What? Are you trying to say I should not believe that I was not one of the people whose lives were 'threatened' if I did not vote for Bush, or that I shouldn't believe that I didn't believe it?
It was political posturing and pure, unadulterated bullshit. Anyone who cannot see through that should probably have their right to vote revoked. On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > ok well. As someone who was doing voter outreach in the 2004 election I can > assure you that lots of people read it that way. If you want to believe that > you weren't one of them, be my guest. > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:20 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> 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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