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Politics : John Kerry for President? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (3310)	11/1/2004 11:24:38 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 3515

Bush goes to bat to keep job in ninth-inning stretch President pitches stance on security to Ohioans By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CINCINNATI - In the ninth inning of his re-election campaign, President Bush went for what he hoped would be the closer last night in battleground Ohio as he nearly filled Great American Ball Park. More than 35,000 people from Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana crowded into the stands and onto the field of the home of the Cincinnati Reds for the President's last major stand in Ohio before tomorrow's referendum on whether he will get four more years in the White House. "If you are a Democrat and believe the party has moved too far to the left, I ask you to come stand with me," he said to a sea of waving U.S. flags. "If you are a minority citizen and you believe in free enterprise, good schools, and core values, and you're tired of your vote being taken for granted, I ask you to come stand with me." Mr. Bush will draw his personal campaigning in the state to a close this morning with parting remarks at an airport hangar in Wilmington, shortly before boarding Air Force One for Pennsylvania. "This is an historic time, and there's a lot at stake in this election," he said in his 35-minute speech. "The future safety and prosperity of America is on the ballot, but ultimately this election comes down to who you can trust." He again accused Sen. John Kerry of faltering when faced with tough decisions on to the weapon build-up during the Cold War, authorizing war in Iraq and Kuwait under President George H.W. Bush, and later, when came to voting for $87 billion to continue the current war. He criticized Mr. Kerry for saying the Bush administration is on its way to privatizing Social Security and considering a restoration of the draft. "There will be no draft," he said. "The all-volunteer Army will remain an all-volunteer Army." Hamilton County voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Bush over Al Gore in 2000, as did most of southwestern Ohio. Mr. Bush is counting on those counties turning out heavily for him to counter a potential Kerry vote in manufacturing-heavy areas where the economy has not fared as well under his administration and where Mr. Kerry has focused much of his attention.