Racicot to Kerry: "Elevate the negative tone!"

[grasswire]

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040223-121737-1645r.htm

The campaign also has started up a "quick response" unit, with campaign Chairman Marc Racicot yesterday releasing a letter to Mr. Kerry in which he asked the senator "to elevate the remarkably negative tone of your campaign and your party over the past year."
Mr. Racicot wrote: "We intend to run a campaign on the issues and each candidate's record on those issues. We hope that in the future you and your surrogates will do the same."

[NJCher]

1. setup

This is nothing more than a setup so they can cry "foul" when the campaign turns ugly, which they've already started on.

I hope Kerry and his strategists recognize this for what it is.


Cher

[grasswire]

2. well...

...you spotted and I spotted the same thing.

So I guess Kerry's already spotted it too.

Such an old trick. Almost as good as the "they just hate Bush" ploy to neutralize the impact of criticism.

[grasswire]

3. here are a few more tidbits...

....from the Boston Globe:

"Your chief surrogate, Senator Edward Kennedy, has said that the war to remove Saddam Hussein was `made up in Texas,' " Racicot wrote. "The chairman of your party has accused the President of being `AWOL.' During the first days of combat in Iraq, you yourself called for `regime change in the United States.' Of the $6.95 million that your campaign has spent on television ads, 74 percent of those ad dollars have funded a direct attack on the President."

Kerry campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill said: "Mr. Racicot's response is a reminder of why President Bush has lost credibility with the American people. He didn't tell us the truth about the war. He didn't tell us the truth about the economy. So how can we believe his campaign? . . . This letter from Mr. Racicot is just another reason why the American people deserve to hear an honest debate between John Kerry and George Bush on the issues. Let's hope President Bush will stop hiding behind his attack dogs, his $100 million campaign war chest, and his campaign chairman."

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2004/02/23/in_georgia_kerry_keeps_up_attacks_on_bush/

[xchrom]

4. and the bush campaign wasn't negative

when?

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