US 2008 Presidential Campaign/Debate Discussion Thread - Part Catorce!

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Now this is a stout prediction:

Gotta love him.

Bush Predicts GOP Will Hold White House

Feb 25 08:47 PM US/Eastern
By BEN FELLER
Associated Press Writer 322 Comments

Bush 'Confident' Republicans Will Take White House In 2008

Bush urges successor: Keep Africa focus




Bush Pumps Up Republican Faithful




WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush predicted Monday that voters will replace him with a Republican president who will "keep up the fight" in Iraq. "I'm confident we'll hold the White House in 2008," Bush told donors at the Republican Governors Association annual dinner, which raised a record $10.6 million for GOP gubernatorial candidates.
"And I don't want the next Republican president to be lonely," Bush said. "And that is why we got to take the House, retake the Senate, and make sure our states are governed by Republican governors."

The pep talk came in the midst of a presidential campaign that largely has overshadowed Bush's final year in office. Bush has promised to be an active fundraiser, and he had no trouble slipping into enthusiastic campaign mode Monday evening.

He said Republicans still offer the bedrock positions that voters embrace: strong defense, low taxes and personal freedoms.

"When I say I'm confident, I am so because I understand the mentality of the American people," Bush said. "And I understand the mentality of our candidates. And there's no question in my mind, with your help, 2008 is going to be a great year."

Democratic governors have a 28-22 edge nationally, having regained a majority in 2006 after 12 years of GOP dominance. Eleven seats are up this year.

The Republican governors still have the financial edge, with the Republican Governors Association raising $22 million last year, to $13 million for its Democratic counterpart. That includes $9 million cash on hand for the RGA, compared to $7 million for the Democratic Governors Association.

In Congress, Democrats took control of the House and Senate in 2006. Bush has sought to remain relevant through his veto power and bully pulpit.

On Iraq, he pledged Monday that he would use his remaining time in office to make whatever decisions are needed to "make sure that we succeed in Iraq." The country has long grown weary of the war, although economic concerns have overtaken Iraq as the top concern among voters.

"I believe the American people understand that success in Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the American people," Bush said. "And we will elect somebody to the White House who will keep up the fight to make sure Iraq is secure and free."

Republican governors, as chief executives and effective fundraisers, see themselves as the key to turning around their party.

Four of the last five presidents, including the current one, were governors.

One former Republican governor, Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, remains in the presidential race, but the next president is all but certain to come from the Senate—Republican John McCain, or Democrats Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton.

About 1,400 people attended the event at the cavernous National Building Museum, where they dined on grilled shrimp, spring rolls, gumbo and crab cakes before filtering into an adjacent room to hear Bush.

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Associated Press writer Andrew Welsh

[MrsSpringsteen]

deja vu

[martha]

I like Laura's pink suit. It's pretty.

[U2isthebest]

Bush was confident we'd do a great job in Iraq. His psychic abilities are about as trustworthy as Miss Cleo's.

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Presently here is the state of each candidates' campaign- illustrated with visual aides from yours truly:



Hillary's




Obama's



McCain's


dbs

[MrsSpringsteen]

[U2democrat]

That's nightmarish.

[diamond]

Some of us deal in the abstract.


Gina why don't you go to my think test in LS?

dbs

[MrsSpringsteen]

It's just a random picture, since the others are too "Abstract" is another word for nonsensical

[diamond]

And what about the thnik test in LS?

diamond

[MrsSpringsteen]

I have to wash my hair

[diamond]

Yours and Martha's participation is duly requested.
So please scoot over there now.

Thank you,

dbs

edited for the word duly

[BVS]

Racism is dead, right?

[MrsSpringsteen]

I read an interesting article a few weeks ago about cartoonists and the racist/sexist concerns in drawing Clinton and Obama. Can't remember where, it might have been msnbc.com.

[U2isthebest]

Originally posted by BonoVoxSupastar


Racism is dead, right?

Uh, they do realize that the house is in fact, white, right? It has nothing to do with the ethnicity of the people living there. Bult yeah, original joke, I haven't heard that 1,000 times already.

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igonance

is a wonderful thing

so
will it be the gray house?

because he is no more black
than he is white

the color of blood

[MrsSpringsteen]

The rest of the pictures are here

http://www.usmagazine.com/Barack_Oba...how_id=582&o=0

[MrsSpringsteen]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/27/mccain-hate-radio/

Hate Radio Upset That John McCain Doesn’t Hate As Much As They Do

In Ohio yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) appropriately apologized after right-wing talk radio host Bill Cunningham opened his campaign rally by pejoratively referring to Sen. Barack Obama’s middle name Hussein while calling him “a hack.” “I did not know about these remarks, but I take responsibility for them. I repudiate them,” McCain told reporters.

McCain’s repudiation stung Cunningham, who bellowed against the senator on his show later in the day. Cunningham claimed McCain “threw me under the bus for the national media” and then said that he would now “throw” his “support behind Hillary Clinton.”

Cunningham’s “hate radio” brethren, such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, joined him in indignation over McCain’s apology

Right-wing radio host Mark Levin, who also blogs for National Review, called McCain a “loser” for distancing himself from Cunningham’s caustic comments.

Because he won’t stoop to their low rhetorical level, right-wing radio is now telling McCain that he can “say good-bye to any hope of winning over the conservative base.” Apparently McCain doesn’t have enough hate for “hate radio.”

UPDATE: Even Karl Rove says that conservatives shouldn’t demagogue Obama’s middle name if they don’t want to appear “bigoted.”

[Jeannieco]

Originally posted by MrsSpringsteen


The rest of the pictures are here

http://www.usmagazine.com/Barack_Oba...how_id=582&o=0

Thanks for posting that! I enjoyed those pictures!

[onebloodonelife]

Originally posted by MrsSpringsteen
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/27/mccain-hate-radio/

Hate Radio Upset That John McCain Doesn’t Hate As Much As They Do

In Ohio yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) appropriately apologized after right-wing talk radio host Bill Cunningham opened his campaign rally by pejoratively referring to Sen. Barack Obama’s middle name Hussein while calling him “a hack.” “I did not know about these remarks, but I take responsibility for them. I repudiate them,” McCain told reporters.

McCain’s repudiation stung Cunningham, who bellowed against the senator on his show later in the day. Cunningham claimed McCain “threw me under the bus for the national media” and then said that he would now “throw” his “support behind Hillary Clinton.”

Cunningham’s “hate radio” brethren, such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, joined him in indignation over McCain’s apology

Right-wing radio host Mark Levin, who also blogs for National Review, called McCain a “loser” for distancing himself from Cunningham’s caustic comments.

Because he won’t stoop to their low rhetorical level, right-wing radio is now telling McCain that he can “say good-bye to any hope of winning over the conservative base.” Apparently McCain doesn’t have enough hate for “hate radio.”

UPDATE: Even Karl Rove says that conservatives shouldn’t demagogue Obama’s middle name if they don’t want to appear “bigoted.”

These radio personalities are just the lowest of the low. Good for McCain for distancing himself from the comment.