Posted on 07/21/2006 11:57:42 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
TAMPA, Fla. - Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday pointed to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah as fresh evidence of the ongoing battle against terrorism that underscores the need to keep President Bush's Republican allies in control of Congress.
"This conflict is a long way from over," Cheney said at a fundraising appearance for a GOP congressional candidate. "It's going to be a battle that will last for a very long time. It is absolutely essential that we stay the course."
Cheney's visit to Tampa helped raise about $200,000 for the campaign of Gus Bilirakis, a state legislator who is running for the Tampa Bay area congressional seat his father is vacating.
"Gus is going to remember that the first order of business is to protect the American people and to support the men and women who defend us in time of war," Cheney told the audience at a $500-a-ticket fundraising reception. "There's still hard work ahead in the war on terror."
Cheney said that as Republicans make their case to voters in the midterm elections, "it's vital that we keep issues of national security at the top of the agenda." He faulted Democrats in Congress who have pushed for a timetable for withdrawing Americans from Iraq, saying that would send the wrong message to terrorists.
"If anyone thinks the conflict is over or soon to be over, all they have to do is look at what's happening in the Middle East today," he said.
Bilirakis' Democratic opponent, Phyllis Busansky, scheduled a news conference near the hotel where Cheney was appearing to argue that the Bush-Cheney administration had failed on both domestic and foreign policy fronts. In addition, a handful of demonstrators gathered outside the hotel to protest what they said were problems with the administration's prescription drug program.
Cheney has been traveling extensively on behalf of GOP candidates as the party tries to maintain control of Congress in the November elections.
He was speaking at a rally for U.S. troops at Fort Stewart in Georgia later Friday.
Vice president Dick Cheney addresses a campaign rally for Republican congressional candidate Gus Bilirakis Friday, July 21, 2006 in Tampa, Fla. Bilirakis is running for Florida's 9th Congressional District seat being vacated by his father, Rep. Mike Bilirakis, R-Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)
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My use of special characters was mangled by HTML! Should have read:
"your favorite Democrat[sic]" Uses the Middle East as a Campaign Issue
NO...not a campaign issue.
..but the TRUTH.
Hurts don't it libs.
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An early FRiday ap hit piece? Why am I not shocked.
It's kind of like a hezbollah rocket, part of the left's war campaign and struggle for the 'oppressed', lots of bluster , no real aim tho.. Can't wait for what Nedra and Pete over have cooked up for later.
How about this for a headline:
Democrats Use Fear and Hate as Campain Issue
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.......uh, I think I see the difference............Let's see the difference is..............{insert the sound of cricklets chirping}
Every quote of Cheney in the article is a true assessment of the WOT, yet AP want to make it look strictly like a campaign issue of the Repubs. If the Dems were to step up and be willing to fight the WOT to protect Americans, it would not be a partisan issue.
I eagerly await the Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid press releases and sound bites. They'll try to lay it all on the Pubbies.
Funny, if Carter and Clinton did such a great job in the Middle East, how come it is still such a mess?
CNN Poll: Americans Mideast involvement - XTRA BONUS: Pro-Israel Democrats who had enough!
I did ping you to thethread also....
Sipping tea on the terrace with the terrorists comes to mind :0)
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