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"Global Test" Mindset Not Right for America in a Dangerous World (George W. Bush, 10/6/2004)

He says the tax increase is only for the rich. You've heard that kind of rhetoric before. The rich hire lawyers and accountants for a reason -- to stick you with the tab. The Senator is not going to tax you because we're going to win in November. (Applause.)
[...] It wasn't easy for my opponent to become the single most liberal member of the Senate. You might even say, it was hard work. (Laughter and applause.) But he earned that title -- by voting for higher taxes, more regulation, more junk lawsuits, and more government control over your life.

And that sets up a real difference in this campaign. My opponent is a tax-and-spend liberal; I'm a compassionate conservative. (Applause.) My opponent -- my opponent wants to empower government; I want to use government to empower people. (Applause.) My opponent seems to think all the wisdom is found in Washington, D.C.; I trust the wisdom of the American people. (Applause.)

[...] My opponent agrees with all this -- except when he doesn't.
(Laughter.) Last week in our debate, he once again came down firmly on every side of the Iraq war. (Laughter.) He stated that Saddam Hussein was a threat and that America had no business removing that threat. Senator Kerry said our soldiers and Marines are not fighting for a mistake -- but also called the liberation of Iraq a "colossal error." He said we need to do more to train Iraqis, but he also said we shouldn't be spending so much money over there. He said he wants to hold a summit meeting, so he can invite other countries to join what he calls "the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time." (Laughter and applause.)

[...] He said terrorists are pouring across the Iraqi border, but also said that fighting those terrorists is a diversion from the war on terror.
(Laughter.) You hear all that and you can understand why somebody would make a face. (Laughter and applause.)

With baseball so thick in the air, a sports analogy seems appropriate: This is the kind stuff the President has to bring to the big game Friday. You could feel the "Closer" in Cheney last night, especially as Edwards found himself looking back at the ump and hoping to get a call or find an expanded strike zone. Even the VP's non-answers seemed to leave Edwards wound around himself after wiffing at a hanging curve. They need to keep throwing these same pitches accurately and relentlessly for the next 27 days.