Get ready for more Bush-style townhall meetings

[Ian_rd]

Ah, yes. Time to travel the countreh and have a down-home talk with some regulah folks - y'know, people being kept away or thrown out by brownshirted henchmen for anti-war bumperstickers, t-shirts, questions from Bush-bots approved in advance and the indispensible "I'm very happy you're our president," followed by an aww-shucks grin.

Ready. Set. Catapult!

Bush seeks to build standing with public

The president who loves to get home to his own bed is planning more nights on the road.

It's part of a public-relations effort aimed at boosting
President Bush's low standing in polls and bolstering the chances of the Republican Party he leads in this fall's midterm elections. The idea is to place Bush in more freewheeling settings where he comes across best and before local media that tend to give softer coverage.

"I'm doing a lot of campaigning," Bush told CNN's Larry King during an interview aired Thursday night. "We're going to do just fine in '06."

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[TheCowsCameHome]

1. One way to build standing would be to resign. Other than that

he's wasting his time and AF-1's fuel.

[Ganja Ninja]

2. Try opening up your meetings to someone other than your ...

hand picked zombies.

[annabanana]

8. Hand picked zombie, courtesy of Swamp Rat!

[tanyev]

3. Whatever. The more he runs his mouth, the faster his numbers drop.

You go, George.

[bunkerbuster1]

4. Run, Georgie, Run!

Let's hope your Mid-Term XPress is the same dazzling success that your Social Security Piratization Tour '05 proved to be.

[maine_raptor]

6. You want to see numbers drop?

Next time he's on the TV, watch the Stock Market numbers down at the corner of the screen. Those puppies always seem to head down when our Dear Leader speaks.

[jedicord]

5. "His OWN bed"? Hey, that's OUR bed!

And I want him the hell out of it!:mad:

[Norquist Nemesis]

7. argh...I need a hug

That he is in Chicago is bad enough. But he's visiting a corporation just down the street from me today, too! :cry: :cry: :cry:

[tenshi816]

9. Why does he think that

preaching to the converted is going to help him gain ground? The only people allowed in to those events are those who already think he's Jesus anyway.

[Drum]

10. All, again, on our dime....nt