Posted on 08/12/2006 8:08:55 AM PDT by Dane
Democrats Go on Offense in Latest Terror Case Looking to the past for lessons, they respond fast and sharply, saying Bush 'mismanagement' fed the threat and the GOP is playing politics. By Peter Wallsten, Times Staff Writer August 12, 2006
CRAWFORD, Texas — Two years after President Bush won reelection having painted his opponent as soft on terrorists and weak on national security, Democrats have seized on the latest alleged terrorism plot in hopes of turning the political tables on the White House.
Their aggressive stance was evident hours after British authorities announced they had disrupted a plot to blow up airplanes: Leading Democrats blamed the terrorism threat on "mismanagement" by the Bush administration and charged that the Iraq war had become a "rallying cry" for the enemy.
ADVERTISEMENT On Friday, Democrats continued with a series of sharp statements accusing the White House of exploiting the case for political gain.
Party strategists said they had steered clear of such loaded language in similarly sensitive cases out of fear of stirring up voters on an issue that, since 2001, has largely helped Republicans. But Democrats said they were determined now to maintain their criticism through the November elections, citing public anxiety over the Iraq war and other foreign policy challenges that might, for the first time in three election cycles, lessen the GOP advantage.
The new strategy, spearheaded largely by the Senate Democratic leadership, is a direct response to surveys showing that Republicans hold only a marginal lead over Democrats when voters are asked whom they trust to keep the country safer.
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I remember when all this went down. At that time Ibu Nidal was the #1 terrorist in the world. Second I remember Ollie North telling Sean Hannity on the radio it was Ibu Nidal and NOT Osama.
The GOP website deleted the "We Killed The Patriot Act" video/ad. Why?
Not smart of them
Well .. I don't know which is correct. I remember the hearings .. but unless we could find the video or the transcript .. whoever Ollie said the "terrorist" was may not be the real issue.
To me .. the real issue is Al Gore's reaction to the word "terrorist". American military men had already experienced "terrorist" attacks and yet Gore excused it as Ollie's fantasy. It was Al Gore who was living in a fantasy.
you didn't use fact checker did you?
I would like to see the video clip.
Of course not .. I leave it to all the fact checkers to do that!
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