http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGALGLOAKID.htmlNew GOP Chair Accuses Democrats of Feeding 'steady Diet of Protest and Pessimism' By Ron Fournier The Associated Press Jul 25, 2003
NEW YORK (AP) - Rising to President Bush's defense, the new GOP chairman says Democrats are offering Americans "a steady stream of protest and pessimism" in absence of real solutions to the economy and Iraq. "If you get the impression, the other party has come to the conclusion that what's worst for the American people is what's best for them, it's only because that's their explicit strategy," Ed Gillespie said in his address to the 165-member Republican National Committee.
...it would have been "irresponsible" not to take on Saddam Hussein.
Dem: ...Gillespie had a lot of nerve calling other politicians negative. "We have nine candidates crisscrossing the country presenting a positive vision for American. Mr. Gillespie sounds quiet hawkish and adversarial himself," she said.
Gillespie ...as Bush's attack dog...while the president tries to appear above the fray. Americans "want calm leadership, not heated rhetoric," Gillespie said. "They prefer bipartisan accomplishments, not bitter partisanship. They want a steady hand, not flailing arms." ....Republican ...fretting about political fallout over the ailing economy, the death toll in Iraq and questions about Bush's rationale for war. Gillespie ..."In place of solutions they serve up raw emotion, and that emotion is anger," he said. "They're angry that they aren't the majority party in the House or Senate. They're angry that they don't control a majority of the governorships. And they're angry most of all that they don't control the White House," he said. "So, they offer Americans a steady stream of protest and pessimism," Gillespie said. "They're still protesting the 2000 election. Some of their loudest voices protested removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq. They protested a jobs and growth package in Congress. They protest qualified judicial nominees."
He accused Democrats of counting on a weak economy and trouble in Iraq to beat Bush. "The once-proud party of Franklin Roosevelt, who famously told us we have nothing to fear but fear itself, now seems to have nothing to offer but fear itself." <snip>
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