President Bush will accept his party's nomination in New York this week on the crest of a campaign that aides say reflects an unusual level of involvement from the president himself, particularly in driving attacks on Senator John Kerry that have characterized his re-election effort since the spring.
Bush is actively taking part in his re-election campaign? Well, then, that explains this:
Scholars and political strategists say the ferocious Bush assault on Kerry this spring has been extraordinary, both for the volume of attacks and for the liberties the president and his campaign have taken with the facts. Though stretching the truth is hardly new in a political campaign, they say the volume of negative charges is unprecedented -- both in speeches and in advertising.
Three-quarters of the ads aired by Bush's campaign have been attacks on Kerry. Bush so far has aired 49,050 negative ads in the top 100 markets, or 75 percent of his advertising. Kerry has run 13,336 negative ads -- or 27 percent of his total. The figures were compiled by The Washington Post using data from the Campaign Media Analysis Group of the top 100 U.S. markets. Both campaigns said the figures are accurate.
Changing the tone in Washington.
so bush IS talking about the issues ... in his tiny mind anyway. to him, the issue is how much kerry sucks.
sounds like a high school student government election. jeez.
Posted by: tj | August 29, 2004 at 07:58 AM
Yeah, maybe Bush is the devil. I wonder if Bush would steal toys from kids and break them just because he's the president. It's shocking that he's up in the polls and CNN is now projecting him as having the electoral vote margin needed. Maybe everyone else in the country is just plain blind.
Posted by: Kevin Donahue | August 29, 2004 at 09:49 AM
What's your point? That poll numbers reflect a man's character? I guess then Bill Clinton is like a God to you. Because his poll numbers and job approval ratings were way better than Bush's.
Hell, if he ran today, he'd still beat Geoge Bush.
No, everyone in the country is not blind, since a lot of people dislike and disapprove of Bush and his presidency. But, if you spend $200 million dollars on negative ads, well, you can mislead a lot of the people. It's something Bush does well.
Posted by: ricky | August 29, 2004 at 01:22 PM
I briefly watched a few minutes of George W. on the Today Show this a.m. Boy, he is the consummate politician, he really has that "regular guy" act down to a tee. Unfortunately, a great number of the public will decide mainly by appearances and not by his political record.
Did someone mention the devil earlier? No matter what George does or says, it's like some protective force field surrounds him. . . hmmm. .. devil devil...
Posted by: trueleigh | August 30, 2004 at 10:12 AM
Bush is not the devil.
He's the Antichrist.
See http://www.divisiontheory.com/bushistheantichrist.html
Posted by: Peter Novak | December 18, 2005 at 10:28 PM