bush did not denounce the swift ads specifically

[michigandem2]

he did the 527 denounce again and urged John Kerry to join him...per CNN report from Crawford...STUPID...O'liely is LYING...shocker there

[Cocoa]

1. I knew it

thanks.

[59millionmorons]

4. NYTimes

I heard over at DKOS that the Times also is running that he denounced the swift boat ads.

[Dickie Flatt]

5. They took down that news alert [n/t]

[Cocoa]

10. and did you check it out?

presumably you have a computer, and internet access...

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. Air America just said the same thing

that they 'got it over the air wires'....that Bush has denounced them specifically. :shrug:

Of course Bush wants to see all 527's gone. He's got one helluva war chest but the liberal 527's are giving him competition that he can't match. The liberal 527's hit issues and use facts. They hit his administration and policies. Since he has no success to run on, he wants them silenced so he can control the message then point a finger on Kerry ads and call them 'pessimistic'.

[michigandem2]

3. right....exactly right! NT

[59millionmorons]

8. David Gergan

David Gergan said Bush would only denounce them if polling showed it was hurting him. Recent new polls from Ohio(Kerry +10) and Illinois(Kerry +14)

[A_Possum]

6. but does it matter?

If the headlines are that he denounced it, what's he gonna say now? "No, wait, I deny that I denounced it?"

[rsmith6621]

7. Arrogant POC

He had a chance to put this behind the campaign and didnt....I thought tha GWB was all about doing the right thing.

I think that Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn have visited the ranch recently and have given Team Schrub a lesson in WHITEWASHING...


The fact he will not specificlly denounce the ad proves he has somthing directly to with them......

Why Would You Dennounce Yourself

[Norquist Nemesis]

9. If he didn't 'denounce it' did Rove send out a memo prior

to the press conference with the president's 'draft' remarks then they changed their mind at the last minute?

[michigandem2]

12. i have no idea but the woman

who attended the breifing was specifically asked by the anchorwoman(sorry I dont' have names) "did the President denounce these ads from the SBVT and ask them to stop" and she said "no he didn't .."

[Ducks In A Row]

11. the rethug doesn't want 527s because the liberals do more and better ones

and it evens the playing field too much.

so he's always going to denounce all of them.

but did he reall denounce the speicfic ads of the sbvs?

[michigandem2]

13. the 527's running AGAINST him are truthful though

they aren't blantant lies...

[Edgewater_Joe]

14. "All of them. Absolutely." -- Dear Leader

That is Bush's quote from MSNBC in response to a question as to whether the Swift Boat Liars ad should be stopped.

EDIT: Here's the MSNBC report ... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5797164/

[MallRat]

15. More bullshit... did anyone hold his feet to the fire?

Something like this:

"Mr. President, your opposition to 527 groups in general is well-established, but you and your campaign have not specifically denounced the charges made by the Swift Boat Vets in particular. Do you specifically repudiate the claims of the Swift Boat Vets as false and untruthful smears?"

Did ANYONE ask this goddamn question?!?!