"You get into nuance, and it's risky,"
A Kerry spokesman said about his candidates position on the Patriot Act.
"...Mr. Bush's aides argue, they have found a way to advance two of their chief lines of attack against Mr. Kerry: that Mr. Bush would be tougher than he in facing down terrorism and that the senator, who voted for the law and later came to criticize some of its provisions, is a 'flip-flopper,' as Republicans regularly describe him.
" 'It's a two-fer: he's wrong on the issue, and he's flip-flopped,' said Matthew Dowd, a senior Bush election adviser."
Yes, explaining the nuance of a flip-flop is risky. It is particulary risky when the changes Kerry wants make it more difficult to catch the bad guys.
The Patriot Act appears to be the same type of hammer Bush used in 2002 with the Homeland Security bill. Liberals cannot seem to help themselves with these issues, but they sure help Bush. Even Democrat witnesses at the 9-11 hearings say the Patriot Act was needed. But the paranoid left drives their politicians into impossible corners of nuance.
A Kerry spokesman said about his candidates position on the Patriot Act.
"...Mr. Bush's aides argue, they have found a way to advance two of their chief lines of attack against Mr. Kerry: that Mr. Bush would be tougher than he in facing down terrorism and that the senator, who voted for the law and later came to criticize some of its provisions, is a 'flip-flopper,' as Republicans regularly describe him.
" 'It's a two-fer: he's wrong on the issue, and he's flip-flopped,' said Matthew Dowd, a senior Bush election adviser."
Yes, explaining the nuance of a flip-flop is risky. It is particulary risky when the changes Kerry wants make it more difficult to catch the bad guys.
The Patriot Act appears to be the same type of hammer Bush used in 2002 with the Homeland Security bill. Liberals cannot seem to help themselves with these issues, but they sure help Bush. Even Democrat witnesses at the 9-11 hearings say the Patriot Act was needed. But the paranoid left drives their politicians into impossible corners of nuance.
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