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Kerry Campaign Unveils New Internet Ad—Keep Our Word?

/noticias.info/ After another week of seeing George W. Bush try to distract from his broken promises and failed record, the Kerry campaign today responded by releasing a new internet ad called “Keeping Our Word?” The new spot reminds the American people of why George W. Bush has lost credibility.

Unfortunately for George W. Bush, his rhetoric does not square with his record. And that’s why he’s trying to run from it. As the ad shows, Bush pledged that creating jobs was the centerpiece of his economic security plan. But more than 2.9 million people have lost their jobs under this president. He also promised that his education reform – No Child Left Behind – would “open the door of opportunity to all of America’s children.” But the fact is his own budget under funded the initiative by $9 billion dollars leaving more than 2.4 million children behind.

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And that’s not all. This president promised to “do something” about making health care affordable. But the reality is that 3.8 million more Americans lost their health insurance since Bush took office. He gave us his word that the budget deficit would be “small and short term.” But now the annual deficit is projected to exceed $400 billion for the next 10 years. Bush gave our veterans his word that he would provide the best care for those willing to put their lives in harm’s way. Yet 200, 000 veterans have been cut from the veterans’ health care system.

This president also promised to “set aside all the payroll taxes aimed for Social Security and spend it on Social Security.” But, as the Congressional Budget Office reported, he’s raided the entire $2.6 trillion dollar Social Security Trust Fund.

The bottom line is George W. Bush’s administration has left a trail of broken promises, leaving millions of Americans – from school children to families to veterans – in its wake.

The ad shows George W. Bush delivering a series of broken promises. These remarks were made during his State of the Union addresses, one of the 2000 presidential debates, a Rose Garden event, Walter Reed Army Medical Center and a political rally in California.



Text of Ad:

George W. Bush: When we make a pledge We keep our word. When America works, America prospers. So my economic security plan can be summed up in one word. Jobs.

On Screen: 2.9 Million Jobs Lost, [Bureau of Labor Statistics.]

George W. Bush: The No Child Left Behind Act is opening the door of opportunity to all of America’s children.

On Screen: No Child Left Behind Act Underfunded by $9 Billion. [H.R.1, 2001; Bush's FY2005 budget.]

George W. Bush: I’ve got a plan to do something about that, it’s to make health care affordable and available.

On Screen: 3.8 million more Americans Lost Health Insurance. [Census Bureau, Historic Health Insurance Tables, Table H1.]

George W. Bush: Our budget will run a deficit that will be small and short term.

On Screen: Annual Deficit to Exceed $400 billion for next 10 years. [CBPP, analysis of CBO, 2/1/04]

George W. Bush: We should and must provide the best care for anybody’s who’s willing to put their life in harm’s way.

On Screen: 200,000 veterans cut from health system. [Department of Veterans Affairs, 9/03.]

George W. Bush: We’re going to set aside all the payroll taxes aimed for social security and spend it on social security.

On Screen: Raids entire $2.6 trillion Social Security Trust Fund [Congressional Budget Office, 3/7/03]

George W. Bush: When we make a pledge, we mean it. We keep our word. We keep our word.

John Kerry: We need a President who’s on your side. I’m John Kerry and I approved this message.

The ad can be viewed by going to www.johnkerry.com.



Title: “Keep Our Word?”

George W. Bush: When we make a pledge, we keep our word When America works, America prospers. So my economic security plan can be summed up in one word. Jobs.”

On Screen: 2.9 Million Jobs Lost, [Bureau of Labor Statistics.]

Nationwide: 2.9 Million Private Sector Jobs Lost; Unemployment At 5.6 Percent—Up 33 Percent Since Bush Took Office. [Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov]
Nationally, Nearly 2.8 Million Manufacturing Jobs Lost Under Bush, And Account For 95 Percent of All Job Loss. [Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov]
White House Report Celebrated Loss of U.S. Jobs to Outsourcing. Under the headline “Bush Supports Shift of U.S. Jobs Overseas” the LA Times reported that the Bush Administration “embraced foreign outsourcing, an accelerating trend that has contributed to U.S. job losses in recent years.” The Administration made the announcement even as analysts predict “as many as 2 million more U.S. white-collar jobs” will be exported at a time when eight million are already out of work. When asked whether the White House’s top economic advisor who touted outsourcing should resign, the Administration said the mere suggestion was “laughable.” [Source: LA Times, 2/10/04; Reuters, 12/30/03; Hastert release, 2/11/04; CNN, 2/11/04]
George W. Bush: The No Child Left Behind Act is opening the door of opportunity to all of America’s children.”

