"the terrorists win"??? That doesn't sound scary and probably lethal to you?
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't see where it says I would die if I did not vote for Bush > (which is what you claimed happened in the other thread). :D > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Bush, Cheney tie Dem win to terrorists / GOP leaders turn up the rhetoric > to > > stoke voter base > > Article:Bush, Cheney tie Dem win to terrorists / GOP leaders > > tu:/c/a/2006/10/31/MNG1GM2U2M1.DTL > > Article:Bush, Cheney tie Dem win to terrorists / GOP leaders > > tu:/c/a/2006/10/31/MNG1GM2U2M1.DTL > > advertisement | your ad here <http://www.sfgate.com/mediakit/> > > > > [image: SFGate] </> Back to > > Article</cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/31/MNG1GM2U2M1.DTL> > > [image: SFGate] > > Bush, Cheney tie Dem win to terrorists GOP leaders turn up the rhetoric > to > > stoke voter base > > > > Michael Abramowitz, Washington Post > > > > Tuesday, October 31, 2006 > > > > *(10-31) 04:00 PDT Sugar Land, Texas* -- President Bush said terrorists > will > > win if Democrats win and impose their policies on Iraq, as he and Vice > > President Dick Cheney escalated their rhetoric Monday in an effort to > turn > > out Republican voters in next week's midterm elections. > > > > Faced with potential GOP defeat in both the House and Senate, Bush and > > Cheney aimed to avert that by convincing voters they cannot risk giving > the > > opposition party any power in Washington. > > > > "However they put it, the Democrat approach in Iraq comes down to this: > The > > terrorists win and America loses," Bush told a raucous crowd of some > 5,000 > > GOP partisans packed in the arena at an earlier stop at Georgia Southern > > University in Statesboro, Ga. "That's what's at stake in this election. > The > > Democrat goal is to get out of Iraq. The Republican goal is to win in > Iraq." > > > > > > Democrats reacted sharply to the latest White House attacks. Senate > Minority > > Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said Bush "resorted to the same tired old > > partisan attacks in a desperate attempt to hold onto power." House > Minority > > Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco said Bush is looking to retain a > > "rubber-stamp Republican Congress that has done nothing to change our > failed > > Iraq policy." > > > > Cheney, meanwhile, said in an interview with Fox News that he believed > > insurgents in Iraq are timing their attacks to influence the American > > elections. > > > > "It's my belief that they're very sensitive of the fact that we've got an > > election scheduled," he said. Cheney said the insurgents believe "they > can > > break the will of the American people. ... That's what they're trying to > > do." > > > > The increasingly combative tone from the White House signaled a > coordinated > > GOP effort to use every channel to remind conservatives why they should > turn > > out to vote, despite what many say is their disenchantment with the Mark > > Foley page scandal, anger over escalating federal spending and anxiety > over > > the course of the Iraq war. > > > > The president's travel schedule in the final week of the campaign is a > stark > > reminder of his political weakness in many parts of the country -- and in > > many swing districts -- where it is too dangerous for GOP candidates to > be > > seen with Bush. After his rally in Georgia on Monday, Bush flew to Sugar > > Land to stump for the GOP candidate trying to succeed former House > Majority > > Leader Tom DeLay, who won his seat by 14 points two years ago before > > resigning his seat amid the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. There was no > > sign of the man who once relished his Capitol Hill reputation as "The > > Hammer" on Monday's visit. > > > > "The fact that Republicans are working hard to hold onto one of the most > > Republican districts in the country -- that tells you the depth of the > > Republican struggles around the country," said Amy Walter, who tracks > House > > races for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. > > > > White House aides disputed this characterization, saying the Sugar Land > race > > is a special case since DeLay resigned too late for the courts to allow > the > > GOP to replace him on the ballot. Instead, Republicans are promoting > Shelley > > Sekula Gibbs, a Houston city councilwoman and dermatologist, as a > write-in > > candidate. > > > > The crowd at Georgia Southern seemed to respond most enthusiastically to > > Bush's most conservative lines, roaring after Bush criticized last week's > > ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court that gay couples are entitled to > > the same rights as heterosexual couples. Bush said the ruling "raises > doubt > > about the institution of marriage." > > > > "We believe that marriage is a union between a man and a woman and should > be > > defended," Bush shouted. > > > > http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/31/MNG1GM2U2M1.DTL > > > > This article appeared on page *A - 5* of the San Francisco Chronicle > > © 2006 Hearst Communications Inc. </chronicle/info/copyright/> | Privacy > > Policy </pages/privacy/> | Feedback </feedback/> | RSS Feeds </rss/> | > > FAQ</chronicle/faq.shtml>| Site > > Index </index/> | Contact </staff/> > > > > > > > > > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/31/MNG1GM2U2M1.DTL&type=printable > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? 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