Looks like Bush is trying really hard to pretend he
didn't impose steel tariffs:
US President George W Bush today accused his election-year critics of wanting to "build a wall" that will sunder the United States from profitable global trade and cost jobs.
"Their agenda is to increase federal taxes, to build a wall around this country and to isolate America from the rest of the world," he told women business owners in a speech.
OK, so what part of job outsourcing are we supposed to be happy about, Mr. Bush?
Unfortunately, we can now report that Bush met his $170 million goal. Observers noted truckloads of slime being unloaded at RNC headquarters.
On a brighter note, Kerry has a rather positive write up in the New York Times by (gasp) Kit Seelye! Puts some of Kerry's "flip-flops" in very helpful perspective. Not universally glowing (especially the part about last year's $87 billion Iraq bill vote), but still much better than the crap Bush is trying to peddle about him.
However, looks like Kerry's finally gotten his message down on that $87 billion Iraq bill fiasco:
"What Kerry opposed was writing a blank check for Bush's failed Iraq policy, which included billions in no-bid contracts for Dick Cheney's friends at Halliburton," said Chad Clanton, a Kerry spokesman.
It would be nice, of course, if they'd add a little something about all the Republicans who opposed that bill, too. Still, his best bet is to return the debate to general principles of Bush failure and not dwell overmuch in minutiae, which is what this does.
And we're worried about Kerry swearing?