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| After The RNC: The Dems Strike Back
By AZI PAYBARAH As Republicans formally endorsed President George W. Bush at their national convention last week, one Democrat from Jamaica braced himself for a two-month campaign that will test his political prowess in pivotal battleground states.
In an exclusive interview with the Tribune, Congressman Gregory Meeks, co-chair of Kerry’s national campaign, offered his party’s response to the Republican National Convention. He also shed some light on how a three-term Congressman from Far Rockaway is helping lead his party to the White House. Responding To RNC Hours before Bush formally accepted the Republican nomination for president, Meeks mapped out Kerry’s attack strategy. “The war in Iraq is not getting any better—had the shock and awe but he did not a plan to win the peace,” he said. “We’re going to show how we can win the war on terrorism, unlike Bush in his moment of candor, who said you can’t win the war on terrorism.” “There’s a difference between the war on terrorism and the war on Iraq. Those are two different things. The war on Iraq is not a war on terrorism,” said Meeks. This week, the U.S. death toll in Iraq war reached 1,003 soldiers, four months after the President declared an end to major military combat in front of a banner that read, “Mission Accomplished.” According to Meeks, who voted against authorizing military action in Iraq, not only was the mission not accomplished, but completely skirted at the RNC. “In fact, if you notice at this convention, they are not one time—[during] all this talk on terrorism—not one time have they mentioned Osama Bin Laden’s name, who was the individual who attacked us.” “And we’re going to show George Bush as the chicken that he really is, hiding behind swift boat ads. And [he] won’t come out and confront Osama Bin Laden and won’t call his name. I’m wondering why he won’t call his name. Is he afraid of him?” At the convention, Bush said this election will determine “how America responds to the continuing danger of terrorism — and you know where I stand.” He then connected the deposed Iraqi leader to terrorism. “We knew Saddam Hussein’s record of aggression and support for terror. We knew his long history of pursuing, even using weapons of mass destruction. And we know that Sept. 11th requires our country to think differently…In Saddam Hussein, we saw a threat.” |
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