Kerry says Bush will run away from his own record in new stump speech

[maddezmom]

02-23) 08:09 PST NEW YORK (AP) --

Democratic front-runner John Kerry predicted Monday that President Bush will "run away from his own record" when the president unveils a campaign speech that advisers say will highlight his policies on homeland security, tax cuts and other issues.

"We have George Bush on the run because he's going to go out here and start this campaign officially tonight before we even have a nominee of the Democratic Party," Kerry told supporters at a rally in Harlem. "And he's going to lay out what he calls his vision, and I think it's extraordinary that four years into this administration we're finally going to get what this president calls his vision for the nation. He certainly has to call something a vision because he can't run on his record."

Kerry said the nation has lost 3 million jobs and has grown weaker and more isolated from its allies under Bush, whose tax cuts and other economic policies the Massachusetts senator criticized.

"The president tonight will lay out what he calls a vision. I believe what he will do tonight is run away from his own record because he doesn't have a record to run on," Kerry said.

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more:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/02/23/politics1109EST0547.DTL

[displacedtexan]

1. If Al Gore had responded like this...

to every single bit of crap the repukes threw out, maybe we wouldn't have felt so completely helpless in 2000.

[Frances]

3. Gore is a very good, principled man

but Kerry is by nature a fighter

I think the reason primaries are good is that it gives you a chance to see the candidates over a period of time. I think Kerry is by nature a cool personality. But he is also an aggressive person (that's why he went back and rescued the soldier in a very dangerous situation). We need an aggressive personality to attack Bush/Cheney and show them for the cowards they are.

That said, I think Kerry will have to be very careful when he attacks. Dean is also a brave man and the media crucified him.

[cspiguy]

2. wow - they've got their war-room humming pretty fast

before the news is even official we get a rebuttal. Is Carville back?

[coltman]

4. bush record

I challenged all of the wing nut repuke blue collar co-workers in the foundry I work in to name me one thing this ass hole has done right.3 years now no takers.

[IndianaGreen]

5. Correction: Bush and Kerry will be running away from their records!

This reminds me of Goldwater's famous campaign slogan: A choice, not an echo!

We are getting echoes in 2004!