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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (582656)	6/13/2004 4:00:45 PM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Well Well Well...Here's SOmething Civilized From Bush. Republicans plan 'subtle' use of Reagan in Bush campaign 14.06.2004 "If you overdo it," said an official, "you run the risk of being criticised for politicising his death." Right.In Other words : They would have the ghost of Reagan endorsing Bush if they could get away with it.Those darned critics just won't let us get real macabre like we want to...heh heh heh Amazing. CRAWFORD - President George W. Bush's re-election campaigners say they have no plans to use Ronald Reagan in campaign ads, but Republicans say his legacy will be invoked in limited ways. Administration officials said at the weekend they doubted the Republican icon's death would have much impact in the presidential race and did not want to be seen as trying to capitalise on it for political gain one day after his funeral. "You have to strike a delicate balance," one Administration official said. Republican political consultant Scott Reed said using Reagan's legacy in campaign speeches and events to rally Bush's conservative base "needs to be and will be subtle". Bush used his weekly radio address at the weekend to extol Reagan's bold actions and unwavering convictions in the fight to defeat Soviet communism - the same attributes the campaign ascribes to Bush in his war against terrorism. Republican sources said the goal would be to highlight similarities between Bush and Reagan. Bush has long sought to cast himself as Reagan's political heir, and days before the former President's death Bush delivered a major speech that likened the Cold War to the war on terrorism. "It's obvious ... they do share a lot of things and similar qualities," an Administration official said. The presumptive Democratic nominee, Senator John Kerry, was more overtly political when he invoked Reagan's memory to press for a change in Bush policy to allow embryo research into Alzheimer's, the brain-wasting disease that afflicted the former President. "We must lift the barriers that stand in the way of science and push the boundaries of medical exploration so that researchers can find the cures that are there, if only they are allowed to look," he said in the Democrats' weekly radio address. The President has placed limits on stem cell research and opposes using stem cells from most embryos. Bush campaign officials said they had no plans to use Reagan in ads or to overtly use his death as a political message. "If you overdo it," said an official, "you run the risk of being criticised for politicising his death."