Fear Mongering Hastert (r) Tries To SCARE Voters, Because? *He Has Nothing Else*

Edwards Raps Hastert on Terror Comments:

"PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. - Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Sunday accused House Speaker Dennis Hastert of stooping 'to the politics of fear' when he said al-Qaida terrorists may launch another terrorist attack to swing the Nov. 2 election in Democrat John Kerry's favor.

Hastert's comments, at a fund-raiser Saturday night in his home state of Illinois, were reminiscent of recent remarks by Vice President Dick Cheney that Edwards has called 'un-American.'

Cheney, campaigning for President Bush's re-election, recently told supporters that terrorists will strike again 'if we make the wrong choice' on Election Day. He clarified the remarks in an interview two days later.

Edwards said Hastert had joined the 'fear mongering choir.'

'One clear sign of weakness and failed leadership is when a politician stoops to the politics of fear,' he said, campaigning near Philadelphia. 'Last night, he said something to the effect that al-Qaida wants John Kerry to be President of the United States.

'Let me say this in the simplest possible terms: When John Kerry is President of the United States, we will find al-Qaida where they are and crush them before they can do damage to the American people,' Edwards said."