Saudi’s & Bush
The NY Times reports [LINK]
that the Democrats are using Michael Moore’s fantasy movie,
"Fahrenheit 911" as a factual basis to link Bush to the Saudi’s:
In the final month of the campaign, Democrats are increasingly tying
the White House to the Saudi Arabian royal family, a line of attack
that they say is highly effective, but it has stirred concern among
Saudi officials.
Senator John Kerry and the Democratic Party introduced two new
advertisements this weekend that criticize President Bush's
administration as giving the family "special favors" and as having an
over reliance on Saudi Arabia for oil.
And the Media Fund, a Democratic group, said yesterday that it would
spend $6.5 million to run advertisements hitting the Saudi theme still
harder in Ohio, Florida and Wisconsin during the next couple of weeks.
Soros’ ad
Billionaire George Soros who has likened President Bush to Adolph
Hitler has an ad link on the NY Times website that will take you to
his website,
http://www.georgesoros.com/. There, Soros offers a
personal message as to why "President Bush is endangering our safety,
hurting our vital interest and undermining our American values."
Trading jabs
President Bush and Sen. John Kerry traded jabs again yesterday. Bush
painted Kerry as a liberal flip-flopper and Kerry painted Bush as
stubborn. With just a few weeks left, both sides are continuing to try
and define their opponents.
"You may have noticed he [John Kerry] changes his position quite
frequently, but not on taxes," Bush said. "In his 20 years in the
Senate, he's voted to raise your taxes 98 times. Now all of a sudden
he saying he's for middle-class tax relief."
The Bush campaign also has rolled out a new TV ad [LINK]
that points out that liberals in Congress like John Kerry have raised
taxes 350 times in 20 years.
Bush also is keeping the pressure on Kerry regarding the global test
issue:
"Can you imagine taking an international poll of nations to determine
whether or not we need to protect you?" Bush asked regarding Kerry’s
statement that his administration would meet a "global test" when
conducting foreign policy.
Concerning healthcare Bush associated Kerry’s healthcare proposal with
former First Lady Hillary Clinton’s failed national healthcare
attempt:
"He's got a system that's creeping toward Hillary-care," Bush said.
Campaigning in New Hampshire, Kerry continued to try and portray Bush
as out of touch:
"President Bush just doesn't get it. Faced with the facts, he just
turns away," Kerry said at a town hall meeting in Hampton, New
Hampshire. "Time and again, he's proven that he's stubborn, out of
touch, unwilling to change, unwilling to change course."
Kerry accused Bush of adopting a "right-wing ideology" in restricting
stem cell research. He said it was an example of Bush's stubborn
refusal to adapt to changing circumstances.
Global test reality?
Congress is discovering what a "Global Test" would be like in their
investigation of the Oil for Food kickbacks managed by the U.N.,
reports The Washington Times:
A second investigation, led by Rep. Christopher Shays, Connecticut
Republican and chairman of the Government Reform subcommittee on
national security, emerging threats and international relations, has
found that Saddam ran the Iraqi side of the food program as a "cash
cow" that let him buy weapons with some of the $10 billion he siphoned
off, according to a report by the investigators.
Mr. Shays' panel is scheduled to hold a hearing on the report today.
The governments of Russia, France and China also blocked U.S. efforts
within the United Nations to stop abuse of the program, which was
designed to get food and medicine to Iraqis through limited sales of
oil.
Kerry weakening among Blacks
A Pew shows that in a head-to-head match-up with President Bush, Sen.
John Kerry's support among black voters has fallen from 83 percent in
August to 73 percent now, while Bush's support among blacks has
doubled, from 6 percent to 12 percent.
Kerry will have to increase efforts and resources among this group if
he is to win.
The latest Washington Post/ABC News poll shows Bush at 51 percent and
Kerry at 46 percent. Ralph Nader has 1 percent. The poll was taken
Friday and Saturday.
Swiftees refuel
The LA Times reports that Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have received
additional funding from Texans:
A political action group of Vietnam War veterans that has attacked
Democratic candidate John F. Kerry over his combat record has begun a
new television and direct mail blitz, enriched by $3 million in
contributions from two longtime financial supporters of President Bush
and the Republican Party.
In filings with the Federal Election Commission last week, officials
of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth disclosed two $1-million
donations from Harold Simmons, a billionaire chemical and waste
industry magnate, and another $1 million from oilman T. Boone Pickens.
Both base their corporate empires in the Dallas area.
JFK’s daughter
Iowa not only had the President in Des Moines yesterday, but also
JFK’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy.
Kennedy was in town to say that President Bush had not adequately
funded the No Child Left Behind act and that Kerry would do better.
"I know that John Kerry will do whatever he can to keep the promises
to the teachers and the students here in Iowa," Kennedy said.
Democrat Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack accompanied Kennedy in a visit to a
school where he offered, "The president is visiting our state today
and we welcome him to Iowa. The only regret that I have is the
president is not bringing the rest of the resources for No Child Left
Behind that have been left behind in Washington," Vilsack said.
Bush campaign spokesman Dan Ronayne called the Democratic governor's
statements without merit.
"President Bush has provided the highest education funding percentage
increase in 30 years," he said. "He increased education funding more
in four years than Bill Clinton did in eight years."
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