Republican rats start to desert sinking ship

The Age ^ | March 20, 2006 | Michael Gawenda

[Cannoneer No. 4]

No opportunity by Republicans [or FReepers] to criticise Bush - with a heavy heart of course - is missed. When commercial radio shock-jocks suddenly discovered that the Bush Administration had approved the takeover of six American ports by a Dubai company - by Arabs! - the Republican leaders in Congress were in danger of causing each other injury as they made the dash for the TV cameras and microphones to say, in essence, that Bush had lost his marbles.

[voletti]

Where's the barf alert?

[facedown]

...the Bush Administration had approved the takeover of six American ports by a Dubai company...

The lie that just keeps on giving.

[Darkwolf377]

A friend who is a fundraiser for one of those mentioned as a possible 08 contender denied my position that Giuliani is a possibility for 08, and for a reason I hadn't thought of, but you can be sure the MSM will use it to torpedo him.

He dumped his wife for a younger woman.

[TatieBug]

Ditto...and where are all of these Rep running away to?

[GracieRose]

phewy and hogwash
I pray that those who read this will seek the Truth above all else (and recognize this ain't it.)

[Cannoneer No. 4]

I don't do barf alerts. I outgrew such decades ago.

[randita]

He dumped his wife for a younger woman.

Maybe so. In Democrat circles, that would be a resumé enhancer, but in GOP circles, not good at all.

Monica Crowley was slobbering all over Mitt Romney yesterday on her radio show (WABC). She interviewed him and frankly, he did sound good, but the fact that he was elected governor of one of the most liberal states in the nation shows that maybe he's a RINO, but I don't know for sure as I'm not too aware of where he stands on important policies.

[stand4somethin]

"And by the way, they say, we love you dearly, but most of your policies stink"

I love W dearly as well, but... ah forget it.

[Fruitbat]

The culture wars have pushed the Republicans to the right and the Democrats to the left, which means neither party has a substantial moderate wing.

Don't know what that's all about. If anything, the GOP has slid to "moderate." The left keeps getting "lefter" which won't help them win a daggoned thing.

People are missing the point on polls too. Bush may not have high approval ratings, but IMO that doesn't mean they don't like the guy. They simply think he's not tough enough on several very important issues, the primary one likely being illegal immigration/borders.

IMO the polls simply suggest that people are fed up with politics and want some realism in charge.

[yldstrk]

Any Republican that does this is a dirtbag. And the folking conservatives love to turn in on each other led by George Will. I think it is really stupid and that is why I am independent and will not cast my lot with the Republicans because, with the exception of some incredible leaders the party can produce, like Reagan and George W Bush, the party is loaded with fair weather friends and selfish short-sighted idiots who like to chit-chat among themselves and look at themselves in their shiny shoes. Rough and ready is what we need with nerves of steel. It's not a popularity contest as much as it's a contest of values, freedom, knowing the difference between right and wrong and being able not to blink or having to run to the sauna when the going gets tough.

[pollyannaish]

: ). Isn't that the truth.

[SteveMcKing]

"Rudi Giuliani who, in poll after poll, is far and away the people's choice - that includes Republicans - for the Republican Party's 2008 nomination."

BS!

[yldstrk]

Rudi is a wuss. We need somebody tough to fight the terrorists. And not that nutbag McCain, either.

[HarleyLady27]

You look at when things look bad for Bush and his cabinet....who comes out on top????

NOT THE RATS...whether they be pubbie rats or real democRATS, they don't win against this bunch....

So, therefore, if I was betting, I would bet on our President all the time...he's a winner!!!

[SteveMcKing]

Here is the man lecturing us...

Michael Gawenda

[rahbert]

Yabbut theres a special dynamic at work in Mass, in that
since the Dems own the legislature, the voters wisely
choose governators of the opposite party.

[Blackirish]

Yeah this guy says that Guliani has no chance of winning the Repub primary nod

I'd say he's the odds on favorite.

I agree with the other poster ...W is great cept for his policies.

[trubluolyguy]

With almost three years of George Bush's presidency to go, most Republicans in Congress have one political goal before the mid-term congressional elections in November: desert him as fast as they can.

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No, they need to get re-elected and trying to justify record spending and the lack of any attempt at border security are just not selling well back home.

I can't figure out why.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Any Republican that does this is a dirtbag.

Yep. A lot of dirt bags have come out of the closet in the last month.