Ads Raise Hackles In 4th District Fight

CBS 4 in Denver, Colorado ^ | Sep 28, 2004 | Associated Press

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"Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave claims nobody supports our troops more than she does, but she voted to slash veterans' benefits by $14 billion," the narrator says. The new ad also says Musgrave voted against a $1,500 bonus for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan... Campaign spokesman Guy Short said Monday that Musgrave did vote against the $1,500 bonus, but supported a $2,700 pay raise for troops in combat zones. He said veterans' benefits also got a 15 percent increase. "Only funny math from the Democrats could take a 15 percent increase and turn it into a cut," he said.

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Mudslinging isn't the same thing as muckraking. :')

George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent