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Bush Glad Cheney Not Running for President
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Posted on 04/10/2006 1:32:57 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Bush Glad Cheney Not Running for President

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer 17 minutes ago

President Bush said Monday he sure is glad Vice President Dick Cheney is not going to be campaigning to replace him.

It was no knock against Cheney's leadership skills, Bush said, but a practical consideration about making his last years in office run smoothly. Having the No. 2 angling to be No. 1 "certainly changes the dynamics inside the White House," the president said.

"I'm not through yet, you know," Bush said to a questioner who asked whom he would support in the 2008 race. Bush said he still wanted to reduce dependence on oil from the Middle East, get a bipartisan solution to the problem of funding Social Security and Medicare and create a legal status for immigrants who want to work in the United States.

"I am going to spend two-and-a-half years charging as hard as I possibly can," Bush said. "I want to sprint out of office. And I will be an interested observer, and I'm sure I'll be roped into moments after our party nominates a candidate, but I'm just going to let the politics run its course."

Bush said the race will be "an amazing moment" with wide open primaries in both major parties and no sitting vice president or president in the race.

"I guess it's the most wide-open race ever," Bush said, then corrected himself. "Oh, it can't be ever. Ever is too long. But in a long time."

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To: CougarGA7
Why? Cheney may have a good shot at it?

Maybe, but he isn't aiming for it, or at least he hasn't set his sights on it yet.

21 posted on 04/10/2006 2:32:30 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: Gordongekko909
But the DUmmies believe that Bush will attempt a coup so that he can stay in office! And it's not like the DUmmies have ever been wrong, right? I mean, Kerry is in office now! They saw that coming!

Well, remember, the DUmmies say that Bush wasn't elected in 2000. If that's so, then he's still got another term after this one, right?

22 posted on 04/10/2006 2:32:50 PM PDT by mwyounce
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To: Gordongekko909

Yeah, what happens to the dummies if Bush wins the 2008 popular vote by write in.


23 posted on 04/10/2006 2:52:18 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody want a peanut.....)
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To: JackDanielsOldNo7

I think you've been drinkin' too much of that {hic} Jack Daniels!


24 posted on 04/10/2006 3:11:07 PM PDT by CyberAnt (Democrats/Old Media: "controversy, crap and confusion" -- Amen!)
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To: JackDanielsOldNo7
...So the masses will go to the polls and vote Dumbocrat.

And if they do, I hope that they will get what they deserve. Good and hard.

25 posted on 04/10/2006 6:25:57 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: showme_the_Glory

ROTFLOL!! Wouldn't that be a hoot! I sure wish we could pull that off. The dummies would be pooping their pants.


26 posted on 04/10/2006 9:39:50 PM PDT by CyberAnt (Democrats/Old Media: "controversy, crap and confusion" -- Amen!)
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To: VRWCmember

Nelson Rockefeller ran for President in 1964. He lost his bid for the GOP nomination to Berry Goldwater and then blamed the loss on the religious right.


27 posted on 04/11/2006 4:24:34 AM PDT by bobjam
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To: CyberAnt

Oh..I see..you don't think those countries that hate us and supply oil do not like sticking it to us? You sir are blind.


28 posted on 04/11/2006 5:28:05 AM PDT by JackDanielsOldNo7 (If it wasn't for marriage, I would not have this screenname.)
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To: CyberAnt
Wrong response to wrong thread. LOL. You think the Bush PR team is any good at getting out the message that the economy is good. That good things are happening in Iraq. And they are letting the media hit them over the head with energy prices.

Reagan was the great communicator. Bush is not a good communicator.

29 posted on 04/11/2006 5:31:29 AM PDT by JackDanielsOldNo7 (If it wasn't for marriage, I would not have this screenname.)
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