Bush's bus tour
July 29, 2004 --
ABC News has learned that tomorrow in Springfield, MO President Bush will kick off a "Heart and Soul of America" tour.
The President will deliver a new stump speech tomorrow that will outline the themes he will focus on for the next month. The tour will take him to Grand Rapids, Michigan and on Saturday through Ohio and Pennsylvania, all critical battleground states.
The trip is part of the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign's offensive that will focus on the President's "positive vision for the future," BC04 spokesman Scott Stanzel said.
The title of the tour is not coincidental – asked if this was a direct reaction to Sen. Kerry's comments at the Radio City Music Hall fundraiser, about the artists being the heart and soul of America, Stanzel said "Sure."
"The President as you've seen and talked about over the last few weeks has talked about the people throughout the country who are working hard for their families and taking active roles in their communities, to make their towns a better place," Stanzel said. "They represent the heart and soul of the country, not the people that Sen. Kerry praised at his Hollywood hatefest."
President Bush will emphasize his domestic agenda – job training, health care, retirement security and economic growth. He will begin to preview his agenda to make America more job friendly, make work places more family friendly and help families and individuals succeed in a changing economy, ushering in an era of ownership.
The new stump speech will talk about "preparing Americans for success – making sure they have the training they need to succeed in a changing economy, making America safe, strengthening families and communities and the President will point to the significant progress of his Administration in those areas," Stanzel said.
The President will talk about how the country has "turned the corner" – bringing America out of recession, returning more control back to the people and allowing them to spend their money better than the federal government would.
