Bush: Dems Should Worry More About bin Laden than heed demands of MoveOn and Code Pink [View All]

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Oh, the gall! :argh:


via MichaelMoore.com:



June 26th, 2008 1:51 am
Bush raises GOP cash in Michigan


By Jennifer Loven / Associated Press

LIVONIA, Mich. — Campaigning for fellow Republican John McCain in a crucial swing state, President Bush accused Democrats Wednesday of "running on empty" on energy policy, "acting like teenagers with a new credit card" on federal spending and heeding warnings from anti-war activists more than those from Osama bin Laden.

Bush never mentioned the name of McCain's opponent in the November race to succeed him. But his criticism of Democratic leadership clearly was meant to include Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.

The speech, before a group of about 300 supporters raising money for the state Republican Party, came as Bush is significantly stepping up his efforts — both public and private — on McCain's behalf.

Though the two hardly appear together, Bush has pledged his full support to help get his former foe elected. McCain unsuccessfully ran against Bush in a bitter race for the Republican nomination in 2000. They eventually made up and McCain backed Bush the rest of that year and again in his 2004 re-election bid.

Most of Bush's appearances so far this year for McCain have come at GOP fundraisers that are closed to the media. But that is starting to change.

In Wednesday's speech, like one in the Washington Convention Center last week, Bush mentioned McCain on every topic he raised, such as taxes, spending, energy, judges, Iraq and the war on terror.

But he also cranked his standard political stump speech up a few notches, adding several sharp punch lines aimed at Democrats.

On Iraq and the war on terror, he said "Democratic leaders should pay more attention to the warnings of terrorists like Osama bin Laden and spend less time heeding the demands of MoveOn.Org and Code Pink."

On energy, he suggested he is the only policymaker to make proposals that would lower gas prices and that Democrats "have rejected virtually all of them."

"They say they want lower prices at the pump, but they're against measures that would actually do that," Bush said. "You might say when it comes to energy policy, the Democrats in Congress are running on empty." .....(more)

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