Bush Notes Kerry 'Voted Against Funding Our Soldiers'
NewsMax.com Wires
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
WASHINGTON – Ratcheting up his criticism of John Kerry, President Bush accuses his Democrat rival of voting against American troops, in a new television ad that begins airing Tuesday.
``Few votes in Congress are as important as funding our troops at war. Though John Kerry voted in October 2002 for military action in Iraq, he later voted against funding our soldiers,'' the ad says.
The 30-second ad labels Kerry ``wrong on defense'' and claims that the U.S. senator did not support bills that would have ensured troops had body armor and earned higher combat pay, and would have given reservists and their families better health care.
Bush, on the air only two weeks, released commercials last week in 18 states that claim Kerry's economic and national security policies are flawed.
The new ad will initially run in West Virginia to highlight Kerry's ``wrong choices when it comes to giving our troops the resources they need to be successful in Iraq,'' said Ken Mehlman, Bush's campaign manager.
Mehlman promised ``an even more aggressive effort in our campaign to correct his misstatements.''
Kerry was campaigning in West Virginia on Tuesday.
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