Posted on 02/11/2004 1:54:35 PM PST by finnman69
you can see the attack ad here: http://progressivevalues.com/images/flash/movie2.wmv
Vicious. And perfect for use by Republicans against any Rat. The fact that it's used by Kerry against Dean is unbelievable coming from a guy who vited to kill CIA funding, the B-1, the B-2, the Apache, etc.
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Democrat Howard Dean (news - web sites) said on Wednesday presidential rival John Kerry (news - web sites) was part of "a corrupt fund raising" climate in Washington that spawned attack ads against him in December, when the former Vermont governor was leading the pack of presidential contenders.
Dean, whose one-time front-running campaign has faded as Kerry has ripped off 12 wins in 14 contests, cited reports that former New Jersey Sen. Robert Torricelli contributed to a group that ran ads in December using images of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) to question Dean's ability to combat terrorism.
Torricelli, who left the Senate in a cloud of ethics problems, is now raising funds for Kerry in the race for the Democratic nomination to face President Bush (news - web sites) in November.
Kerry "supports the kind of corrupt fund raising, politically corrupt fund raising mechanism, that George Bush has also employed," Dean charged at a news conference the day after suffering double-barrel defeats to Kerry in Virginia and Tennessee.
Dean hopes to begin what would be a dramatic comeback in Wisconsin's primary next week but a local poll has shown him running far behind.
Dean said "the link is unassailable" between Kerry and Torricelli, although he later added "I have no idea" if the Massachusetts senator had prior knowledge of the spot.
Dean, a staunch opponent of the Iraq (news - web sites) war, made reference to Kerry's vote for a congressional resolution authorizing the war in Iraq.
"First he sided with the president on the war ... now we find he is more like President Bush than we ever imagined," Dean said. "This is exactly what we don't need in Washington. I got into this race because I wanted to stand up and give the Democratic Party some backbone and character."
He added: "If we have to become like Republicans in order to beat them, then I think the Democratic Party needs to change fundamentally, and I don't think John Kerry is capable of changing the political culture in Washington."
Kerry spokesman David Wade rejected the accusations and said Kerry had a long history of fighting Washington special interests. "Another day, another Dean act of desperation," Wade said.
At one point, Dean inadvertently referred to Kerry as, "President Kerry." He quickly corrected himself, saying, "President Kerry, please. Senator Kerry."
Dean took a timeout from the campaign on Wednesday to return home to Vermont to attend his son's high school hockey game. He plans to return to Wisconsin on Thursday. Dean began airing television ads in Wisconsin on Monday with a $1.3 million warchest he raised in an e-mail appeal to supporters last week.
In the online plea, Dean said if he lost Wisconsin his campaign would be over. But on Monday, he said he had changed his mind, saying supporters had convinced him to fight on, regardless if he wins or loses the state.
That's what I thought. These guys are deluusional if they think Kerry has a strong record fighting terrorists or supporting the military.
BUMP
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