Miller Blasts Kerry At 'Democrats For Bush' Rally
POSTED: 4:04 pm EST March 24,
2004
WASHINGTON -- The Bush/Cheney campaign Wednesday unleashed its most famous Democratic booster -- Georgia Sen. Zell Miller -- to make the case presidential foe John Kerry's policies are inconsistent with some of history's most popular Democratic presidents.Miller, a Georgian who is the lone Democratic senator to publicly back Bush's re-election bid, made the attack against Kerry in a speech announcing his leadership of a national "Democrats for Bush" effort. He was joined by a handful of lesser-known Democrats, but the campaign said it would release a more comprehensive list in the coming weeks.The popular former governor cited the policies of Democratic Presidents John F. Kennedy and Harry S. Truman in making the case that Kerry, not Bush, is outside the mainstream on issues ranging from tax cuts to war."John F. Kerry has the same initials as John F. Kennedy, but he has a far, far different view of what the government can do to help families prosper," Miller said. "John Kerry's spending and tax plan would stifle our economy and stall our recovery at the worst possible time."Miller was an original sponsor of Bush's proposed $1.6 trillion tax cut, which Congress trimmed to $1.3 trillion. He argued that it represented a smaller proportion of the American economy and benefited poor Americans even more than one enacted under Kennedy.As for the war in Iraq, Miller praised Kerry for his Senate vote to authorize force. However, he reasoned Kerry later opposed an $87 billion package to further fund the effort after "spending too much time around Howard Dean," the former candidate and outspoken war critic.
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