DNC mailer links McCain and Bush
Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:57 PM by Mark Murray
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White House, 2008, McCain
From NBC's Gabriel Herman and Jessica Turtletaub
First Read got its hands on a DNC fundraising mailer that highlights the policy similarities between McCain and President Bush and calls them “two peas in a political pod.”
Inside an envelope highlighting an image of Bush and McCain shaking hands, the mailing calls on Democrats to contribute money to the DNC to ensure that McCain does not have the opportunity to bring “4 more years of dangerous and destructive Bush policies” to the United States.
The letter, penned by DNC chairman Howard Dean, also stresses the urgency for Democrats to prevent McCain from further establishing himself as “a straight talking maverick who is not afraid to buck the Republican Party line.” The DNC chairman contends that McCain is, in fact, “as conservative as they come,” and his administration would preserve “the radical right’s hateful social agenda.” He adds, “Like President Bush,” McCain follows a “shoot first, ask questions second” foreign policy strategy, supports tax cuts for the wealthy as well as corporations that ship jobs overseas, and promises to appoint “Bush-style” judges who will overturn Roe vs. Wade.
And mocking McCain’s “Straight Talk Express,” the mailer includes a brochure documenting McCain’s “politically motivated double talk,” citing examples of his flip-flopping on the issues of Iraq, the Bush tax cuts, and campaign finance reform.
*** UPDATE *** RNC spokesman Alex Conant has this response: “If these are the sort of cheap political attacks Howard Dean’s using to raise money, no wonder the RNC has a six-to-one cash-on-hand advantage!”
