Democrats Fire Rhetoric Back

The Democrats are creating their own rhetoric around Bush's pre-midterm election campaign by ressurecting McCarthyism and the Red Scare.... some of their own scare tactics.

Obama Urges Challenge to Bush Policy
By WILL LESTER
The Associated Press
Thursday, September 21, 2006; 12:58 PM

WASHINGTON -- Democratic Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday called the view that President Bush has been perfect in fighting terrorism an illusion and urged Democrats to challenge the Bush administration's policies....

Several GOP lawmakers and members of Bush's Cabinet have suggested Democrats are aiding the terrorists and behaving like Nazi appeasers. Democrats have countered that the rhetoric smacks of the McCarthyism of the 1950s. "But we don't always pick our fights, especially when the president has the bully pulpit," he said. His talk was sponsored by the liberal political group Moveon.org. Tracy Schmitt, spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, responding to Obama's comments, argued that his Democratic Party's "opposition to the tools imperative to the war on terror illustrates a startling lack of understanding about how to keep America safe.

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