Bush Relaxed, Confident Going Into Final Lap

[Champ]

By Steve Holland

CINCINNATI (Reuters) - By all accounts President Bush (news - web sites) is as relaxed as a man can be, given that his race for re-election is going down to the wire and his political career hangs in the balance of what happens on Tuesday.


Going into the final hours of the campaign Bush was described as optimistic and not giving any thought to losing. "Real upbeat," said chief adviser Karl Rove.


Bush makes a last 16-hour sweep through the swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa and New Mexico on Monday and ends up with a rally in Dallas, Texas. He may make a stop or two to rally get-out-the-vote efforts on Election Day.


He is drawing energy from big, raucous crowds, and intent on executing the endgame of a plan that goes back months.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1896&ncid=696&e=1&u=/nm/20041101/us_nm/election_bush_dc

[David Dunham]

1. B*llshit

[tridim]

2. His Valium dosage must have been increased

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

18. My first thought...

...,too.

[c2springer]

51. Looks RATTLED to me

I could be less than objective but * looked pretty nervous ie, that stupid laugh as he stated his lame rhetoric. I don't think he even believes what they write for him.

Kerry on the other hand is well into his stride-- The Closer!

[Free2BMe]

37. you stole my first thought!!! that's great geniuses think alike...

[Free2BMe]

38. you stole my first thought!!! that's great geniuses think alike...

[lil-petunia]

45. his meds guru earned a bonus

Wait for the comedown after they ween him off the drugs.
We won't see him for a month, or more.

[punpirate]

3. "... drawing energy from big, raucous crowds" ???

Is this guy Holland on the White House payroll, or what?

Apart from the journalistic excess, it makes Bush sound like one of those energy vampires he was complaining about in the 2000 election.... :)

[blitzen]

4. the planned endgame:

pretend that you're relaxed and confident, and get some hack reporter to say so, even while you're getting your ass kicked out of office.

[UCLA Dem]

5. bullshit. they're scared as hell.

[The Magistrate]

That Rove Is One Helluva Kidder, Sir

These people are about as confident as a rat is tasty....

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[TankLV]

64. Bad analogy - I've had barbecued rat in Alongopo (Subic Base - Philippines

or dog or something - it was always tasty!

Got to learn to take chances!

[alittlelark]

6. Damn, I want some of the drugs he's gettin'

hey dude, share the wealth......


Only some SERIOUS drugs would make him feel that way.

[anarchy1999]

29. Or some serious knowledge of nothing to fear. "It's in the bag, just like

in 2000, bro!"

[truthisfreedom]

7. i'm glad he's relaxed. i hope he falls asleep and oversleeps every day.

[deadparrot]

8. Honestly, what are they gonna write?

"Bush campaign nervous, on edge"?

Both campaigns are gonna say they're relaxed going in to the home stretch. One (or both) is lying.

[Kierkegaard]

42. They should.

It's their fucking job.

[Carolab]

9. I am just so sick of the media

pushing this sorry SOB at us 24/7. Where is the coverage for Kerry? Where is the verbiage "big, raucous crowds" when Kerry draws 100,000, 80,000????

Notice they left out the NUMBERS. How "big" is big, exactly?

[Carolab]

10. Oh, yeah, and

GIVE THIS POS a "1"

[Kierkegaard]

44. More than 5...

And, considering those loyalty oaths, where is the coverage of that freaking malarkey? I've never seen a single moment of coverage where the * Cabal is forcing allegiance in order to see him spew in public. WTF???

[Sean Reynolds]

11. So do they expect him to say he's not relaxed and worried?

Even candidates that are down 30 points in the polls come out upbeat and relaxed. That doesn't mean deep down they know they're going to lose.

Idiots.

[Borgnine]

12. Chimpy is shitting in his diaper.

Hey McCokeSpoon, YOU'RE GOING TO GO DOWN AS AN EVEN BIGGER FAILURE THAN YOUR FATHER, YOU PATHETIC WIMP!

Oh, and your mother doesn't love you.

[DELUSIONAL]

16. Two cult leaders speaking to their base

One of the cult members in the photo is in a grave.

Interesting how many cult leaders die at their own hands.

I am still waiting to read an investigative piece about the Moonie-bush link and just how much the Moonie freak is involved in this administration.

[wtmusic]

13. "By all accounts" = "some say" = Foxspeak for:

"I want you to believe"

[TaleWgnDg]

14. Can we tell it when we hear it? Why, tis a press release straight from

Karl Rove's *delicate touch* of twisted misinformation! Indeed. Bless all those lazy folks over at Reuters for merely reproducing the Rove spew!

A real nose-holder!




.

[frank frankly]

15. Bush Drunk, Stupid Going Into Deep Denial

"Real insane," said murdering scumbag Karl Rove.

