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Democratic Candidates' Slugfest Takes Aim at Bush
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Oct 26, 2003 08:53pm |
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| Media | TV News - FOX News |
| News Date | Sunday, October 26, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
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DETROIT, Mich. — Detroit's historical Fox Theatre was the site of a rhetorical slugfest Sunday night as the nine Democratic candidates tried to distinguish themselves in the race to be the party's contender against President Bush in 2004.
But for all the efforts to separate themselves from the pack, the nine were a unified bunch when it came to attacking Bush for his policy in Iraq.
"I'd say all of us up here support our troops a great deal more than the president of the United States does," said former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (search), who has been the most outspoken in criticizing the president.
"Right after 9/11, this administration determined to do bait and switch on the American public. President Bush said he was going to get Usama bin Laden, dead or alive. Instead, he went after Saddam Hussein. He doesn't have either one of them today," said retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark (search).
"What I voted for was to hold Saddam Hussein accountable but to do it right. This president has done it wrong every step of the way," said Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (search), who defended his support for going to war in Iraq and his opposition to the president's $87 billion supplemental to pay for continued military operations and reconstruction
"Bush was wrong to go in in the first place. To delay coming out doesn't make it right," said Rev. Al Sharpton (search), who has said U.S. troops should withdraw from the region immediately.
The nine candidates met in the second of two 90-minute debates hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership Institute (search) and Fox News Channel. PBS' Gwen Ifill moderated the debate. Fox News' chief political correspondent Carl Cameron and Huel Perkins of WJBK-TV, Detroit's Fox affiliate posed questions of the Democratic nine. |
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