Posted on 09/02/2008 5:56:16 AM PDT by pissant
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Although they were reluctant to say it out loud, many Republicans were relieved Monday that President Bush didn't attend the Republican National Convention.
They didn't like to talk about it on the record, in part because they didn't want to admit an unintended political benefit in Hurricane Gustav, which led both Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to cancel their scheduled speeches Monday to the convention.
They also didn't want to admit publicly that a president from their own party is a drag on their prospects.
Yet inside and outside the convention hall, they mostly agreed that Bush is a political problem for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, and that it was better that TV screens Monday evening didn't feature delegates cheering him on.
"It is a good thing," said Mitch Harper, a Republican delegate from Fort Wayne, Ind. "John McCain has got to demonstrate that he's his own brand, that he would go in a different direction.
"Among those swing voters who make a difference, the president doesn't help John McCain," he said.
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Likely he found one or two folks and extrapolated it to the entire convention. Bet you both Bush and Cheney get serious ovations.
More lies, more wishful thinking, more BS from the MSM.
Actually, he's speaking via satellite. He won't be there in person.
Agreed.
You are right. My mistake...
This is a load of crap. Mary Matalin looked amused last night when Alan “the fly” Colmes coughed up this analytical hairball. She said the convention delegates are people who love the President and don’t think of Dick Cheney as Darth Vader and just wish he could run again so they could vote for him.
bada bing
But....damn media!
The media is hostile to Bush and Cheney, no matter what they do, and unfortunately quite a few people have no political opinion beyond what they are spoon-fed by the MSM. The left hates Bush and the MSM is feeding their worst delusions, but history will be kind to him in a few years. He just has to endure whatever insults they are heaping on him and not let them detract him from finishing his few remaining months in office.
I find it hard to believe. Am sure is just MSM spin.
It would be craven not to want Bush and Cheney in Minn.
Mega dittos!!!
A load of liberal crap.
History (and reality) had a much different judgement. Even those who were appalled by the line "tear down this wall" have been forced to admit Reagan was right.
Bush is no Reagan and there is much that I can find to disagree with him. However, the performance of the economy has been far better than media reporting would allow, and the execution of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, even allowing for the missteps, will be studied as exemplars of successful campaigns in war colleges centuries from now.
Look what the cat dragged in! How are you JAN?
This guy is a mind reader?
“Well, I’d take 4 more years of the Bush/Cheney over either ticket, but that’s just me.”
It’s not just you; I feel the same. But since we can’t have 4 more years, the McCain/Palin ticket is the way to go.
“...when Alan “the fly” Colmes coughed up this analytical hairball.”
LOL!
note that MSM never mentions the approval rating of congress, and certainly never connects it to the party and people running congress.
Let me do it, it is simple: congress 9% approval, Democrats, Barark Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid.
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