AdWatch: Bush Assails Kerry on Gas Taxes

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-AdWatch-Bush.html

AdWatch: Bush Assails Kerry on Gas Taxes
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: March 30, 2004


Filed at 4:03 p.m. ET

Details of new television ad from President Bush, to begin running Wednesday

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The ad is reminiscent of bumbling Keystone kops of the black-and-white silent movie era. However, the goal is the same as most previous ads: portray Kerry as a tax-raising Democrat. This time, the issue is gas taxes.

Gas prices have spiked to record levels on Bush's watch. His ad comes as Kerry intensifies his criticism that the Republican's economic policies are to blame for high gas prices. The ad was unveiled the same day Kerry offered his proposal for curbing the rising cost of gas.

The commercial is based almost entirely on votes Kerry cast and comments he made in the context of President Clinton's economic stimulus package. The ad says Kerry ``supported higher gasoline taxes 11 times,'' suggesting that Kerry cast that many votes, specifically on the gas-tax issue. That's not exactly the case
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