Twenty-one Reasons Why Bush Will Win

ElectionProjection.com ^ | 2/7/04 | Scott Elliot

[Protagoras]

Yes, his base, the right-wing, has enjoyed martyrdom over victory for the last 40 years.

And those who pander to socialism and creeping big government have enjoyed power. I'm glad they feel comfortable in the "big tent" big government party, the Republicrats. Power is everything to them, so they are happy, not free, but happy.

[Protagoras]

Not!

Is so!

"Is not!"

Is so!

LOL

[NYC Republican]

That's ridiculous. There are some FANTASTIC blog sites, such as Hugh Hewitt, PoliPundit, RealClearPolitics, PoweLine... To write them off with a simple brush-stroke is shirt-sighted... Don't look at the messenger so much as the message.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Just four days before the election, muckrakers uncovered a dirty little secret on their GOP rival. Twenty-four years earlier, George W. Bush was arrested for drunk driving. To make matters worse, he answered no when a reporter asked if he'd ever been arrested.

What a crock. He pleaded no contest, paid a penalty, and legally later, had the charge expunged from his record. When a charge is expunged, it does not exist. When asked if convicted of such of an offense, he answered truthfully: "no" -- because the charge did not exist.

[SamAdams76]

Some additional notes about the convention schedule.

The week of July 26 (when the Dems have their convention) is in the middle of summer when many folks are taking vacations and in full "summer mode." Nobody is going to want to watch a bunch of boring politicians pontificating on a hot, lazy summer night. The "convention bounce" will mostly fall on deaf ears. It is the time of year when even news hounds pay less attention to the news.

When the Republicans have their convention in September, most people are getting back to the normal routines of work and school. They will be likely to pay much more attention to the news of the day by then.

Also, the week after Labor Day weekend is when the campaign season gets into full swing and people start paying attention to the daily tracking polls. The Republicans will have their "convention bounce" occuring at the absolute best possible time - just when people start paying serious attention to the campaign.

Lastly, the anniversary of September 11th occurs right around that time. This will amplify feelings about our vulnerabilities to terrorism and also the good job our current president has done so far to prevent further incidents on that scale.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

His stand on immigration is a non-starter for me, and a lot more "Republican core" than this author lets on.

Being part of the Republican core, and given that neither party will address the issue, the entire matter is a nonstarter. If both parties stand against what I want, then it is a waste of time being mad at one over the issue, unless of course I never was a supporter of that party to begin with.

[Dane]

Morning Iron Matron, see you got your orders from the Punk.

One of Sen. John Kerry's celebrity supporters is ready to pull out all the stops to get him elected. Republicans are shrieking over a suggestion by rocker Moby that Democrats spread gossip about President Bush on the Internet. "No one's talking about how to keep the other side home on Election Day," Moby tells us. "It's a lot easier than you think and it doesn't cost that much. This election can be won by 200,000 votes." Moby suggests that it's possible to seed doubt among Bush's far-right supporters on the Web.

"You target his natural constituencies," says the Grammy-nominated techno-wizard. "For example, you can go on all the pro-life chat rooms and say you're an outraged right-wing voter and that you know that George Bush drove an ex-girlfriend to an abortion clinic and paid for her to get an abortion.

"Then you go to an anti-immigration Web site chat room and ask, 'What's all this about George Bush proposing amnesty for illegal aliens?'"

Moby didn't claim that he believed the abortion story.

Last month, Bush did propose reforms to immigration policy. But he insisted, "I oppose amnesty, placing undocumented workers on the automatic path to citizenship [because it] perpetuates illegal immigration."

Republican National Committee spokeswoman Christine Iverson likened Moby's proposal to "dirty campaign tactics we're already seeing from John Kerry."

"His campaign was willing to use these kinds of voter suppression tactics against members of his own party in Iowa and New Hampshire," Iverson says. "John Kerry is a hypocrite. He pledged to run a clean campaign. Then he uses the lowest form of gutter politics to impugn his opponents, Democratic and Republican. It's unfortunate but this is probably just the beginning of the kind of tactics we're going to be seeing from John Kerry in the months to come."

Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said, "I doubt that Moby was suggesting anybody suppress the vote. We did not use any dirty tactics against any candidate.

"When it comes to dirty tricks the Republic party wrote the book. We've already seen Republican attacks and we haven't even won the nomination yet. The Republican Party is clearly afraid of John Kerry."

Punk the Prez - Moby's anti-Bush tricks

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

[Protagoras]

What a crock. He pleaded no contest, paid a penalty, and legally later, had the charge expunged from his record. When a charge is expunged, it does not exist. When asked if convicted of such of an offense, he answered truthfully: "no" -- because the charge did not exist.

What a crock. LOL

[Poohbah]

Why do folks keep insisting that President Bush is making the decisions for private corporations to outsource?

Because in their ideal world, the private property of these alleged conservatives is sacred, and everyone else's private property is to be redistributed "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs..."

...and these alleged conservatives figure that they have the overriding need.

[jstolarczyk]

Good post. President Bush did not out source the darn jobs. We are a Capitalist country, industry sent those jobs overseas. Since those business are not government run, the President cannot stop the out sourcing. If the individual you responded to, had watch the news last week, not ABC, CBS or NBC, they would know this President and Congress are pushing a law to prevent any Federal service oriented jobs being out source overseas by contractors!

[Peach]

Good points in here. Thanks.

[Dane]

Sorry Iron Matron, now that I look over your reply #30, my reply #47 should be directed at 1stFreedom's reply #4.

Sorry about the misunderstanding.

[Dead Dog]

That would be great. What spooks me though, is the rabid motivation of the left block. There is a significant group of people that hate Bush, and have no clear reason why. They WILL be at the poles. If the conservatives get fical, or decided to punish bush and stay home...then we get this...

Hanoi Jane, and Hanoi John.

[Poohbah]

They WILL be at the poles

The Poles--and the Lithuanians--don't want anything to do with them :o)

[jstolarczyk]

Well thought out, promoted some great discussion. Even better would be a scenario that brings New York State and California into play. Watch Kerry shoot is wad in your state. No Democrat can win without winning New York State, or should I say New York City! You have allot of work to do!

[NYC Republican]

Excellent points all around, though my only fear is that the Dems will claim that Bush is being opportunistic by holding it so close to 911 and in NYC, which they undoubtedly would claim.

[Atlas Sneezed]

12. The Base is solid
Despite his forays into fiscal liberalism - Medicare, immigration, education - the President maintains phenomenal support among Republicans. A poll in late January by the American Research Group found only 10% of GOPers disapprove of the job he is doing.

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Then why are 21% of Freepers selecting a poll option other then Bush?

[Poohbah]

It's interesting to see folks here using Moby's technique, though.

[roses of sharon]

FYI, this is 2004. Not the 2008 primary.

Its Bush vs Kerry/UN/Soros