[Norquist Nemesis]

17. Well, he looked like a feaking idiot tonight on

NBC! Smiling and chuckling a totally inappropriate moments. I guess he's substituted those expressions for when he really wants to grimace and pout.

The Tom Brokaw interviews tonight with first Kerry then Bush were so revealing. Frankly, I was a little pissed at Brokaw's confrontational and contentious tone with his questions for Kerry. But that was all erased when the Bush interview came on. The "confidence" wasn't there like it was with Kerry in no way shape or form. Bush's expressions while he was being asked questions about the war in Iraq, missing weapons, et al were nothing less than inappropriate. It was sickening on the one hand that this is the President of the US and uplifting at the same time for people to see what an utter failure this guy is.

[VegasWolf]

50. And this guy has the code to set offf the nuclear warheads! n/t

New Information Shows Bush Indecisive, Paranoid, Delusional

[Norquist Nemesis]

66. No kidding! n/t

[glitch]

19. This article came straight out of Rove's ass.

Apparently Rove's ass has it's own name: Steve Holland.

[Technowitch]

20. Yeah, 'relaxed, confident... because he's looking forward...

...to being ALL DONE with that awful HARD WORK he's had to do over the last four years.

The poor li'l fellah's all tuckered out! 42% vacation time is still no where near enough time off for Shrubbie.

So let's give him the rest of his miserable life off, with nothing harder to do than to 'clear brush' and contemplate the bottom of a scotch glass.

[Heidi]

21. Whoops. Thought the headline said "Bush Relapsed . . ."

. . . But that wouldn't exactly be Latest Breaking News, would it?

[LiberteToujours]

22. "Real upbeat," said chief adviser Karl Rove.

Uh, since when does the media trust the fucking POLITICAL ADVISORS of the candidate to tell them how the campaign is going?? Sometimes I swear we're in Soviet Russia.

[Q]

23. Yeah...it's called VALIUM...

.

[MyDogSpot]

24. * hasn't been looking as tanned and rested as Osama lately,

which is odd, considering how much vacation time * has had in the last four years.

[Dulcinea]

26. He's used to daily naps & video games.

This is one instance where he actually has to appear to stand on his own, & the pressure is too much.

[area51]

25. Bush I

I remember that Bush I was confident right before he got his ass kicked & he was fired as prez. As someone posted on DU, "Like father, like son: one term & he's done."

[displacedtexan]

27. On Planet OH RIGHT SURE... Look at this pic!

Does this look like "Relaxed, Confident" to you?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

30. He's actually taking a pee on the Oval Office carpet in a drunken stupor..

...can't you just SEE the concentration?

[cubsfan forever]

35. A picture is worth a thousand Rove words! n/t

Professor 2

[NVMojo]

55. love that photo, is he glaring at voters or trick or treaters??

I say he needs an OD of laxatives!!!

[reprobate]

58. Is his head about to blow up, or has he been crying?

[truthisfreedom]

28. "bush sleepy..."

[Skittles]

31. BullSHIT

the man looks f***ing STRESSED OUT to me

[fidgeting wildly]

32. That's because they haven't told him he's going to lose.

So please, allow me.

HEY, SHRUB! YOU LOSE!

[wysiwyg]

33. Bush is so insulated he doesn't know half of what most (Dem) voters know

Bush only knows what his staff tells him. His medications probably make him even less curious that he would normally be. He probably won't concede if the election doesn't go his way because he won't believe he could have lost, what with the God and the public supporting him.

I really look forward to a Bush concession speach. Maybe Cheney will have to give it. If he loses Bush probably won't give a crap anymore since he's not running for office again.

[lefthandedskyhook]

34. Either he has accepted defeat or today's drugs & delusions

are stronger than ever

[GalleryGod]

36. Sure Karl, That's why he's wearing "Attends" 24/7

:hurts:

[Jade Fox]

39. You made me laugh while I was brushing my teeth..

Not a pretty sight! :D

[kerouac]

40. "Cheshire cat" mode. Coup #2 underway.

They were able to steal the previous election with much less power than they have now. How on Earth will they fail to steal it this time with the power they have acquired while in office? They've been busy little bees for the past 3 years and I regret that there may be little we can do now besides hope that justice is served and democracy prevails.

[Oak2004]

56. We too had much less power

We were not prepared to fight, because our candidates and much of the rank and file thought they were dealing with traditional Republicans, not fascists.

[cubsfan forever]

60. GOTV n/t

Professor 2

[CHICKEN CAPITOL USA]

68. one word: DIEBOLD

watch for the results in places with electronic voting-
my guess is:
* wins ALL touch screen equipped areas.
I mean 100% ALL--

BUT...
watch,
Kerry landslide at all traditional voting machines--
isn't this going to look funny?


