Bush-Kerry rivalry revived
Afp, Washington
An embarrassing faux pas by 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry sparked President George W Bush's Republicans yesterday, six days before key Congressional elections. But it appeared unlikely to turn the tide against Kerry's Democrats, who continue to ride bad news from Iraq toward likely victory in the midterm polls on November 7. An energised Bush went on the attack Tuesday after Senator Kerry's comments that Americans who neglect their education would "get stuck in Iraq", with the president -- who defeated Kerry in the bitter 2004 race -- saying his erstwhile opponent had insulted US soldiers. "The senator's suggestion that the men and women of our military are somehow uneducated is insulting and it is shameful," Bush said at a raucous Republican rally in Georgia.
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