Bush: ‘Just say no’ to Dems
President Bush is introduced at a campaign rally at MetraPark Arena in Billings, Mont., Thursday. The Associated Press
November 3, 2006
BILLINGS, Mont. – President Bush, campaigning in a Republican stronghold for an endangered GOP senator, tried to rally his supporters Thursday by portraying Democrats as soft on terrorists and opposed to conservative judges.
Bush chided Democrats who voted against legislation to detain and interrogate suspected terrorists, the National Security Agency’s eavesdropping program and the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
“When it comes to listening to the terrorists, what’s the Democrat’s answer? Just say no,”‘ Bush said, urging the audience to play along.
“When it comes to detaining terrorists, what’s the Democrats’ answer?”
“Just say no!” the audience retorted.
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“So when the Democrats ask for your vote on Nov. 7, what’s your answer?” Bush asked.
“Just say no!” the crowd screamed.
Bush campaigned here for Sen. Conrad Burns, a vulnerable incumbent in a tough campaign battle against Democratic challenger Jon Tester, the president of the Montana Senate.
Tester was holding rallies of his own on the other side of the state Thursday and Friday with fellow Democrats Gov. Brian Schweitzer and Sen. Max Baucus.
