of others faraway. [Remarks at the Republican National Convention, 8/31/04]

From the Washington Post:
Kerry's health care plan is easily his most ambitious campaign promise, but it comes with a large price tag: more than $650 billion, and perhaps much more, over the next decade, according to health care experts. The proposal dwarfs the senator's plans to increase spending in other areas, including education and the environment.

Bush Inherited Recession, Faced Attack on Homeland.
62. Schwarzenegger: “America's economy is moving ahead in spite of a recession they inherited and in spite of the attack on our homeland.” [GOP Convention, 8/31/04]

Bush didn't face an attack on the American Homeland? That's news to New Yorkers. As for the recession, whether it started in late 2000 or March 2001, either way he can't be blamed.

Bush Inherited a Recession
65. Cheney: “As President Bush and I were sworn into office, our nation was sliding into recession…” [Cheney Remarks, 9/1/04]

It wasn't?

Bush Destroyed Terrorist Training Camps in Afghanistan
68. Cheney: “In Afghanistan, the camps where terrorists trained to kill Americans have been shut down…” [Cheney Remarks, 9/1/04]

They weren't destroyed? That'll ne welcome news to al-Qaeda.

Kerry Said He Would Only Deploy Troops at the Directive of the UN
69. Cheney: “Senator Kerry began his political career by saying he would like to see our troops deployed ‘only at the directive of the United Nations.’” [Cheney Remarks, 9/1/04]

Kerry said that the United Nations should have control over most of our foreign military operations. "I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations."
-The Harvard Crimson, 1970

Kerry Opposes Reagan Defense Initiatives
70. Cheney: “During the 1980s, Senator Kerry opposed Ronald Reagan's major defense initiatives that brought victory in the Cold War.” [Cheney Remarks, 9/1/04]




Kerry Spoke of a More “Sensitive” War on Terror
71. Cheney: “He talks about leading a ‘more sensitive war on terror,’ as though Al Qaeda will be impressed with our softer side.” [Cheney Remarks, 9/1/04]

"I believe I can fight a more effective, more thoughtful, more strategic, more proactive, more sensitive war on terror"
-John Kerry, August 2004

95. Miller: “Together, Kennedy/Kerry have opposed the very weapons system that won the Cold War and that is now winning the War on Terror.” [Miller Remarks, 9/1/04]
96. Miller: “Listing all the weapon systems that Senator Kerry tried his best to shut down sounds like an auctioneer selling off our national security but Americans need to know the facts.” [Miller Remarks, 9/1/04]
97. Miller: “The B-1 bomber, that Senator Kerry opposed, dropped 40% of the bombs in the first six months of Operation Enduring Freedom.” [Miller Remarks, 9/1/04]
98. Miller: “The B-2 bomber, that Senator Kerry opposed, delivered air strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan and Hussein's command post in Iraq.” [Miller Remarks, 9/1/04]
99. Miller: “The F-14A Tomcats, that Senator Kerry opposed, shot down Khadifi's Libyan MIGs over the Gulf of Sidra.” [Miller Remarks, 9/1/04]
100. Miller: “The modernized F-14D, that Senator Kerry opposed, delivered missile strikes against Tora Bora.” [Miller Remarks, 9/1/04]
101. Miller: “The Apache helicopter, that Senator Kerry opposed, took out those Republican Guard tanks in Kuwait in the Gulf War.” [Miller Remarks, 9/1/04]
102. Miller: “The F-15 Eagles, that Senator Kerry opposed, flew cover over our Nation's Capital and this very city after 9/11.”
103. Miller: “I could go on and on and on: Against the Patriot Missile that shot down Saddam Hussein's scud missiles over Israel…”[Miller Remarks, 9/1/04]
104. Miller: “…Against the Aegis air-defense cruiser…” [Miller Remarks, 9/1/04]
105. Miller: “…Against the Strategic Defense Initiative…” [Miller Remarks, 9/1/04]
106. Miller: “…Against the Trident missile, against, against, against. This is the man who wants to be the Commander in Chief of our U.S. Armed Forces? U.S. forces armed with what? Speeutbawlls?”[Miller Remarks, 9/1/04]

Now, the Democrats have been pressing hard on all of this, claiming that Cheney (as Defense Secretary) cut all of these things and that the Republicans were using post-Cold War votes against Kerry. Not true. I've found the Kerry document that was the source of all of this.

Kerry Does Not Support Welfare Reform/Faith-Based Initiatives
114. Santorum: John Kerry's response -- he joined Senate Democrats in blocking the President's welfare reform and faith-based initiatives. He says he's "concerned" about the separation of church and state.
Bush Inherited a Recession.

The truth is that John Kerry opposed Welfare Reform right up until the eve of the 1996 election when he (wait for it) flip-flopped on the issue.

Martinez Said Kerry Wanted to Raise Taxes.
132. Martinez: “President Bush wants to cut taxes, and John Kerry wants to raise taxes.” [Mel Martinez, 9/2/04]

Ha! Yeah. I'm going to go in the Kerry spirit and I'm just going to let that one stand.

I could find stuff on a lot of the other items posted but, unlike whoever put this list together, I'm not getting paid for my time.