Bush Philosophical at End of Campaign

[zapp]

By SCOTT LINDLAW
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush was all smiles but no swagger as he finished the campaign he said would be his last, a marathon that seemed a sure thing after the Sept. 11 attacks but ended up a likely photo finish.

He voted one last time for himself in his tiny Central Texas hometown of Crawford, made a quick stop in Ohio to pump up get-out-the-vote troops and was welcomed back to the White House by hundreds of flag-waving, cheering staffers - and his dog.

Tuesday night, alongside family and top aides in the White House residence, the 43rd president monitored the voters' verdict on whether he would get a second term, a plum coveted all the more as it was denied his father, the 41st.

"We campaigned as hard as we possibly could," Bush said at his campaign headquarters in Columbus.

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This looks like the AP is talking about a defeated President...Do they know something we don't??

[Warpy]

1. They know the polls are mobbed

and that historically, this is bad news for an incumbent.

It remains to be seen whether we're madder or they're scareder. I think it is probably the former, but I'm not making any predictions.

[Peanut Gallery]

10. I heard 84% turnout in some cases

(no link, on radio)

[JoFerret]

28. Steve Bell gets it right

[leftchick]

2. "We campaigned as hard as we possibly could," Yeah right...

to thoroughly vetted, loyalty pledged, fundy audiences. That is really reaching out to america you moron.

[Jade Fox]

3. "Philosophical" is a code word for "resigned"...

in this context.

[msanthrope]

4. Nahhh..I think it's code for "tranquilized heavily"......n/t

[Cocoa]

14. or drunk

[zzapatista]

5. He's gonna get kicked to the curb like pappy. (nt)

[grytpype]

6. Bush couldn't even pronounce "philosophical"

much less be that way!

He's just stunned that his Fantasy-Based Presidency has just hit the rocks of Reality-Based Democracy!

And I say FUCKING HA HA!

[kwolf68]

7. Dear Mr. Bush

Get this through your thick skull.

HOW you campaigned had nothing to do with it. You sir, were basically DOA when this thing started. All we needed to do was get our man on the dance card and fend off your patsies like the SwiftBoatVeterans.

Sir, you are probably a fun guy to hang around with at a bar-b-que, but you have failed this nation. You have taken billions of surplus and turned it into debt, you have taken a 90%+ approval rating and divided this nation, you have alienated the entire world at a time we have to work with those people, you have stood up for the powerful, the corrupt and the connected. Under your watch sir, over 1000 men and women who defend our nation have died defending well we don’t know; you lied us into war and now death permeates the entire globe. You have waged war on the environment, gay Americans, and anyone and anything that counters your ideology of exploitation, fear, and greed. You have used God to advance a most UN-God agenda and YOU SIR (and your policies and the cronies who do your bidding) will soon be repudiated by the one force, the one thing, the one movement that can topple the most connected of selected oligarchs – THE PEOPLE.

Good day Mr. Bush. Now get the fuck out of our White House.

[cliss]

26. Wow. Beautiful letter.

One of the best posts ever, here at the DU. You're one good writer.

Thanks. It sums up the past 4 years, with a ribbon on top.

[jobycom]

8. Okay, I read the whole thing. Philosophical? Who is Scott Lindlaw?

Christ, a bunch of inane cliches strong together does not make one philosophical. Is this Bush's lover or something, all sympathetic and sensitive to his feelings? Pathetic title, pathetic story. The only part I like is that Bush sounds defeated.

And you ask if they know something we don't? Of course they do, they know how bogus their polls are! When pollsters are assuming a higher Republican than Democrat turnout, and those polls show an even race, then on election day when they see Democratic districts flooding the polls, they know their polls are wrong. They knew that from the start, they just wanted to keep people watching them.

[Fleshdancer]

9. Retirement is too damn good for him....

With all the blood, with all the problems over the past four years, the idea of him retiring in luxury while still getting paid to sit on various boards or making a speech every now and then really pisses me off. Families have been destroyed because of this man.

[Hand]

11. "Philosophical"? Is that a new word for DOOOOOOMED????

:evilgrin:

[Dover]

12. Considering that Jesus is his favorite philospher, I'm guessing that means

he's doing a lot of praying.

[TahitiNut]

22. (Sheesh!) I was going to make the EXACT SAME post!

Right down to the same punctuation! (But without the typo.) Eerie! :scared:

[pinto]

13. They know it's over. n/t

[jpgray]

15. Boy they really misspelled "presidency" in that headline.

:)

[darthmix]

16. HA! I'll just BET he's philosophical!

They say when a man knows he's going to die, it focuses his mind.

My guess is that shrub is experiencing the electoral equivelant of that.

[shockingelk]

17. Get ready for a slate of neocon memoirs

Bush will pardon everybody.

[lateo]

18. Bush can't say the word "Philosophical"

Sad

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

19. A few less swaggers over the last 4 years and he might still have a job

He was also quoted a few times this morning as saying "I gave it everything I had." Then, while Kerry was still campaigning HARD and working the GOTV route, Bush...just...went...HOME. Yep, like a GUY WHO GAVE UP.

It seems to be the one-two punch: unless folks were a member of Bush's "base," they got sick of the job performance and sick of the smirk.

"Some people say I have a certain swagger...in Texas, we call it walking"...

Good one, George. Now walk home.

:toast:

[The_Casual_Observer]

20. he's a contemplative chimp, a introspective chimp

a philosophical chimp, a one term chimp.

[StupidFOX]

21. Sign of a dead man: newly philosophical

[rocktivity]

23. Vous etes perdant

You're a loser, Georgie
So why don't you draft me?


rocknation

[JoFerret]

24. The Chimp is going down

Shame.

[Ilsa]

25. Hey Shrub, people don't stand in line for hours j=to vote to maintain

the status quo. You should have run the country as if you were going to have to live in the worst of it, not piss in it like the neighbor's pool.

Welcome back to reality, DimSon.

[rocktivity]

27. What if the White House is telling everyone to ACT depressed

because they're going to pull a Florida on one the states that no one has their eye on so it will look like Bush made a huge comeback...

Sorry, just had to get that out of my system!

:scared:
rocknation