Ex-President Bush Likens Kerry to Clinton

[Lorien]

(Please lock if a dupe)

Ex-President Bush Likens Kerry to Clinton

DALLAS (April 6) - Former President Bush said Tuesday that John Kerry's Democratic presidential campaign is using the same rhetoric about the state of the economy against his son that Bill Clinton used against him in 1992.
But the elder Bush said President George W. Bush has a stronger case to take to the voters this time around because the economy has begun to show signs of recovery.

"I was out telling people things were getting better, but the Clinton campaign ... portrayed me as being out of touch," the former president recalled at a business luncheon for 1,500 people.

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Like father, like son (God willing).

[Fenris]

1. Why is he complementing him?

[rumguy]

2. good

Kerry's gonna kick shrub's ass like the big dog smashed that pathetic one-termer Bush I

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. NEWSFLASH: Future president Kerry likens Bush 43 to Bush 41

War and recession.

[DemBones DemBones]

18. You said it!!! And I didn't vote for his daddy either!

War-mongering crony capitalists, both.

[democracyindanger]

4. "I was out telling people things were getting better...

...but the Clinton campaign ... portrayed me as being out of touch."

Yeah, it couldn't possibly have been your amazement at supermarket scanners.

[MinnFats]

9. Yes, and oh my but they had to do a LOTof spinning to make GHWB seem

....out of touch!
a tough chore but the evil Dem propagandists make Bush the Elder look out of touch!

[Lorien]

10. Lol!

I forgot about that one!:P

[ferg]

5. Sounds good to me.

I'll take peace and prosperity any day.

[SideshowScott]

6. So Bush says that Kerry is like a REAL President?

Gee Bush Sr...So basicly Kerry is gonna bring another Clinton era with peace, prosperity, Tech boom, Jobs, High Consumer spending, Low Crime rate, Ect ect?
I think Daddy is trying to sink his son

[codegreen]

7. "Ex-President Bush"... what a beautiful, beautiful phrase...

[eileen from OH]

8. Out of touch??

OUT OF TOUCH????

Well, DUH!

Portrayed? How about "reflected reality," asshole?

It still grinds their gears that Clinton, who rose from what they no doubt thought of as "trailer trash," whomped his ass.

They NEVER believed in the legitimacy of Clinton - not because of election shenanigans - just because he was who he was.

The HUBRIS of this entire family, thinking that the Presidency is somehow "theirs" by divine right, angers me so deeply.

Clinton had Major Flaws (chief among them the ol' keeping-it-zipped problem) but connecting with people wasn't one of 'em.

Damn, I miss him.

eileen from OH

[Lorien]

11. More:

(snip)

But he warned that "in politics, you have to remember it isn't what's actually happening. It's the perception that's out there."

Kerry spokesman Bill Burton said it probably was easy for Bush to talk up the economy at the $100-per-plate luncheon "but if you talk the three million who've lost their jobs since George Bush became president I think they'd probably have a different view. President Bush and his son are both good people who did a bad job with the American economy," he said.

(snip)

That's one of our greatest problems; the perception of * put out there by the corporate media, versus what's actually happening!

Why Kerry's spokesman feels compelled to call both Bush's* "good people" is beyond me. I've yet to see any evidence that warrants such a remark.

[Leilani]

12. Kerry is trying to be a gentleman

The Bushs don't deserve it, but he's trying.

[Ravy]

13. *41 said things were about to get better, he was right!!!!

The American voters made it so!

[Sandpiper]

14. Poppy Bush is still bitter

That a patrician like himself, got beat by a nobody like Clinton. And the fact that he can't understand why people thought he was ought of touch just shows that he still doesn't get.

Gee Poppy, maybe it was because people were losing their jobs while you were tearing up the fairways of Kennebunkport and saying "Recession, what recession?"

[Democat]

15. Kerry, like Clinton is a winner - both Bushs are losers

For once I can agree with Bush Sr. :)

[Piperay]

16. "Portrayed me as being out of touch,"

ROTFLMAO...Poppy WAS out of touch! :silly:

[radfringe]

17. geeee...

ya mean if we elect Kerry we will have a balanced budget and a surplus instead of deficits? jobs instead of joblessness? a sane foreign policy instead of shoot-em-up-bang-bang diplomacy? environmental policies that work instead of slash-and-burn? an educational system that DOESN'T leave Children Behind?

sigh...as my partner put it - "Oh Lord,I miss bubba..."

[Tuttle]

19. As Bush tries to tie Kerry to Kennedy/Clinton,

Kerry needs to tie Bush to Bush! In every way-shape-form! That will put him over the top (and drive the RW crazy)... just keep reminding the people of what Bush has done.

Tut-tut

[Guaranteed]

20. Portrayed you as out of touch, eh?

Sounds like a plan!

Thanks, George!