Credibility Questions Could Boomerang on Bush

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41610-2004Apr1.html

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Credibility Questions Could Boomerang on Bush

By Terry M. Neal
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Thursday, April 1, 2004; 9:19 AM


This week, President Bush, who is bashing Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry on the campaign trail as a typical politician who lacks principle and changes his mind often for political expediency, reversed his decision on allowing National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to testify under oath in public before the 9/11 commission.



This is after the president initially resisted the idea of a commission to investigate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the first place. In both cases, when the heat was on, the administration buckled. This is not a criticism, but a reality check. Bush simply does what all politicians do, his critics are increasingly saying. And the criticism is taking hold. In an August 2002 Washington Post-ABC News poll, respondents described him as "trustworthy" by a margin of 71 percent to 26 percent. But by last month, that margin was down to 54 percent to 45 percent.

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1. Kerry needs to take advantage of this

I've also noticed that virtually everything Bush criticizes Kerry for can also apply to him as well. :P

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2. I'm rubber you're glue

whatever you say, bounces off of me and sticks to YOU.

Should be the theme of the Kerry campaign.