By Howard Kurtz
When President Bush's aides released a television ad Tuesday saying that "no child in America should be left behind," it looked to be the first positive spot the campaign had rolled out in weeks.
Yesterday came the Spanish-language version -- and it packed a far more negative punch.
The education message changed in translation, with the spicier Spanish version -- airing in Florida, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico -- skewering Bush's Democratic opponent.
"John Kerry praised the president's reforms. Even voted for them," it says. "But now, under pressure from education unions, Kerry has changed his mind. Kerry's new plan: less accountability to parents."
A 60-second radio version concludes: "John Kerry, ¿No podemos confiar en tu palabra?" -- meaning "Can your word be trusted?"
The Massachusetts senator's camp responded quickly. "George Bush is misleading the American people in English and now Spanish," said spokesman Chad Clanton. "They've been trying to fool people into thinking they had a positive message, but it's consistent with the unprecedented negative campaign they have run since John Kerry got the nomination."
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