DNC: Bush's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

[ProSense]

Bush's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

February 7, 2006

Washington, DC - President Bush had another bad week. His lackluster State of the Union Address offered no new ideas, received low marks from newspapers across the country, including many conservatives, and did nothing to repair his shattered credibility. Specifically, his tired policy prescriptions on energy independence and health care are deeply flawed and don't mesh with the reality of his Administration's record. Next week looks just as bad for the President, with the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on his domestic wiretapping program set to begin.

"The nation heard what the President had to say and they just don't like it and aren't buying it," said Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney. "The country is craving honest and open leadership that serves all Americans, not the closed-door, special interest-driven style of leadership that the Republicans are offering. Democrats remain committed to a fresh, positive agenda that puts the interests of the American people first."

See below for excerpts from newspaper editorials on Bush's bad week as well the challenges he faces next week:

BUSH'S VERY BAD WEEK

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Robert Novak: Conservatives: Bush's Worst State Of The Union. "While jumping up on cue to cheer during the speech and delivering rave reviews afterward in the Capitol's Statuary Hall, conservative members of Congress were deeply disappointed by George W. Bush Tuesday night. It was not merely that the president abandoned past domestic goals. He appeared to be moving toward bigger government. The consensus on the Right was that President Bush's fifth State of the Union Address was his worst."

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http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/02/bushs_terrible.php

[Generic Brad]

1. Does He Want to Move to Australia?

If you have read the children's book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" you know what I'm saying.

[karynnj]

2. I loved that book - in spite of having to read it to my youngest at least

1000 times. I actually took it to work to show colleagues (we were annoyed with a group we were doing some statisical analysis for and were pretty frustrated). It was a hit to say the least and, as it did at the DNC, lent itself to relevent parodies.