Does Bush have anything to run on?

[Mass_Liberal]

Every time I think about it, I am amazed. When I saw troops marching into bagdahd I thought, thats it. If the election was right now, Bush would win in a landslide. But since soldiers have been getting killed at a rate of 2 or more per day, I think that Bush bringing up the war will actually get a negative response. Since he has botched every single thing he has done in his term, what exactly can he say he's done right? Won't any democratic candidate be able to crush him simply by saying "your tax cuts failed to bring a economic upswing, postwar Iraq is a complete mess with no clear and bloodless way out. 40 million people still don't have health care. Unemployment is still around 6%. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE THAT ISN'T DETRIMENTAL TO THIS COUNTRY?"

I used to hope Bush would lose. Now I think he will.

[Mikimouse]

1. In answer to your question

yep, ...fumes!

[Webster Green]

2. The photo op of his magnificent carrier landing.....

Complete with the "Mission Accomplished" banner. Somehow I don't think we will be seeing much of that footage any more (unless the Democrats use it). That phony event was going to be the repukes ace in the hole.....so, no, he has nothing to run on.

[mw]

3. Yep. Lots, to the brain of a reich winger:

1 - Bush is still not Clinton.

2 - Bush is still not Gore.

3 - Bush is a leader, who has led.

4 - Bush didn't get a blowjob.

5 - Thank God Bush isn't Hillary!

6 - Did I mention that Bush isn't Clinton? Or Gore?

7 - Bush fixed the Clinton economy, which was in shambles.

8 - Bush isn't some smarty pants trying to figure everything out himself (like those Clinton and Gore bastards)

9 - Bush has united the country, not divided it.

10 - God chose Bush to be president.

[Mass_Liberal]

5. Hehhe

good one! Thought of becoming a political satirist?

[mw]

6. Where do I sign up?

:D

[mlawson]

7. You may or may not be joking, but

you are exactly correct. This *might* be how many of the non-political public analyzes elections.

[RichV]

8. AND TAX CUTS!

LOTS AND LOTS OF TAX CUTS!

[mlawson]

4. "We are safe from more 9/11s....

because of actions WE took just after that terrible day... The Democrats would OVERTURN what we have accomplished, etc etc"

The problems for them are -- 1) If another 9/11 happens, how do they explain it, and 2) such a strategy might only appeal to those who would vote repuke anyway.

[Parche]

9. if

If another Sept 11th happens that would be the end of smirk
the people think that he has conquered terra ism
and if they attack, then the people will blame bush

[mlawson]

13. Many people won't rally 'round him again,

that is for sure. But the bushies could use it as an excuse to impose marshal law; that is what worries most of us here.

[0007]

10. Does Bush have anything to run on?

Ya goddman right, junior gonna run on integrity and honesty and scrubbing the shit out of the oval office.

[Jacobin]

Yes. $200,000,000 in campaign funds

And a media that he and his minions own who will report it is daylight at midnight and that the sky is white and not blue, and that up is down, etc.

He obviously can't run on his record. It's abysmal.

[mw]

12. All of it laundered US Treasury money:

Bush will run a federally funded campaign. Here's how:

1 - Bush takes office, and loots the treasury, handing it to his rich corporate buddies.

2 - Rich corporate buddies return the cash to Bush, in the form of record campaign donations.


A simple two-step process!

[Wetzelbill]

11. Lies and lots of cash to spread them

[Enraged American]

14. How dare you question our Great Leader?!

The Repigs will say, "Bush is not doing so well. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD AND WE ARE WAGING A WAR ON TERROR WHICH BUSH BEEN WINNING SO FAR WITH IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND THE PATRIOT ACT! DEAN/CLARK/KERRY/GEPHARDT/EDWARDS WILL ONLY RAISE TAXES, CREATING A DEPRESSION AND WILL HELP TERRORISTS PUT A BOMB IN YOUR GAS-WHORE SUV WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR KIDS TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE"

[proud patriot]

15. NOPE n/t

[Resistance Is Futile]

16. Fear

America is a nation of terrified ignorants. Pandering to fear is always effective.

"A vote for anyone but me is a vote for terror like september 11."

He could revisit the common rethug strategy of fanning fears of crime and running on a 'law and order' (read: prisons and patriot acts) platform.

If nothing else, he can fall back on the traditional voodoo economics/class warfare argument. Historically, conning the trailer-park white trash into believing that they're poor because there are too many 'welfare paracites' has been a very effective way of bringing them out to vote.

[SaintLouisBlues]

17. Bogus economic numbers will be foisted on the public

I predict media whores will buy into trumped up economic indicators
and take some sting out of the "its the economy, stupid" argument.

Look for a big stock market run up prior to next November, just like
what happened before the last midterms.

I hope I'm wrong, or that at least people see through it.

[stickdog]

18. sentences (NT)

[Emboldened Chimp]

19. Feet?

Maybe they could run his ass back to Crawford for good.

[Creideiki]

20. Terror propaganda, misogyny, homophobia and Gawd

That looks to be the Republican platform.