Cheney: Vote for Bush or Die

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Campaigning in Iowa on Sept. 7, Vice President Dick Cheney claimed that, if John Kerry was elected, America would be hit by a devastating terrorist attack. Cheney said, "It's absolutely essential that eight weeks from today, on Nov. 2, we make the right choice, because if we make the wrong choice then the danger is that we'll get hit again and we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/08/politics/campaign/08bush.html?ex=1095739200&en=e3802b31fbf7c512&ei=5070

Yesterday, Cheney - in a self-described effort to "clean up" the controversy over his remarks in Iowa - told the Cincinnati Enquirer, "I did not say if Kerry is elected, we will be hit by a terrorist attack.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/10/cheney.kerry.ap/index.html

As Cheney's original statement makes clear, the Republicans have consciously adopted a strategy of using Americans' justifiable fear of a future terrorist attack as a political tool. For all the details, read the cover article, "Vote for Bush or Die," in this week's edition of The Nation at www.thenation.com.

http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20040927&s=legum