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Analysis: Bush stubborn streak an issue
AP
| 4/03/04
| TOM RAUM
Posted on 04/03/2004 10:26:53 AM PST by kattracks
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Economy.................X
WOT.....................X
Hmmm.. OK GWB is stubborn.
Yea that's it. That's a winner.
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04/03/2004 10:26:54 AM PST
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kattracks
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To: kattracks
Seinfeld is complex and nuanced and indecisive and to liberals, that's a virtue!
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posted on
04/03/2004 10:28:21 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: kattracks
Analysis: Bush stubborn streak an issue Translation: can you flip-flop more like Kerry. Waaaah!
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posted on
04/03/2004 10:30:55 AM PST
by
demlosers
(Coulter: Liberals simply can't grasp the problem Lexis-Nexis poses to their incessant lying.)
To: kattracks
The liberals are really grasping for an issue. The ground fell out from under their feet on the economy with the Friday jobs report - admit it, liberals, you know it's true. Now they are going the "character attack" way. Unfortunately for them, President Bush has managed things beautifully, even if liberals don't understand what he is doing.
For instance, with the Rice testimony, it has been built up in the press to such a frenzy due to the cluck-clucking over whether she would appear that when she actually does appear, it will get huge attention, more than if she just meekly appeared at the committee's order, and way more than if she appeared publicly BEFORE the partisan Clarke. The administration ultimately gets a boost by drawing this out, something the liberals, looking at the short-term and not the long-term, haven't comprehended.
So, while the liberals grasp at straws, the President is showing his usual cunning. The beauty is that the liberals apparently don't even realize that what is happening to them is totally deliberate and succeeding.
To: kattracks
STUBBORN was a Kerry talking point a few weeks ago.
Tom Raum of AP is turning Kerry's stump speech into an article!
New Ad Highlights Kerry Commitment to Keeping Jobs Here
U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Apr 1, 2004
... John Kerry. ... George W. Bush is running on the slogan of 'steady leadership.' But ... the same old failed policies, what we've seen is 'stubborn leadership.' George ...
Kerry, Bush Criticize Each Other on Defense Policy
WTEV, FL - Mar 18, 2004
... Kerry on Wednesday accused Bush of "a stubborn pursuit of the same arrogant policies" and vowed to reach out to the international community, maintaining, "we ...
Bush's Vanished Capital
Atlantic Online - Mar 31, 2004
... The answer is not a stubborn pursuit of ... our determination to get the job done.'" But Kerry also called ... For one year after 9/11, Bush was widely acclaimed as ...
Kerry terms Bush stand stubborn
Hi Pakistan, Pakistan - Mar 18, 2004
... bomb blast destroyed a Baghdad hotel, Mr Kerry said there ... by US soldiers in Iraq despite Mr Bush's declaration on ... But the answer is not a stubborn pursuit of ...
Velma Fashion Victim :
Slate, United States - Mar 29, 2004
... I am a 0. If Kerry's a flip-flopper and Bush is stubborn, which is a worse flaw in a president? Is flippery-floppery a procedural offense or a cosmetic one? ...
Kerry, Cheney Exchange Criticism on Iraq War
TruthNews.com - Mar 18, 2004
... But Mr. Kerry said the United States must help achieve a ... for a reversal of what he termed the Bush administration's "stubborn pursuit" of ...
Kerry takes on GOP head-on in swing through pivotal Va.
Newsday, NY - Mar 16, 2004
... Let's not forget how deep a hole George Bush's stubborn and arrogant foreign policy has dug us into," said Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter. ...
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posted on
04/03/2004 10:49:53 AM PST
by
adam_az
(Call your state Republican party office and VOLUNTEER FOR A CAMPAIGN!!!)
To: kattracks
I think the administration allowed the controversy over Dr. Rice's testimony to grow so that her testimony would receive more attention. The administration wants people to be interested so that they will watch her for themselves. When they see and hear Dr. Rice speak, they will make comparisons to the type of people that the Democrats put forward as leaders. They will see that Dr. Rice is a genius in comparison to Madeline Albright and the other dim bulbs who represent the Democrats. When they make that comparison, the people will realize that we can't afford to let Democrats regain power.
Ready for a Repeat
Bill
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posted on
04/03/2004 10:51:46 AM PST
by
WFTR
(Liberty isn't for cowards)
To: kattracks
So the media has gone from trying to show that Bush flip-flops more than Kerry to trying to show that he's stubborn and won't change positions. More of the damned-if-Bush-does, damned-if-Bush-doesn't nonsense we've come to expect.
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posted on
04/03/2004 10:53:57 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(Howard, we hardly knew ye. Not that we're complaining, mind you...)
To: kattracks
Actually, Bush's "stubbornness" is just his form of playing rope-a-dope with the Democrats. Bush digs in his heels, and the Democrats push. Bush digs in deeper. The Democrats push harder. Bush stubborns on. The Dems push still harder.
Then Bush give in, the Dems push on, over, and flat onto their faces. Remember the UN resolution? Remember the vote to authorize a war in Iraq? In both those cases Bush doggedly held his ground until the Democrats forced Bush to do exactly what Bush wanted to do -- but only after forcing the Dems to take a vote or position that the Dems would otherwise have avoided.
No wonder the press hates Bush's "stubbornness."
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posted on
04/03/2004 10:58:33 AM PST
by
No Truce With Kings
(The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
To: kattracks
ANALYSIS: Bush critics desperate to find some character flaw to attach to him
To: kattracks
The AP hacks are getting deperate that their slime is not working.
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posted on
04/03/2004 11:02:15 AM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: kattracks
To: kattracks
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posted on
04/03/2004 11:04:54 AM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: kattracks
Llink to this article in the SF Chrincle:
WASHINGTON TODAY: Bush stubborn streak can make him slow to respond
TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/04/03/politics1255EST0504.DTL What I would like to know is why the Associate Press reports this as NEWS, when in fact it's an editorial -- one person's opinion.
Not to mention that this is nothing but a hatchet piece. Bush demonstrated that he takes the right amount of time to respond. The Dems are simultaneously accusing him of being a "cowboy" (with the connotation, that he is too fast to respond, without thinking everything through" and that he is "too slow" to respond. Now wonder they like Kerry, who can hold too diametrically opposed positions at the same time.
Bush has proven himself to be a REAL STATESMAN.
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posted on
04/03/2004 11:05:12 AM PST
by
FairOpinion
(If you are not voting for Bush, you are voting for the terrorists.)
To: finnman69
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posted on
04/03/2004 11:08:16 AM PST
by
FairOpinion
(If you are not voting for Bush, you are voting for the terrorists.)
To: rogueleader
I just sent both articles to polipundit and instapundit. Someone else should send this to Rush and Hannity.
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posted on
04/03/2004 11:11:45 AM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: kattracks
Hmmmm...
Columbus was stubborn.
Our founding fathers were stubborn.
Settlers of the old west were stubborn.
Winston Churchill was stubborn.
Lech Waleza was stubborn.
and the list goes on...
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posted on
04/03/2004 11:12:31 AM PST
by
pax_et_bonum
(Always finish what you st)
To: kattracks
When Bush did decide to let Condi Rice testify, David Broder published a hit piece attacking him for giving in (and thereby supposedly harming Presidential prerogatives for the future).
The first President George W. was also stubborn...that was the main reason he saw us successfully through the Revolutionary War. Tom Raum may not have heard of him, but a fellow named Thomas Paine wrote a famous essay which began, "These are the times that try men's souls." That has been the spirit GWB has shown since 9/11, and for the good of the country he had better not abandon it.
To: pax_et_bonum
Columbus was stubborn. Our founding fathers were stubborn. Settlers of the old west were stubborn. Winston Churchill was stubborn. Lech Waleza was stubborn. I don't follow your logic here. Stubborness is not a virtue. Being pricipled is.
To add to your list:
Hitler was stubborn.
Stalin was stubborn.
Not suggesting our president is anything like them. Just pointing out that being pricipled is not the same as being just plain mule headed! And I think Bush sometimes falls into that category.
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posted on
04/03/2004 11:29:55 AM PST
by
navyblue
To: KellyAdmirer
The whole Rice testimony thing reminds me of both sides tugging on a rope, and then Bush lets go just when Kerry thinks he's winning, and he ends up in a briar bush. He's done that a LOT to these guys, and they just don't learn.
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