Daschle Loves Bush

James Joyner · Monday, August 30, 2004 · 4 Comments

Matt Drudge somehow has an “exclusive” based on a television ad: Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle using footage of him hugging President Bush before his post-9/11 address to Congress as part of his tight re-election race against John Thune.

Courtesy Drudge Report

No hugging from Kerry appears in the ad, one gathers.

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BigFire says:

Monday, August 30, 2004 at 15:30

Daschle is getting desperate to pull this…

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Jeff says:

Monday, August 30, 2004 at 15:35

It was all over Limbaugh in the first hour and the RNC put out a release on it that Drudge now features as if he’s the only one to have it.

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Tiger says:

Monday, August 30, 2004 at 16:19

Yet where is shot of Tom Daschle locked in an embrace and planting a steamy French kiss on the lips of Tipper Gore?

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Kalblog says:

Monday, August 30, 2004 at 16:27

Daschle, Serial Hugger
Well, I’m sure that Tom Daschle may be the only person in the world to have hugged both Michael Moore and George Bush, though he denies the former….

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