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In Private, Bush Sees Kerry as Formidable Foe: President Holds Unusual Meeting With Reporters...
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| 3.3.04
Posted on 03/02/2004 10:30:34 PM PST by ambrose
In Private, Bush Sees Kerry as Formidable Foe President Holds Unusual Meeting With Reporters as He Readies for Campaign
By Mike Allen Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, March 3, 2004; Page A07
President Bush said privately yesterday that he believes Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) will be a tough and hard-charging opponent, but said he feels he is starting the general election from a stronger position than he did in 2000.
Bush's views emerged from an unusual 80-minute session in the Oval Office with five network correspondents who agreed that his comments would not be directly quoted or attributed to him.
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Bush spoke on "deep background," meaning that the information can be used but not attributed to anyone. The session was rare for a president, though not unprecedented. Bush has occasionally spoken to network anchors and conservative columnists as a "senior administration official," and President Bill Clinton sometimes spoke off the record to reporters on Air Force One, in the Oval Office and at dinners on foreign trips.
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KEYWORDS: gwb2004
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posted on
03/02/2004 10:30:34 PM PST
by
ambrose
To: ambrose
shock and awe
2
posted on
03/02/2004 10:37:09 PM PST
by
VRW Conspirator
(Indictments against tyranny cited in the Declaration of Independence - Over 27)
Wonder if Dan and Peter were invited.
3
posted on
03/02/2004 10:37:23 PM PST
by
D-fendr_2
To: ambrose
Why does briar patch come to mind?
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posted on
03/02/2004 10:38:04 PM PST
by
Texasforever
(When democrats attack it is called campaigning)
To: ambrose
This is either a complete fabrication or some reporter has bought himself a campaign-long cold shoulder. Maybe a cold shoulder that lasts 4 more years!
To: ambrose
President Bush said privately yesterday... If he didn't want you to print it, dingbats, he wouldn't have said it.
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posted on
03/02/2004 10:39:16 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
Yep.
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posted on
03/02/2004 10:40:35 PM PST
by
ambrose
("John Kerry has blood of American soldiers on his hands" - Lt. Col. Oliver North)
To: dead
Actually, W said, "Old John eFiing got ya'll thinking he has a real set, but after I cut 'em off and hang 'em on the Oval Office wall, you can take a look. Ya'll see they are about the size of chick peas."
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posted on
03/02/2004 10:47:03 PM PST
by
sonofatpatcher2
(Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
To: ambrose
The interesting thing to do is to watch HOW each of these invitees to the "deep background party" blab what was said.
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posted on
03/02/2004 10:49:15 PM PST
by
nana4bush
To: ambrose
He tied up five network correspondents for 80 minutes on "Super Tuesday." I don't think the timing is coincidental.
Ha! Good going, GWB!
Kerry comes across as a very cold fish, and I doubt he can win the election. I used to live in Mass., and they were never doing backflips over the guy up there. He's been in the Senate forever, and really hasn't done anything.
To: ambrose
I liked this myself:
Yesterday's participants were given little notice but were told to come to the office of press secretary Scott McClellan -- with their suit jackets.
I like this about Bush.
To: Prodigal Son
Scott McClellan has got to go.
He's like a dead fish !
Get someone who makes sense who's black up there like Armstrong Williams who can make a good case for Bush !
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posted on
03/03/2004 12:30:59 AM PST
by
america-rules
(It's US or THEM so what part don't you understand ?)
To: america-rules
Yeah, McClellan is the pits.
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posted on
03/03/2004 12:34:56 AM PST
by
squidly
(Money is inconvenient for them: give them victuals and an arse-clout, it is enough.)
To: Texasforever
I agree. They spoke in a similar fashion before the 2002 elections, saying that the party in power usually lost seats during the mid-terms.
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posted on
03/03/2004 12:41:42 AM PST
by
dawn53
To: america-rules
Well, regardless, I still like it that Bush makes people wear suits in the White House.
To: america-rules
Yep, Bush needs a "war time" staff.
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posted on
03/03/2004 1:00:33 AM PST
by
Texasforever
(When democrats attack it is called campaigning)
To: Texasforever
Why does briar patch come to mind? LOL! Really! Bush sets up Ketchup boy for the big fall.
To: ambrose
Control the agenda...and expectations. Beautiful.
To: america-rules
Scott McClellan has got to go.
That's the truth! He's always quivering and weak-kneed. We need someone who doesn't speak their every word as if they're on the verge of a nervous vomiting episode. Those assrabbit reporters run all over him.
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posted on
03/03/2004 4:28:14 AM PST
by
Jaysun
(No matter how rich a man is, he can only drink 30-40 beers a day.)
To: ambrose
John Kerry has been in the Senate for twenty years with no achievements of note. In fact, no achievements at all.
Personally, he is haughty and condescending and has a patrician demeanor and terrible speaking style.
This man is going to wear awfully thin over the next eight months.
Bring him on!
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posted on
03/03/2004 4:32:09 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
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