<font size=4>Dems: Terror Debate Is Unfair!
<font size=3>Best of the Web Today - September 8, 2004
By JAMES TARANTO
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Vice President Dick Cheney says the Bush administration's approach to terror is superior to the Democrats':
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"It's absolutely essential that eight weeks from today, on Nov. 2, we make the right choice, because if we make the wrong choice then the danger is that we'll get hit again and we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States,"<font color=black> Cheney told about 350 supporters at a town-hall meeting in this Iowa city.
If Kerry were elected, Cheney said the nation risks falling back into a <font color=red>"pre-9/11 mind-set"<font color=black> that terrorist attacks are criminal acts that require a reactive approach. Instead, he said Bush's offensive approach works to root out terrorists where they plan and train, and pressure countries that harbor terrorists.
In response, Kedwards are crying foul:
Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards issued a statement, saying, <font color=blue>"Dick Cheney's scare tactics crossed the line today, showing once again that he and George Bush will do anything and say anything to save their jobs. Protecting America from vicious terrorists is not a Democratic or Republican issue and Dick Cheney and George Bush should know that."<font color=black>
Now come on. Democrats have been arguing all year, among other things, that the Bush administration has made the country less safe by liberating Iraq. These aren't <font color=blue>"scare tactics"<font color=black>; they're differing opinions on how best to avert a terror attack.
Edwards also said that he and Kerry <font color=blue>"will keep America safe, and we will not divide the American people to do it."<font color=black> Isn't this the same guy who keeps talking about <font color=blue>"two Americas"? |
