Are the American people stupid enough to re-elect Bush?

[coloradodem2005]

Reflecting a little on Reagan's death, I did not care for his policies. Some of the parallels are that he was disliked by many throughout the world, just like Bush. He was not very bright, like Bush. The economy was terrible, again, like Bush. He was "Confident" like Bush. He had a very intrusive foreign policy style, like Bush. And he got re-elected in 1984.


THe differences are, while Reagan was confident, his was an easy going kind of confidence. He was a lot smoother than Bush and he seemed to actually have some genuine charisma whereas Bush comes off as a petulant child almost all the time. While Reagan had an intrusive foreign policy, he did not get us into a costly war like dimson did. He at least had an expressed belief that after 5pm, we were all Americans and not Democrats and Republicans. His approval ratings were a lot higher too in 1984. What do you think? What is your assessment of our chances now?

[bemildred]

1. Sure, absolutely. nt

[indigobusiness]

2. The similarities are chilling...

The differences, superficial.

[Lucky Luciano]

5. The differences are not superficial

b*sh's approval ratings are in the toilet, while r**gan's rating were very high in 1984.

[indigobusiness]

14. I referred to the men...not the fools that adore them.

the differences ARE superficial.

[troublemaker]

3. They are plenty stupid enough but

most women and just enough men don't like war, so Bush is out.

[indigobusiness]

6. But women are suckers for "security"...

I'm shocked at what I'm hearing out there.

[Sparkly]

4. About half of the people are that stupid

and about half of the people are not.

There's just a few percent who teeter on the edge... I don't *think* the Republican pep rally this is going to create will cause them to vote for the Chimp, but who knows?

[cjbuchanan]

7. Need to change your subject line

Bush cannot be "re-elected" since he was not elected in 2000.

Regan's big strength was that he was likable. He was able to pull people away from the Dem party. In 1984, both my parents voted for him. Neither had ever voted for a repug before.

Bush, on the other hand, is not pulling Dems away this year. The party is more united then it has ever been. Bush is not trying to reach out, he's trying to stir the base. Because of this, and many other reasons, Bush will not win in November.

[indigobusiness]

17. And Smarty Jones was a lock.

Never count unhatched chickens. This is still a horse race.

I'm betting on Kerry.

[bluestateguy]

8. Any Bush bounce will be artificial and won't last

By the end of the month it will be time for the Clinton book roll out and Farenheight 9/11.

And Bush can't be "re" elected because he was not elected the first time. He is the former Texas governor occupying the White House who is running for president.

[alexwcovington]

9. I put a poll up

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1728276

[kaitykaity]

10. Yep.

Listen to the media whores say "it was a good week
for Bush" and "if Iraq stabilizes and it's about the
economy, Bush wins" and you bet I think that
Americans are that fucking stupid.

GIGO--Garbage In, Garbage Out.

[coloradodem2005]

12. Bullshit.

The only reason that Bush had a good week is that no colossal failure happened. No more bad news came out this week and they keep on lying about the economy while the jobs being generated are pieces of shit, part-time or temporary. The economy is a piece of shit if you are not rich.

[kaitykaity]

13. You and I know it's bullshit, but

the 'folks' who don't obsess about politics, all they
know is what they hear on TV, and if it's on TV it must
be true, right?

I got this stuff from last night's shows on PBS, and
these people are supposed to be the professionals, the
people who know what's going on in the world.

I have to wonder sometimes who has pictures of whom.

:mad:

[indigobusiness]

20. Bush is considered to have a good week, these days

...when he doesn't step in a pile with BOTH feet.

[kaitykaity]

21. He lawyers up in the Plame case, he

loses his CIA director, and he has a "good week". It fractures
my brain and makes my eyes hurt.

[indigobusiness]

22. Something's rotten...and it ain't

in Denmark.

[lastknowngood]

11. Yes they are they just watch the mindless blond bimbos on

television news stations. They only read what someone else rights and maintain that vacuous and stepford wife look. That's it! They are stepford news readers! I've been so foolish thinking they actually understood what they were saying.

Sorry if I have insulted any blonds.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

15. HELL NO!

[Cleita]

16. Many are. n/t

[Vickers]

18. Hard to say, really. I'm pretty stupid, and I'm voting for Kerry

Gawd, I wish the whole country was as pea-brained as me.

[indigobusiness]

24. ...me, too LOL

duh

[Kazak]

19. Did you say "re-elect"?

:crazy:

[rfkrocks]

23. yes and what sacres me is

not only him again for 4 years but delay and frist continuing majority control-the republic is in serious trouble with all the gerrymandering that delay pulled off in texas the house may be out of reach-scary times-BTW I agree with you one hundred percent that the economy is horrible unless you are rich-the numbers look good for the masses of Americans but the bottom line is there is dry rot allthru this economy