Bush Leads New Offensive Featuring Economy and Linking Democrats to High T

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/us/politics/22bush.html

Bush Leads New Offensive Featuring Economy and Linking Democrats to High Taxes

By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: September 22, 2006

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 21 — President Bush began a blistering new political offensive on Thursday, asserting that if Democrats won control of Congress from Republicans it would mean higher taxes, less money in the pockets of working families and damage to the economy.

The speech by Mr. Bush here, in which he belittled Democrats as “the party of high taxes,” signaled what Republicans described as a new phase of the White House’s fall campaign, as Republicans begin to combine their emphasis on national security with a tough new emphasis on the issue that unites them more than any other, taxes.

Mr. Bush’s offensive was backed up by a flood of television advertisements on behalf of Republican candidates.

“If they get control of the House of Representatives, they’ll raise your taxes, it will hurt our economy, and that’s why we’re not going to let them get control of the House of Representatives,” the president said at a fund-raising event at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa for Gus Bilirakis, a Republican state representative running for Congress.


President Bush attending a fund-raiser Thursday in Tampa.


“The Democrats have made their position clear,” Mr. Bush said. “I want you to remember the last time they had control of the United States Congress back in 1993, they passed a massive tax increase.”

Mr. Bush’s words were echoed in advertisements that have been showing up on the airwaves, in mailings to voters’ homes and in e-mail sent to their computers. This new offensive reflects what Republicans have said is the power they see in the tax issue, in motivating both Republican base voters — who have seemed particularly dispirited this year — and independents.

FULL story at link above.

[elehhhhna]

1. He's waterboarding our country & Constitution. What now?

[msongs]

2. attn helpless dems - repub claims are FRAUD - repub policy is

borrow and spend and debt AND implementing a BIRTH TAX on every baby born in the USA. These babies will spend their entire lives paying off bush's debt and the massive interest on it, most of which is going to finance the CHINESE COMMUNISTS

another example of how the republicans are destroying the future of the nation.

counteracting this republican offensive should be a NO brainer as the entire debt is anti american!

or, the dems in congress can apologize for opposing any bush policies.

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[sutz12]

3. But of course...

If the Dems really do try to raise taxes, he could veto the bill anyway, right?

Oh, I forgot. He lost the stamp somewhere after the stem cell bill.

:sarcasm:

[cyberpj]

4. Yes, Dems may have passed a tax increase - but our budget balanced! nt