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DEARBORN, MI – Today, Bush-Cheney ’04 Campaign Chairman Marc Racicot joined veteran and Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox (Corporal USMC), and Vietnam veteran Bill Dobbie (Spec. 4 US Army) to announce the Bush-Cheney ’04 Michigan Veterans Leadership Team. “President Bush leads America’s military with the strength of conviction. He takes a head-on approach to the challenges of our changing world and continues to work toward a safer, stronger America. This is a defining moment in America’s history, and I will work diligently to ensure the continued optimistic leadership of President George W. Bush,” said Cox. “I’ve heard many rumors circulating...

Dear FReeper,With the passing of President Ronald Reagan, one of our country's great leaders, our nation remembers the historic accomplishments of our 40th President.  Many of us are also reminded of the impact that President Reagan's optimistic stewardship of our nation had on our lives and the lives of our families.  We have created a living memorial on our website, www.GeorgeWBush.com, where we invite you to share your thoughts and memories.  Your entries will be posted alongside many others to form an online tribute to President Reagan. Go to www.GeorgeWBush.com/Reagan/ to participate in the living memorial. Sincerely,Marc RacicotChairman

Statement by Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Gov. Marc Racicot Regarding John Kerry skipping yesterday's vote on $25 billion for our troops(title edited for length) ARLINGTON, VA— Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Gov. Marc Racicot issued the following statement on John Kerry skipping yesterday's vote on $25 billion for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan: "John Kerry is giving a speech today on modernizing our military less than 24 hours after he skipped a vote on $25 billion in funding for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. John Kerry's decision to spend yesterday delivering an attack speech rather than returning to the...

Racicot: "John Kerry Continues to Play Politics with Important Security Matters" ARLINGTON, VA -- Earlier today, Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Gov. Marc Racicot and former Attorneys General William Barr and Dick Thornburgh spoke at a press conference in Washington, D.C. to highlight the importance of the Patriot Act in winning the War on Terror. The press conference also pointed out Sen. John Kerry's continued efforts to play politics with important security matters. "The Patriot Act is essential to protecting Americans from terrorist attacks and all responsible public figures must explain this to the American people. I applaud President Bush...

ARLINGTON, VA -- Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Governor Marc Racicot issued the following statement regarding today's ruling on partial birth abortion: "Today's tragic ruling upholding partial birth abortion shows why America needs judges who will interpret the law and not legislate from the bench. A majority of Americans oppose partial birth abortion, and Judge Hamilton's decision flies in the face of Congress passing and President Bush signing legislation banning such horrible acts of violence. "John Kerry's judicial nominees would similarly frustrate the people's will and allow this grotesque procedure to continue. Americans from across the political spectrum oppose partial birth...

Arlington, VA – Today Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Marc Racicot made the following statement: "John Kerry's top allies MoveOn.org and George Soros are blaming America for the actions of terrorists in Iraq. The new MoveOn.org ad displaying the Statue of Liberty with a hood over her head is only the latest disgraceful example of Democrats blaming America first. "Kerry surrogate Ted Kennedy has said that Saddam's torture chambers are now under U.S. management and House Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi this week blamed the President for attacks on U.S. troops. John Kerry and his campaign surrogates have shamefully been playing politics...

Arlington, VA -- Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Marc Racicot issued the following statement: "Minority Leader Pelosi's comments today blaming the President for deaths in Iraq are a reprehensible attempt to blame America for the actions of terrorists, and represent a fundamental misunderstanding of the War on Terror. "As leader of the Democrat Party, John Kerry needs to repudiate Nancy Pelosi's efforts to blame American deaths in Iraq on the President. No one is to blame for these deaths in Iraq but the terrorists who are trying to prevent freedom from coming to the Middle East. "As a House Leader, Nancy...

Joint Statement by Bush-Cheney Campaign Chairman Marc Racicot and RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie on Today’s FEC Ruling on 527 Groups (title edited for length)  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Christine Iverson202-863-8614 “The FEC’s decision today to do nothing to stop the massive spending of soft money “527” committees to influence the 2004 elections is unfortunate, but provides clarity. “It has always been clear to us that the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (“BCRA”) and its subsequent affirmation by the Supreme Court would limit the role of political parties in the political process and allow special interest “527” groups to proliferate. We had...

ARLINGTON, VA -- Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Marc Racicot delivered the following remarks on the Bush Cheney '04 conference call today: "Thank you Steve. Good morning. I'd like to begin our discussion this morning with an excerpt, I'd like to share an excerpt with you of an interview that the President gave on Monday to Armed Forces Television. It's brief but I think very telling, and offers a remarkable contrast between how it is that the president is focused upon the performance of his responsibilities, and the political imperatives that continually demonstrate themselves as a result of the efforts of...

In what is perhaps the Bush campaign's most pointed criticism of John Kerry to date, Bush-Cheney campaign chairman Marc Racicot says the Democratic candidate has a character defect that makes him unsuitable for the presidency. In a conference call with reporters Wednesday, Racicot accused Kerry of politicizing the war in Iraq and the recent prisoner-abuse scandal. "It's striking to see the ease with which John Kerry thrusts an important moment for our country into the campaign's daily spin cycle," Racicot said. But Kerry's recent statements about Iraq, Racicot continued, were part of a larger pattern. "There is a temperament, there...

