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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 09:22 PM
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“Feel safer?” “Vote for change.”Dems See Security as Key Issue
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Democrats See Security as Key Issue for Fall

After being outmaneuvered in the politics of national security in the last two elections, Democrats say they are determined not to cede the issue this year and are working to cast President Bush as having diminished the nation’s safety

“They are not Swift boating us on security,” said Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leader in the House.

Seeking to counter White House efforts to turn the reported terrorist plot in Britain to Republican advantage, Democrats are using the arrests of the suspects to try to show Americans how the war in Iraq has fueled Islamic radicalism and distracted Mr. Bush and the Republican Congress from shoring up security at home. They say they intend to drive that message home as the nation observes the coming anniversaries of Hurricane Katrina and the Sept. 11 attacks.

But they are not waiting. A video Monday on the Web site of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee showed footage of Osama bin Laden, referred to an increase in terror attacks, highlighted illegal immigration and pointed out the nuclear aspirations of Iran and North Korea.

“Feel safer?” it concludes. “Vote for change.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/15/washington/15dems.html?hp&ex=1155614400&en=b5c5857dd0b0c75e&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 09:30 PM
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1. Why shouldn't I feel safer?
With these folks in charge I am lulled to sleep by explosions every evening.



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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 09:34 PM
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2. Tired of Being Terrorized?
Vote the terror-mongers out of town.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-14-06 09:38 PM
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3. VOTE SAFER...... VOTE BLUE
The RED Guys have Failed AMERICA....LOOK AT THE MESS

Thou shalt not KILL

Thou Shalt not Decieve

Thou Shalt not Covet

Thou Shalt not be Gluttonus

Thou Shalt not be Stupid

Thou Shalt not be a Republican
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