Bush "blistering" campaign offensive includes TV ads, mailings, e-mails

[DeepModem Mom]

NYT: Bush Leads New Offensive Featuring Economy and Linking Democrats to High Taxes
By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: September 22, 2006

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 21 — President Bush began a blistering new political offensive on Thursday, asserting that if Democrats won control of Congress from Republicans it would mean higher taxes, less money in the pockets of working families and damage to the economy.

The speech by Mr. Bush here, in which he belittled Democrats as “the party of high taxes,” signaled what Republicans described as a new phase of the White House’s fall campaign, as Republicans begin to combine their emphasis on national security with a tough new emphasis on the issue that unites them more than any other, taxes.

Mr. Bush’s offensive was backed up by a flood of television advertisements on behalf of Republican candidates....

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“The Democrats have made their position clear,” Mr. Bush said. “I want you to remember the last time they had control of the United States Congress back in 1993, they passed a massive tax increase.”

Mr. Bush’s words were echoed in advertisements that have been showing up on the airwaves, in mailings to voters’ homes and in e-mail sent to their computers. This new offensive reflects what Republicans have said is the power they see in the tax issue, in motivating both Republican base voters — who have seemed particularly dispirited this year — and independents....

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/us/politics/22bush.html

[wtmusic]

1. It's encouraging that Republicans think

there actually might be a fair election :crazy:

[louis-t]

2. Needs to be countered with.....

"Are you better off now or were you better off during the '90's" or "Is the economy brighter now or when Clinton was president". Everyone I know did great in the '90's. Employers were scraping the bottom of the barrel to find employees. Every business was hiring. Real estate was booming. National debt was being paid off. Tried and true, same old, tired rhetoric won't work as well for the slimeball right this time.

[rfranklin]

6. AD: Can the Republicans fool us again?

They told us they would shrink government. Yet government has grown X percent.

They told us they would get bin Laden. Yet he thumbs his nose at us.

They told us they would reduce our taxes. Hasn't happened for 99% of Americans.

Et cetera....

[louis-t]

7. Right, stupid Republican talking points need to be answered, not

ignored.

edit for jittery caffeine induced typos.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. This great economy has squeezed every dime out of the common

citizen, to the point where a tax increase is the most horrible thing that bush could threaten. It's a pretty sad state of affairs if you ask me.

I haven't seen any meaningful tax relief in all the years that the chimp has been in charge, in fact, the Social Security payroll tax has increased steadily the whole time.

[bluedog]

4. e-mails.shi* can with spam

mailings ....trash them or send them back.........tv ads?..........turn them off.............easy answer...................and many many people do this

[opihimoimoi]

5. The Truth is, The GOP is the Party of BAD IDEAS and Negative Results

Bush seems to predict bad shit if Dems win Control.

Well, the GOP has had CONTROL of 6 Years and look it? Its been all bad cept for the ones getting large tax breaks. We small guys ain't got shit from the Pubs cept war and crap.

Bush and the GOP are full of it.