Bush on campaign trail for Republicans, accusing Democrats "wrong" on Iraq

U.S. President George W. Bush accused Democrats as being "wrong" on Iraq on Monday, when he was campaigning in the southeastern state of Georgia for candidates of the Republican Party, which might lose its control of Congress in the midterm elections just eight days away.

In his speech at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, Bush repeated his usual defense of the Iraq war as "a central part of the war on terror" and said that his party's goal in Iraq was "to win" while the Democrats' goal was "to get out" U. S. troops from Iraq.

"I'm not saying these Democrats are unpatriotic. I'm just saying they're wrong," he said.

While Bush sounded optimistic about a Republican victory in the Nov. 7 elections, in which all 435 House seats will be reelected and a third of the Senate's 100 seats face reelection, recent polls suggested that the Democrats enjoyed a higher public support than Republicans.

In his speech, Bush also warned his audience that the Democrats would raise taxes if they win the elections, and that the Republicans would keep the taxes low.

To rally support for Republican candidates, Bush planned to campaign across the country almost every day before Nov. 7, particularly to regions where races were regarded tight.

Several analysts have suggested that Democrats could retake majority in the House after 12 years in the minority, and gain at least four seats in the Senate, where Republicans have a majority with 55 seats.

Source: Xinhua