Juxtaposition:

Bush Hits Kerry on Flu Vaccine Crisis, Draft (emp add)

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) told senior citizens in Florida on Tuesday he was doing all he could to ensure they get flu shots and accused Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry of using fear politics on issues like the vaccine shortage and a draft.

Switching to domestic themes after launching an all-out assault on Kerry on Monday over the war on terror, Bush told voters in the battleground state of Florida they should reject the "politics of fear" he said were offered by his challenger.

"Instead of articulating a vision or a positive agenda for the future, the senator is relying on a litany of complaints and old style scare tactics," Bush told a rally in New Port Richey.

Cheney: Terrorists May Bomb U.S. Cities (emp add)

CARROLL, Ohio - Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday evoked the possibility of terrorists bombing U.S. cities with nuclear weapons and questioned whether Sen. John Kerry could combat such a threat, which the vice president called a concept "you've got to get your mind around."

"The biggest threat we face now as a nation is the possibility of terrorists ending up in the middle of one of our cities with deadlier weapons than have ever before been used against us — biological agents or a nuclear weapon or a chemical weapon of some kind to be able to threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans," Cheney said.

posted by Quiddity at 10/19/2004 11:33:00 AM