Holy Non-sequitur, Batman!
Non-sequitur of note:
Terry Holt, Bush's campaign spokesman, said: "The biggest mistake in this election so far is that Kerry's had no serious policy for winning the war on terror. . . . The Democrats simply don't understand the threat we face."
DNC's Ad Mocks Bush Over News Conference
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, April 17, 2004; Page A05
The Democratic National Committee is trying to hang President Bush with his own words -- and pauses.
A mocking ad posted on the party's Web site yesterday uses footage of Bush struggling at Tuesday's news conference to answer a question from Time magazine's John Dickerson on what has been his biggest mistake in office.
"Hmm. I wish you had given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it," the president is shown saying, slowly. "You know I just, uh, I'm sure something will pop into my head here, in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer, but it hadn't yet. . . . You just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be on coming up with one."
Some suggested mistakes fill the screen: "Mission accomplished." "We found the weapons of mass destruction." "Bring 'em on." The tag line: "Credibility is on the ballot this November."
