Media, Kerry to check Bush lies

[JoFerret]

http://www.thehill.com/op_ed/032504.aspx

The Bush camp is behaving as though the election is eight weeks away, not eight months. It has unleashed millions of dollars in negative ads that are harsh and strong, and the president has left the Rose Garden and come out swinging at Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.).

Its theory: Kerry’s “blackboard,” as seen by the American voter, is barely written on, and the Bush team wants to fill it with negative information before Kerry has a chance to tell his positive story. As a political strategy, that could make sense.

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But one caution: It is early, and the “fact-checkers,” the press, and the pundits are paying attention.

And one other very big problem: As the first salvo, the Bush campaign and the president himself have deliberately made false and misleading claims against Kerry.

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