disingenuous at best and outrageous at worst.

It makes you heartsick to see these national assets, and of course, people’s property and their homes, being placed at risk.

We would not do this if it were not absolutely essential, … This is devastating.

It is important to note that the inevitable political posturing by Democrats and pundits will ebb and flow based on the rise and fall of some numbers, but the leadership and the resolve of this...

We’re just going to talk about his record,

When John Kerry first spoke to the issue of terrorism, you’ll probably recall he said I don’t like to use the word war on terrorism, it’s more of an engagement.

the administration knew about, that all of us have known about for a long period of time.

We are confident that they will consider this unique request we made and put an end to this abuse of the law and put an end to this violation of the law,

Today’s ruling is a stark reminder of the clear choice Americans will face in November.

The bottom line here is I have some threshold and primary responsibilities as a father and a son that I need to address, and that’s really the only explanation there is for the decision that...

Today’s reckless allegation by Senator Kerry that the president is overemphasizing the threat of terror demonstrates a profound misunderstanding of the global war on terror and the threat facing America and the world,

You’re trying too hard to find a correlation here. You don’t know these people, you don’t know what they intended. You try to compile statistics and correlate them to a result that amounts to nothing...

This is an entirely appropriate effort on our part, we believe, to recall a memory and to recognize what it is that it’s going to take in terms of leadership to lead the war on...

We are very excited about the opportunity for us to be so intimately involved and engaged in the life of New York City.

blamed the deaths in Spain on President Bush and the war on terror.

A majority of Americans oppose partial-birth abortion, and Judge Hamilton’s decision flies in the face of Congress passing and President Bush signing legislation banning such horrible acts of violence.

proved once again that substance will always trump campaign rhetoric.

We have a lot of communities that are located in these forested area and we’re going to have to focus on making sure that they’re protected almost exclusively now because these forest fires have gotten...

There is no way you can make a reasonable argument that the economy’s not pointed in the right direction.

There are as many jobs for younger Americans as there are for other Americans of every age group in political campaigns. Campaigns are very labor intensive and volunteer dependent.

Our campaign is not questioning your patriotism or military service, but your votes and statements on the issues now facing our country.

Some of the fires are so hot, so challenging, that it’s difficult for us to make any progress,

The chairman is not a government employee. I’m going to be involved in the political activities of our nation as a volunteer.

If Senator Kerry understands the nature of this threat and the need to take on terror, then he should immediately repudiate these troubling comments, and stop all efforts on behalf of his surrogates to blame...

We recognize that this is a regional resource, and its development has regional implications.

The vice president’s lawyers have gone to war, in my judgment, against the men and women who serve in our armed services,

Vice President Dick Cheney won tonight because he countered rhetoric with the facts — calling into question not just the deficiencies of Kerry’s record, but calling into question Kerry and Edwards’ credibility as candidates and...

On a day when Osama bin Laden again threatened the United States and our allies, it is disturbing to realize that John Kerry neither recognizes nor understands the murderous ideology of our enemies and the...

Consumers will be empowered by this legislation because it would create a healthy insurance environment that fosters increased competition and product innovation, rather than the present patchwork state regulatory system, which has not kept pace...

Sen. Kerry’s statement … in Illinois was unbecoming of a candidate for the presidency … and … we call on Senator Kerry to apologize to the American people for this negative attack.

did everything from provide hazard pay for our troops in Iraq to body armor for our troops in Iraq. … Now, that’s the kind of record that the American people need to know about.

Anyone that would politicize this issue, with the tragedy that’s confronting the people of the West, virtually all of them, would be outrageous,

It would create a healthy insurance environment that fosters increased competition and product innovation.

As we debate these issues, I also ask you to elevate the remarkably negative tone of your campaign and your party over the past year,

We’ve had to shift strategies from a containment strategy to one that focuses almost exclusively on the protection of people and property, which means that a lot of these fires are going to burn for...

There’s been a huge focus on the Democratic primary, a lot of media coverage of those events … huge amounts of money spent attacking the president.

interesting to note, but it is just a snapshot.

believe in this president. And as a consequence of that, they want to support him and support the team that has tried to put forward an agenda that makes sense to America.

[BUSH’S RATINGS: President Bush’s popularity is similar to those of past presidents at this stage of an election year, despite a massive negative advertising campaign by his opponent, the National Republican Party chairman said yesterday.]...

Matters have just gotten more grave and more serious,

It’s disappointing that John Kerry’s frank talk stopped with a discussion of his complexities and failed to include an explanation of his inconsistencies and contradictions on the central front in the war on terror. John...