yahoo headline. couldn't have said it better myself.
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"From a lot of places in New Jersey you could see the towers," Karl Rove, Bush's chief political adviser, told reporters at a weekend campaign rally in West Palm Beach, Fla.
how did i not realize this man is a genious!?!
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Before heading to New Jersey, Bush signed a bill giving the Department of Homeland Security about $33 billion for the budget year that began Oct. 1.
The tab was nearly $900 million more than Bush requested of Congress. It included $1.1 billion in grants to states based on population, $400 million more than he wanted. But its $875 million for cities considered attractive targets for terrorists was nearly $600 million below Bush's request. In addition, it provided $3.6 billion for police and other emergency responders -- about $500 million less than last year's total.
The bill signing dovetailed with Bush's New Jersey terrorism speech in which campaign officials said he would again mock Kerry's comments on terrorism in a New York Times Magazine article Oct. 10.
"We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they're a nuisance," the Massachusetts senator said.
Bush has been telling supporters at rallies that he couldn't disagree more. "Our goal is not to reduce terror to some acceptable level of nuisance," he says. "Our goal is to defeat terror by staying on the offensive."
a DECREASE in funds to first responders!??! it's called a VETO. use it! this speech where he's gonna mock kerry, is this the IMPORTANT policy speech on terror??