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

To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (14922)	10/2/2004 5:58:56 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 27181

next big subject is how Bush failed and lied about the economy. Which is of course related to his lies and failures in Iraq. Kerry Says Bush Ignores Economic Troubles 5 minutes ago Politics - AP By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer ORLANDO, Fla. - Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) on Saturday looked to frame the next presidential debate by accusing President Bush (news - web sites) of making a series of bad economic choices that are making it harder for average Americans to get by. The Democratic presidential challenger said Bush cares most about the wealthy and well-connected, while portraying himself as the patron of working families who are struggling to achieve the American dream. "I've got your back," Kerry said. "For the last four years, George Bush (news - web sites) has turned his back on you and the families with almost every choice that he's made," Kerry said. "For those people who are struggling, four more years of Bush choices is four more years that I don't think people can really afford." Kerry campaigned in Florida for a second day since Thursday's debate on foreign policy. While Bush held huge rallies in the Midwest battleground of Ohio, Kerry gave a 45-minute speech outlining his economic agenda. Kerry aides said the speech, along with another on energy he planned to give in the coming days, are designed to set up the issues for the final two upcoming debates — a town-hall style match Tuesday and another focused on domestic policy the following week. In the first poll taken since the debate Thursday night, Kerry was running even with Bush after having trailed him in the same survey last month. The Newsweek poll showed Kerry had the support of 47 percent and Bush 45 percent, with independent candidate Ralph Nader (news - web sites) at 2 percent. Bush led 49-43 in the poll in early September and was up by 11 points in the poll following the GOP convention. The Newsweek poll of 1,013 registered voters was taken from late Thursday to early Saturday and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Kerry's economic case against the president built on the criticisms that he lodged against Bush's leadership in Iraq (news - web sites). He said Bush "is a man who can't see a problem and can't fix a problem." "He'd tell you this is the best economy of our lifetime," Kerry said to laughter from his partisan audience. "I mean, these are the things they've said. I'm not making this up. He says that maybe this is the best that we can do. Well, maybe that's true for his friends — Enron, Halliburton, for the big oil industry." Kerry said Bush passed big tax cuts that mainly benefit the wealthy while single mothers worry about how to pay for health care, parents struggle to pay college tuition bills and factory workers see their jobs sent overseas. Kerry's plan to help families includes tax credits for child care and college tuition, an expansion of family and medical leave and after school programs and increased health care coverage for the uninsured. He said he would pay for his programs by repealing the tax cuts that Bush has instituted for people who make more than $200,000 a year. Bush campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt said the economy is recovering under Bush, and he contended that Kerry's policies will end the progress. "John Kerry's policies will derail the economic recovery and mean that every American sends more money in taxes to the federal government," Schmidt said. After a day of campaigning in Orlando, Kerry was heading to Washington for a $6 million fund-raiser for the Democratic National Committee (news - web sites)'s presidential campaign fund.

To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (14922)	10/2/2004 6:01:20 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

Pre-debate polls mean nothing. Bush's failure at the debate and Kerry's formidable credible performance have completely flip-flopped this race around. Now it is Bush who is the struggling one losing support and at the mercy of negative reports in the media, including them playing footage over and over of Bush looking small, nervous, shifty and unhappy. Nobody wants a commander in chief with those attributes. Bush looked worse than Dukakis. He looked he was about 4'1". A nervous dishonest midget.