Bush Lambastes Democrats Before Elections
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WARREN, Mich. — With precious air time still left to buy before Election Day, President Bush swung through Des Moines, Iowa, and hammered the same themes that he has been using against the Democrats all fall — they are tax-raisers who are soft on national security.
He made an appeal to conservatives by stressing the themes of immigration and gay marriage. Before he left the White House, the president signed a law calling for 700 miles of additional fencing along the Mexico border. He also denounced a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that gay couples are entitled to all the benefits of married couples.
“Yesterday in New Jersey, we had another activist court that issued a ruling that raises doubts about the institution of marriage,” Mr. Bush said. “I believe marriage is a union between a man and a woman. And I believe it’s a sacred institution that is critical to the health of our society and the well-being of families, and it must be defended.”
