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Kerryism of the DayThe senator's caveats and curlicues.

By William SaletanPosted Tuesday, June 15, 2004, at 11:07 AM ET

What did he say? (For instructions on how to read a Kerryism, click here.)

Question: We have had an FCC chairman who's been a deregulator. I looked back in the records. You missed the vote in the Senate last fall which overturned his media ownership rules.

Kerry: Right1. I wasn't there for the vote2.

—C-SPAN interview, June 3, 2004

[1] but I declared myself completely in favor of it

[2] but I was 100 percent in favor of overturning his rules

Verbatim:

Right, but I declared myself completely in favor of it. I wasn't there for the vote, but I was 100 percent in favor of overturning his rules.

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William Saletan is Slate's national correspondent and author of Bearing Right: How Conservatives Won the Abortion War. Follow him on Twitter here.
Photograph of John Kerry by Marc Serota/Reuters.
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