JOHN KERRY presented President Bush with a St. Patrick’s Day gift via the Wednesday morning New York Times. Responding to a new Bush ad reminding voters that Kerry had voted against last year’s $87 billion dollar appropriation to support the troops deployed in Iraq, Kerry responded: “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.”

This beautiful bit of nonsense from the nominee followed Sunday’s Miami Herald piece on Kerry’s many positions on Cuba and Cuba-related issues. The choice paragraphs from among many:

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