That's John, with an 'h'

A timely email informs me that Iowa voters are hearing from an old friend of Al and Howie, Chris Peterson...

"You may recall my role in the debate between Vice President Al Gore and U.S. Senator Bill Bradley in 1999. I stood up during the debate to ask why, in 1993, Bill Bradley opposed important flood relief that would have made a world of difference to farmers like me. Now, four years later, we again have a Democrat U.S. Senator from an industrial state running for President in Iowa who voted against the very same flood relief legislation that would have benefited rural Iowans." [Dean campaign press release, 12/30/03]

But the Gore-inspired Dean attack was just wrong. Senator JOHN KERRY voted FOR the Harkin amendment. Senator BOB KERREY voted against it.

It was a cheap shot when Gore used it against Bradley in '99 - Bradley voted for the $4.8 billion flood relief bill, to which the Harkin amendment was a proposed $900 million attachment. This time, it's just a flat out lie.

And while Howard Dean, son of rural Park Avenue, tries to play the regional card, let's remember that Sen. KERREY, who did oppose the Harkin amendment, was from that bastion of rust belt industrialization, Nebraska.

Uh-oh, HoHo. Maybe Terry should do something to stop these lies and distortions!