Kerry Ad Labels Bush Politics 'Despicable' (WaaWaaWaaa)

AP

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Kerry Ad Labels Bush Politics 'Despicable'

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WASHINGTON - Presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) — responding to a Republican group's ad that portrays the senator as soft on terrorism — accused President Bush (news - web sites) and Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) of "despicable politics" in a new commercial that the Democrat's campaign rolled out Saturday.

Kerry's ad claims that the Republican ticket is "using the appalling and divisive strategy of playing politics with the war on terror, a strategy that undermines the efforts to combat terrorists in America and puts George Bush (news - web sites)'s own ambition ahead of the national good."

The ad responds to one running in Iowa and Wisconsin by Progress for America Voter Fund, an affiliate of a group created by longtime Republican consultant and former Bush aide Tony Feather. The fund's ad shows Sept. 11 hijacker Mohammed Atta, Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) and Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and references terrorist attacks in Russia, Spain and the United States. "Would you trust Kerry against these fanatic killers?" the ad asks.

Kerry's campaign called the fund "a right-wing front group doing Bush's dirty work." Kerry's campaign also released one statement from former Sen. Max Cleland calling on Bush to condemn the "un-American" ad and another from former Sen. Bob Kerrey vouching for Kerry's "commitment to protecting America and strengthening our intelligence."

Steve Schmidt, a Bush campaign spokesman, dismissed the Kerry campaign's criticism and ad. He said that Kerry has had nine different positions on Iraq (news - web sites), "sending mixed signals to our enemies and to our allies, the consequences of which will make America less secure."

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[Michael121]

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Kerry's campaign called the fund "a right-wing front group doing Bush's dirty work." Kerry's campaign also released one statement from former Sen. Max Cleland calling on Bush to condemn the "un-American" ad and another from former Sen. Bob Kerrey vouching for Kerry's "commitment to protecting America and strengthening our intelligence."

I thought all the 9/11 Commission members agreed to stay out of politics this year. I guess it doesn't apply to Bob Kerrey.