President Bush (news - web sites)'s campaign on Friday criticized the wife of Democratic candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) for calling Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) "unpatriotic" while defending her husband's service in Vietnam against critics who had avoided the military. AP Photo "This political line of attack is offensive and should be stopped," Bush-Cheney campaign chairman Marc Racicot said in a statement. Although they have questioned Kerry's Senate votes on defense and foreign policy, neither Bush nor Cheney has commented personally on his service in the Navy during the Vietnam War. Bush served stateside...

Arlington, VA -- "Yesterday, Teresa Heinz Kerry called the Vice President of the United States 'unpatriotic.' This political line of attack is offensive and should be stopped. The Vice President has served his country for over thirty years, as Chief of Staff to a President, as a Congressman and as Secretary of Defense. "Every time the discussion focuses on John Kerry's Senate record of voting against weapons systems, voting against support for troops in the field or his positions on both sides of critical questions of national security, his campaign falsely claims that his patriotism is being attacked. John Kerry's...

Bush-Cheney '04 Continues Winning the War on Terror Tour AKRON, OHIO – Earlier today, Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Gov. Marc Racicot continued the Winning the War on Terror Tour at a press conference in Akron. Racicot and Gen. Carol Mutter (Ret. U.S. Marine Corps) joined Bush-Cheney '04 supporters, family members of servicemen and veterans in Akron to highlight the effectiveness of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Goodyear Tire Co. employs 600 workers in St. Mary's, Ohio and has had contracts to build Bradley tire tracks at its St. Marys plant for more than a decade. Sen. John Kerry proposed reductions in...

Love 'em or hate 'em, let's agree that the Bush-Cheney campaign made one brilliant decision recently: The Bushies didn't hire Apprentice head case Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth . Recall that she's the one who flaked off more than worked and spoiled Kwame Jackson's chance to sit at the foot of Donald Trump . Campaign insiders say that Manigault-Stallworth, then in real estate, showed Bush-Cheney chairman Marc Racicot some apartments about 10 months ago, before The Apprentice began. Once she found out who he was, she followed up by sending a resume. "Governor Racicot met her and was very impressed with her, so...

Arlington, VA -- Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Marc Racicot issued the following statement addressing Sen. John Kerry's attacks yesterday: "Yesterday John Kerry launched an outrageous personal and false attack on the Vice President and a presidential adviser, while admitting to the Washington Post that his attack lacked any basis in fact. Every time John Kerry's public record as a U.S. Senator is discussed, he lashes out and claims his patriotism has been impugned instead of engaging in debate and defending his record. The Bush-Cheney campaign has never and will never question Senator Kerry's patriotism, but his record, votes and statements...

Bush aide says Kerry environmental extremist By DAVID N. GOODMAN The Associated Press 4/8/04 3:58 PM SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) -- President Bush's campaign chairman, in Michigan Thursday to dedicate the campaign's state headquarters, said Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is an environmental extremist whose policies would kill thousands of auto jobs. Marc Racicot, a former Montana governor, told cheering campaign workers that the president is a man of integrity whose steady hand would guide the nation to greater safety and economic growth over the next four years. Kerry has taken positions on both sides of many issues, Racicot said. But...

March 17, 2004 Statement by Bush-Cheney ‘04 Campaign Chairman Governor Marc Racicot ARLINGTON, VA --“Yesterday on a conference call arranged by Sen. Kerry’s campaign, former Gov. Howard Dean blamed the deaths in Spain on President Bush and the War on Terror. The attacks were caused by a global terror network that not only struck Spain, but also killed in the United States, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Bali. If Senator Kerry understands the nature of this threat and the need to take on terror, then he should immediately repudiate these troubling comments, and stop all efforts on behalf of his surrogates...

Sen. John Kerry's paranoid Dean-like rant against those who dare question him is unworthy of a presidential candidate, Bush-Cheney campaign chairman Marc Racicot noted last night. "Senator Kerry's statement today in Illinois was unbecoming of a candidate for the presidency of the United States of America, and tonight we call on Senator Kerry to apologize to the American people for this negative attack. On the day that Senator Kerry emerged as his party's presumptive nominee, the president called to congratulate him. That goodwill gesture has been met by attacks and false statements," stated Racicot, former governor of Montana. "John Kerry...

The Talk Shows Sunday, March 7th, 2004 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): > L. Paul Bremer, U.S. administrator in Iraq, and Bush campaign chairman Marc Racicot. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla.; Govs. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., and Ed Rendell, D-Pa. THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Matthew Dowd, campaign strategist for President Bush; Tad Devine, senior adviser to Democratic candidate John Kerry.LATE EDITION (CNN) : L. Paul Bremer, U.S. administrator in Iraq; Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas,...

I received my contribution letter this past week for our President's campaign. Until such time Gillespie and Racicot our removed, NOT ONE DIME!!! These guys are on autopilot. They are going through the motions. They lack passion for our candidate. Gillespie reminds me of "Gil", the bad salesman from the Simpsons. Racicot could be a hypnotist.