Bush defends Iraq policy amid bipartisan criticism

[Mr_Spock]

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/264/politics/Bush_defends_Iraq_policy_amid_:.shtml

Bush defends Iraq policy amid bipartisan criticism
By Scott Lindlaw, Associated Press, 9/20/2004 09:00

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WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush is striking back at John Kerry's increasingly aggressive criticism on Iraq, asking Americans to stick with him on the war in the face of surging violence there.

But Bush is facing a fresh wave of attacks from members of his own party, including an influential senator who said Sunday the administration's ''incompetence'' was to blame for the country's slow recovery from war.

Kerry has been lambasting Bush in recent days on the cost of the Iraq war in lives and dollars, and the Democratic senator planned a new assault Monday. The Democrat ''will lay out his plan for cleaning up the mess George Bush has made in Iraq,'' said campaign spokesman Phil Singer.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. My god he is doong the ever so popular

but, but, but mommy the other bullies are hitting me?

Problem is with a certain percentage of the population this is effective

Here, here it will be ok.

SICKENING

[joshdawg]

2. Bring the troops home!

[Cocoa]

3. good for two reasons

first, it's good for him to be on the defensive about his Iraq calamity.

Second, his defense is lame and he's been using it for a while and it's wearing out:

In a speech in New Hampshire on Monday afternoon, Bush was countering by saying the nation needs ''consistency'' in its leadership not a change in the middle of the war, and not a series of contradictions, said campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel.

''Our troops deserve better than to hear Kerry's campaign pushing pessimism and lack of faith in the mission,'' Stanzel said.

[KansDem]

4. "I know what I'm doing..."

MSNBC News Services
Updated: 8:05 p.m. ET Aug. 11, 2004

President Bush pushed back Wednesday against Sen. John Kerry’s criticism of his handling of Iraq, saying, “I know what I’m doing when it comes to winning this war.”

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5676278/

It's a sad commentary when an incumbent "war president" has to assure us that "he knows what he's doing," in spite of increasing doubts about the Iraq war...

[Parche]

5. Kerry

He needs to hammer Bush on US security issues
and how he was dazed and confused during the morning of Sept 11th
and did nothing either before or after
And he needs to keep hitting him hard on Iraq