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October 22, 2004
It's a classic tactic among ruthlessly divisive politicians. If you are engaging in questionable behavior, blame your opponent for engaging in that behavior, first. Observe the Bush campaign in sheer desperation as November 2 draws near. Credibility is on the ballot.
Bush, in an Associated Press interview, said of Kerry, "He's trying to scare our seniors. It is wrong to try to scare people going into the polls."
[AP: Bush Faults Kerry for Scare Tactics - ABCnews - 10-18-04]
President Bush can run, but he can't hide from his own record of desperately scaring people going into the polls. The audacity of Republicans questioning whether a decorated war hero who turned a swiftboat into the line of fire has what it takes to defend our country is astounding.
President Bush's campaign, using powerful imagery of prowling wolves, suggests the country under John Kerry (search) would be vulnerable to terrorists in a new television ad that says "weakness attracts those who are waiting to do America harm."
[Ad: Kerry Admin Ripe for Terror - FOXnews - 10-22-04]Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday raised the possibility of terrorists bombing U.S. cities with nuclear weapons and questioned whether Sen. John Kerry could combat such an "ultimate threat ... you've got to get your mind around."
"The biggest threat we face now as a nation is the possibility of terrorists ending up in the middle of one of our cities with deadlier weapons than have ever before been used against us _ biological agents or a nuclear weapon or a chemical weapon of some kind to be able to threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans," Cheney said.
[Cheney on terrorism and American cities - CNN - 10-20-04]
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