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Presidential double standard in denouncing Moveon.org Petraeus ad. Bush refused to denounce Kerry Swift Boat ad.

Bush denounces Moveon.org Petraeus ad
President Bush today denounced an ad funded by MoveOn.org in which the words "Betray Us" appear below an image of General David Petraeus. Bush said more Democrats "...are afraid of irritating a left wing group like Moveon.org ... than they are of irritating the United States military. That was a sorry deal."

But back in 2004, after much-maligned ads funded by the conservative Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attacked Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam war record (Kerry: Bush lets attack ads do 'dirty work'), Bush declined requests to denounce those ads against his political opponent. The Swift Boat ads were condemned, however, by Sen. John McCain, among many others in Congress.

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  • September 20, 2007
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