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Politics : HOWARD DEAN -THE NEXT PRESIDENT?

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To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (608)	11/23/2003 2:11:20 PM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Read Replies (3) of 3079

Democrats Demand Bush Pull Ad GOP Hopes To Boost Slipping President Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle is demanding Republicans pull a Bush ad airing in Iowa. The 30-second ad portrays President George W. Bush as a fighter of terrorism as Democrats retreat from the fight. Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press," Daschle called the ad "repulsive and outrageous." He said it's wrong for Republicans to question the patriotism of those who oppose some of the president's plans. The Republican National Committee, however, says it has no plans to pull the ad. Concerned about Bush's slipping poll ratings, the Republican Party began airing the new TV ad Sunday in Iowa, one day before the Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines. The ad flashes up the words, "Some are now attacking the president for attacking the terrorists." GOP Chairman Ed Gillespie says this isn't questioning the patriotism of the Democratic candidates -- just their policies However, Democrats were quick to pounce on the decision to air the ad. Presidential candidate Wesley Clark says the ad should be pulled. He told CBS it violates the president's pledge not to exploit 9-11 for political purposes. Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy criticized the ad on ABC as an "attempt to stifle dissent." Rep. Dick Gephardt -- who voted to back Bush on the Iraq war -- says the president has has chosen to "politicize the war on terror for political gain." And Howard Dean's spokeswoman says, "No 30-second ad is going to make up for 30 months of failed foreign policy." Recent polls show a majority of Americans disapproving of Bush's handling of Iraq -- but still giving him high marks for his handling of the war on terror.

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