Milbank: The Kerry Campaign's One-Word Weapon

[kskiska]

There is seemingly no charge the Bush campaign can level against John F. Kerry that will not produce a one-word retort: Halliburton.

Kerry's proposed tax increases? Halliburton.

Kerry's vote against Iraq war spending? Halliburton.

Kerry's anti-terrorism credentials? Halliburton.

Kerry's ties to Hollywood liberals? Halliburton, Halliburton, Halliburton.

"Halliburton," says Kerry spokesman Chad Clanton, "will always be the fire Dick Cheney can't put out." That is certainly the Democrats' hope, as they try to portray the oil services company once run by Vice President Cheney as a metaphor for all things anti-Bush.

When Cheney spoke about health care yesterday in Toledo, Kerry forces held a counter-rally featuring signs saying "Health Care, Not Halliburton." Explaining that apparent non sequitur, the campaign said in a news release that health care costs would be lower if Cheney spent "as much energy on lowering health care costs as getting Halliburton their no-bid contracts."

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62623-2004Jul19.html

[camby]

1. Bush/Cheney have a 3 word reply

Go F**K youself

[MGKrebs]

2. SHUT UP!

Just kidding. I'm channeling Bill O'Reilly. :-)

[camby]

3. You're learning the Republican rules of debate quite well.

The best defense is a good offense. Scratch good. Any old offense will work - the more offensive the better.

[Old and In the Way]

4. Cheney talking about healthcare isues?

A sure sign the election is just around the corner.

[Rose Siding]

5. Bottom of the article: "The Misquotable Bush"

The Misquotable Bush

"I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job."

-- statement attributed to President Bush in the Lancaster (Pa.) New Era from a private meeting with Amish families on July 9. The White House said Bush said no such thing.

[liberalmuse]

6. I trust he DOES NOT speak through you, Mr. Bush!

If there were a god, the same god who created Shakespeare, Thoreau and Wilde, I don't imagine he/she would choose an illiterate little facist fuck to speak or kill in cold blood through.

And you're not doing your goddamned job, either!

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. Does chimp speak in "tongues" too?

I love it when they do that on TV, kind of sounds like a fake south american jibberish language, only really creepy.

[grytpype]

8. "The White House said Bush said no such thing. "

Which means, of course, that IT. DIDN'T. HAPPEN. The White House does not lie.

Wow, it must be Kool-Aid Day at the WaPo.

[akitamata]

9. White House?

I will take my chances with the Amish account of *'s "prayer meeting". I have to assume the Amish are considerably more concerned with truth telling than the disgusting liar at the Penn.Ave. address.

[uhhuh]

10. Those damn liberal Amish

Always spewing their hateful rhetoric and lying.

They are a potent force in the liberal media elite.

[Algomas]

12. They hate us for our freedoms...

I think he got a little bit of God every time he snorted coke through a dollar bill...In God we Trust.

[truthisfreedom]

11. never stop repeating it. "I TRUST GOD SPEAKS THROUGH ME. WITHOUT

THAT, I COULDN'T DO MY JOB."

you can't do your job, bush. that's why we're replacing you. i guess that means God doesn't speak through you, now doesn't it?

[maddezmom]

13. love it

:)

[Maine-i-acs]

14. "Kerry can walk to a podium and speak/debate without an earpiece."

That's another one to chant.

[Octafish]

15. Integrity.

John Kerry is a man of integrity.

His whole adult life shows that.

Bush?

All he's ever done is get blotto and ruin everything he touches.

[stickdog]

16. Carlyle/Halliburton 2004