NYT slams republicans, re: A vote for Kerry is a vote for Osama

[CatWoman]

An Un-American Way to Cam

Published: September 25, 2004

President Bush and his surrogates are taking their re-election campaign into dangerous territory. Mr. Bush is running as the man best equipped to keep America safe from terrorists - that was to be expected. We did not, however, anticipate that those on the Bush team would dare to argue that a vote for John Kerry would be a vote for Al Qaeda. Yet that is the message they are delivering - with a repetition that makes it clear this is an organized effort to paint the Democratic candidate as a friend to terrorists.

When Vice President Dick Cheney declared that electing Mr. Kerry would create a danger "that we'll get hit again," his supporters attributed that appalling language to a rhetorical slip. But Mr. Cheney is still delivering that message. Meanwhile, as Dana Milbank detailed so chillingly in The Washington Post yesterday, the House speaker, Dennis Hastert, said recently on television that Al Qaeda would do better under a Kerry presidency, and Senator Orrin Hatch, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has announced that the terrorists are going to do everything they can between now and November "to try and elect Kerry."

This is despicable politics. It's not just polarizing - it also undermines the efforts of the Justice Department and the Central Intelligence Agency to combat terrorists in America. Every time a member of the Bush administration suggests that Islamic extremists want to stage an attack before the election to sway the results in November, it causes patriotic Americans who do not intend to vote for the president to wonder whether the entire antiterrorism effort has been kidnapped and turned into part of the Bush re-election campaign. The people running the government clearly regard keeping Mr. Bush in office as more important than maintaining a united front on the most important threat to the nation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/25/opinion/25sat1.html

[Pirate Smile]

1. Nothing is beneath them.

[UCLA Dem]

2. Go NYT!!!! They are finally stepping up to the plate

and playing referee in this camagin, like they should have been all along. They have been way to easy of Bushco. Its about damn time!!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

16. The Times has been extremely good to Kerry and bad on Bush this year

It is clear they want Bush out.

[Big Swing]

3. SSDD

Both sides are doing this. Screw it, keep to the issues. It might be provincialism, but I like Kerry because what Clinton did to the military sucked in the '90s, and Kerry pushed a bill to prevent the rampant military base closures and forced retirements when my military family was on food stamps. Clinton sucked. Kerry knows the needs of the troops.

[CatWoman]

5. can you provide a link showing Democrats doing this?

and what has Clinton got to do with this election?

Clinton is not running.

Talking about sticking to issues.

BTW: I was in the military prior to Clinton's tenure. The Republicans, under Poppy Bush, shut down the bases -- not Clinton.

[Justice]

6. Big Swing Outta Here!!!

Democrats are talking about reality on the ground -- Republicans may not like it - but Iraq is a mess and it is about time someone started saying it.

[kwolf68]

8. Yea show a link

Where the Dems are saying Bush is appeasing terrorists. I think he does, has, is and will continue, but I've seen nothing of the sort from the Kerry campaign.

[CatWoman]

9. still waiting, Big Swing

where's my link?

[high density]

13. I haven't seen Democrats on TV saying things like this

People here on DU may say stuff like that, but it certainly has not been brought up by Kerry surrogates in the media.

[CatWoman]

14. I think Big Swing

has struck out........

[bigpathpaul]

4. Dissent is now being treated as treason. Fascism anyone?

This topic also featured on MSNBC yesterday: Tying Kerry to terror tests rhetorical limits.

Below is my response to it:



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[City Lights]

10. Nice work, bigpathpaul.

I've bookmarked your site. You've got some great stuff there. Thanks. :thumbsup:

[bigpathpaul]

11. Appreciate it. Pass it on!

[CatWoman]

12. consider it done

I emailed it to my work addy, and will distribute there.

thanks!!!

[City Lights]

17. Will do.

;-)

[Placebo]

7. I Love This Quote...

"The people running the government clearly regard keeping Mr. Bush in office as more important than maintaining a united front on the most important threat to the nation."

I would love to hear Kerry say that on the campaign trail. :)

[Borgnine]

15. It's madness.

Al Qaeda has even said that they would prefer Bush to be elected, as his policies best serve their cause. Of course, we'd never hear that in our media. Nope, Bush is strong on defense. Bush is resolute. Bush keeps up safe.