Bush stings Dems with humor
NY Times:
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"Without using Mr. Kerry's name, the president mocked him as a politician whose positions changed with the wind. The Democratic field, Mr. Bush said, is 'for tax cuts and against them. For Nafta and against Nafta. For the Patriot Act and against the Patriot Act. In favor of liberating Iraq and opposed to it. And that's just one senator from Massachusetts.'
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"Mr. Bush, who has told Republican officials in recent weeks that he was eager to begin defending himself, was himself biting at times in his portrayal of his opponents. Referring to Democrats who opposed the war in Iraq despite supporting the policy, adopted under the Clinton administration, of removing Saddam Hussein from power, Mr. Bush said, 'Maybe they were hoping he'd lose the next Iraqi election.'
"In an indirect slap at Mr. Kerry, who in a 1970 interview suggested that the United States military should be deployed only under the auspices of the United Nations, Mr. Bush said he would never 'outsource' national security to other governments. Mr. Kerry has since said his views have changed.
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"...He sought to dispel rumors that he might drop Vice President Dick Cheney from the ticket, joking that he had again put Mr. Cheney in charge of his vice-presidential search and that Mr. Cheney had come up with the same recommendation he made in 2000."
NY Times:
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"Without using Mr. Kerry's name, the president mocked him as a politician whose positions changed with the wind. The Democratic field, Mr. Bush said, is 'for tax cuts and against them. For Nafta and against Nafta. For the Patriot Act and against the Patriot Act. In favor of liberating Iraq and opposed to it. And that's just one senator from Massachusetts.'
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"Mr. Bush, who has told Republican officials in recent weeks that he was eager to begin defending himself, was himself biting at times in his portrayal of his opponents. Referring to Democrats who opposed the war in Iraq despite supporting the policy, adopted under the Clinton administration, of removing Saddam Hussein from power, Mr. Bush said, 'Maybe they were hoping he'd lose the next Iraqi election.'
"In an indirect slap at Mr. Kerry, who in a 1970 interview suggested that the United States military should be deployed only under the auspices of the United Nations, Mr. Bush said he would never 'outsource' national security to other governments. Mr. Kerry has since said his views have changed.
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"...He sought to dispel rumors that he might drop Vice President Dick Cheney from the ticket, joking that he had again put Mr. Cheney in charge of his vice-presidential search and that Mr. Cheney had come up with the same recommendation he made in 2000."
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