NationStates Jolt Archive

Why do you think they want him to do this? I think its because they realize he's stupid. I love that they use the term "adult," too.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A move is afoot among some friends and confidantes of President Bush to persuade him to bring in at least one seasoned Republican veteran to help his struggling staff, CNN has learned.

According to two sources involved in the discussions, some veteran Republicans have been quietly trying to convince White House chief of staff Andy Card to bring in at least one "adult," like a former senator or another "experienced hand," to help him reach out to congressional leaders, troubleshoot and, in the words of one source, "just be in the loop and give advice."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/15/bush.staffing/index.html

Why do you think they want him to do this? I think its because they realize he's stupid. I love that they use the term "adult," too.


Yeah ... there go his chances for re-election.

The Republicans in Congress are bricking it because they think they might get a kicking at the polls purely by association with the hapless Bush administration.

Bush himself, of course, has no re-election worries anymore.

Yeah ... there go his chances for re-election.

Yup to his illegal third term.

While I think many Reps are doing this because of the damage he is doing to the image of their party, I also think that there's got to be a feeling of, "Jesus Christ, this guy's destroying our country. Let's get someone in there with a brain because this has got to stop."

I hope they bring in someone of unquestionable ethics. Like Tom DeLay.

:D

the problem is that the rest of the party is in a different position than bush is.
they have to get re-elected, he doesnt. bush is running on the "polls dont mean anything to me" mode of government and the republican candidates cant get votes if they ignore the people.

the problem is that the rest of the party is in a different position than bush is.
they have to get re-elected, he doesnt. bush is running on the "polls dont mean anything to me" mode of government and the republican candidates cant get votes if they ignore the people.

I would respect the fact that he's putting his job before his party if he was doing it right. :p

I would respect the fact that he's putting his job before his party if he was doing it right. :p
Exactly, and that's the problem. People keep harping on and on about ethics and conspiracies and lying about WMD when the most important question, the competence of this administration" is ignored. If he was doing a good job I wouldn't care about all that other shit. The problem here is that he is an idiot who hires his cocain buddies to help him run the most powerful nation on Earth. His dad had to deal with "It's the economy, stupid" bumper stickers. He should have to deal with, "It's the stupidity, stupid." bumper stickers.

Yup to his illegal third term.
I think it's a little late in the game to expect Bush to be worrying about what the constitution says. :)

Something interesting--last month, when that CBS poll came out that had Bush at 34%, Bush apologists were all over the polling method. "Too many Democrats in the sample" they screamed. CBS doesn't weight for political point of view in their polling.

Then poll after poll came out, all with Bush still in the 30s--the range was generally from 36-38, but still in the 30s. And now CBS comes out with another poll that still puts Bush at 34%, but this time, the split was almost even between Democrats and Republicans, with Independents making up just over a third of the polled group. I think Bush is really getting down to the hardest of the hardcore supporters now--pretty much everyone else has abandoned ship.

While that's no guarantee of electoral success for the Democrats in November, I'd still rather have Bush in the shitter than out of it.

Something interesting--last month, when that CBS poll came out that had Bush at 34%, Bush apologists were all over the polling method. "Too many Democrats in the sample" they screamed. CBS doesn't weight for political point of view in their polling.

Then poll after poll came out, all with Bush still in the 30s--the range was generally from 36-38, but still in the 30s. And now CBS comes out with another poll that still puts Bush at 34%, but this time, the split was almost even between Democrats and Republicans, with Independents making up just over a third of the polled group. I think Bush is really getting down to the hardest of the hardcore supporters now--pretty much everyone else has abandoned ship.

While that's no guarantee of electoral success for the Democrats in November, I'd still rather have Bush in the shitter than out of it.
Yeah, Katrina and Harriet Miers are hard to explain away and Iraq is getting pretty hard to defend and not on "should we be there" level but on a "do they know what they are doing" level. At some point you have to say, "Okay, yeah. I guess he is stupid. Sorry 'bout that. I'll try not to vote for a retard next time."

the problem is that the rest of the party is in a different position than bush is.
they have to get re-elected, he doesnt. bush is running on the "polls dont mean anything to me" mode of government and the republican candidates cant get votes if they ignore the people.
"I'm a uniter, not a divider."
from a Bush speech in Iowa, 12/1/99...

I hope they bring in someone of unquestionable ethics. Like Tom DeLay.

:D
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=274497&Category=23
:eek:
People and their unbelievably STUPID loyalties. :mad:

Oh ...


http://blogs.dfw.com/startle_grams/2006/03/a_documentary_f.html
Tom DeLay ... The Movie?!?!? :eek:

Bush is down to the people who wouldn't dissaprove of him as long as he:

A: Isn't gay
B: Believes in the Christian God
C: Makes someone from America fight someone not from America

Unfortunately all those people actually vote.

