Posted on 08/08/2003 3:52:09 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts says President Bush "is vulnerable" in facing re-election next year, but he also admits that his Democratic Party has "our work cut out for us to win the election."
Trying to drum up financial support for the 2004 presidential contest, Kennedy warns that Bush won't hesitate to spend his "bottomless" campaign fund to "smear our nominee with lies and accusations."
Republicans by the end of this year could have upwards of $250 million on hand for Bush's re-election bid, while the Democratic National Committee is also beginning to fill its own presidential fund to back the party's eventual nominee.
Speaking of smearing the candidates, Mr. Kennedy starts the mud-slinging by charging that "it's clear beyond doubt that [Mr. Bush] and his administration manipulated the nation into war in Iraq, and had no serious plan to win the peace."
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Take a bridge!!! (Oh, you did that already).
There are two parts to this campaign to smear Bush' integrity. His integrity is his strong point and they want to take that away from him. If successful, that also gives them an out when reminded of their own lies and continually shifting positions - the old "See, everybody does it? We are not the only liars in the world." It is a way to try to rehabilitate themselves if only by bringing the opposition down to their level. (Isn't that the left's desire anyway, to make everyone equally miserable and loathesome?)
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