[Jeff Chandler]

This criticism caught the Bush campaign by surprise.

What, were these people born yesterday?! The most effective way of predicting the behavior of sociopaths is to reflect upon their previous behavior (I have used this method in my own life).

How can the Bush campaign be so naive? I'll bet there are hundreds of Freepers who could have predicted the rat's moves ahead of time. They could have saved themselves a lot of grief by just contacting Rush Limbaugh and asking him. Sheesh, it's not rocket surgery.

[NYCVirago]

What, were these people born yesterday?! The most effective way of predicting the behavior of sociopaths is to reflect upon their previous behavior (I have used this method in my own life). How can the Bush campaign be so naive? I'll bet there are hundreds of Freepers who could have predicted the rat's moves ahead of time. They could have saved themselves a lot of grief by just contacting Rush Limbaugh and asking him. Sheesh, it's not rocket surgery.

Sometimes I think Bush should fire his campaign's execs and hire us freepers. I'm only half kidding on this. When the initial story broke about the 9/11 professional victims, freepers figured out almost immediately the backgrounds of these people. Ed Gillespie didn't get around to publicizing their axes to grind until five days later. Sheesh!

[texasflower]

The article says that the Bush campaign was caught by surprise. That is incorrect.

I saw Karen Hughes being interviewed that morning. She was smiling, gracious and perfectly calm, saying that they knew there would be controversy.

They discussed it and knew what they could expect, and felt that they had the right to promote the President's record.

I really don't understand all of the freepers who suddenly think the White House is full of morons.

They have been widely praised for years. The President is always misunderestimated.

Why have freepers been among the first to think they are losing it? We may not agree with the approach that they have taken, but they aren't stupid.

This will be like all of the other experiences that the world and this country have had with GWB.

Hold on. Be calm and he will prevail.