Democrats like Kerry and Edwards do try to project their image problems onto others. Here, they were seen testing their projection method on some of their lower level DNC workers.
Posted on 07/11/2004 10:18:57 PM PDT by Jenya
Mr. Prez, stick with Dick By Joe Sciacca
At first glance, John Edwards [related, bio] vs. Dick Cheney appears to be the New Year's baby vs. Father Time.
Hip-hop vs. hip op. The Strokes vs. the stent. WiFi vs. Hi-Fi. Howard Stern vs. just plain stern.
It's enough to make panicked Republicans consider dropping Cheney from the ticket. In fact, they already are, given Al D'Amato's Dump Cheney call.
Apparently, D'Amato is taken far more seriously than he was as a U.S. senator now that he makes $500,000 a phone call as a lobbyist.
But dumping the veep is the worst strategic move the GOP could make - sending out a signal of instability and desperation, and cracking the very foundation of the conservative Bush White House as its first-term record stands before the voters.
The delirium over John Edwards' youthful good looks - People magazine's ``Sexiest Politician in America'' decree aside - is likely to fade faster than Howard Dean [related, bio].
There's no doubt Edwards was a smart pick as John Kerry's cheerleader-in-chief - but this notion that he is the GOP's worst nightmare is overblown.
Lloyd Bentsen didn't deliver the South for Mike Dukakis. Joe Lieberman wasn't the saving grace for Al Gore. And John Edwards can't wave a wand and give Kerry a personality.
Politically, there are three courses of action for George W. Bush when it comes to the Cheney Problem - the dilemma of the vice president becoming such a target for Democratic attack that he begins to drag down the ticket Big Time.
Option One: He can dump Cheney, or rather have Cheney step down for ``health reasons.'' Then what?
John McCain? The Arizona senator may have achieved rock star status in 2000, but while he can still draw a crowd, he's too much the loose cannon to be Bush's running mate. Besides, he's said way too many nice things about Kerry.
Rudy Giuliani? His acts on 9/11 are legendary, but when it gets right down to it, the former New York mayor's political style is too piercingly direct to be a No. 2. Just sitting there and looking pretty are two things he does very poorly.
Colin Powell? ``The gravity of this moment is matched by the gravity of the threat that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction pose to the world,'' - Powell to the United Nations Security Council, Feb. 5, 2003.
Mitt Romney? Edwards just looks like a Ken doll. Romney was the mold for the Ken doll.
Arnold Schwarzenegger? Not born in the United States, unfortunately. Then again, replacing ``Bring it on,'' with ``I'll be back,'' might not be a bad move for Bush.
Option Two: Try to reinvent Cheney.
Making him hotter than Edwards won't work. When Cheney was young, pimp my ride meant something entirely different. And while they say it's hip to be square, let's face it - it isn't.
Casting him simply as the voice of experience won't work. Age before beauty? Sure, when it's time to head out the door.
The final option, and best course: Let Cheney be Cheney, for better or worse.
Cheney, a thinker not a showboater; a steady hand not a wannabe president. Halliburton? Confront it, don't run from it.
Bring back the Cheney America saw in Danville, Ky., debating Lieberman in 2000, calm and civil with even some dry humor. The Cheney who dropped the F-bomb in the Senate? Send him off to an undisclosed location.
But changing horses in the middle of a race just to get a prettier pony only makes the jockey look lame - and right now, George Bush needs more than anything just to stay on the track.
The Dems are desperate to get Cheney off the ticket.
I like how the Dems are "advising" the Bush Camp to dump Cheney for the good of George Bush. Too funny!
I think America will choose the "grandfatherly type" (remember a guy named Dwight Eisenhower?) over a schmoozy, slick-tongued, Bill Clinton wannabe like Edwards.
I like how the Dems are "advising" the Bush Camp to dump Cheney for the good of George Bush. Too funny!
And we know what Dem's advice is worth right?
They feel more secure with a father figure in charge. Bush is also an adult. They make a great, experienced team.
Clinton and Gore had the minds of children, and they destroyed the greatest economy ever. They depleted the CIA and military, ignored corporate corruption, the schools became sex clubs, the moral decline led to homosexual rights, the taxes were raised more than any time in American history, and their ignoring terrorism could have got us all killed.
America doesn't need the White House turned into a party hall again. Bush just replaced the carpet in the oval office! People need leaders right now, and a Kerry/Edwards ticket is a death wish.
Cheney is perfect as Vice President. Anyone who thinks Dubya will dump him just doesn't understand our president.
In 2000, many of us liked what we saw in W, but also felt that he profited from the tremendous experience in the men and women he chose to round out his staff.
I see no reason to cut any of them off. If by chance Cheney had to step aside for health reasons, then I would move him over to Card's position and move Condi or Colin in. Anyone see a problem with that?
Nope. Not me.
You want to see more Dick?
I've always felf Bush should stick with dick....
I tried to rebut the Halliburton lie on another board...Never confuse a lib/lefty with the facts...
I love to hear Cheney speak...I trust him...He is a keeper!
W and Dick...
they are my heroes...
Peace....D
Yes, I do. The 2008 election will be the real test between LIEberals and Conservatives.
Assuming a Bush win in 2004, if Cheney is dumped for some RINO (either before or after the election), then We the People are back to "Tweedle-dumb" and "Tweedle-dumber."
And we have ample evidence that "Dumb and Dumber" does not work!
Enough of both LIEberal Demoncrats and RINOs!
Dubya's choice of a successor is very critical to the future of our FRee Republic. We must continue to press to the max for conservative social and economic values in our elected representatives, if we are to pass along a FRee Republic to our children and grandchildren, not to mention the planet.
I fully believe that the United States of America is man's last best hope. If we allow the slide to tyranny to continue as it has since 1900, and the Founding Father's model of government to perish, the ensuing evil and chaos that will result will make the Dark Ages appear to have been a walk in the park.
Ideally, candidates for public office would be debating the question: "I can preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States agains all enemies foreign and domestic better than my opponent."
And, said candidate would have a track record to support such a statement!
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