Posted on 04/06/2004 1:56:21 AM PDT by playball0
Kennedy: Bush lied Mass. senator issues stinging rebuke that accuses president of deceiving the public, compares his actions to those of Richard Nixon
BY WASHINGTON BUREAU
April 6, 2004
WASHINGTON - Shifting his ongoing criticism from Iraq to domestic issues, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) yesterday took President George W. Bush to task for what he called misleading the American public on everything from Medicare to education.
"This president has now created the largest credibility gap since Richard Nixon," Kennedy said in a speech at the Brookings Institute, a think tank in Washington. "He has broken the basic bond of trust with the American people."
Kennedy, a leader on health issues, said Bush, desperate to claim a win on Medicare, pushed a law that is a "raw" deal for seniors and a "sweetheart" deal for drug and insurance companies.
"This administration misled Congress, misled the public and misled even members of their own party about the cost of the Medicare bill," said Kennedy, a key supporter of Bush's Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts. "Why? Because they knew the bill would never pass if the real cost was known and they believed victory was more important than honesty."
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Charles Pierce, January 5, 2003, Boston Globe
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I wish I could agree. Network broadcasts can be seen all over the world. So, you can bet your last dollar that people who intend to do this country harm are listening.
Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the alternative Democrat plan for Medicare have a projected cost of over a trillion dollars or so? How come the Bush plan, which, even at the new projections, comes to half that, is being so criticized? What has Teddy, self proclaimed fighter for health care, done in his too long tenure as Senator?
Who is being honest now, Herr U-boat commander (S.S. Oldsmobile)?
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