DOLE PITCHES ECONOMIC PLAN IN MIDWEST.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Sweeping across Midwest battlegrounds, Bob Dole pushed his economic plan Wednesday as a way for Americans to keep more of what they earn and promised an aggressive trade policy to expand foreign markets for U.S. goods. Dole belittled be·lit·tle tr.v. be·lit·tled, be·lit·tling, be·lit·tles 1. To represent or speak of as contemptibly small or unimportant; disparage: a person who belittled our efforts to do the job right. President Clinton's record on taxes in a series of campaign appearances and with a new TV ad that tells Americans, ``You shouldn't have to apologize a·pol·o·gize intr.v. a·pol·o·gized, a·pol·o·giz·ing, a·pol·o·giz·es 1. To make excuse for or regretful acknowledgment of a fault or offense. 2. To make a formal defense or justification in speech or writing. for wanting to keep what you earn. It's your money.'' ``The trouble is, the Clinton tax cut is never for you. It's always for someone else. Ours is fair, ours is across the board, ours will work,'' Dole told a cheering, clearly partisan audience at a question-and-answer forum here. Dole sidestepped a question from his audience on whether he thought Clinton's airstrikes in Iraq were politically motivated. Asserting that the news media had been trying to corner him into judging Clinton's performance, Dole said: ``There'll be time to do that. Right now, I'm standing up for America's fighting men and women in uniform.'' Earlier in the day, Dole had said Clinton is ``doing what he should do'' in Iraq. But, in response to another question here, Dole vowed that if elected he would be a commander in chief that understands the problem of the military and would feel comfortable with them around him in the White House. ``They don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. much for military people at the White House,'' Dole said, as Clinton supporters shouted and jeered from several blocks away. Earlier Wednesday, Dole told a lively GOP airport rally in Madison, Wis adv. 1. Certainly; really; indeed. v. t. 1. To think; to suppose; to imagine; - used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis. .: ``He (Clinton) promised a middle-class tax cut. Everybody who got that middle-class tax cut ought to vote for Bill Clinton. . . . You got it all right, you got the biggest tax increase in the history of America History of America may refer to either:
Dole's new 30-second ad, airing in 17 states, portrays the ``Clinton record'' as one of ``stagnant stagnant /stag·nant/ (stag´nant) 1. motionless; not flowing or moving. 2. inactive; not developing or progressing. wages, the largest tax increase in history, two incomes needed to make ends meet.'' The ad's description of the Dole plan: ``Cut wasteful spending, balance the budget, a tax cut of $1,600 for the typical family.'' Clinton-Gore campaign spokesman Joe Lockhart pointed to America's healthy economic growth, consumer confidence and increased housing starts, among other measures, in defending the administration's record. ``These facts - in contrast to Bob Dole's ad - show clearly that President Clinton's economic policies are working,'' he said. ``Now is no time to turn back.'' The Republican presidential nominee In United States politics and government, the phrase presidential nominee has two distinct meanings. The first is somebody chosen by the primary voters and caucus-goers of this party to be the party's nominee for President of the United States. , who trails Clinton by as much as 21 points in national polls, was sweeping through four Midwest battleground states Wednesday: Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio. Two other Midwest states, Illinois and Missouri, were not included in the latest Dole ad buy. |
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