Posted on 10/31/2006 7:52:54 AM PST by presidio9
THINGS have become so dire for the Republicans that now even Bush is distancing himself from Bush.
The president is cutting and running from the president.
In a momentous event at the White House on Monday, Tony Snow made a major announcement about an important new strategy for Iraq. The president will no longer stay the course on the rallying cry "stay the course."
A presidency built on message discipline (Message: "Stay the course") is trying to salvage itself with some last-minute un-messaging.
Of course, the administration has never really said what "the course" is, so it was never really apparent what "staying" it meant, anyhow.
It was a wacky moment for Snow, who renounced the slogan while sticking to the policy. "It left the wrong impression about what was going on," the press secretary said, "and it allowed critics to say, `Well, here's an administration that's just embarked upon a policy and not looking at what the situation is,' when, in fact, it's just the opposite."
The important thing was that the cliche sounded good to Republicans, strong and virile, for a while. But pollsters for the White House seemed to be the last to learn that even many of the party faithful
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The overworked Bush phrase suggested "burying your head in the sand," Steve Hinkson, political director at Luntz Research Companies, a GOP public opinion firm, told The Washington Post's Peter Baker. "The problem is
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Dowd is cattily grasping at straws. Does the NY Slimes actually think this qualifies as insightful writing (as opposed to petty whining)??
What an ignorant moron MoDo is! She must be paid with monopoly money. No one in their right minds would give her real cash to spew this garbage.
MoDos Future.
I have a suggestion.. I realzie it is somewhat drastic, but I believe it is necessary. Maureen Dowd is so irrelevant, so over, so insipid..can't we stop posting the columns and just put up the pics of CZJ?
She's what two weeks late on this article? No wonder Mike is going after someone who can react faster
No $hit. The MSM is too busy writing the next hit piece or releasing classified information to have listend to what the course is. Get an Iraqi Govt. in place. Get an Iraqi Army trained and in place. KILL TERRORISTS. Go home when the job is done!
I've heard it hundreds of times. Where has MoDo been?
Are you saying that isn't a recent picture of her?
/s/
You rotten, putrid skank, the Prez has explained since last winter that Stay the course MEANS WE WILL NOT LEAVE UNTIL THE MISSION IS FINISHED. You are nothing but a bitter, plucked hen, who would crawl over broken glass to give a lewinsky to any man that gave you more than 2 seconds of notice.
Remember THE RULES!!
" I realzie it is somewhat drastic, but I believe it is necessary. Maureen Dowd is so irrelevant, so over, so insipid..can't we stop posting the columns and just put up the pics of CZJ?"
That is a great idea. Instead of the article, put a pic of CZJ with the subtitle, "A MODO article would have gone here."
National Strategy for Victory in Iraq
Our Strategy for Victory is Clear
A. The Political Track (Isolate, Engage, Build)
B. The Security Track (Clear, Hold, Build)
C. The Economic Track (Restore, Reform, Build)
Stay the Course Mr. President. Complete the Mission and ignore those that are too stupid to comprehend what the course and/or the mission are!
Ha!
It's all in the bitterness...
Pres. Bush made this clear from day one. He also made it clear that it would be a long and hard struggle. MoDo is a stupid shill for the DNC.
Thank you. I knew there'd be some nice pics on the thread. ;-)
Ah, that pretty young lady and her grandfather, again.
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