The Bu**sh** answer to "From Bush, Unprecedented Negativity"

[Snellius]

Just ran across this on the Bush website. (Check it out! You would think that Saint Ronnie were running for prez: http://www.georgewbush.com)

But there is one web page (it's actually about 6 pages printed out) called "Setting the Record Straight" that tries to contradict, point by point, every charge in Dana Milbank's excellent article in the Washington Post "From Bush, Unprecedented Negativity". It's amazing the extent to which these people will go -- it's over twice as long as the article -- to convince themselves that all their bs isn't really a lie.

Example:

The Washington Post's Misstatement On Gas Tax. "Kerry...has not endorsed a 50-cent gasoline tax increase in 10 years... On Tuesday and Wednesday, as Kerry talked about rising gasoline prices, the Bush campaign recycled its charge that Kerry supports raising the gasoline tax by 50 cents per gallon. This was done in a memo to reporters and through Bush surrogates such as Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash.). The Bush-Cheney Web site also features a 'Kerry Gas Tax Calculator," allowing users to learn "How much more would he cost you?'" (Dana Milbank And Jim VandeHei, "From Bush, Unprecedented Negativity," The Washington Post, 5/31/04)

The Facts On Kerry And The 50 Cent Gas Tax And Higher Gas Taxes

Kerry Supported Higher Gas Taxes At Least 11 Times As Senator

NUMBERS ONE AND TWO: Voted Twice For Clinton/Gore Btu Tax, Increasing Gas Prices 7.5 Cents Per Gallon. (S. Con. Res. 18, CQ Vote #40: Rejected 46-53: R 43-0; D 3-53, 3/18/93, Kerry Voted Nay; S. Con. Res. 18, CQ Vote #53: Motion Agreed To 55-44: R 0-43; D 55-1, 3/23/93, Kerry Voted Yea; Patrick Burns, "Activist Handbook 2000: Gasoline Tax," Citizens For A Sound Economy, 7/20/00)

NUMBERS THREE AND FOUR: 1993 Clinton/Kerry Tax Plan Increased Gas Taxes. The 1993 Budget Resolution conference report included a 4.3 cents-per-gallon increase in the gas tax. The budget resolution also contained a 2.5 cents-per-gallon extension of the current gas tax. (H.R. 2264, CQ Vote #190: Passed 50-49: R 0-43; D 49-6, With Vice President Al Gore Casting The Tie-Breaking Vote, 6/25/93, Kerry Voted Yea; H.R. 2264, CQ Vote #247: Adopted 51-50: R 0-44; D 50-6, With Vice President Al Gore Casting The Tie-Breaking Vote, 8/6/93, Kerry Voted Yea)


And on and on and on and on ...

http://www.georgewbush.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=2716

[lil-petunia]

1. Word on Karl Rove

He is putting out Reagan=Bush ads that are pissing off even the closest of his athletic supporters.

[sendero]

2. The infallibility....

... factor re Rove and Co. is becoming more and more of a myth revealed. There IS no comparison between Reagan and Bush*. And the more they try to compare them, the greater the contrast the average American sees.

Does this feel anything like the 80s? Does Bush* emanate the positive vibes (not to say I agreed with his policies, but his personal charm in a mass context was undeniable) like Reagan did? Does Bush* have an overriding theme that resonates with the public?

No, no and no.

Keep it up Rove, you are punching holes in your own lifeboat and I'm enjoying every second. I hope they keep this 27/7 Reagan shit going for weeks, after the 3rd or 4th day is is working against them every second. Woo Hoo :)

[lil-petunia]

4. bingo

deseo, you hit the nail on the head.

Reagan did connect with many peepholes. Shrub is not in the same league. Amazing (and disturbing all the same) to consider that Reagan was a saner alternative, even in his last days, than the man with the voices in his head.

they do have one thing in common. Huge deficits.

[rpannier]

3. Tried to get it

but it kept timing out. Oh well, that's one pack of lies I'll be spared from.

[Moderator]

5. We really don't consider this Latest Breaking News

It's just a really misguided opinion piece.