This is a dynamite article from the WP

[tmooses]

showing blatant manipulation of the publics' fears for political gain and also Bush's misrepresentations of Karry's position. We have to find out which aides gave out the information on Bush's strategy. This would be great ammo for Kerry on Friday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A10573-2004Oct6?language=printer


A Bush adviser said the president hopes to change the dynamics of the race with more biting attacks on Kerry's record and trustworthiness and on what Bush charges is Kerry's reluctance to use U.S. military force to defeat terrorism. The strategy is aimed at stoking public fears about terrorism, raising new concerns about Kerry's ability to protect Americans and reinforcing Bush's image as the steady anti-terrorism candidate, aides said.

Also, the WP has a poll going on the same page.:grr:

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. Kerry must try for a home run tomorrow!

[asjr]

2. B & C are nothing but scaremongers. When they use that against

the citizens of this country they are basically saying to us--You are dummies. We can say anything and you will believe it. I hope Kerry lets them know we are not dummies! It is a disservice to the citizens to use those tactics. An I hope Kerry reminds the country of the many investigations (Plame) that the administration has stymied and lied about.

[shraby]

3. The poll on that page needs help for Kerry

Hit it!!!!!!

[yellowcanine]

4. But will promoting fear work for the boy who cried Wolf!?

"Fool me twice and I'll never be fooled again."

[Stephanie]

5. Witness Cheney's closing statement:

CHENEY: Gwen, I want to thank you.

It's been a privilege to serve as your vice president these last four years and to work alongside President Bush to put our economy on an upward path.

We've cut taxes, added 1.7 million new jobs in the last year, and we'll continue to provide opportunities for business and for workers.

We won't be happy until every American who wants to work can find a job.

We believe that all Americans ought to have access to available -- to medical care and that they ought to have access to the finest schools in the world.

We'll do everything we can to preserve Social Security and to make certain that it's there for future generations. I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.

We saw on 9/11 that the next president -- next decision a president has to make can affect the lives of all of us.

Now we find ourselves in the midst of a conflict unlike any we've ever known, faced with the possibility that terrorists could smuggle a deadly biological agent or a nuclear weapon into the middle of one of our own cities.

That threat -- and the presidential leadership needed to deal with it -- is placing a special responsibility on all of you who will decide on November 2 who will be our commander in chief.

The only viable option for winning the war on terrorism is the one the president has chosen, to use the power of the United States to aggressively go after the terrorists wherever we find them and also to hold to account states that sponsor terror.

Now that we've captured or killed thousands of al Qaeda and taken down the regimes of Saddam Hussein and the Taliban, it's important that we stand up democratically elected governments as the only guarantee that they'll never again revert to terrorism or the production of deadly weapons.

This is the task of our generation. And I know firsthand the strength the president brings to it.

The overall outcome will depend upon the ability of the American people and the strong leadership of the president to meet all the challenges that we'll face in the days and years ahead.

I'm confident we can do it.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/05/debate.transcript3/index.html

[bobbyboucher]

6. Dynamite? I must have missed it. It looked more like

a desperate attempt to give Chimp-asscrack some airtime before he gets his ass handed to him again on Friday. Rehashing Bush's lies doesn't make a dynamite article, FYI.

What article did you read?