Bush Criticizes Kerry With New N.M. Ad

[Freddie Stubbs]

LIZ SIDOTI

Associated Press


WASHINGTON - President Bush responded Thursday to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's new ad in New Mexico with a commercial of his own that criticizes the Democrat by asking, "How can John Kerry win a war if he doesn't know the enemy?"

Kerry's ad, which never mentioned Bush, claimed the Massachusetts senator was the "author of a strategy to win the war on terror," a reference to his 1997 book, "The New War: The Web of Crime That Threatens America's Security."

But Bush's ad argues that Kerry's book doesn't relate to terrorism but rather to fighting global crime, such as "Japanese yakuza" gangsters. The ad says that the book "never mentions al-Qaida," "says nothing about Osama bin Laden," and "calls Yasser Arafat a 'statesman.'"

"The New Republic says Kerry's plan 'misses the mark.' And Kerry's focus? Global crime, not terrorism," the ad says.

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[flakey_foont]

1. Saw it the other night

I really think they are trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator, because the ad seemed geared toward people with less than a high school education

[WildClarySage]

2. That would be *'s other base. n/t

[Parche]

3. war

How can John Kerry win a war if we are really not at war
because only congress can declare war and they have not declared war
and the President cannot declare war by himself.

Take that war and stuff it up your Cheney