DEMOCRATS TEMPER PRAISE FOR BUSH VISIT WITH CRITICISM

New York Times ^ | 11/28/2003 | Adam Nagourney

[kayak]

"They made their bed with that `Mission Accomplished' trip, and that's going to be around for a long time," he said. "That's not the last ad you will see with that. I will guarantee you that whoever the nominee is will have that image up."

Talk about throwing B'rer Rabbit into the briar patch!

It is sooooo funny to me .... the 'rats were outraged at the idea of President Bush using that image in his ads. Now he doesn't need to ..... they're doing it for him ..... hehehe! Bush doesn't even need to spend his money on ads with him on the aircraft carrier .... they're doing it for him on their dime. Is that not delicious?

[Swordmaker]

And now, in a single day, Mr. Bush may have managed to supplant what has become the single most problematic image of him in this war: The picture of him swaggering across an aircraft carrier in front of banner reading "Mission Accomplished."

This is the single most insultng line in the article... and it wasn't a quotation from a leading DemocRAT... oh, wait, The New York Times IS a leading DemocRAT!

[Az Joe]

Bush is taking on what the Democrats think is their "big" issue, Iraq, and shoving it back in their faces.

[woofie]

Wasnt this whole thing cookedup in Texas?

Mighty good cookin

[kayak]

I'm still trying to figure out just what is so problematic about this picture ...... it's certainly not a problem for me.

[Miss Marple]

I remain amazed that they have not learned the lesson taught the press by Michael Deaver, years ago, during the Reagan Administration.

It doesn't matter what words are mouthed in the ads. It is the IMAGE that remains with the viewer. All they will do by showing that image is remind people of how cool that aircraft carrier landing was.

I sometimes think Karl Rove has prefected a stupidity ray with which he targets the Rat candidates and their advisors.

[Gritty]

These people are simply beside themselves with penis envy!

[hunter112]

They are digging their own graves

Six feet deep is not enough for the journey they're going on.

[MJY1288]

LOL, You hit the nail on the head

All the rhetoric in the world will never alter the image of a Commander-in-Chief thanking the troops in the way GWB did today.

They will never get it :-)

[MJY1288]

See my tagline

[MPCarr]

This is a lose-lose for Democrats. Clinton visited the troops in Kosovo on Thanksgiving and Hillary is in Afganistan now. There is nothing they can say against Bush's trip without being called on it.

So all they have is their usual "we support the troops but are againts the war" stance, another schizophrenic position, pretty much like every postion they try to define during the presidential debates.

[John Lenin]

The fact that they think the carrier landing can be turned into a negative for the president proves how delusional they are.

[nutmeg]

More whining RATs ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.

[Mo1]

The trip came at a time of rising criticism of the president for not attending the funerals of the returning war dead

Can someone please tell me what past president has attended funerals

[Go Gordon]

They are digging their own graves

Like the old saying, when you are digging yourself into a hole, stop digging. These pathetic pieces of wasted skin are too stupid to realize they should stop digging.

[MJY1288]

See my tagline :-)

[MJY1288]

I know I've said see my tagline twice, But all I mean by it is that I agree with you 100%

[SkyPilot]

Matt Bennett, the communications director for Gen. Wesley K. Clark, said: "We're not going to throw stones at the guy for trying to do a nice thing for the troops. When the president goes and spends time with the troops, that's a good thing."

I don't beleive Wesley MClellen Clark is that astute, although his spokesman is. Clark was hated by the troops in Bosnia for never taking off his corifram shoes and dress greens to visit the troops. In fact, he seldom left his ivory tower at SHAPE in Belgium and hardly ever wore his BDUs during Operation Allied Force.

[Spotsy]

The news media seem to be suffering collective amnesia about President Bush meeting privately with some families of US soldiers killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan. At least one such meeting took place at the White House.

Has anyone found any evidence of a sitting American president attending a private funeral of a soldier killed in action? General memorials honoring more than one person don't count.

[Jeff Chandler]

Can someone please tell me what past president has attended funerals

That has traditionally been the VP's job, although Stainmaster B attended quite a few.