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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-04 10:46 AM
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selling fear via being for a "safer America - but now avoiding Negative
Dire warnings are out - selling fear via being for a "safer America where security decisions do not depend on other countries""

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-bush21jul21,1,5926143.story?coll=la-news-a_section

Bush Joined by Daughters on Campaign Stop in Heartland
In closely contested Iowa and Missouri, president focuses on the war on terrorism.
By Edwin Chen Times Staff Writer July 21, 2004

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Visibly buoyed by the presence of his daughters, President Bush campaigned in the heartland Tuesday, telling supporters in Iowa and Missouri that America and the world were safer because of what he characterized as his decisive leadership in the war on terrorism.<snip>

"You need to know something about me: I will never turn over America's security decisions to leaders of other countries," the president said as cheers reverberated in a sweltering gymnasium at Kirkwood Community College.

Bush's emphasis on a safer America contrasts sharply with many recent speeches in which he warned of the continuing dangers that Al Qaeda and its terrorist allies posed to the United States. A White House official did not dispute the shift but said that Bush had been moving away from the dire scenario in recent weeks.<snip>

He then took questions, exhorting supporters to get out the vote Nov. 2 and urging them to not overlook "discerning Democrats and wise independents." <snip>

But during his remarks in Cedar Rapids, Bush avoided negative comments about the Democratic candidates, telling the audience, "I've got too much good to talk about" — particularly the reviving economy and, above all, the wars that unseated the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-04 10:49 AM
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1. GW
Reviving economy? If you wouldn't have screwed it up in the first place, we would be better off.

30day Vacation before Sept 11th
Inaction on that same day

We are NOT at war


Kerry wont turn over our security to other nations, but he wont go
it alone, he welcomes the world.

You are lying again George
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-04 10:51 AM
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2. A safer America?
Yeah, sure. Considering that blowback from GW1 energized al Qaeda in the first place, Dubya is laying the foundations for a generation of terrorists who all want to be like UbL.

And his good news is spin and utter BS.
Say goodnight, George.
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