Bush Mounts Defense of Economy Policies

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&ncid=584&e=1&u=/nm/20040311/pl_nm/campaign_bush_dc

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) defended his much-assailed economic record in the crucial swing state of Ohio on Wednesday and said he understood the turmoil caused by huge job losses during his administration.


A day after his Democratic presidential rival John Kerry (news - web sites) scored easy primary wins in four Southern states, including the November battleground of Florida, Bush also sought to brand Kerry as a pessimist who would endanger U.S. prosperity and job growth with isolationist trade policies and tax hikes.


Bush never mentioned Kerry by name. But his spokesman said the president's remarks were aimed at Democrats, including the Massachusetts senator, who pledged to roll back Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and safeguard jobs by subjecting U.S. trade pacts to special scrutiny.


"They don't explain how closing off markets abroad would help the millions of Americans who produce goods for export or work for foreign companies right here," the Republican president said hours after the government released trade data showing a record $43.1 billion January trade deficit.

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[mhr]

1. No One Is Proposing Closing Foreign Markets, Just Eliminating Outsourcing

Man this guy is dumb!

[Lindsay]

2. In this case, I think he's not being dumb.

He's just flat-out lying.

[freeforall]

4. No kidding! The trouble is...

many people don't understand economics and trade, so they listen to the Bushit.

The only time they understand is when they lose their jobs.

[54anickel]

5. It's how they work it. Folks that only watch Fox hear him say this stuff,

but if they don't get to hear Kerry's rebuttal (as in the truth) then they believe every word he says.

I don't think that's going to work for him as well this time around. People are waking up, including Repugs. There are a few more media outlets that are at least reporting on the Kerry response. Lou Dobbs on CNN has definitely opened the eyes for quite a few. And I notice Lou is hitting issues beyond Exporting America. Tonight he questioned this "isolationism" and the Diebold voting issues.

It's is good for America, Dem or Repug to wake up.

[I AM SPARTACUS]

3. Bush Mounts A Goat...

[I m With Stupid]

6. 1984

War is peace. Hate is love. Slavery is freedom. The economy is recovering.