RNC Humiliation:" Bush is described by sources as "furious" at McCain"

[leftchick]

:rofl:

http://smirkingchimp.com/print/16876/

Published on The Smirking Chimp (http://smirkingchimp.com)

The Battle Between McCain and Bush: The Cancelled First Night, The "Furious" President and the Palin Gambit
By Sidney Blumenthal

Created Sep 2 2008 - 10:17am

The cancellation of the first night of the Republican National Convention marks the renewal of the rivalry between George W. Bush and John McCain. Since their bitter contest over the Republican nomination in 2000, they have taken years to make peace. But now McCain's last chance has collided with Bush's legacy.

Hurricane Gustav was "a big blessing," according to a source close to the McCain campaign. Facing a Katrina level wipeout--the landfall in St. Paul of both President Bush and Vice President Cheney--McCain felt trapped. How could he prevent the President and Vice President from appearing at the convention? Only an act of God could intervene. Suddenly, a hurricane whipped up in the Gulf and looked headed for New Orleans. Like a divinely inspired miracle, a storm to blow away Bush and Cheney had been conjured.

The McCain campaign and the Bush White House negotiated terms that unfolded as a script over the past several days, several sources told me. First, Bush announced he must oversee the preparations for dealing with the hurricane. He would not be able to attend the convention. Cheney, too, would drop out. In order that Bush and Cheney not seem to have been humiliated, McCain cancelled the entire proceedings for the first evening.

Almost certainly, Bush had to cancel his planned speech while Gustav loomed. But the sources say he didn't like the idea and felt pushed. Bush is described by sources as "furious" at McCain for being deprived of his last appearance before his party, which nominated him twice, as a sitting president. He believes he is being treated disrespectfully.

Shuttering the convention for a night was probably inevitable given the hurricane, but to provide a cover-up for scratching Bush and Cheney it became absolutely necessary. But once the hurricane passed, Bush asserted his primacy as president and forced his way back on the schedule to deliver a satellite speech to the convention.

McCain is desperately seeking ways to pivot from Bush, whose in-person appearance on the first night of the convention threatened to obliterate his message as a "maverick" and "reformer." Even though McCain himself would not be onstage, Bush and Cheney would have dominated the opening and underlined continuity between their administration and McCain. The cancellation of the first night of the convention is a small price to pay for their absence.

[graywarrior]

1. Bet there's lots of fudge stained skivvies amongst the reps.

Not only is Obama scaring the crap out of them, now this.

[saltpoint]

2. The poor dears.

And it couldn't have come at a worse time. Everyone's so very busy and now someone will have to mark off each man's name from their respective Christmas card address list.

[City Lights]

3. Furious George!

:rofl:

[Blaze Diem]

10. lol......Oh cripe sake that's funny..

The entire GOP is a laugh stock.
haaaaaaaaa

[JaneQPublic]

15. LOL! Good one.

[seemslikeadream]

4. He believes he is being treated disrespectfully?

After he has treated the whole planet as his pissing bowl?

[leftchick]

12. ironic isn't it?

President George Bush: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/2277298/President-George-Bush-'Goodbye-from-the-world's-biggest-polluter'.html

[notadmblnd]

5. I hope George Bush has nothing but good things to say about McCain

something like "I looked into his eyes and saw his soul."

[samuraiguppy]

6. this is actually

the one smart thing Mcsame has done--scrubbing these two war criminals from his convention. He is probably scared shitless over being identified too closely with them.

[endarkenment]

7. Shuttering the convention for a night was a joke.

What a bunch of ridiculous pander-monkees. You shutter the convention because of what is actually happening, not because it might look bad if something did happen. Pre-scrubbing Monday in advance of Gustav's landfall was an act of political cowardice. When Gustav failed to be a disaster the Monday schedule should have resumed. They acted as if the storm was threatening Milwaukee. It wasn't. Bush too - he only needed to be in disaster mode if there was an actual disaster. He doesn't have to act like he is in disaster mode just in case one happens. I mean really, what the fuck is wrong with these people?

[lutefisk]

23. Well put. They never get it quite right, do they.

Everything the Republican political machine does is just so wrong. Always doing the wrong things for the wrong reasons.

Everything is false, even if the truth would get them just as much of what they wanted...

All they can get right is defeating the other team, but only by breaking the "rules".

[Wapsie B]

8. Awww damn. I would think Cheney and * would force their way into the convention.

I mean afterall, they are the current P & VP. Wouldn't it be wild if * actually did this? It would cap off a wonderful week for McCain. That scenerio hasn't been brought up. Not likely it would happen, but you never know who wants to keep playing tug of war.

:rofl:

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. As the DNC made clear, we need to keep repeating BushMcCain

McCainBushBushMcCainMcCainBush

(although, I have to admit at this point, I am thinking McCain could possibly be....WORSE?...than Bush? Nah...but, wait, maybe?)

[Disturbed]

13. How can McClown miss Busholini when he won't stay away?

[Blaze Diem]

16. "I Luv You George. Can I Just Touch It ??"

*

[lpbk2713]

11. They're both irrelevant.

The rethuglican party is on its way out and these assholes just don't matter any more.

[Blaze Diem]

14. Maybe Bush will suprise everyone by being dropped from a plane,

in full flight gear, parachuting to the convention, rubber turkey in hand and codpiece in obvious view.

maybe with the strong prairie wind blowing from the south, he'll land somewhere in Canada.

[dkofos]

17. Or maybe the parachute doesn't open.

[Blaze Diem]

19. ..He'd drop through the roof of the convention center right in Palin's lap

with his milk mustache already on.

[dkofos]

20. I'd pay to see that!!

[LiberalFighter]

26. Have the parachute attached to points near his crotch.

[Blue_Tires]

18. wow..by that reaction, you'd think bush was actually calling the shots

like he's the decider or some shit

[lpbk2713]

21. Latest instructions from Cheney ..... *Try to appear angry*

"I'm tryin' ... I'm tryin' "






Too bad Uncle Dick never had a whole lot to work with.

[onethatcares]

22. I believe the word "primacy" should have been

"PRIMATECY" would have made a whole lot more sense.:rofl:

[madrchsod]

24. bush could give a shit less about the republican party after jan....

and the party will give a shit less about him..

[TexasObserver]

25. McCain is ashamed of George Bush and Dick Cheney

Or at least afraid to be seen with them.