DNC Announces Bush Truth Squad
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A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT
Group of High Level Surrogates Will Crisscross Battleground States Defending Kerry, Presenting True Bush Record
Washington, D.C. –The Democratic National Committee announced the members and the mission of the Bush Truth Squad today. The Truth Squad is comprised of members of Congress, a General, a fellow Vietnam skipper, and other experts committed to presenting Bush’s true record of misleadership and setting the record straight when John Kerry is wrongly attacked.
“George W. Bush is trying to gloss over the results of his failed economic policies, which are squeezing the middle class,” said U.S. Representative Dick Gephardt. “America deserves the truth.”
The Bush Truth Squad will hold events in the same cities President Bush holds campaign events to ensure that the truth is told about the Bush record of failed policies and misleadership. The Truth Squad will also stand at the ready to defend John Kerry’s record of strength and service and to tell the truth about the Kerry-Edwards plan to make America stronger at home and more respected in the world.
In their first week the Bush Truth Squad will be busy:
• They will release the first Truth Squad video with a timeline contrasting the lives of John Kerry with that of George W. Bush.
• Skip Barker, a fellow skipper who served in Vietnam with John Kerry, will visit Dallas, Texas, today via satellite interviews, while George W. Bush raises money in Dallas with his big oil buddies.
• The first truth squad trip will flight Friday as Squad members visit battleground states on the heels of George W. Bush’s campaign stops.
Bush Truth Squad Members
Mr. Skip Barker, fellow skipper who served in Vietnam with John Kerry
Ms. Ann Lewis, former Clinton White House Communications Director
General Merrill McPeak
Senator John Breaux
Senator Richard Durbin
Senator Dianne Feinstein
Senator Bob Graham
Senator Frank Lautenberg
Senator Debbie Stabenow
Congressman Sherrod Brown
Congressman Elijah Cummings
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro
Congressman Richard Gephardt
Congressman Mike Honda
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
Congressman Gregory Meeks
Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald
Congressman Ciro Rodriguez
Congresswoman Hilda Solis
Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones
Bush Truth Squad: Mission Statement
We have joined the Bush Truth Squad because we are dedicated to holding this President accountable for his failed policies and we can not stand idly by as he misleads this country further. We vow no false claim will go unanswered; no attack will go without a response.
The Bush Truth Squad will follow the President into city streets, suburban neighborhoods, and on small town main streets to offer the truth we have witnessed with our own eyes.
When George W. Bush says we have turned the corner we will give the cold facts on outsourcing, job losses, and diminished wages that that have painted the middle class into a corner, rather than helped them turn the corner.
When George W. Bush claims leadership in foreign policy we will ask why he didn’t tell us the true reasons for going to war in Iraq, why he had no plan for securing the peace, and why he misled us about the cost of the war.
When George W. Bush claims to support our troops we will ask why he is cutting veterans benefits, and why he has overextended our troops to the point that we now have a back door draft on our National Guard and Reservists.
The Bush Truth Squad will stand at the ready to defend John Kerry’s lifetime of strength and service against the Bush-Cheney attack machine. We will move into action if anyone dares question the patriotism of John Kerry, a man who put his life on the line for this country.
We will not stand idly by while mischaracterizations of John Kerry’s or John Edwards’ records or characters are lobbed into the political fray in an attempt to steer the discourse away from the real issues in this campaign.
John Kerry has a distinguished record as a prosecutor, Lt. Governor and U.S. Senator of fighting for middle class values and standing up for the principles he believes in. We will make sure America knows the truth about John Kerry’s courageous record from voting for the balanced budget amendment to working with Senator McCain on the full accounting and return of POWs and MIAs from the Vietnam war.
We, the Bush Truth Squad go forth armed with truth and answers and committed to being heard North and South, East and West, and in Red and Blue. We are the Bush Truth Squad, and we are coming to a town near you.
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