“Misleading,” “specious,” “bogus,” and “disingenuous” are all terms used by the Media, such as USA Today, New York Times and NBC to describe the political ads by George Bush about John Kerry. The latest ad about the Patriot Act is no different. It is a total distortion of the facts!
John Kerry is not trying to repeal the Patriot Act but to strengthen it. Kerry along with Republicans Larry Craig and Arlen Specter and others have recognized the need to fix the Patriot Act to improve its effectiveness as an anti-terrorism tool and prevent abuses that violate civil liberties. They have co-sponsored legislation to achieve this goal (S.1709).
Under the Craig-Specter-Kerry approach, the government will have more power to go after terrorists than before the Patriot Act, not less. They do not eliminate a single government power. Instead, their approach creates new checks on abuses that still leave the government with far more power to attack terrorists.
Bush says at the beginning of his ad: “I’m George W. Bush and I approved this message.” This proves that Bush is so afraid of his own record that his only chance in this election is to blatantly lie about his opponent.
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