New Bush Ad: “Searching”
Bush-Cheney campaign is releasing a new television ad today called
“Searching.” [LINK]
Here is a transcript of the ad:
President Bush: I'm George W. Bush and I approve this message.
John Kerry: "It was the right decision to disarm Saddam
Hussein, and when the President made the decision I supported him."
John Kerry: "I don't believe the President took us to war as he
should have."
John Kerry: "The winning of the war was brilliant."
John Kerry: "It's the wrong war, in the wrong place, at the
wrong time."
John Kerry: "I have always said we may yet even find weapons of
mass destruction."
John Kerry: "I actually did vote for the 87 billion dollars
before I voted against it."
Graphic: How can John Kerry protect us…
…when he
doesn't even know where he stands?
Mission accomplished
President Bush said he would "absolutely" do it all again: landing in
a jet on an aircraft carrier and giving his announcement under a
banner proclaiming "Mission Accomplished."
"I flew out there, and said, 'Thanks. Thanks on behalf of a grateful
nation.' You bet I'd do it again," Mr. Bush told Fox News Channel's
"The O'Reilly Factor" program in an interview.
"I'm saying to the troops, on this carrier and elsewhere, thanks for
serving America. Absolutely. And by the way, those sailors and airmen
loved seeing the commander in chief," Bush said.
However, Sen. John Kerry said that he would not have told the members
of the carrier group that they had accomplished their mission before
going into port.
"It's unbelievable that George Bush said he would do it all over
again," said Kerry.
"I'll never be a president who just says 'mission accomplished.' I
will get [the] mission accomplished," said Kerry. "The president
continues to live in a fantasy world of spin."
Kennedy unleashed
Sen. Ted Kennedy has been unleashed to bring his unabashed attacks
upon President Bush. He is expected to deliver a blistering attack
today.
Sunday on ABC’s "Face the Nation" Kennedy said, "What we are seeing is
that we are lost in the quagmire over there," Kennedy said. "Now, John
Kerry has offered a plan to try and change this. This administration
has had its chance. And it's blunder after blunder. We need a new
direction."
Kevin Madden, a spokesman for the Bush-Cheney campaign, responded,
"Terrorists inside Iraq are trying to stop freedom and democracy from
flourishing there and are trying to shake our resolve," Madden said.
"Clearly they've succeeded in shaking Senator Kennedy's resolve. The
president believes our coalition of allies can and will prevail in
stabilizing Iraq and that, as a result, America and the world will be
better off and more secure."
''The war in Iraq has made the mushroom cloud more likely, not less
likely,'' Kennedy said Monday at George Washington University.
Battleground narrowing
There are seven key states that are currently at the heart of the
battle for President: Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa, New
Mexico, West Virginia and New Hampshire. These states make up 79
electoral votes.
Other states that are somewhat in play are Ohio, Michigan, Nevada,
Maine and, to a lesser extent, Minnesota, Oregon and Missouri,
totaling another 83 electoral votes.
President Bush currently has the advantage in states that he carried
four years ago and Kerry is struggling to hold on to states that Al
Gore won.
One of those key states that the Kerry campaign is trying to keep in
the competitive column is Ohio, which Bush won in 2000.
Kerry campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill said today that Kerry will win
Ohio. This flies in the face of the fact that the University of
Cincinnati survey put President Bush ahead in Ohio by four points. And
a darker measure of Kerry’s lack of support is the fact that Ralph
Nader has getting 4 percent -- a clear indication that voters in that
state do not see a vote for Kerry as a winning effort.
Bush is fighting to hold onto his past 2000 wins in Florida, New
Hampshire, West Virginia, Ohio and Nevada.
Kerry is in serious trouble as he tries to hold on to Wisconsin.
Additionally, there are five recent polls showing Bush ahead in Iowa
along with challenging for New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Minnesota,
putting Kerry in a tough spot.
Agreement is unanimous... if Kerry does badly in the first debate,
he’s in deep trouble. Kerry must overcome his image of being weak and
shore up his record of being the worst flip-flopper in modern
political history if he is to beat Bush.
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