Kerry Says Bush In "Make-Believe World" Misleading American People

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-22-kerry_x.htm

By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.

President Bush is living in a make-believe world in his understanding of Iraq, misleading the American people and attacking Democrats on phony issues... John Kerry said... "Even today, he blundered again saying there are only a handful of terrorists in Iraq,"... "George Bush retreated from Fallujah and other communities in Iraq which are now overrun with terrorists and threaten our troops."

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Kerry said that in criticizing his statements on Iraq, Bush was "living in a make-believe world," unwilling to tell the truth or to understand the situation in Iraq.

The Democrat said he had laid out "steps to win the war, not to change, not to retreat, steps to win. George Bush is trying to fight a phantom here because he won't tell the American people the truth, so he sets up something that's not a real issue and attacks it."

Bush "missed a huge opportunity" at the United Nations this week to try to persuade other nations' leaders to join the United States in Iraq and the broader anti-terror war, Kerry said... I don't think he's providing the leadership we need," ... "I will do a better job of dealing with Iraq and winning the war and fighting the war on terror, period."

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.... Responding to Cheney's criticism of Kerry, Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards said in a statement that Bush and Cheney "are the last two people we need a lecture from about how to keep the American people safe."

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