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Advantage, Bush
MSNBC ^ | August 6, 2004 | Eleanor Cliff

Posted on 08/06/2004 7:31:47 PM PDT by COURAGE

Advantage, Bush

The White House can control the agenda in ways that Kerry cannot. If the president plays it right, he can wrap up the race

WEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY

By Eleanor Clift

Newsweek

Updated: 3:41 p.m. ET Aug. 6, 2004Aug. 6 - Republicans are better at the game of politics. Take this week's elevated terror alert. Whether you think it was warranted or not, it's a win-win for George W. Bush. He says we're fighting terrorists in Iraq so we don't have to fight them here in our country. Yet we're told to prepare for an attack that could come any time and exceed the 9/11 toll in death and destruction. The subliminal message of the Bush campaign is that a vote for John Kerry is a vote for Osama bin Laden. You can buy T-shirts that say that. They're advertised on the web site of the Washington Times, a conservative newspaper owned by the Unification Church. Bush wants us to believe that terrorists the world over are cringing at the thought of four more years of his tough-guy policies.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush; eleanorcliff; gwb2004; kerry; newsweek
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Well, this blows my mind. Eleanor must be charter member of the Grim DU Club.
1 posted on 08/06/2004 7:31:47 PM PDT by COURAGE
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To: COURAGE

Elinor against KErry. Hmmmmm, who could benefit from this, maybee........HILLARY!


2 posted on 08/06/2004 7:33:01 PM PDT by fooman (Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: fooman; Howlin; cyncooper; hoosiermama

ping


3 posted on 08/06/2004 7:33:42 PM PDT by fooman (Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: COURAGE
Eleanor must be charter member of the Grim DU Club.

She's a charter member of the Bitter, Nasty, Bwitch Club. I've watched her on TV for more than a decade and I can't recall ever seeing her smile ......not even once. (Although I'm sure she broke down and cracked one in Nov. of '92).

4 posted on 08/06/2004 7:35:15 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: COURAGE

Our intelligence people have been nabbing terrorist suspects left and right all week long. Also in other countries. 6 in Hillary land of Albany alone.


5 posted on 08/06/2004 7:36:16 PM PDT by Ron in Acreage (Kerry is a threat to national security)
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To: COURAGE
Previously posted:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1186705/posts
6 posted on 08/06/2004 7:37:17 PM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: COURAGE

Eleanor Clift is a frustrated feminist who probably has yet to reveal her true self.


7 posted on 08/06/2004 7:38:02 PM PDT by CurlyBill (We don't need a Gigolo and an Ambulance Chaser overseeing our Treasury!)
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To: COURAGE; PhiKapMom
If Bush named John McCain as his running mate, game over.

Yep.

"Game over," and hel-lo, President Kerry.

Dan
8^P

8 posted on 08/06/2004 7:39:53 PM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: SunStar

The mods pulled that thread (Newsweak - only links allowed, not even excerpts).


10 posted on 08/06/2004 7:42:10 PM PDT by CFC__VRWC ( John F'in Kerry - the gift that keeps on giving to the Bush campaign.)
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The mods pulled that thread (Newsweak - only links allowed, not even excerpts).

Thanks for the info...

11 posted on 08/06/2004 7:44:02 PM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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If Bush named John McCain as his running mate, game over.

Are they fixated on dumping Dick Cheney or what? What exactly is it about him that sets them off so?

12 posted on 08/06/2004 7:44:38 PM PDT by CFC__VRWC ( John F'in Kerry - the gift that keeps on giving to the Bush campaign.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I have never seen that woman smile. She hates Bush and lets the world know it. She is the poster woman for biased journalist.


13 posted on 08/06/2004 7:45:17 PM PDT by Merry
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To: COURAGE

The interesting thing in this Clift article is the despair she exhibits. She doesn't really have a scenario where Kerry wins, only those where the game's over; Bush wins.


14 posted on 08/06/2004 7:48:14 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Ron in Acreage
Our intelligence people have been nabbing terrorist suspects left and right all week long. Also in other countries. 6 in Hillary land of Albany alone.

CAIR (al Qaeda's North American press office) has been wailing about that almost non-stop. How long until Kerry sends Dean or Gore out there to shriek and rave about how the President now isn't content with just putting out phony terror alerts, but is actually rounding up innocent Muslims in order to politicize the war on terror?

I think we would have already seen one of these nutsacks out there pounding and sweating, but the Swift Boat Vets story has knocked the Treason Party's goons back on their heels, at least for now.

15 posted on 08/06/2004 7:53:25 PM PDT by CFC__VRWC ( John F'in Kerry - the gift that keeps on giving to the Bush campaign.)
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Kerry sent all terrorist groups a strong message yesterday. He would fight "a more sensitive war on terror". That's when we put daisies in the gun barrels.


16 posted on 08/06/2004 7:55:58 PM PDT by Ron in Acreage (Kerry is a threat to national security)
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To: Mr. Mojo

We are probably lucky she doesn't smile. Besides, with the bad economic data today and the main stream media shilling for Kerry, why is she complaining about anything?


17 posted on 08/06/2004 8:01:46 PM PDT by texasmountainman (proud father of a U.S. Marine)
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To: COURAGE

I've been wondering what voter turnout will be like this presidential election year. Will people feel like their vote is more likely to count with such a close election last time? Will people be more inclined to vote because they feel it matters more this time?


18 posted on 08/06/2004 8:07:25 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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HI foo..someone suggested this morning (very early this morning or very late last night. That if Kerry's actual record on Nam became public the rats may ask him to step aside yet this fall...Elevate Edwards and appoint (guess who) as VP....

Somehow it would not surprise me in the least....the end justifies the mean and all.....
19 posted on 08/06/2004 9:01:00 PM PDT by hoosiermama (19 five * meals for $200---"The sKerry-- Real Meal Deal")
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To: COURAGE

Eleanor Clift is the worst. Helen Thomas can be dismissed as a dingbat, but Eleanor is just a chaos merchant.


20 posted on 08/06/2004 11:17:41 PM PDT by GVnana
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