Posted on 11/05/2004 1:37:00 AM PST by Liz
President Bush won the White House because he understands it's hip to be square.
Bush knows what he stands for and connects with mainstream Americans across a cultural divide that Democrat John Kerry just can't reach.
The president won re-election far from the fancy Manhattan dinner tables where pampered liberals love to ridicule him as a dummy, out in rural and exurban areas where Americans still think it's right to talk about loving God and country.
He won in places where campaigning with Red Sox World Series hero Curt Schilling trumps Bruce Springsteen or Jon Bon Jovi any time, and Whoopi Goldberg was never seen as funny, even before her obscene anti-Bush rant at a Kerry cash bash.
He won in tiny towns where no one dreams of dining with Bush-hating billionaire George Soros, you don't need to borrow a gun to go goose hunting, and opposing gay marriage is seen as standing up for traditional values.
"Most people in America don't windsurf and don't snowboard. Kerry's problem wasn't about his thoughts or issues as much as it was his inability to connect," said Democratic strategist David Doak.
"Democrats get in trouble with candidates from the liberal elite, of noblesse oblige, who talk about, 'Oh gee, I'm going to help the poor people,' " Doak added.
As he sees it, the Democratic Party is a mix of working people and often-wealthy liberals. But recently with the notable exception of Bill Clinton the party has chosen nominees who reflect an elite, out-of-touch mentality.
"Bill Clinton could go both ways. He was comfortable in trailer parks as well as Park Avenue. But he was a unique figure," Doak said. "We Democrats have got to find a way to reconnect with rural voters and more conservative voters."
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I'm not buying that.
No way in hell they wanted to lose the Supreme Court and Federal benches.
If Bill dies in 2008, she won't make it out of the primary - the moderate Democrats like him, and Leftist base hates her.
Re: Newsweek story on Theresa's "hypochondria"
Theresa, per story, claims she had migraines. In New York, we call them "hangovers".
Also, don't you think the Reagan funeral and its extensive coverage was a major plus for George W?
"Democrats get in trouble with candidates from the liberal elite, of noblesse oblige, who talk about, 'Oh gee, I'm going to help the poor people,' " Doak added.
It was his inability to connect - no kidding. Way to many Dukakis moments during the campaign.
Your picture says a thousand words. Let's Roll!!! Great Post and Picture.
Sounds like my wife. The thing is she likes to do that in Italy.
Reagan funeral: a class act.
Theresa's "hypochondria:" The woman's a pill-popper.
Bump for later reading.
Italy: Best place to do all of that.
You are so right -people who know him personally don't like him. I heard from an insider that when he shows up at the cafeteria at the Capitol, no one wants to sit with him - he is a loner.
Kerry -- the loner
Per a friend of Bill Bradley, Bradley said that Kerry is the "most despised man in the senate", "not to be trusted", "arrogant", and "lazy". But, we knew that anyway!
Kerry realllllly wanted to be our next President.
He also found out that money couldn't buy the Presidency. Nor could the media FORCE us to believe its lies.
I heard from an insider that when he shows up at the cafeteria at the Capitol, no one wants to sit with him - he is a loner.
^^^^^
Probably couldn't remember who he was, his appearances in the Senate were so rare.
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