Desperation

August 21st, 2004 Chris Posted in Uncategorized |

I find it telling that the Bush campaign can’t come up with anything substantial to air. They can’t defend their abysmal records in Iraq, the War on Terror, the environment, or the economy, so they have to resort to making stuff up about the other guy.

From the Washington Post:

Three-quarters of the ads aired by Bush’s campaign have been attacks on Kerry. Bush so far has aired 49,050 negative ads in the top 100 markets, or 75 percent of his advertising. Kerry has run 13,336 negative ads — or 27 percent of his total. The figures were compiled by The Washington Post using data from the Campaign Media Analysis Group of the top 100 U.S. markets. Both campaigns said the figures are accurate.

And now, Bush refuses to denounce the blatantly false accusations of the Swift Boat veterans. Almost all the major news outlets have written about the falsifications and contradictions in the ads. This handy New York Times graphic shows the web of connections between Bush and the Swift Boat ads, and debunks many of their claims.

Slimy isn’t a bad enough word for the Bush campaign.