Posted on 11/14/2005 10:27:25 AM PST by balch3
It's all George W. Bush's fault.
Doug Forrester, in his first postelection interview, laid the blame for his loss in the governor's race last week directly at the feet of President Bush. He said the public's growing disaffection with Bush, especially after Hurricane Katrina, made it impossible for his campaign to overcome the built-in advantage Democrats have in a blue state like New Jersey.
"If Bush's numbers were where they were a year ago, or even six months ago, I think we would have won on Tuesday," Forrester said. "Katrina was the tipping point."
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No offense, Doug, but maybe they just didn't like you. Ever think of that?
I am sure that the crappy campaign he ran had nothing to do with it.
Sounds like he took his cue from Bret Schundler--NOT!
I'm sure the fact that he tried to play the ex-wife card had nothing to do with it.
Forrester did not invite Bush to campaign for him. Maybe that's why he lost.
Doug, if you had been more like George Bush, if you had been at least somewhat conservative, if you hadn't run TV ads boasting about how you support legal infanticide, this New Jersey voter would've supported you.
I just sent the a**hole an email telling him never to run again, because he'll never get my vote.
Doogle
Lightweights always have to blame someone else for THEIR FAILURES.
Hey, in NC in 2000, the losing GOP governor candidate Richard Vinroot blamed his loss on Bush as well. Vinroot claimed he lost because Bush didn't win the state by enough votes.
Hmmm. Perhaps if Foreester had more in his arsenal besides his wife and Corzine's ex-wife, he could have found a way to overcome Corzine's outright buying of this election.
The most effective ads against Corzine were by Forrester's wife, extoling the virtues of her husband. Apparently gratitude to the President, the party and a host of good ideas were not amongst them.
Just like democrats trotted out the "evangelical christians voted in record numbers" crap to excuse Kerry's loss, Forrester is dragging out the "39%-popularity-rating Bush killed me" routine.
Got news for ya, Douglas: Perhaps you should have taken some of that money you spent on a loss and bought yourself some class.
Take the log out of your own eye, Forrester!
Mr. Forrester . . . you lost because you are a dull, uninspiring candidate. Actually, you should have permanently retired from politics once you lost to that 175 year-old fossil Lautenberg three years ago. Oh, was President Bush responsible for that loss of yours, too?
If he wanted to blame anyone, he should blame the Republican party for continuing to veer left.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
What a loser. The party is better off without him.
Someone let Dougie know that all of the other mealy mouthed, spineless RINO's can be found over at
www.republicanmainstreet.org!
Only NJ GOP could mess up such a good oppurtunity.
One of the issues in this election coming after Torch and McGreevy was coruption.
NJ republicans had the perfect law and order candidate in Chris Christie. The comparison between him and Corzine would have been great.
Christie also comes across as your average guy not some stiff bore like Forrester.
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