That is not what you said. You said people's lives were threatened if they did not vote for Bush. I do not take that statement as 'threatening my life'.
See, I took it for what it was, a political speech, given by a politician. Which means, there is maybe, and this is stretching it, 5% truth and 95% hyperbole. On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > "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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