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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (7507)	9/4/2004 5:37:02 PM
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Kerry Begins Smashing Through Bush Wall Of Lies Kerry: Bush Aims to 'Bamboozle,' Hide Medicare News Sat Sep 4, 1:56 PM ET Add Politics - Reuters to My Yahoo! By Patricia Wilson AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) rebuked President Bush (news - web sites) on Saturday for trying to "bamboozle" U.S. voters and burying the largest increase in Medicare history with an announcement at the start of a long holiday weekend amid a rush of news at home and abroad. Kerry questioned the timing of the Bush administration's announcement late on Friday that older Americans will have to pay about 17 percent more next year for their government-run health insurance. "He promised again a couple of nights ago to strengthen Medicare," Kerry told a rally at a baseball stadium in Akron. "Then you wake up when a lot of the news is being hidden by what's happening in the hurricane down in Florida, what's happening in Russia with 200 people tragically killed by terrorists." The centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services announced at the start of the Labor Day weekend that the elderly will pay $78.20 per month for non-hospital services, up $11.60 from $66.60 this year. "The news is hidden but it isn't going to be hidden for long on Americans, because what they did yesterday was this president made history twice," Kerry said. "They're trying to fake it to the American people," he said. "They're trying to bamboozle you and throw around so much mud that you can't really break through and grab onto the things that are real in your lives." The Massachusetts senator said that with the release of anemic August jobs growth, Bush would become the first president since Herbert Hoover "to be absolutely certain on Election Day to have not created one single new job." "And ... medical premiums go up for senior citizens 17 percent, the largest increase in Medicare premiums for 40 years," Kerry said. "Who are they going to send the bill to? They're going to send the bill to our senior citizens, they're going to send the bill to all of you." FIGHTING BACK Kerry, shown by separate Time and Newsweek magazine polls to be trailing Bush by 11 percentage points two months before the election, launched a scathing indictment of Bush's record on everything from jobs and health care to Iraq (news - web sites) and said the president's time had run out. "We've got to tell them on Nov. 2, 'You're four years too late and it's over!"' he said. Kerry returned to the offensive after his character, 20-year voting record in the U.S. Senate and service in Vietnam were questioned by Republicans at their convention in New York. After a slow initial response, Kerry is fighting back fiercely against ads run by a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that accuse him of lying about his Navy record in Vietnam and attack comments he made later as a leader of the anti-war movement. Kerry received three Purple Hearts for wounds and a Silver and Bronze star for bravery in Vietnam. U.S. Navy (news - web sites) records support his version of events. He declared he would not stand by and have his credentials as commander in chief questioned by Bush and Cheney, who did not serve in Vietnam. The Democratic mayor of Akron, Don Plusquellic, went a step further and accused the president of "hiding in the woods" while Kerry served his country. "The simple truth is John Kerry was in Vietnam and George Bush (news - web sites) wasn't," Plusquellic told the crowd in Ohio, a critical battleground state. "It's as simple as that. George Bush was hiding in the woods in Alabama when John Kerry was defending our country." Bush served in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War. At one point he transferred to the Alabama National Guard but critics say he dodged some of his service there.