Jackson Free Press

A misleading Bush ad criticizes Kerry for proposing to cut intelligence spending — a decade ago, by 4%, when some Republicans also proposed cuts.

Summary
A new Bush ad claims Kerry supported cuts in intelligence "so deep they would have weakened America 's defenses" against terrorists, and shows a pack of hungry-looking wolves preparing to attack. Actually, the cut Kerry proposed in 1994 amounted to less than 4 percent, as part of a proposal to cut many programs to reduce the deficit. And in 1995 Porter Goss, who is now Bush's CIA Director, co-sponsored an even strong deficit-elimination measure that would have cut CIA personnel by 20 percent over five years. When asked about that at his confirmation hearings he didn't disavow it.

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137207

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The rebuttal from Wolfpacks for Truth. and, this, from Salon cracked me up. The Bush-Cheney campaign picked an ironic day to release its latest fear-mongering attack ad, which features wolves as a menacing metaphor for terrorists. "This is the last day of Wolf Awareness Week in this country. The purpose is to debunk the myth about wolves being threats to humans," says Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, the political arm of the non-profit, which has helped foster wolf recovery in the U.S. The week for wolves is being celebrated in such swingy election states as Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio. But apparently Bush hasn't gotten the message: No human being has ever been killed on U.S. soil by a wolf.

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kate

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2004-10-24T08:09:56-06:00

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137208

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Bush-the-environmentalist strikes again. That "rebuttal" site is hilarious. We need bumper stickers like the Swift Boaters. ;-) Contempt for the American people. Contempt, I tell you. They truly think most Americans are stupid.

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DonnaLadd

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2004-10-24T12:47:28-06:00