Bush camp rattled as Kerry closes in

[JoFerret]

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/05/1096949508511.html?oneclick=true

By Marian Wilkinson
United States Correspondent
Washington
October 6, 2004

Campaigning in Iowa, a critical battleground state, President George Bush was his cheerful old self yesterday as he signed a new law bringing in another round of tax cuts.
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There was no trace of the scowling, growling candidate who scared children during last week's presidential debate when he faced his rival John Kerry and came off second best. But while Mr Bush has been out on the road beaming from ear to ear, his top campaign officials have stopped smiling. A deluge of post-debate polls show Mr Bush knocked from his comfortable lead and Senator Kerry closing the gap.

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Mr Bush's campaign strategists ... are thrown by Senator Kerry's comeback in the polls.

A week ago, Mr Bush's political right-hand man, Karl Rove, dubbed "boy genius" by the President, was telling the conservative Washington Times that Senator Kerry was on the run and the battleground state of Ohio was about to fall to Mr Bush. The campaign there, he said, was as "strong as an acre of garlic". But on the night of the presidential debate, it was Mr Bush who was on the defensive.

And when Mr Rove tried to tell reporters that Mr Bush had turned in a solid performance and Senator Kerry had put in his "worst", he was met with incredulity. One reporter asked, "Can you say that with a straight face?"

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[amber dog democrat]

1. I love seeing them on the defensive

The more they are in a reactive mode the better. It is becoming more appearant that the emperor has no clothes.

We already knew that. :)

[bif]

2. Dupe

Check lower down in this LBN column.

[flaminbats]

3. All of the * voters I've talked with are now in a state of panic!

During the last weekend, I heard for the first time hardcore Republican voters admitting that their ticket sucks. I heard these Republicans admitting that this administration has no intention of ending outsourcing, illegal immigration, or this quagmire in Iraq.

This may not mean we will win those votes, but it does mean they now view Kerry as a serious candidate. Not one of them gave me a coherent argument for voting Republican. Only one bothered to say "you'll understand in a few years....":eyes:

Strange that I remember hearing this over a decade ago....why am I even more liberal now?

[cliss]

5. An interesting point....

And you're so right. Think of it: there are millions of BeetleBrain supporters, watching him last Thursday night. He's their man. They're staking the next 4 years on him.

He makes a complete fool of himself, scowling and sulking. He was clearly on the defensive. The debate was about his past 4 years in office. It was a report card on how he'd done.

And he's failed. At everything he's touched. Kinda like the Anti-Midas touch as someone here said.

Wouldn't you feel kinda bad? Like you bet on the Losing Race Horse. It doesn't come in at 8th place, but it hobbles in last place. Next stop: the Glue Factory.

Maybe the GOP is reconsiderng these 2, as we speak?

[Wapsie B]

7. Yes they are on the defensive.

They have no positive record to run on, no glittering accomplishments to highlight. The repugs who support this ticket have their entire identity wrapped up in chimpy & CrashCart. Maybe a few of them will come around by election time and see the error of their ways. But there's no way the gop is reconsidering this ticket. It's way too late for that. The once grand old party will ride these two to the bitter end. We're watching the gop in the throes of death.

[Arugula Latte]

6. Me too, flaminbats

The older I get, the more life experience I have, the more I read, the more I understand, the more I despise Republicanism, the more liberal I become, the more angry I become, the more engaged I become.

[flaminbats]

8. Do you have less of anything with more time...

or is time a non-existent hallucination and matter really finite?

[LiberalFighter]

12. As one pointed the difference between Democrats / Republicans

Democrats are more right! He didn't say it outright but he was absolutely implying that Democrats are TOTALLY more right than Republicans.

We Democrats aren't right all the time but more than Republicans can ever be. There are some good Republicans. Some of the time. When they are right they end up falling off the wagon.

[flaminbats]

15. But which basket shall their heads roll into?

Why does it have to be Democrats who lose our heads if Republicans win the election? Why did the Republicans complain about the dangers of one-party government when America had two-party government, but blame Democrats for everything that went wrong since 9/11?

One party, one prison, under one ruler...what a future!

[bringbackfdr]

4. Better response to KKKarl

If that was Kerry's worst, I can't wait for Friday!

[Eurobabe]

9. good, and they'll be reeling this evening after

Edwards nails Cheney's a$$. I have every confidence that Edwards (sunny boy) will make Dick look like the scowling old fvcker he truly is...

[Art_from_Ark]

10. C'mon Kerry!

Mop up the floor with these pathetic chickenhawks!

Kerry and Edwards-- America's Team!

[progressivebydesign]

11. Considering polls last election showed Bush WAAY ahead right before...

I'd say this "dead heat" is not a dead heat at all!

[fujiyama]

13. Rattle on

Rattle on...rattle until the wheels come apart and your campaign and presidency collapse...

[crossroads]

14. Another Cheney lie?

At the debate, Cheney said go to

http://www.factcheck.com

Go there and see for yourself.
Bwwwwhhhaaaaaahhhhaaaawhhhaaaaahhaaa

:dem:

[truthisfreedom]

16. did he really say factcheck.com? because there's a factcheck.org too.

funny stuff, that factcheck.com. bet there's a lot of upset freepers.

[truthisfreedom]

17. i guess so! here's a freeper thread about it!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1236510/posts

Subject: factcheck.com goes directly to George Soros's Website...
VP Debate Transcript

Posted on 10/05/2004 10:25:10 PM PDT by funeralcom

VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Well, the reason they keep mentioning Halliburton is because they're trying to throw up a smoke screen. They know the charges are false. They know if you go, for example, to factcheck.com, an independent website sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania, you can get the specific details, with respect to Halliburton...