Bush is not worried. Something is wrong here.

[BuyingThyme]

Bob Woodward comes out with a supposed Bush-bashing book, and Chimpy shrugs his shoulders. A guy lights a fuse on a nuke, yet there's no new offensive in Iraq. Pukes start telling the truth about the Fundies, and the White House doesn't even step up the Islamo-Fascism rhetoric. Bob Ney, Karl Rove, Abramoff, the polls... No biggie.

Where's Cheney? Where's the hate amendments? Where's Bob Dole? WTF?

[valerief]

1. Never fear, Dieboldman is there! nt

[blossomstar]

6. Exactly.

[helderheid]

21. yep.

[Richard Steele]

29. Ayup.

[Xipe Totec]

2. What, me worry?

[SteppingRazor]

3. Cheney's polling at 20 percent, and no one cares about Bob Dole...

and the hat eamendments have been tried and failed. Bringing them up again would be disastrous.

[Justice Is Comin]

4. He'll be worried about ll PM Eastern on November 7th.

[radwriter0555]

40. Got Diebold? bush does.

Not a worry line in sight.

The republicans will be saying "See? Even with all our scandals, the Uhmurriconned people STILL vote for us!"

[BootinUp]

au contraire

They've tried all those things you listed:

check
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CHECKMATE!

They got nowhere to fuckin go!

[maseman]

11. What are they supposed to do?

In football when you are way down in the score and you have the ball you can run down the clock, spike the ball, etc. What is the misadministration supposed to do? Walk out into the Rose Garden and say "Fuck it...we're going home. Looks like we are going to lose." (Although that would be very cool.)

They come out and say "We are very worried..." I think would make even more Repukes stay home and they know that. We've got them by the curly hairs, at least at the moment.

[bdamomma]

5. they are in denial and ignore everything

but I agree something is up, whatever any of us do we have to get out there and vote. If our guys do not get in we have a lot of work to do, like go in the streets, and get our country back. We can't let these repigs get away with it.

[jokerman93]

51. And if that doesn't work -

We need to get out into the streets in vociferous numbers that can't be ignored, dismissed, minimized or muted.

J

[tridim]

7. Lewis Black addressed this yesterday

He says that the Pukes don't even bother to spin any more, they just say "so what" and move on. It was working great until the Foley scandal broke.

[bigtree]

8. arrogance of power

[maxsolomon]

9. Xanax, Zoloft, etc.

he's heavily medicated, & a smug, narcissistic dick.

[bdamomma]

38. really heavily medicated after that press conference the other

day, something is definitely wrong with him, like we don't know that already.

[aquart]

10. Bush knows

that nothing he does EVER has a bad consequence, not for him.

He is ALWAYS bailed out.

He also lacks an imagination. He cannot conceive an eventuality that has never occurred.

But he is very very testy these days. Because others don't seem so sure.

[SeattleGirl]

15. He IS very, very testy these days.

He seems very close to losing it at his most recent press conferences. If the Dems win in November, God knows what he'll do.

[tanyev]

17. I just pray it happens on live TV.

[Golden Raisin]

56. Me too.

Total meltdown. Screaming, lurid, uncontrolled rage. Of course our magnificent media will probably pull the plug and go to blackout immediately, especially Fox and CNN.

[aquart]

57. I hope someone gets it on a videophone.

And puts it up on YouTube within minutes.

I don't trust TV to cover a damn thing.

[rfranklin]

34. Yes, this time he may not get bailed out and his world will crumble....

I predict long, long vacations on the Crawford pig farm. Big bruises and scrapes, blotchy skin, blood shot eyes.

[Crankie Avalon]

12. Custer wasn't worried, either. n/t

[janx]

13. Not worried? He looks absolutely paranoid to me.

Recent video and photos show a man who has lost his mind.

[tlsmith1963]

31. I Agree

At that last news conference, he looked worried. I don't think he is a confident person these days. His body language tells the whole story.

[CJCRANE]

14. They're running on empty.

Maybe they got nothing left.

[CoffeeCat]

16. The Fix is in....

...they've got plans to steal this election through some new-and-improved
ploys that we haven't seen yet. While we're looking to the right, they'll
be punching from the left.

They know they're going to steal it--through disenfranchisement, through confusion,
through malfunctions, through the machines. The fix is in.

There's no way these people will give up power. No frickin way.

Furthermore, look at the legislation that Junior DEMANDED, before Congress left
for home. That legislation made it ok to detain CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES,
who are declared enemy combatants. As we all know, enemy combatants have no
right to a trial, an attorney and they can be detained indefinitely.

