Once again Edwards -- he of the "McCain Doctrine of Escalation" (tm) -- adeptly ties leading Republican 2008 candidates to the sinking anchor that is George Bush (aka Mr. 28%). So, Rudy, remember how Edwards beat the hell out of McCain and his polls numbers collapsed, it's your turn now for a taste of Johnny's knuckle sandwich.
From Conrad Mulcahy and Marc Santora, Edwards Answers His Critics With Attack on ‘Terror Doctrine,’ New York Times, 7 June 2007.
Former Senator John Edwards struck back yesterday at Republican critics who have called him soft on the war on terrorism, saying the party’s candidates "seem intent on trying to one-up each other in trying to be a bigger, badder, George Bush."
Mr. Edwards, a Democrat, has argued that the Bush administration uses the phrase "global war on terror" as a "bumper sticker" slogan that serves as a shield to pursue dangerous policies like the war in Iraq, which has come back to haunt the United States by increasing the threat of terrorism....
At an appearance yesterday in Manhattan, Mr. Edwards said President Bush’s "terror doctrine" had proved counterproductive.
"If Mayor Giuliani believes that what President Bush has done is good and wants to embrace it, and run a campaign for the presidency saying ‘I will give you four more years of what this president has given you,’ then he’s allowed to do that," Mr. Edwards said. "He’ll never be elected president of the United States, but he’s allowed to do that. I think Americans are looking for something different, they want us to be tough, they expect their president to be tough and to lead, but they expect us to be smart."
Mr. Edwards repeated his calls to go beyond the use of force to undermine the threat of terrorism, and to adopt a more multilateral approach to combat "the long-term forces of terrorism."...
The Outline of the Edwards "Smart, Mission-Focused" Plan to Fight Terrorism is here (includes video highlights of yesterday's speech in New York).
The Anti-Terrorism Plan was blogged at DailyKos by Tracy Russo, blogger for the campaign yesterday (she updated it with the full transcript of the New York speech ... NYC get it, site of 9/11, former mayor running for goper nomination .. OK, just checking).
PS: Is it too early in June to pimp for fundraising...?
I'll assume that's a no from the people.
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Crossposted at the Michigan for Edwards Blog