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First Post - Serious Question Regarding the Bush Effect on the GOP
Posted on 05/06/2008 10:05:33 AM PDT by MGMSwordsman
Greetings Freepers! This is my first post and I want to say at the outset that this post is not a cheap shot at either President Bush or the GOP. I am just looking for opinions more than anything.
My question is, how much of a negative effect do you think the Bush administration has had on the current standing of the GOP in the minds of voters, and the resulting electability of GOP candidates? Is the current negative perception the fault of the administration, or does it have more to do with the mantra that the media has consistently spewed towards all things Bush related, or is it due in your opinion to a perceived do-nothing congress when the GOP had control?
Based on how you answer these questions, my second question is do you think it was even Bush at all that started the slide, or had the slide already started before Bush was elected in 2000? If so, do you think it started with Daddy Bush, or even earlier with Reagan?
I'll hang up and listen....
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To: Tex Pete
[The total asininity of John McCain far outweighs any “Bush effect” in pissing off GOP voters.]
Agreed. Unfortunately, it seems the GOP now has an overabundance of John McCains, while Ronald Reagans are in short supply.
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:29:39 PM PDT
by
spinestein
(The answer is 42.)
To: MGMSwordsman
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posted on
05/06/2008 2:41:10 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: MGMSwordsman; timpad; TBarnett34; MeekOneGOP; PetroniDE; Lady Jag; mhking; glock rocks; ...
If so, do you think it started with Daddy Bush, or even earlier with Reagan?Six hour old hit and run...
Fresh meat kitties!
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Viking Kitty/ZOT ping list!. . . don't be shy.
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posted on
05/06/2008 4:16:55 PM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Lets get dangerous)
To: MGMSwordsman
I'll hang up and listen....Troll.
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posted on
05/06/2008 4:21:53 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(John McCain, the Manchurian Candidate.)
To: darkwing104
Oh, I’ve been watching since #7.
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posted on
05/06/2008 4:24:05 PM PDT
by
bcsco
(To heck with a third party. We need a second one....)
To: MGMSwordsman
MEOW!!!
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posted on
05/06/2008 4:28:09 PM PDT
by
Poser
(Willing to fight for oil)
To: MGMSwordsman
... hang up and listen...
On your first post you want to just read what comes in?
Go do your own homework for your term paper.
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posted on
05/06/2008 4:30:57 PM PDT
by
ken in texas
(come fold with us - team #36120)
To: MGMSwordsman
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posted on
05/06/2008 4:43:18 PM PDT
by
Lost Dutchman
("Weep for the future Na'Toth, Weep for us all." (G'Kar-Babylon 5))
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posted on
05/06/2008 4:53:26 PM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
To: MGMSwordsman
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posted on
05/06/2008 4:54:39 PM PDT
by
j_tull
(Massachusetts, the Gay State. Once leader of the American Revolution, now leading its demise.)
To: The_Republican
Nice cartoon. The lefties on sirius 146 already call McStain, McBush.
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posted on
05/06/2008 4:56:37 PM PDT
by
j_tull
(Massachusetts, the Gay State. Once leader of the American Revolution, now leading its demise.)
To: avacado
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05/06/2008 4:57:24 PM PDT
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1035rep
To: pillut48
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posted on
05/06/2008 4:58:21 PM PDT
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1035rep
To: Liberty Valance
I actually have that on my car.
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05/06/2008 5:04:30 PM PDT
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1035rep
To: MGMSwordsman
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posted on
05/06/2008 5:07:43 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Paul Krugman: Conscience Of A Crapweasel. (For lack of a better tagline at the moment.)
To: MGMSwordsman; darkwing104
Standing by:
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posted on
05/06/2008 5:25:07 PM PDT
by
50mm
(I love the smell of napalm in the morning....It smells like victory!)
To: MGMSwordsman; Tijeras_Slim; martin_fierro; CholeraJoe
My question is, how much of a negative effect do you think the Bush administration has had on the current standing of the GOP in the minds of voters, and the resulting electability of GOP candidates? Well, I firmly believe that if you spill pink grapefruit juice on one of those foam-rubber #1 fingers that you can buy at ballparks, it means that your bicycle spokes are probably not properly aligned.
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posted on
05/06/2008 6:19:40 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(Tehran delenda est)
To: MGMSwordsman
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posted on
05/06/2008 6:19:56 PM PDT
by
MEG33
(God Bless Our Military)
To: MGMSwordsman
I was preparing to give you a thoughtful and serious answer, in keeping with my mother’s efforts to bring me up as a lady.
My mother’s been dead for several years now- and deep in her Republican heart, I know she would tell you to stuff it- and go somewhere else to do your opposition research.
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posted on
05/06/2008 6:31:08 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: MGMSwordsman
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05/06/2008 6:35:43 PM PDT
by
Redcitizen
(What we need is a Grand Army of the Republic.)
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