Bush Ad Hints Terrorists Want Kerry to Win. My Responses,

[bigpathpaul]

I am so sick of this crap. This headline is from http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?flok=FF-APO-1131&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20041022%2F0313598595.htm&sc=1131&photoid=20040927WX101

I have two new posts on BigPath. If you have a minute, please download them.

1. One is the editorial I would write if I ran a newspaper. The title is John Kerry: Shared Risk, Shared Expense, Greater Security. George Bush: Economic Instability, Isolation, Increased Vulnerability. It's about halfway down the home page at: http://www.bigpath.net

2. The other is my direct response to the news story above.

This ad/flyer can be downloaded from: http://bigpath.net/politics/Latest/index.html

My Editorial:

John Kerry: Shared Risk, Shared Expense, Greater Security. George Bush: Economic Instability, Isolation, Increased Vulnerability.
It’s possible that in the caves of Tora Bora, Osama Bin Laden is hoping for a Bush win on November 2. After all, who’s done more to advance Al-Qaeda’s cause than George Bush, Dick Cheney and their entire cabinet? While they talk tough, they can’t or won’t see the cold, hard fact that they’ve not only allowed Bin Laden to escape, but created a fertile breeding ground for a new generation of terrorists in Iraq.

The Failure of the Bush Domino Theory in the Middle East.
Democracy can’t be forced on an entire nation at gunpoint. The Bush domino theory of freedom spreading like a virus is a failure—cold war theory applied to a completely different kind of enemy. It’s made the world a more dangerous place—heightening tension, creating new breeding grounds for terrorists, increasing hatred toward the U.S. and isolating us from the world when we most need cooperation and support.

Why Would America Settle for Four More Years of a Failed Policy?
What more evidence of failure do we need than 1,100 American lives lost and $200 billion spent? What progress have we made? Despite the Bush/Cheney spin, Iraq remains a disaster. We toppled Saddam Hussein, but we’re mired in a dead-end war that’s accomplished little else. What will it cost to continue this failed policy for four more years? How many more American lives lost and dollars wasted?

The Promise of John Kerry’s Approach to Foreign Policy and the War on Terror.
Strength and intelligence are not mutually exclusive.
John Kerry’s approach to foreign policy is smart and focused and doesn’t cede power to any other country. It calls for cooperation—a completely realistic expectation when the threat of danger is real. We experienced unprecedented international collaboration in the hunt for Al-Qaeda after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The world joined us in our anger and our sorrow.

It’s Not Us vs. Them. It’s Order vs. Chaos.
Just as a block with neighborhood watch is stronger than a single household at fighting crime, an alliance focused on common goals is more powerful against common enemies. As the leaders of a broad coalition, we increase our capacity to destroy terrorist cells while reducing their ability to finance and carry out attacks. This multi-national approach fosters regional stability, reduces our risk abroad and increases our safety at home.

Domestic Security and Foreign Policy Are Linked.
There are many important issues at stake in this election: health care, jobs, education, the loss of environmental protection, poverty, the greater disparity between the rich and poor. All these things are critically important. But in this post-9/11 world, domestic issues are intertwined with our position in the world, economically and politically. If we don’t distribute the cost of maintaining a safer world, we decrease our economic stability at home and compromise our necessary position of strength in the world. George Bush and those around him are incapable or unwilling to deal with our security head-on. They can’t see how wrong things have gone in Iraq, and so they offer no hope of making things right. They offer platitudes, false hopes and empty promises. But in the real world, they have no way out and no plan to go forward. They’ve made it harder for us to be safe and easier for Bin Laden to recruit.

Two Candidates With Very Different Approaches.
When we vote on November 2nd, we’re not just picking a candidate. We’re choosing the people who will control our country’s direction and our destiny for the next four years and perhaps beyond.

George Bush offers four more years of failure—no record of accomplishment in his first term —no hope for success in a second term.

John Kerry offers a cohesive policy based on international cooperation, shared risk and shared expense. He offers not just the hope that comes with new blood, but the words and actions of a lifetime to back it up.

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The text of the new ad:

Somewhere, in a cave in the Middle East, Osama Bin Laden may be praying for a Bush win on November 2. After all, who’s done more to advance Al-Qaeda’s cause than George Bush? While he talks tough, he won’t face the fact that he not only allowed Bin Laden to escape, but encouraged the creation of a fertile breeding ground for a new generation of terrorists in Iraq.

George Bush has made the world a more dangerous place—heightening tension, creating new breeding grounds for terrorists, increasing hatred toward the U.S. and isolating us from the world when we most need cooperation and support.

On Sept. 30, 2004, George Bush went on stage to debate foreign policy with John Kerry. Instead, Americans saw a president who was weary, inattentive, confused and incoherent.

We don’t think the fate of this country should be left in the hands of a man who’s good at staged pep rallies, but incompetent without a script.

John Kerry offers a cohesive foreign policy based on international cooperation, shared risk and shared expense. He offers not just the hope that comes with new blood, but the words and actions of a lifetime to back it up.

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