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It's Hillary presidency, Bush told
Insight ^ | 17 January 2006

Posted on 01/16/2006 4:38:45 PM PST by Aussie Dasher

President Bush's advisers are resigned to the Democratic capture of the White House in 2008, according to senior Republican sources close to the White House.

GOP sources said White House strategists have attempted to persuade Mr. Bush that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat and her party’s current front-runner to be the next presidential nominee, cannot be defeated in 2008. Bush strategists said the president should instead focus on seeking to retain the Republican majority in both houses of Congress in 2006 and 2008.

"There is nobody in the White House that will openly say we lost the presidency in 2008," a senior GOP source said. "But while the Democrats are completely focused on 2008, the White House has been completely aloof."

The strategists have argued that given the forecasts of a downturn in the economy, crises with China and Iran, Mrs. Clinton would be besieged with major problems that would ensure a one-term presidency, the sources said.

The strategists have pointed out that Mr. Bush, given the failing health of Vice President Dick Cheney, does not have a natural successor. Recently, Mr. Cheney, who suffers from heart problems, was rushed to the hospital because he had difficulties in breathing.

The sources said the strategists have assessed that Mrs. Clinton would easily win the Democratic leadership and the subsequent race for president. They said Mr. Bush has pledged to campaign vigorously for any GOP presidential nominee.

Administration sources said Mr. Bush has discussed the prospect of a Clinton presidency. But they asserted that the president has focused on the 2006 elections for Congress and the need to maintain the GOP majority.

"If we lost our majority in Congress, then the president immediately becomes a lame duck," an administration source said. "So, the talk of 2008 is not only premature, it's harmful."


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; bravosierra; bs; claptrap; crap; damnlie; defeatism; dopeydems; garbage; georgewbush; hillary2008; hitlery; hrc; jezebel; liberalwetdreams; noway; presidenthildebeast; steamingpile; whataload
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To: Aussie Dasher
It's Hillary presidency, Bush told


181 posted on 01/16/2006 6:18:43 PM PST by HighWheeler (I am not a vegetarian because I love animals, I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.)
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To: All

Nobody has mentioned on this thread the loveliest prospect of all - its enought to make you pass out - we will get two for the price of one if the witch gets in there. The toon again. God help us.


182 posted on 01/16/2006 6:20:50 PM PST by sasportas
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To: princess leah
Yup!..I'm with u....I wonder if Rove was the "leaker"?...LOL...as polarizing and inept at speaking...not to mention her finger to the wind positions on everything...She might find herself on defense for the whole campaign...Bring her on!
183 posted on 01/16/2006 6:21:41 PM PST by M-cubed (Why is "Greshams Law" a law?)
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To: Aussie Dasher

I might be forced to hold my nose and vote for one of the number of names mentioned that might be the Republican candidate. There are many on the list of possibles mentioned that I would not bother to vote for even if Hillary! is the Democrat nominee. Some are even worse than Hillary! (yes, I know that's astounding, but Hillary is only evil, not crazy and evil like McCain.) There is NO ONE who has been mentioned that I would gladly cast a vote for. I tend to agree with what the article says whether it's fact or not because that's what I've been thinking is likely to happen in '08.


184 posted on 01/16/2006 6:23:06 PM PST by penowa
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To: beandog

Dick Morris


185 posted on 01/16/2006 6:25:05 PM PST by satchmodog9 (Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
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To: Aussie Dasher

"The mere thought of that Witch in the White House makes me ill!"

Then we should do all we can to prevent it.


186 posted on 01/16/2006 6:25:49 PM PST by righttackle44 (The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
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To: M-cubed

Let me make a long term prediction: the next prez will have either a first name or a last name that begins with G. That excludes HRC; you can figure out the rest of the script.


187 posted on 01/16/2006 6:28:54 PM PST by carl in alaska (Kerry did not invent treason, but he invented the use of treason as a democrat political strategy.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Sounds like unresolved bitterness by the RINO contingent over the Miers fiasco.


188 posted on 01/16/2006 6:28:57 PM PST by thoughtomator
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To: Aussie Dasher

LOL, this is stupid.. No Politician and most certainly this Presidency, or even a "Stratergist" would throw in the towel 3 years in advance. Stupid.


189 posted on 01/16/2006 6:30:58 PM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)
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To: Aussie Dasher
GOP sources said White House strategists have attempted to persuade Mr. Bush that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat and her party’s current front-runner to be the next presidential nominee, cannot be defeated in 2008.

Okay, who are these GOP sources?

The CEO's of NWA and GM?

Or perhaps infiltrators on the payroll of George Soros?

190 posted on 01/16/2006 6:31:33 PM PST by EGPWS
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To: M-cubed

Forgot to mention one thing; Algore is not on my short list of possible next presidents.


191 posted on 01/16/2006 6:31:57 PM PST by carl in alaska (Kerry did not invent treason, but he invented the use of treason as a democrat political strategy.)
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To: righttackle44

Look, even if you have trouble holding your own nose, we'll all be here to help you hold it and vote against the Clintoons finishing off their "legacy" of destruction in the White House! Read "The American EVITA" for proper nose holding material...


192 posted on 01/16/2006 6:32:34 PM PST by princess leah
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To: EGPWS

Newly hired employees in the mail room?


193 posted on 01/16/2006 6:33:28 PM PST by carl in alaska (Kerry did not invent treason, but he invented the use of treason as a democrat political strategy.)
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To: SeaBiscuit
this is stupid..

But entertaining to say the least.

194 posted on 01/16/2006 6:33:31 PM PST by EGPWS
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To: carl in alaska
Newly hired employees in the mail room?

With "hugh" aspirations? ; )

195 posted on 01/16/2006 6:35:22 PM PST by EGPWS
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To: Aussie Dasher

I can't believe anyone would vote for Hitlery after hearing one of her screechy speeches, but I'm done with Republican Party lies and Big Stupid Government crap, too.


196 posted on 01/16/2006 6:35:26 PM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: DarthVader

One hopes one won't have to.


197 posted on 01/16/2006 6:35:29 PM PST by Chuckster (Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoset)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Hillary Clinton is unelectable. Period.


198 posted on 01/16/2006 6:37:25 PM PST by toomanygrasshoppers ("In technical terminology, he's a loon")
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To: Aussie Dasher; proxy_user; beandog; SC33

Hillary problems...

1. It will not be possible to finesse buttcrack marriage as an issue. The sodomites are on a Buttcrack Mountin high. They really think the wind is at their back and they are the inevitable wave of the future. In 2008 they will the Democratic candidate wish for the good old days when they had Jesse Jackson to deal with. The Democratic left will demand an explicit committment to buttcrack marriage.

2. The Democratic left has been thoroughly McGovernized and will be a tremendous problem.

Hey, guys, Nixon was never a popular president. Everybody right and left called him Tricky Dicky. He never gave anyone the warm fuzzies. He had the charisma of a tampon. But the American people looked at the alternative in 1972 and gave Nixon a whopping landslide.


199 posted on 01/16/2006 6:37:31 PM PST by Sam the Sham (A conservative party tough on illegal immigration could carry California in 2008)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Run Hillary, Run!!!


Dems will finally break with that woman at the helm of the 2008 elections.


200 posted on 01/16/2006 6:37:31 PM PST by Porterville (Keep your communism off my paycheck)
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