I'll bet his is how they get busted this time.
There is no way that logically that could happen without a "fix"--

Now after this maybe more people will speak out and make sure their congressman votes to outlaw these touch screens.

[g-money]

41. they know there going to lose,

they have just accepted it

[DeadManInc]

43. shrub

It must be the cocaine again. Hope he wears his depends tomorrow. He is going to piss and shit himself when he gets his ass kicked back to texas.

[SOS]

46. Hare Relaxed, Confident Going into Final Lap

Tortoise works steadily toward victory.

[TrogL]

47. I was relaxed and confident last night too

I decided to take a short-cut, confident that I knew exactly where I was and I could find my van. Inside of two minutes I discovered I was totally lost, in a relatively familiar neighbourhood.

Frankly, I think he's relaxed that his long nightmare is over - no more cameras, no more reporters no more Karl Rove.

[54anickel]

48. I think he's relieved to know he can head home soon. That sure was

the impression I was getting from the weekend pictures of Pickles, anyway. She looked better than she has over the last 4 years. B-)

[DFWJock]

49. Im relaxed and confident

that the chimp will be back in Crawford in January.

[JoFerret]

52. Rapture about to happen on prime time

aka - meltdown when the tranqs wear off.

[yellowcanine]

53. He was relaxed and confident before the 1st debate also. And we know how

that turned out. Anyway it is a lie. The pics from the campaign trail show anything but a relaxed and confident man. My assessment would be uptight and fearful.

[KansDem]

54. Dead Man Walking...

Acceptance of the inevitable brings about a sense serenity and calm...

Of course, I mean POLITICALLY dead, Agent Mike, ...POLITICALLY dead...

Agent Mike?

Sir?

[realcountrymusic]

57. No one has told him yet (EOM)

[Redleg]

59. Bush will have plenty of time to relax after January 2005.

Fucking loser.

[Armand04]

61. I'll be with you tomorrow

My dear friends,
Tomorrow, a task of unthinkable dimensions lies ahead of you. As I said in one of my first posts here, in this election defeat isn't an option. My fellow left-leaning comrades, you're not fighting for your destiny only, the fate of the whole mankind is in your hands, and I'm optimist, really in an optimistic mood.

If the expected wave of new voters flock to the polling offices, we will win, this miserable piece of scum called George W. Bush will be toast, filling up the application for a vacant in the Carlyle Group. Four gloomy years of fear, fanatic fundies, endless war orwelian twisted political reasoning and, over all, an incompetence bordering, if not plainly crossing, the limits of criminal behaviour.

But as it's said, hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Dubya's might win - I know that is a nightmarish option, but the fascist brigades stole the presidency once - and then you'll suddenly become the last lines of defense against a tyrannic corporate-fascism ruling - not government - in the most powerful nation on earth.

I'm a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE). Last 3-14
a tide of new voters took their ballots, in anger against Aznar's regime lies and manipulation, to oust one of the most ardent lackeys of Bush. Aznar's party used all the resources of power to deceive the spanish public opinion, tolling the bells of fear to take advantage of our very 9-11. Aznar, Bush, Howard, Berlusconi, Blair... disgusting blood-sucker creatures ...

OK, I know that this is just a rant, product of the blood boiling in my veins and the nerves being almost unbearable. I'd like to express myself with more eloquence to show my gratitude for your work and to wish you good luck. Go dems, don't stay home, every vote counts ... take intoa ccount that you're going to the polls, representing me and thousands like me all over the world, people that see tomorrow's election as the real fight of the forces of light against the myrmidons of darkness.

Just before going to bed (tomorrow I'll be glued to the computer, radio and tv news, about to be devoured by a monster with a head of cofee and claws of Lucky Strike filters)I have to recommend a website for the spanish speaking duers: www.cadenaser.com. Cadena SER is a spanish liberal radio station that's gonna make an incredible display to cover the election, more than twenty journalist sent from Spain located in the key places (you can listen it live from the site).

And if there's the slightest suspicion of fraud, don't give up, take your fight to the streets. I'll be with you, and also millions like me united in a cry for change.

Go dems, go...

[Armand04]

62. Rant up

This post is just to put my rant up, mods. I know that's irregular, but I truly like to show you that your fight is supported by millions all over the world - fromm Spain in this case -. This is the last time I do something like this, but feel free to delete it if you still think that isn't a good precedent.

[TankLV]

63. Like the calm of a condemned man on his way to the gas chamber.

Like all those HE has sent!

Kharma can be a bitch - but is always just.

[Entente]

65. Whatever

He is still going to lose.

[Norquist Nemesis]

67. uh yeah...right...

Once again, the press forgets they are in a bubble and being spoonfed.

[Rev_Karl]

69. Hope he rests and relaxes for the next 3 months

then it's off to obscurity