October 23, 2004
factcheck.org is a non-partisan website that shines the light of truth on statements made for or against the presidential candidates. This is that site's latest discovery:
A misleading Bush ad criticizes Kerry for proposing to cut intelligence spending -- a decade ago, by 4%, when some Republicans also proposed cuts.....
Speak Softly But Use Scary Words and Pictures
Using a soft-spoken female announcer to deliver the harsh message, the ad shows blurry images of a dark forest and a pack of hungry-looking wolves eying the camera and apparently contemplating an attack.
The announcer says that “after the first terrorist attack on America ” Kerry “voted to slash America ’s intelligence operations.” The ad is misleading in several ways, some of which we went over last March when President Bush first accused Kerry of trying to “gut” the intelligence budget.
Here are the ways this ad misleads voters:
Go there to read the whole misrepresentation, just one of many many that Bush's last minute ads are thowing out to an already badly misled public.
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