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| Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc.
"Timken" |
Todd Little:
President Bush was invited by the Timken Company to come to Canton. Bush: “I know you’re optimistic about the future of this company. I’m optimistic about the future of our country.” Todd Little: About a year later Timken announced that they were going to close the bearing factories and cut 1,300 people out of work…..people felt real betrayed. Narrator: Timken is now building a new plant in China. Under President Bush they’ll get a tax break. Todd Little: Its about time we had a President who’s on Ohio side. Chyron: It’s Time For A New Direction. John Kerry: I’m John Kerry and I approve this message. |
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| Notes
and
Observations: According to the campaign's Oct.
22, 2004 press release:
"The ad features Todd Little, a Timken employee whose job will be lost under the current Timken plan. In 2003, George Bush came to Timken to tout his economic plan. He used Timken as a model for economic growth. Less than a year later, Timken announced plans to lay off 1,300. Tim Timken is a close friend of President Bush, and has donated large sums of money to his re-election, as well as his father's Presidential Library. "Additionally, today's Cleveland
Plain Dealer
detailed the numerous no-bid contracts that Bush has given to his
friends at Timken. It appears that Ohio now has its very own
Halliburton."
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