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> At that point, President Bush speaks, his image suddenly visible in
> the television version:
> "There's something more important than politics and that's to do our
> jobs," he declares.
>>>So, whadya doin' ads for, Duh-B-Yuh? Is yer "war" over? Is the
economy "fixed"? A<>E<>R <<<
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February 12, 2002
Bush Featured in G.O.P. Ads Criticizing 5 Senators
By B. DRUMMOND AYRES Jr.
fter months of largely avoiding head-on partisan attacks on
individual Democrats, President Bush has taken a starring role in a
new, decidedly critical advertisement that is running in the states
of five Democratic senators who voted against his economic stimulus
package.
The advertisement is directed at Max Baucus of Montana, Jean Carnahan
of Missouri, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Tim Johnson of South Dakota and Paul
Wellstone of Minnesota. It accuses them of putting partisan interests
ahead of those of the nation.
The advertisment is another indication that Mr. Bush, who campaigned
on a promise of moderating the partisan tone in Washington and who
has tried to cultivate bipartisan support after Sept. 11, is
embracing the rough-and-tumble of politics.
In recent weeks, Mr. Bush has begun attending political fund-raisers
and has committed himself to dozens of political events for
Republicans running in the 2002 elections.
The five senators, each of them involved in a close re-election
contest, say it is Mr. Bush and the Republican Party who are being
partisan. Several pointed out that the president personally recruited
their Republican challengers in an effort to assure that the one-seat
Democratic hold on the Senate would be overturned in November.
In the advertisement, sponsored by the National Republican Senatorial
Committee and running on both television and radio in slightly
differing versions, an announcer asserts that "partisan Democrats put
their interests ahead of national interests" in scuttling the
stimulus measure, even though "moderate Democrats" had worked with
the White House to draw up a compromise bill.
Then, dropping in the name of the Democratic senator from the
particular state in which the advertisement is running, the announcer
says that "sadly" that senator was among the those who refused to
compromise.
At that point, President Bush speaks, his image suddenly visible in
the television version:
"There's something more important than politics and that's to do our
jobs," he declares.
The advertisement closes with the announcer urging viewers (listeners
in the radio version) to call the "partisan" senator and "tell him to
support the nation's interests, not partisan interests."
Democrats contend that the advertisement is an egregious example of a
president going back on his word.
"Up until now, the president has mostly avoided this kind of thing,"
said James M. Jordan, the executive director of the Democratic
Senatorial Campaign Committee. "But these ads, coming in the middle
of a war and aimed at people who have given the president total
support in that war, people who really have tried to work things out
with him on Capitol Hill � well, such ads just give the lie to his
promise to change the partisan tone in Washington. They are as
extraordinary as they are despicable."
Senator Carnahan issued a statement in which she said she was
disappointed that Republicans had resorted to what she called attack
ads and called for "a fair and honest discussion of the issues."
Senator Baucus said it was "undeniable" that he had tried to work
with the president.
The Johnson campaign said it appeared that Republicans had concluded
that the only way to win back the Senate was "to run a negative,
distorted campaign."
A spokesman for the Republican Senatorial Committee, Dan Allen,
denied that the new advertisement was an unfair partisan attack. "The
president has been calling on Democratic senators for cooperation
ever since last October," Mr. Allen said. "He was able to work with
moderate Democrats. But other Democrats said, `Nothing doing.' Those
are the people the ad is addressed to in the interest of the national
good."
As for the president's appearance in the advertisements, Mr. Allen
said that no special filming or recording was done.
"The president has addressed this issue many times," he said. "We had
plenty of stock footage to fall back on."
Mr. Allen would not disclose how much money his committee intended to
spend on the advertising campaign.
"We're not addressing that," he said. "What we can say is that it is
a substantial buy and we're getting some help from state parties and
that the campaign will last at least a week, maybe more."
Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company
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