Posted on 04/10/2006 1:32:57 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Bush Glad Cheney Not Running for President
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer 17 minutes ago
President Bush said Monday he sure is glad Vice President Dick Cheney is not going to be campaigning to replace him.
It was no knock against Cheney's leadership skills, Bush said, but a practical consideration about making his last years in office run smoothly. Having the No. 2 angling to be No. 1 "certainly changes the dynamics inside the White House," the president said.
"I'm not through yet, you know," Bush said to a questioner who asked whom he would support in the 2008 race. Bush said he still wanted to reduce dependence on oil from the Middle East, get a bipartisan solution to the problem of funding Social Security and Medicare and create a legal status for immigrants who want to work in the United States.
"I am going to spend two-and-a-half years charging as hard as I possibly can," Bush said. "I want to sprint out of office. And I will be an interested observer, and I'm sure I'll be roped into moments after our party nominates a candidate, but I'm just going to let the politics run its course."
Bush said the race will be "an amazing moment" with wide open primaries in both major parties and no sitting vice president or president in the race.
"I guess it's the most wide-open race ever," Bush said, then corrected himself. "Oh, it can't be ever. Ever is too long. But in a long time."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Maybe, but he isn't aiming for it, or at least he hasn't set his sights on it yet.
Well, remember, the DUmmies say that Bush wasn't elected in 2000. If that's so, then he's still got another term after this one, right?
Yeah, what happens to the dummies if Bush wins the 2008 popular vote by write in.
I think you've been drinkin' too much of that {hic} Jack Daniels!
And if they do, I hope that they will get what they deserve. Good and hard.
ROTFLOL!! Wouldn't that be a hoot! I sure wish we could pull that off. The dummies would be pooping their pants.
Nelson Rockefeller ran for President in 1964. He lost his bid for the GOP nomination to Berry Goldwater and then blamed the loss on the religious right.
Oh..I see..you don't think those countries that hate us and supply oil do not like sticking it to us? You sir are blind.
Reagan was the great communicator. Bush is not a good communicator.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.