I hope they bring in someone of unquestionable ethics. Like Tom DeLay.

:D
That would just be DeLaying the enevitable!! :D

It only took the Republicans six years to figure that out. They're really steepening the learning curve!

That would just be DeLaying the enevitable!! :D



1. xD

2. All Republicans are corrupt, whether ethically or mentally.

I would respect the fact that he's putting his job before his party if he was doing it right. :p
its like bush is the captain of the titanic and people have noticed that he is steering the ship toward an iceberg. even the republican congress cant pretend its not gonna hit. while HE is saying " we have to stay the course" and seemingly thinks its gonna be a near miss, the rest of the party knows that THEY are going to take the blame if they dont start chiming in with the people yelling for a course change.

The Republicans in Congress are bricking it because they think they might get a kicking at the polls purely by association with the hapless Bush administration.

Bush himself, of course, has no re-election worries anymore.
Shamefull, really. The Republican party does not deserve to be stained with the likes of him.

Shamefull, really. The Republican party does not deserve to be stained with the likes of him.

Well, they put him in power and kept him there in the first place. They deserve the stink at the very least.

Sort of like realizing that drinking and driving don't mix after you've just given Ted Kennedy his last cocktail before the lakeside drive.

its like bush is the captain of the titanic and people have noticed that he is steering the ship toward an iceberg. even the republican congress cant pretend its not gonna hit. while HE is saying " we have to stay the course" and seemingly thinks its gonna be a near miss, the rest of the party knows that THEY are going to take the blame if they dont start chiming in with the people yelling for a course change.


Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more, you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And, my heart will go on and on


:p :p :p

It only took the Republicans six years to figure that out. They're really steepening the learning curve!
:D

OF course, the very nature of "conservativism" is to "conserve and perserve cherished ideals", even in the face of OVERWHELMING evidence to the contrary of tradition.

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more, you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And, my heart will go on and on


:p :p :p

:mp5: :mp5: :mp5: :mp5: :mp5:

DIE CELINE DION DIE!!!

:D

OF course, the very nature of "conservativism" is to "conserve and perserve cherished ideals", even in the face of OVERWHELMING evidence to the contrary of tradition.


... by starting wars and economic dependency.

... by starting wars and economic dependency.
Something like that. You know people want to swap bucks with you when you want to beat everybody up over standards you require but don't personally keep. Good for business. Yup.

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more, you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And, my heart will go on and on


:p :p :p
Damn you. Damn you to hell.

Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more, you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And, my heart will go on and on


:p :p :p

an excellent suggestion for a midterm election theme song!

Damn you. Damn you to hell.
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Jack: Don't do it!
Rose: Stay back! Don't come any closer!
Jack: Come on, just give me your hand. I'll pull you back over.
Rose: No, stay where you are! I mean it! I'll let go!
Jack: No, you won't.
Rose: What do you mean, "No I won't"? Don't presume to tell me what I will and will not do, you don't know me!
Jack: Well, you would've done it already.
Rose: You're distracting me! Go away!
Jack: I can't. I'm involved now. If you let go, I'm gonna have to jump in there after you.
Rose: Don't be absurd. You'd be killed! The fall alone would kill you.
Jack: It would hurt. I'm not saying it wouldn't. To tell you the truth I'm a lot more concerned about that water being so cold.
Rose: How cold?
Jack: Freezing. Maybe a couple degrees over. You ever been to Wisconsin? They have some of the coldest winters around. I grew up there, near Chippewa Falls. Me and my dad would go ice fishing. Ice fishing is where you...
Rose: I know what ice fishing is!
Jack: Sorry. You just seemed like kind of an indoor girl. Anyway, I fell through some thin ice and I'm telling ya, water that cold, like right down there, it hits you like a thousand knives stabbing you all over your body. You can't breathe. You can't think. At least not about anything but the pain. Which is why I'm not looking' forward to jumping in there after you. But like I said, I don't have a choice. I guess I'm kinda hoping you'll come back over the railing and get me off the hook.
Rose: You're crazy...
Jack: That's what everybody says. But with all due respect miss, I'm not the one hanging over the back of a ship here. Give me your hand. You don't want to do this.

an excellent suggestion for a midterm election theme song!
That song and the singer ought to be down there with the Titanic--at the bottom of the Atlantic.

its like bush is the captain of the titanic and people have noticed that he is steering the ship toward an iceberg. even the republican congress cant pretend its not gonna hit. while HE is saying " we have to stay the course" and seemingly thinks its gonna be a near miss, the rest of the party knows that THEY are going to take the blame if they dont start chiming in with the people yelling for a course change.

That is perhaps the greatest analogy I have ever heard ever.