To me bringing up these types of threats 2 weeks before the election reeks of desperation. It's almost a pathetic threat much like "if John Kerry is elected the US will be attacked again." It was desperate the first time and it is even worse now. It's almost like saying that Kerry will be weak and won't take Terrorism seriously like W will. It's BULLSHIT, we all know it. Scare tactics in Ohio because Bush is losing in Ohio..... latest poll (granted I trust them about as much as I trust Bush.... but) U of Cincy has Kerry 48 Bush 45.
Then to bring up Edwards and take what he said out of context is ridiculous. All Edwards did was say in essence, "I believe if elected we can make the US great again and find ways to make paraplegics walk (granted I have mixed feelings about him using Chris Reeve's name but, Mr. Reeve allowed his name to be used and wanted to be remembered for the research).
There's a big difference between using fear and building hope (that I do believe we are capable of to some degree... in 4 years I doubt it but it would make a great start.)
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Cheney: Terrorists May Bomb U.S. Cities
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By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press Writer
CARROLL, Ohio - Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) on Tuesday evoked the possibility of terrorists bombing U.S. cities with nuclear weapons and questioned whether Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) could combat such a threat, which the vice president called a concept "you've got to get your mind around."
"The biggest threat we face now as a nation is the possibility of terrorists ending up in the middle of one of our cities with deadlier weapons than have ever before been used against us — biological agents or a nuclear weapon or a chemical weapon of some kind to be able to threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans," Cheney said.
"That's the ultimate threat. For us to have a strategy that's capable of defeating that threat, you've got to get your mind around that concept," Cheney said.
Cheney, speaking to an invitation-only crowd as he began a bus tour through Republican strongholds in Ohio, said Kerry is trying to convince voters he would be the same type of "tough, aggressive" leader as President Bush (news - web sites) in the fight against terrorism.
"I don't believe it," the vice president said. "I don't think there's any evidence to support the proposition that he would, in fact, do it."
Cheney praised the recent elections in Afghanistan (news - web sites) but said they don't mean the U.S. mission there is finished.
"Does that mean it's over now and we can walk away? No, it doesn't," he said. "This is three yards and a cloud of dust. There's no touchdown passes in this business. We'll stay as long as we need to help them train their own security forces, which we're doing actively so they can take over responsibility for their own security."
In a campaign appearance Monday in Johnstown, Pa., Cheney criticized rival vice presidential candidate John Edwards (news - web sites) for going "overboard" in his comments about Kerry's support of unrestricted federal funding for stem cell research, which Bush and Cheney oppose. He also accused Edwards of giving people "false hope."
Edwards told supporters in Newton, Iowa, on Oct. 11, "If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve will get up out of that wheelchair and walk again." The actor, a quadriplegic who became an advocate for stem cell research, had died a day earlier.
"I thought, frankly, the other day what John Edwards suggested when he made his comments about Christopher Reeve, that somehow if John Kerry were president, Christopher Reeve could get up out of his wheelchair and there all of his problems would be solved, I really thought was an inappropriate remark, especially given ... well, given the false hope it engendered," Cheney said.
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Link:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...n_el_pr/cheney