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PostPosted: 10 Oct 2004, 19:18 
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Bush campaign to base ad on Kerry terror quote
Democrats: GOP again taking senator's words out of context


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush's campaign announced Sunday its plans to use as the basis of a new commercial a quote from an 8,000-word New York Times Magazine article about Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.

The parsing prompted the Kerry camp to retort that the soon-to-be-released Bush ad was another example of the president's campaign taking words out of context to create a misleading impression.

The article, a largely analytical cover story in the magazine, says the interviewer asked Kerry "what it would take for Americans to feel safe again."

''We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they're a nuisance,'' the article states as the Massachusetts senator's reply.

''As a former law enforcement person, I know we're never going to end prostitution. We're never going to end illegal gambling. But we're going to reduce it, organized crime, to a level where it isn't on the rise. It isn't threatening people's lives every day, and fundamentally, it's something that you continue to fight, but it's not threatening the fabric of your life.''

Kerry was a prosecutor before he got into politics, and made fighting organized crime a priority.

Bush campaign Chairman Marc Racicot, in an appearance on CNN's "Late Edition," interpreted Kerry's remarks as saying "that the war on terrorism is like a nuisance. He equated it to prostitution and gambling, a nuisance activity. You know, quite frankly, I just don't think he has the right view of the world. It's a pre-9/11 view of the world."

Republican Party Chairman Ed Gillespie, on CBS' "Face the Nation," used similar language.

"Terrorism is not a law enforcement matter, as John Kerry repeatedly says. Terrorist activities are not like gambling. Terrorist activities are not like prostitution. And this demonstrates a disconcerting pre-September 11 mindset that will not make our country safer. And that is what we see relative to winning the war on terror and relative to Iraq."

The Bush-Cheney campaign also announced it was releasing an ad highlighting Kerry's comment.

Reuters reported that the new Bush commercial's script asks "How can Kerry protect us when he doesn't understand the threat?"

Kerry campaign spokesman Phil Singer called the Republican charges "absolutely ridiculous."

"This is yet another example of the Bush campaign taking John Kerry's words out of context, and then blowing it up into something that is nothing," he said.

"The whole article is about how John Kerry recognizes that the war on terror requires a multipronged approach. It's not just the military aspect, but you need diplomacy to be able to enlist your allies. The Bush people have never understood that. John Kerry has always said that terrorism is the No. 1 threat to the U.S."

Kerry consistently has rejected assertions that he underestimates the threat of terrorism or views the battle against it as solely a law enforcement matter. He argues that law enforcement and intelligence are critical elements of the battle against terrorism, and that Bush has said the same thing.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who was chairman of the Democratic National Convention, where Kerry got his party's nomination in July, said on "Late Edition," "Senator Kerry has said that the No. 1 threat to America is international terrorism, al Qaeda."


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YOUR GRASPING STRAWS MATT,BESIDES BUSH COULD OF BUT CHOOSE NOT TO RETALIATE FOR THE COLE, AS DR RICE SAID "THEY DIDNT WANT "TIT FOR TAT".

ITS DOWN TO THE LAST 24 DAYS NOW,IN A MONTH FROM NOW ITS GOING TO BE "WHAT IF HE WON", IT WAS RIGGED" WE STILL HAVE DEC 13 TO SEE WHO WON ETC....

HOW MANY OF THOSE "UNDECIDIED VOTERS IN MO " DO YOU REALLY THINK WERE "UNDECIDIED" I'D VENTURE ABOUT 3 THE REST WE'RE PARTY PLANTS FOR BOTH SIDES.
THAT LADY IN THE FLAG SHIRT,LOOKED LIKE,ACTED LIKE A TEXAN TRANSPLANTED TO MO.

I LOVE CHARLIE GIBSON,GOT HIS AUTO GRAPH AND TALKED TO HIM ON THE FLT LINE AFTER "GOOD MORNING AMERICAS" THANKS GIVING SHOW FROM KING FHAD IN NOV 90. NICE BUNCH OF FOLKS. BUT I THINK HE WASNT AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME AS MODERATOR ON THE DEBATE.
BUT I DO THINK BUSH NARROWLY EDGED OUT KERRY IN THAT ONE OR A TIE

MONEY TALKS,B.S. JUST PILES UP.

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Kerry was a Prosecuter the article says? Any links to his conviction rate? Just to be fair, though I'd doubt being dissapointed with it.

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I HEARD THE BEST LINE THE OTHER NIGHT,

"IF YOUR CANIDATE WAS A FOUND OUT TO HAVE LIED,YOU'D STILL VOTE FOR HIM,NOTHING A CANIDATE CAN DO NOW TO CHANGE ANY VOTERS MIND"

LETS JUST HOPE IT SOMEWHERE THEN FLORIDA THIS TIME<img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Well, it won't be Texas, I guarantee it.

“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” Benjamin Franklin, 1759


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Didnt the Cole attack take place prior to Bush becoming President? Back about 4 years ago, October 2000...

Shouldnt Clinton have responded to that attack, if the Demos cared a whit about protecting us?

A strong response of attacks in Afghanistan might have prevented 9/11, instead nothing was done to disuade the terrorists... It might even have killed Osama before he went to ground...

But instead, nothing was done, in typical Clinton fashion...

CAG out...





Edited by - CAG Hotshot on Oct 15 2004 2:26 PM


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Oct 12.<img src=newicons/smiley_salute.gif border=0 align=middle>

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and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her".
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PostPosted: 16 Oct 2004, 15:21 
CAG, you are correct on all counts.

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