Bush-Linked Group In 2004: 'Would You Trust Kerry Against These Fanatic Killers?'

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/bush-kerry-2004_n_1467161.html?ref=elections-2012

And this morning another Democratic strategist sent along a link to a 2004 ad that they felt did the same thing as the Obama ad, questioning Democratic Sen. John Kerry's (D-Mass.) leadership and courage.

The ad was run by the Progress for America Voter Fund, the campaign arm of a group that had been founded by Tony Feather, political director for George W. Bush's 2000 campaign. Republican operative Brian McCabe headed PFAVF during the 2004 election, and the fund spent around $28 million on the race.

Here is the script of the ad:

"9/11. A leader showed strength and compassion. President Bush. He held us together and began to hunt down terrorist killers. But what if Bush wasn't there? Could John Kerry have shown this leadership? The Kerry who voted against billions for America's intelligence even after the first World Trade Center bombing. The Kerry who voted against 13 weapons systems our troops depend on. President Bush will win this war on terror. Progress for America Voter Fund is responsible for the content of this ad."

[malaise]

1. And missing from the script

9/11 happened under ReTHUG leadership. ReTHUGS did not keep America safe.

[Bandit]

2. Under a Republican (Bush*) we got 9-11, Under a Democrat (Obama) we got Bin Laden

What more needs to be said?

[bigtree]

3. there it is

Bush used the weekly threats from bin-laden in his campaign speeches -- Cheney, as well; verbatim. They were practically acting together to deny our Democratic candidacy success. It wasn't just one speech or statement, it was weeks and weeks of this. Amazingly, Bush was taking credit for confronting and avenging bin-Laden's terrorism, but he admitted that he wasn't really 'concerned' with capturing or killing him. He was more interested in securing his Iraq trophy.

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4. "Would You Trust Kerry Against These Fanatic Killers?" Against the Republicans? Fuck yeah!

That's what 2004 looked like - John Kerry against a bunch of fanatic killers. Kerry lost.