They'll probably steal it in obvious ways--to incite riots in the streets--so
they can start rounding people up. They don't even care what their base thinks
any more. They've turned on the Fundies and they make no apologies. They aren't
even trying to court the Fundies, anyone notice that? They pandered to them like
lobbyists on acid during 00 and 04. They aren't scrambling to put gay-marriage or
abortion-related issues on the ballot--to increase voter turnout. None of that matters
when you can steal it. They don't even need a "base" anymore.

All hell is going to break loose during this election--because the entire country
will now understand that democracy is lost.

[helderheid]

22. well said. :(

[lvx35]

23. You know what would really scare me?

If they didn't fight, and just stepped down. It would be inconsistant with everything, and imply to me that they are actually just puppets and the puppet master is throwing them away now that they've gotten too dirty.

But I think your totally right. There is no way Bush and crowd are going down without a dirty fight, that's just how these guys do business.

[bdamomma]

43. yea, you hit upon some valid points there.

but if that does happen with the election, maybe just maybe there will be some very loud voices out there in the streets.

[jokerman93]

52. I think you nailed it n/t

[sandnsea]

18. They've imploded

They've got nothing left. It's what happens when one hits bottom, there isn't enough perfume in the world to cover up the stench. Funny they're all running off to rehab too.

That'd make a great commercial.

[wryter2000]

19. What, me worry?

[bullimiami]

20. just like on election night 2000 when jeb let him know it was 'in the bag'

karl has assured him its all fixed up. no way the dems can win.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. You are not paranoid

and they are not out to get you.

Don;t count them chickens, and I hope we shan't see too many srabled eggs, but we must be ready to do more than just vote and believe we will take them houses... people have had it... but are they desperate enough to do something bout it, just saying...

[NNN0LHI]

25. Bush is insane

People who jump off bridges aren't afraid either.

Don

[leftofthedial]

26. Diebold

the fix is in

2000 was a *coup*, you fools!

Any Dems "win" happens only because our owners want it to happen.

[NNN0LHI]

32. So we shouldn't bother voting?

On the contrary. Now is the time to vote. We are going to win seats never before thought winnable.

Don

[helderheid]

35. Oh hell no. Time to vote and to keep the Dems WAY ahead in the polls

[bdamomma]

44. hey it seems to be like us against them now, we have to USE OUR

POWER right now, and no matter what we think, we just have to get out there and VOTE.

[EFerrari]

37. Vote AND help us track the shit they're going to try to pull

with voter reg, with early voting, on election night.

What state are you in? PM me if you can help with the monitoring, We need the help. :)

[leftofthedial]

39. we HAVE to vote

we HAVE to show the current system for the corrupt travesty that it is.

only by voting can we ultimately win.

if we don't vote, they win without cheating and committing treason.

[helderheid]

33. 2000 was most certainly a coup.

[Hippo_Tron]

27. Bush shrugs his shoulders a lot

Especially while people are stranded on rooftops in New Orleans.

[AndyA]

28. With the poll numbers favoring the Dems by such large margins, there

will be some major 'splainin' to do, Lucy, if the Pugnants keep their seats.

Bush looks very bad, very tired. He also have a shorter than usual fuse, so I think he's doing his best to cover up his concern. Plus, he's incurious to start with, so he likely isn't looking that far down the road yet. Weeks to go, you know...

[malaise]

30. He's very worried

check the pix with Hastert.

sp.

[janx]

36. I've seen a few of those around. When were they taken,

and under what circumstances? Do you have a link?

[malaise]

45. Yesterday when he went

to help him out.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2382570

[janx]

47. Thank you! n/t

[katty]

41. if the Dems take '06-GOP investigations-but the boy w/be protected

Poppy has already made that deal.

[kster]

42. They got nothing left

not even an excuse for why they have won, when and if they try to steal the election, there done put a fork in them. When they stole it the last time, They would have used the Soccer Moms, Nascar Dads, etc came out for us, not this time.

NOW THEY HAVE NOTHING! When and if they steal it, it will be so obvious, that not even owning the media will be able to get them out of the obvious election theft. THEY ARE DONE.

The FOLEY FOLLIES made it impossible for them to even steal the election. My two cents.

GET OUT THE VOTE!!!

[saracat]

46. Please.Stop it. Politicians never act worried. Don't you think they

want to salvage what they can? Besides, the numbers are so bad, what good would wringing your hands do except make it worsr? Many GOPers have already resigned themselves to the fact that they have lost the House and publicly said so.It isn't ALL about Diebold or election fraud!

