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03-13-04, 11:45 AM
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
Published: March 14, 2004
ASHINGTON — The 2004 presidential campaign has opened with a snarl.
President Bush and Senator John Kerry, two gentlemen from Yale, wasted no time attacking each other eight months before the election. Last week alone, Mr. Kerry called Republicans "crooked" and "lying" in off-the-cuff comments, then refused to apologize to what he called a "Republican attack squad." Mr. Bush accused Mr. Kerry of trying to "gut" American intelligence services, and he authorized a television ad charging that Mr. Kerry "would raise taxes by at least $900 billion" and weaken national defense. Mr. Kerry fired back with an ad asserting that he had never called for such a thing and wanted to cut taxes for the middle class.
Published: March 14, 2004
ASHINGTON — The 2004 presidential campaign has opened with a snarl.
President Bush and Senator John Kerry, two gentlemen from Yale, wasted no time attacking each other eight months before the election. Last week alone, Mr. Kerry called Republicans "crooked" and "lying" in off-the-cuff comments, then refused to apologize to what he called a "Republican attack squad." Mr. Bush accused Mr. Kerry of trying to "gut" American intelligence services, and he authorized a television ad charging that Mr. Kerry "would raise taxes by at least $900 billion" and weaken national defense. Mr. Kerry fired back with an ad asserting that he had never called for such a thing and wanted to cut taxes for the middle class.