Save all the other stuff, here is what will get you all the votes you need from the "swing" voters. The election is all about Bush, so accent that as firmly as you can and put him on the defensive:
I ask all my fellow citizens to ask themselves this. What has President Bush accomplished in his over three years in office? He claims that we are winning the war on terrorism, but from commuters in Spain to school children in Russia to our own brave soldiers in Iraq, this doesn't appear to be the case. He claims people are better off thanks to his tax cuts, yet most Americans' wages have grown slower than inflation. For some, paying taxes would be a welcome relief when they have been one of the one million net job losses during his term. He claims we are making progress in creating a stable Iraq, yet even his Secretary of State recently admitted the situation in Iraq is "getting worse". He claims we are going to pre-empt our enemies from acquiring the capabilities to strike us, yet North Korea as we speak appears to be preparing for yet another missle test. Most dubiously of all, he claimed we could pay for tax cuts and now says he eventually will cut our budget deficit in half, yet he oversaw a four-year period where the country went from a budget surplus to a large deficit with no true end in sight.
These are the issues that effect our country's well-being every day and are why I am running for President. I won't claim that I can solve all of our problems, but I will bring fresh ideas and solutions that will prove we can do better. My opponent is basically asking for four more years of the same. Do you want more of the same, the consistent claims of improvement with constant blame on factors they claim are outside of their control? Or would you prefer a change to someone who is committed to improving our economy no matter what adversity it faces? Would you prefer that we no longer find ourselves often "going it alone" in our international affairs while our economy is suffering at home? That is the choice you face. I won't repeat what our Vice President has said about making the right or wrong choices; I will always respect the fact that the choice is yours to make. I believe I represent the choice for change and my opponent represents the choice for keeping things as they are. And on November 2nd I will respect your choice for the future direction of our great country, the choice you hold in your hands.
I ask all my fellow citizens to ask themselves this. What has President Bush accomplished in his over three years in office? He claims that we are winning the war on terrorism, but from commuters in Spain to school children in Russia to our own brave soldiers in Iraq, this doesn't appear to be the case. He claims people are better off thanks to his tax cuts, yet most Americans' wages have grown slower than inflation. For some, paying taxes would be a welcome relief when they have been one of the one million net job losses during his term. He claims we are making progress in creating a stable Iraq, yet even his Secretary of State recently admitted the situation in Iraq is "getting worse". He claims we are going to pre-empt our enemies from acquiring the capabilities to strike us, yet North Korea as we speak appears to be preparing for yet another missle test. Most dubiously of all, he claimed we could pay for tax cuts and now says he eventually will cut our budget deficit in half, yet he oversaw a four-year period where the country went from a budget surplus to a large deficit with no true end in sight.
These are the issues that effect our country's well-being every day and are why I am running for President. I won't claim that I can solve all of our problems, but I will bring fresh ideas and solutions that will prove we can do better. My opponent is basically asking for four more years of the same. Do you want more of the same, the consistent claims of improvement with constant blame on factors they claim are outside of their control? Or would you prefer a change to someone who is committed to improving our economy no matter what adversity it faces? Would you prefer that we no longer find ourselves often "going it alone" in our international affairs while our economy is suffering at home? That is the choice you face. I won't repeat what our Vice President has said about making the right or wrong choices; I will always respect the fact that the choice is yours to make. I believe I represent the choice for change and my opponent represents the choice for keeping things as they are. And on November 2nd I will respect your choice for the future direction of our great country, the choice you hold in your hands.
