“George Bush. Denounce the smear. Get back to the issues.”
With the Bush-Cheney campaign more intent on using its tired, old smear tactics than addressing the concerns of the American people, the Kerry-Edwards campaign Sunday unveiled a new television ad exposing the recycled Bush-Cheney attack campaign and urging the president to give the American people what they deserve – a discussion about the issues they face every day.
After four years of failed Bush policies, middle-class Americans are struggling. Good paying jobs have disappeared in record numbers. Health care costs have skyrocketed. American soldiers are fighting in Iraq, and America has failed to become as safe as we can be.
Yet even with so much work to do, the president is not talking about solutions. Instead, he and Karl Rove have flipped back to the well-worn smear page of their campaign playbook, last used against John McCain in 2000, and stood silent while their backers attack the service and honor of John Kerry and America’s veterans.
“This Bush backed smear is a case of Déjà vu for those who follow Rove and the president, but it is not what the American people deserve,” said Kerry-Edwards campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill. “John Kerry knows America can do better than lies and smear. That is why he and John Edwards have released a detailed plan to make America stronger at home and respected in the word. Their plan will strengthen the economy for middle-class families, create and keep good paying jobs in America, cut health care costs and make America stronger and more secure. That is what voters want to hear, not lies and smears, and it’s time the president realized that.”
In the 2000 Republican primary, then candidate Bush refused to disavow or condemn hateful and vicious attacks on McCain’s military record. The president is now doing the exact same thing – sitting silent while “Swift Boat Veterans for Bush” smear Kerry’s military service with proven lies.
Despite McCain calling the attacks on Kerry “dishonest and dishonorable,” Bush has yet to denounce them, just like he has yet to articulate his plan and vision for a second term.
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posted by Pamela J. Leavey at 2:55 PM
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Let's see. The king of all liars, Michael Moore, has not been denounced by John Kerry. And, in fact, was given a place of honor at the Democratic Convention. Over $100 million has been spent on Democratic 527's vs. $150,000 by a Bush supporter with the Swiftboat Vets' group. If Kerry had denounced the anti-Bush smears for the last year, your campaign would have had little to talk about. Let's get to the Senator's anemic 19 year Senate record and today's issues. Kerry made his Vietnam record the centerpiece of his campaign and deserves whatever he gets as a result of ALL the truth coming out.
You can't equate honest and accurate charges raised againt Bush's record with the charges of the Swift Boat Liars.
Moore is giving an honest account of the problems he sees. The Swift Boat Liars are clearly making up stories which differ from the accounts of the eye witnesses and from the military record. In several cases their lies even differ from their own statements given in the past in support of Kerry.
There is also the issue of illegal cooperation between the Bush campaign and the Swift Boat Liars. There is no comparison between the Swift Boat Liars and the real 527's.
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