April 5, 2004
3-Way Kerry coming soon…
The week is starting out with a mixed scene. Kerry
continues to try and make an impression other than
one that is unflattering. His campaign promises to
launch a "broad-based media campaign which will
introduce John Kerry in three different ways,
based on his biography, his agenda of changing the
direction of America and his record of fighting
for average Americans," says Kerry campaign
communications director Stephanie Cutter in USA Today.
The Today article covers how the Bush ads in
battleground state Missouri react to Kerry with
the messages of the Bush campaign ads.
In another attempt by the Kerry campaign to keep
everyone confused, the campaign is going to try
and get to the right of President Bush. "We
intend to run to President Bush's right on this,"
said Roger Altman, who was deputy treasury
secretary under President Clinton and is advising
Kerry's campaign.
Kerry’s campaign intends to accomplish this
unlikely feat by running ads that inform the
public that Bush will increase the deficit by $6
trillion. Of course, Kerry plans to make up the
difference by taxing people who earn more than
$200,000 a year. Some tax policy experts wonder
how many times Kerry is going to spend all the
money the "rich" make…
Democrats’ woes
The Associated Press reports that Kerry’s choice
for Vice President will not come anytime soon.
After Kerry comes up with a short list they still
need to be vetted and then reassessed.
However, The convention in Boston is going worse
than slow. Police are in a union battle over wages
with the Mayor and are threatening to picket. And
there is a Republican governor who does not want
to spend state money for a Democrat convention.
Fundraising has not been good in the corporate
sector. The heightened security complicates the
already cramped quarters in downtown Boston…
things just are not rosy in Kerry’s hometown.
Dubya’s got a big week ahead
Meanwhile, President Bush is going to continue to
push for job retraining according to the AFP:
In a speech Bush is to give in Charlotte, North
Carolina, the US president will propose changes in
the Workforce Training System to increase the
number of people trained from 206,000 to 412,000 a
year, senior administration officials said.
The increase would come through a combination of
new funding into the four billion dollar a year
program, reduced administrative costs and an end
to duplication of efforts, one senior official
said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
However, Bush’s campaign is not troubled by Kerry
but is pursued by world and national events. The
rise of opposition rioting in Iraq is trying to
complicate the upcoming hand-over of power in June
and has gained the Nation’s focus.
Likewise, this week’s most important event is
probably Condoleezza Rice’s testimony before the
9-11 Commission, scheduled for April 8. There have
been several articles about Rice and it is
expected that there will be more before she
testifies. A Newsweek article,
In the Eye of the Storm, portrays Rice as
a Bush sounding board overwhelmed by Dick Cheney
and Donald Rumsfeld. However, Rice will
undoubtedly provide a boost to the Bush
Administration through her testimony. Through her
position, Rice is the nexus-point of the
Administration’s efforts against the War on
Terrorism -- before and after 9-11. She is
expected to stem the problems of Richard Clarke.
Books of political despair
Who’s the former White House Counsel under Richard
Nixon, remembered for his whistle-blowing role in
the Watergate break-in? John Dean, and he’s back
and pushing a his new book, titled, “Worse than
Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W.
Bush.” Dean’s making the rounds on the book
circuit and is going to try to out-Clarke Clarke
in his Bush bashing.
Howard Dean’s latest scream…
Former presidential candidate Howard Dean
yesterday accused the Bush administration of lying
about its reasons for invading Iraq and said, "Bushgate
... is far more serious than Watergate in many
ways."
The Democrat, interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on CNN's
"Late Edition," called for an investigation and
suggested that President Bush might have committed
an impeachable offense.
"This administration has simply not told us the
truth," said Mr. Dean, referring to prewar
intelligence about mobile labs and weapons of mass
destruction in lraq. "And I can't understand why
this isn't being investigated. This is Bushgate,
which is far more serious than Watergate in many
ways because 600 people are dead ... and countless
Iraqis and over 2,000 Americans wounded, many of
them permanently maimed. What is going on in this
country is this kind of stuff is buried on page
6A, as it was in our local paper here this
morning."
When Mr. Blitzer pointed out that there is a
commission investigating the WMD intelligence
before the war, as well as congressional
inquiries, Mr. Dean replied: "Yes. I find it
interesting, of course, that the inquiries are
going to be put off until [after] the election.
You know, if Bill Clinton were president today,
there would be calls for his impeachment, there
would be congressional investigations. In fact,
what's really happened is the right wing of the
Republican Party, which apparently controls both
houses, not just the House, is putting its party's
interest just above the country's interest. We
need a full-scale, open congressional
investigation about this."
Hussein’s scientists assassinated
The Washington Times is reporting on the fact that
Saddam Hussein’s weapons scientists are being
assassinated by insurgents:
"I want the world to be informed that these
individuals are being assassinated, and it's not
because they have a new cooking recipe," said Rep.
Steve Buyer, Indiana Republican and chairman of
the House Veterans' Affairs oversight and
investigations subcommittee
The Times reports that Buyer said he learned of
the assassinations during a closed-door briefing
by Mr. Kay and wondered then why the inspector and
other officials are not doing more to publicly
expose the killings as significant events.
Kennedy: bond of trust expert?
Sen. Ted (Chappaquiddick) Kennedy continued to be
the rabid dog for the John Kerry Presidential
campaign. Kennedy failed to link President Bush to
Joe McCarthy but did link the President to Richard
Nixon.
"As a result, this president has now created the
largest credibility gap since Richard Nixon,"
Kennedy said in a speech at the Brookings
Institution. "He has broken the basic bond of
trust with the American people."
Kennedy basically said every statement President
Bush has ever uttered is a lie. Kennedy has been
out of control for months in much the same way
John Dean in his new book (“Worse than
Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W.
Bush.” ) is out of control. Evidence of this
is Kennedy’s statement, “[Bush] is the problem,
not the solution. Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam,
and this country needs a new president."
Daisy is stalking Kerry
a spoof by
Roger Wm. Hughes
Sen. John Kerry has been plagued by an insidious
problem since his vacation. The Secret Service has
tried to keep it quiet, but now the truth is
coming out.
The incident of the Secret Service agent running
into Kerry was no accident. The agent was actually
trying to tackle a daisy, which had suddenly shown
up after Kerry bought a new ski coat. The daisy
appeared to be attacking, uhm, the Senator’s
private parts.
There is a rumor that this is why Kerry has not
been a forceful candidate.
National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice has
been blamed for the incident, despite her denial
of any involvement. Former terrorism expert
Richard Clarke has blamed the incident on
terrorists and the Bush Administration’s failure
to take his daisy warning seriously. Meanwhile,
John Dean indicated that it was just another case
of President Bush’s lying to the American public
and a need for impeachment proceedings to begin.
While sighting of the daisy was principally while
Kerry was on the slopes in Idaho, there have been
continuous reports on a number of websites showing
evidence of further daisy sightings. It seems that
spoofs of major magazines have even surfaced.
This daisy seems to create a significant
credibility gap for the Kerry campaign. Questions
remain as to whether Kerry is fit to be President
if he can’t solve the problem of the stalking
daisy.
Meanwhile, the American public continues on the
Daisy Watch. Will the Kerry campaign prove it is
capable of handling this crushing blow to the
Kerry’s candidacy?
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