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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