[onenote]

58. uh-oh. someone trying to be rational

You're swimming against the tide on this thread, I fear!

[BuyingThyme]

48. On second thought, it' not Bush who's not worried. It's Rumsfeld & Cheney.

For a second there I was allowing myself to believe that Chimpy has a say in politics and policy.

My bad.

[garybeck]

49. If he's not worried it's because of the voting machines. nt

[blm]

50. They will steal a few seats under the radar to prevent congress turnover

And the steal will be accepted because it will be done in states where they have near total control.

[leftchick]

53. I think you know why

[file83]

55. That's a sweet photo/faux ad!! Love it. n/t

[IdaBriggs]

54. Drugs are good! And Dieboldt is always there! nt

[OneBlueSky]

59. you're right . . . (I mean correct) . . . Democrats get high on . . .

pot and on life . . .

Republicans get high on drugs and Diebold . . .

Democrats getting high is life-affirming . . .

Republicans getting high is democracy-destroying . . .

[pat_k]

60. The "Ish Kabibble" Dictator

From http://www.word-detective.com/030600.html">Word Detective

What, me worry?

. . .
There are several layers to the story of "Ish Kabibble," so let's start at the top. "Ish kabibble" is slang, possibly German or Yiddish slang, meaning "I don't care" or "Who cares?"

Ish Kabibble was also the stage name of Merwyn Bogue (1907-94), a cornet player in Big Band leader Kay Kyser's orchestra. Kay Kyser was the host of the enormously popular 1930s radio program Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge, and Bogue, portraying the slightly addled Ish Kabibble, served as comic relief and a sort of sidekick to Kyser. Incidentally, one of the vocalists who worked with Kay Kyser in the late 1940s was Merv Griffin.

The inspiration for Bogue's character's name was quite possibly a humorous popular song by Sam Lewis published in 1913 entitled "Isch Gabibble" or "I Should Worry," the lyrics of which make the meaning of "Isch Gabibble" pretty clear: "I never care or worry, Isch Gabibble, Isch Gabibble, I never tear or hurry, Isch Gabibble, Isch Gabibble, ... When I owe people money, Isch Gabibble, Isch Gabibble, If they befriend or lend me that's their lookout, They shouldn't yell or shout, I should worry if they steal my wife, And let a pimple grow on my young life, Isch Gabibble , I should worry? No! Not me!"

Another incarnation of at least the "kabibble" element of "Ish kabibble" was in a popular comic strip, "Abie the Agent" by Harry Hershfield, which debuted in 1914 and chronicled the adventures of a character named Abie Kabibble.

It's probable that both the song and the comic strip were playing off "Ish kabibble," already popular slang for "Who cares?" in the early 1900s. But as to where the words "Ish kabibble" themselves originally came from, that, unfortunately, remains a mystery, although Yiddish slang seems the most likely source.

[In Truth We Trust]

61. Thats why we need Hand Counted Paper Ballots NOW! K&R

[pat_k]

62. Dems promise not to impeach. Rule by signing statement" is secure. . .

. . .why should he worry?

Democratic leaders have promised to violate their oath to defend the Constitution. Almost daily, one of them assures "the public" they won't impeach anybody.

Bush, Cheney, et al are free to continue to systematically destroy the treasured principles and institutions we established in our Constitution.

Why should they worry when they can just overrule anything the Democratic members of Congress manage to get done with a signing statement?

Why should they worry when they can continue to refuse to execute and enforce the good laws already on the books?

Why should they worry when Congress has passed the War Criminals Protection Act? They really only even use their own Congress to "change the debate" -- whenever they wanted to "change the debate" they just get Congress to take up something (immigration, terrorism) so they can squash news about Plame, Spying, War Crimes.

As far as I can tell, as long as the Democratic members of Congress are derilect in their duty, they have absolutely nothing to worry about.

[wiggs]

63. It's because they've gotten more out of their regime than they dreamed

possible. They and their corporate buds have been celebrating the transfer of hundreds of billions of dollars to their bank acccounts for the last 6 years, and wake up surprised each day that they've been allowed to stay in office this long.

They probably feel that jailtime is not likely...and that, at worst, impeachment and a little disgrace is well worth the payoff.

[peekaloo]

64. Professional turd polisher James Baker has been brought in.

No matter who goes down in flames around him he knows Daddy and/or Daddy's friends will always bail him out.

[wiley]

65. He just refuses to even intimate that anything is wrong.

[3121guitarist]

66. Remember, Chimps live in their own reality.

As long as you give them their banana, then they are fine.