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Monday, September 13th, 2004Blogs For Bush has an updated version of the infamous Web of Connections chart!
DNC To Attack Bush’s Guard Service
Sunday, September 12th, 2004Drudge is reporting that that the DNC is going to launch a fresh attack on Bush’s guard duty.
While this is not beneath the Democrats, I find this to be extraordinary hypocrisy of Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the DNC. I caught him on tape at the Republican National Convention after an appearance on the Hugh Hewitt Show (on August 31st) claiming that it is George W. Bush who "wants to talk about a war 35 years ago."
Well, it’s plainly obvious who really wants to make this election about Vietnam.
Kerry’s Scare Tactics
Sunday, September 12th, 2004Right out of the Democrats playbook, Kerry implied in his TIME Magazine interview that Republicans use scare tactics in their campaign:
KERRY
…Jobs are at stake. The character of our country is at stake—whether we’re going to have people who traffic in fear instead of real solutions.TIME
It sounds as if you think the Bush strategy is based on scaring the country.KERRY
I think they are trying to do everything possible to divert attention from the real issues in front of the country, and their entire strategy for six months has been distorting my record and attacking me because they don’t have a record to run on.
Laughable as his last comment was, considering John Kerry spent… how long was it? 30 seconds on his twenty-year Senate record in his acceptance speech… and has made his entire campaign about Vietnam and not the the issues… neverthless, Kerry’s implication about scare tactics is clear…
Then of course, Kerry comes out with the accusation that the GOP will try and suppress the African American vote this election:
John Kerry suggested Saturday night that Republicans may try to keep black voters from casting their ballots to help President Bush win in November. “We are not going to stand by and allow another million African American votes to go uncounted in this election,” the Democratic presidential nominee told the Congressional Black Caucus.
“We are not going to stand by and allow acts of voter suppression, and we’re hearing those things again in this election.”
Kerry has a team of lawyers to examine possible voting problems to try to prevent a repeat of the 2000 election disputes. He also has said he has thousands of lawyers around the country prepared to monitor the polls on election day.
“What they did in Florida in 2000, some say they may be planning to do this year in battleground states all across this country,” Kerry said. “Well, we are here to let them know that we will fight tooth and nail to make sure that this time, every vote is counted and every vote counts.”
Who’s really using scare tactics, Mr. Kerry? The suppressed black vote myth has long since been debunked, and quite honestly, this tactic shows how desperate the Kerry campaign is getting, and indicates the strong influence the newly annointed Clintonites have on Kerry’s “refocused” campaign.
Did I mention that Kerry made that attack on the anniversary of 9-11?
9-11
Saturday, September 11th, 2004This is a tribute made in the aftermath of 9-11 by my brother while were at the University of Hartford…
My own thoughts later…
1,000 Blogs for Bush!
Friday, September 10th, 2004Who said blogs were a liberal phenomenon?
Michelle Malkin Goes On Tour
Thursday, September 9th, 2004Our friend Michelle Malkin is going on tour promoting her book “In Defense of Internment” which I finished last week. It is a really great book, tons of information, well researched, and does an amazing job of presenting another look at history (one that is actually factually accurate as opposed to politically correct)
So Michelle, when are you coming to Boston?
Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are
Thursday, September 9th, 2004Charles Hurt of the Washington Times has pointed out an interesting milestone of this campaign:
Today marks the one-month point since Sen. John Kerry last answered questions from reporters traveling with him on the campaign trail.
The last time the Democratic presidential nominee took questions from them was Aug. 9 on the edge of the Grand Canyon, when the small traveling press pool accompanying him was allowed to ask eight questions.
And the last time Mr. Kerry held a full-fledged press conference where he faced questions from the entire corps of national reporters covering his campaign was Aug. 2 in Grand Rapids, Mich. He took two questions then.
What could John Kerry be hiding from? Is he worried about having to address the claims made by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth? A number of their allegations have proven to have merit, even the Navy is probing the issue of Kerry’s medals now… Clearly, John Kerry, who has made a “promise” to hold monthly news conferences if he were elected President is aware of his own weaknesses in answering questions. His performances in handling tough questions has been hardly exemplary:
Since early August, the only substantive policy question Mr. Kerry has answered was one lobbed at him by an ABC correspondent about whether he wanted to respond to Vice President Dick Cheney’s charge that Mr. Kerry wanted to wage a more “sensitive” war on terror.
“No, it’s just … it’s sad that they can only be negative,” Mr. Kerry said. “They have nothing to say about the future vision of America. I think Americans want a positive vision for the future.”
Bush on the other hand, has taken questions from reporters at least four times during the month of August.
Come on John Kerry, come out from hiding and take a few questions. While you’re at it, you could actually give answers to them too.
Why don’t you contact the Kerry campaign and tell them it’s time for Kerry to answer some questions..
The War on Terror is The Wrong War?
Wednesday, September 8th, 2004Yesterday, John Kerry made a heartfelt statement in the wake of the news that more than 1,000 of our brave men and women have lost their lives serving in Iraq:
”Today marks a tragic milestone in the war in Iraq; more than 1,000 of America’s sons and daughters have now given their lives on behalf of their country, on behalf of freedom, the war on terror,” Kerry said as he arrived in Cincinnati on a campaign stop.
Here, we see John Kerry too can see that the war in Iraq is part of the war on terror.
But wait a minute, remember what he said the day before?
“It’s the wrong war, in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
So what is he saying? Is the war on terror the wrong war, in the wrong place at the wrong time? That appears to be the message he’s sending. One day Kerry is saying the war in Iraq is “the wrong war” and the next day is telling us that very same war is part of the war on terror.
While I’m glad John Kerry can see that the war in Iraq is part of the war on terror, I just can’t explain how he can simultaneously feel that it is the wrong war, in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Thank God we have a President who not only understands that the war in Iraq is part of the war on terror, but who also believes the war on terror is the right war to fight.
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