On Screen: No Child Left Behind Act Underfunded by $9 Billion. [H.R.1, 2001; Bush's FY2005 budget]

Bush Underfunds His Law by $9.4 Billion. Bush’s FY05 budget provides $9.4 billion less than he authorized for No Child Left Behind when he signed it into law. This means that millions of children will not get the help with reading and math through Title I they were promised. [CRS, 1/04; H.R. 1, 2001; Bush’s FY05 Budget]
George W. Bush: I’ve got a plan to do something about that, it’s to make health care affordable and available.”

On screen: 3.8 million more Americans Lost Health Insurance. [Census Bureau, Historic Health Insurance Tables, Table H1]

Rising Health Care Costs Prohibit Coverage For Many Families. President Bush has no plan to deal with runaway health care costs that “soared at double-digit rates in 2002 for the third straight year” and are considered the primary cause for the lack of insurance today. The average cost of employer-based health care costs increased $1,100 (14 percent) to $9,068 last year. “Affordability remains the number one reason people lack health coverage today,” said Dr. Donald Young, president of the Health Insurance Association of America. [Los Angeles Times, 9/30/03]
3.8 Million More Uninsured Under Bush. According to Table H1 on the census web page, in 2000, there were 39.8 million uninsured Americans. By 2002, that number had increased to 43.6 million. [Census Bureau, Historic Health Insurance Tables, Table H1, updated 9/03]
George W. Bush: Our budget will run a deficit that will be small and short term.

On Screen: Annual Deficit to Exceed $400 billion for next 10 years. [CBPP, analysis of CBO, 2/1/04]

Reckless Republican policies create record deficits. The President’s reckless disregard for fiscal responsibility has led to a $521 billion deficit in FY 2004. If the budget were to be balanced this year, the average taxpayer would have to pay an additional $1,766 -- a deficit tax -- to cover the gap. [http://www.nationalpriorities.org/impact04/index.html]
CBPP Uses CBO Data To Show Ten Deficits of More Than $400 Billion a Year. “The new CBO report projects deficits totaling $1.9 trillion over the ten-year period from 2005 through 2014. A more realistic assessment — one that uses CBO estimates but incorporates likely or inevitable costs, following the same methodology that was used in the September 2003 report by the Committee on Economic Development, Concord Coalition, and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities — shows a ten-year deficit of $5.2 trillion. … Under the more realistic assessment, the deficit exceeds $400 billion in every year and stands at about $477 billion in 2009, the year in which the President has said that the deficit would be cut in half. The $477 billion figure is essentially identical to the projected 2004 deficit, indicating little progress toward the Administration’s goal of halving the deficit. Furthermore, by 2014, under these more realistic assumptions, the deficit reaches $708 billion.” [CBPP, “Deficit Picture Grimmer Than New CBO Projections Suggest,” 2/1/04]
George W. Bush: We should and must provide the best care for anybody’s who’s willing to put their life in harm’s way.”

On screen: 200,000 veterans cut from health system. [Department of Veterans Affairs, 9/03.]

Bush’s FY05 Budget Pushes 200,00 Veterans Out of Health Care System. The President’s budget raises health care costs for over 1 million veterans, increasing drug co-payments and imposing new enrollment fees that will cost veterans over $2 billion over five years. According to the Administration’s own figures, this will result in driving about 200,000 veterans out of the system, and discourage another 1 million veterans from enrolling. [Department of Veterans Affairs, 9/03]
George W. Bush: We’re going to set aside all the payroll taxes aimed for social security and spend it on social security.”

On Screen: Raids entire $2.6 trillion Social Security Trust Fund [Congressional Budget Office, 3/7/03]

Bush Budget Spends Entire $2.6 Trillion Social Security Trust Fund. Bush’s budget proposal raids Social Security every year through 2013. As a result, his plan, as projected by CBO, will spend the entire $2.6 trillion on-budget (Social Security) surplus over ten years. [CBO, An Analysis of the President’s Budgetary Proposals for 2004, Table 1, 3/7/03, http://www.cbo.gov]
George W. Bush: “When we make a pledge, we mean it. We keep our word. … We keep our word”

On screen: 2.9 Million Jobs Lost; Underfunded No Child Left Behind Act, 3.8 Million Lose Insurance; $400 Billion Deficits; 200,000 Veterans Cut; Social Security Raided.

CG: Approved by John Kerry and paid for by John Kerry for President.

John Kerry: We need a President who’s on your side. I’m John Kerry and I approved this message.

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