Posted on 08/06/2008 6:35:43 AM PDT by meandog
Amid these very bad weeks for Republican John McCain's hopes for victory in November, the cruelest blow of all is surely that President George Bush has plainly decided to let McCain sink, without even pretending to toss a life belt to his fellow Republican.
Two mean-spirited men by nature, Bush and McCain have never liked each other much, and this natural animosity was fanned by the vicious nomination fights of 2000, when Bush routed McCain with salvoes of slurs, including one about a black "love child" supposedly disfiguring the senator's escutcheon. Both are now in poor political shape, with contradictory strategies for rehabbing their fortunes.
The president is saddled with an approval rating bumping along in the 20s. Each day he is served another platter of contemptuous stories about "the worst presidency of modern times," the lack of any enduring "legacy," the approaching Democratic landslide that will put the Republicans in the wilderness for at least two terms
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Al Gore and John Kerry good-spirited?
Stopped reading this crap right there.
Stopped reading there... these have been good weeks for McCain.
This is the Left...
I do think McCain will distance himself from GWB, IMO he has to as President Bush has been successfully smeared on the Iraq War and “Big Oil”.
But this sort of crap is worse then the stuff found out in the Cow Pastures of Texas...Longhorn sized steaming piles of it..
May I say total caca....
McDole can lose without any help from Bush, I would think. When you run a milktoast/moderate old man’s campaign like hes doing, all the stars have to align just right. And it aint happening yet.
Maybe the president just doesn’t think McCain would be a good president?
And the blessed young Messiah that you're going to vote for is running a blistering, unblimished campaign where all the stars come out and shine brightly on it, right?
I can’t remember when Alexander Cockburn ever got ANYTHING right. Not once. He can’t even zip up his fly right.
Bush better do his absolute best to ensure that McCain gets into the White House.
If Obamination is catapulted by the press to presidency Bush can kiss his legacy goodbye. Between plotting to turn United States into a third world socialist cesspool and letting our enemies rule their tiny fiefdoms, RATs will make sure to dig up enough dirt on Bush and his entire circle to make up a century-long spectacle. All they need is executive powers to tarnish Bush’s legacy by leaking every minor thing to the press as a “major scandal.”
Like he should know about whom would be a good president...the whopping 20 percent of people who are approving of him can't be wrong like the nearly 80 percent that think Bush stinks, after all!
you got that right.
not to mention that nancy pelosi’s swimming at 8%.
To my knowledge he is the only far-leftist to come out AGAINST!!! man-made global warming. Even a blind pig finds an acorn every now and then.
RE “Two mean-spirited men by nature, Bush and McCain
Stopped reading this crap right there.”
Remember when they loved McCain for attacking Bush? Now they have Obama a new love. There is some truth to Bush killing off the Republican congress but next year if that Marxist Obama gets in the mood should change.
What rock did this guy Cockburn crawl out from under?
In that case, his last name is appropriate.
Can you imagine the hissy fits guys like Cockburn are going to have if Mc Cain wins. I can here the Racism rants now.
“mid these very bad weeks for Republican John McCain’s hopes for victory in November,”
The opposite is true. These past 2 weeks have exposed Obama’s weak side, his berlin bounce deflated, and the GOP has an issue “drill here drill now” to drive home. Meanwhile we’ve won in Iraq.
McCain has a better than 50/50 chance of victory IMHO.
Cockburn is making stuff up, in true liberal fashion, out of desperation because he knows Obama is sinking himself. Cockburn’s silly little strategy here is to play what he sees as two segments of Republican voters against each other. Ridiculous.
The worst Republican candidate ever will easily back into office, because he’s running against the worst Democratic candidate ever, and they have a far lower bar.
Line of the Month [Jay Nordlinger]
At the Wall Street Journal, Bill McGurn has written a column that cried out to be written. It says, basically, “McCain, don’t be a weenie about President Bush.” And the last line is probably the line of the month so far: “Mr. McCain seems intent on reassuring skeptics that he’s no George W. Bush. If he loses in November, he’ll prove it.”
Well, he is the president.
Obama is in the toilet.
He will lose big because he is a joke and everybody is starting to get the joke.
“Al Gore and John Kerry good-spirited?”
Who cares, Obama the Chosen One is good spirited. And, after all, that’s the most important qualification for President, right?
This author is a loon, and a good example of why some Democrats will be shocked come election day and McCain wins - easily. That’s my prediction, and don’t forget the Tom Bradley effect when you watch the polls.
McCain ‘08! HE SUCKS LESS!
Reads like a press release by the former USSR. Poll after poll shows Obama down, and now it’s been a bad week for McCain? Okay.
If not for the danger they pose to the nation and the American people, leftists would just be humorous. It’s amazing how many facts these people have to ignore in order to present a “thought.”
Apparently you don't understand that when your opponent is melting down on their own, the last thing you want to do is ANYTHING.
McCain's campaign is doing the exact right thing. Keep the focus off McCain, take snarky little pot-shots, but nothing more. What saves a floundering campaign (like the Obamassiah's campaign) is focus.
The smart thing to do is sit back and do NOT give your opponent the chance to focus on ANYTHING. That includes you, or any issue you raise.
But I suppose you'd try to stop the other team from scoring an "own goal" too, wouldn't you?
The 'bad weeks' are certainly showing up in the poles.
Cockburn. Must ... resist ... temptation ....
I can not understand how a Republican (ie conservative who is not Bush) could be losing to this bumbling empty suit socialist (stubbornly by a few points since forever). He should be up by 10, but he stays away from ALL conservative positions except on the War, which doesent do it for me and excites NOBODY..ie Immigration, global warming baloney, camp. finance, etc..
Like another poster said, maybe hes just not as inept as the other guy, but good luck with that. Because thats exactly what hes going to need to win.
I wipe out Obama every morning after getting off the pot.
Mr Bush is mean spirited? LOL! This must be satire.
I thought that rumor about Bush and Rove playing dirty tricks in 2000 by saying McCain had a black child was revealed to be false anyway.
I don’t think it is Bush keeping McCain at arms length.
I see you haven't been paying attention! McCain is UP in the polls. Sure, it's only a few percent, but given the Bradley effect, and the slanted polling, he's probably close to 8-10% ahead.
And this is without campaigning. Rule number 1 of political campaigns - do NOT peak too early. Wait until after the conventions, then go at it... In the mean time, build your base, build your support, build your war chest.
McCain is LEADING right now without doing a thing. Why should he do anything at all? Let the other side continue to self-immolate, and stay out of it. They can't focus on you, they can't get back "on message", and you don't waste people, news/ideas, and cash.
Britain or Ireland.
His father, Claude Cockburn, actually was pro-Communist and wrote for Britain's Daily Worker.
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