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Anti-Bush Campaign Planned
The Associated Press ^ | Jan. 24, 2008

Posted on 01/24/2008 8:12:14 AM PST by george76

Liberal Group Plans Yearlong Anti-Bush Campaign; Goal Is To Deny Positive Legacy.

A liberal advocacy group plans to spend $8.5 million in a drive to make sure President Bush's public approval doesn't improve as his days in the White House come to an end.

Americans United for Change plans to undertake a yearlong campaign, spending the bulk of the money on advertising...

In selling the plan to fundraisers, the group has argued that support for President Reagan was at a low of 42 percent in 1987 but climbed to 63 percent before he left office.

"All of a sudden he became a rallying cry for conservatives and their ideology," said Brad Woodhouse, president of the group. "Progressives are still living with that."

The group is a nonprofit corporation that made a splash by airing ads against Bush's plans to overhaul Social Security in 2005. The group has conducted polls and focus groups and is now raising money for their anti-Bush effort. It gave a Power Point presentation to representatives of about 30 liberal and labor organizations last week.

It plans to announce the campaign at a press conference Thursday afternoon during a forum featuring liberal critics of the administration. It also aims to air its first ad in advance of Bush's State of the Union speech on Monday.

Woodhouse said one goal is to make sure Bush does not enjoy a resurgence in public approval toward the end of his presidency that could help Republican congressional candidates and the Republican presidential nominee in this year's elections.

"Framing his legacy helps us in the '08 elections..."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2008; bushhaters; bushlegacy; deranged; loons; progressives; started2000
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To: M. Thatcher

BDS ping


41 posted on 01/24/2008 8:49:18 AM PST by txhurl (Yes there were WMDs /Some RINO/Some other RINO '08 / Yes you'll vote against Clinton)
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To: Cedric

Some do, but for sure, he’s the anti-Bush.


42 posted on 01/24/2008 8:50:40 AM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: Cedric

Impossible, Clinton is.


43 posted on 01/24/2008 8:51:20 AM PST by Bigoleelephant (Lawyers are to America what lead was to Rome.)
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To: Cicero

That would be the best way to put the brakes on these groups.


44 posted on 01/24/2008 8:52:39 AM PST by HwyChile
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To: george76
Complete the phrase:

A (_______) and his (_______) are soon parted.
45 posted on 01/24/2008 8:53:53 AM PST by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: george76

They have BDS... They are psychotic and should seek some care before they hurt themselves or someone else.


46 posted on 01/24/2008 8:57:18 AM PST by tomnbeverly (The Democrats have become propaganda tools of our enemies.)
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To: george76
Liberal Group Plans Yearlong Anti-Bush Campaign; Goal Is To Deny Positive Legacy.

A legacy is forever. This is a political election ploy to campaign against Bush to slur the entire GOP.

Forever is a mightly long time and they won't campaign against Bush's legacy that long. Even the opponents of Reagan give it a rest now and then.

47 posted on 01/24/2008 9:04:30 AM PST by weegee (Those who surrender personal liberty to lower global temperatures will receive neither.)
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To: Plains Drifter

They still campaign against Joseph McCarthy. Never mind how many Reds were working for the USSR in the US.


48 posted on 01/24/2008 9:05:26 AM PST by weegee (Those who surrender personal liberty to lower global temperatures will receive neither.)
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To: weegee

I’m going to sound like a Dem now but “how many children would that $8.5 million feed??”


49 posted on 01/24/2008 9:06:03 AM PST by TNCMAXQ
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To: svcw
Yeah, but every nickel of it is money NOT given to Hillary, or Obama, or the DNC, or KOS, etc. etc. etc. to spend for an election that will actually count for something.

I hope they raise (and spend) 20 million.

50 posted on 01/24/2008 9:06:30 AM PST by willgolfforfood
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To: george76
A liberal advocacy group plans to spend $8.5 million in a drive to make sure President Bush's public approval doesn't improve as his days in the White House come to an end.

Why spend all that on something Dubya is doing himself for free?

51 posted on 01/24/2008 9:09:29 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
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To: willgolfforfood

To think, these morons could donate $8.5M to any worthy cause that would actually benefit society. Instead, they choose to promote Bush Hate Speech. This is one sick group!


52 posted on 01/24/2008 9:11:53 AM PST by Ranger Warrior
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To: george76

Progressives - code word for communists, marxists, socialists and the sympathizers/supporters.

Lenin was a “progressive”. Stalin was a “progressive”. K and Brezhnev were “progressives”. Ho and Mao were “progressives.”

Pol Pot actually told the truth - that he was a genocidal communist and proud of it.

Somehow whenever a “progressive” appears, millions of people die and millions more lose their freedom.

Is there a connect, you think?

Let’s just call them what they are - reds! Saves words and breath.


53 posted on 01/24/2008 9:14:16 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Madmax, the Grinning Reaper)
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To: Cedric

That does not surprise me.


54 posted on 01/24/2008 9:20:20 AM PST by jrooney (Ron Paul called Reagan a Dramatic Failure and thinks he is smarter than Abe Lincoln.)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

And let the record show that W saved the dying city of New Oleans despite the Donks best effort to prevent him from doing so.


55 posted on 01/24/2008 9:20:48 AM PST by Blue State Insurgent (Thompson or no Party)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

And let the record show that W saved the dying city of New Oleans despite the Donks best effort to prevent him from doing so.


56 posted on 01/24/2008 9:20:49 AM PST by Blue State Insurgent (Thompson or no Party)
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To: george76
Paul Harvey just mentioned this $8.5 million dollars being spent by Americans United for Change to keep President Bush's approval ratings down. See my Post #4 over on the cousin thread Running On Empty (Captain's Quarters) for my transcript of Paul Harvey's comments on this.
57 posted on 01/24/2008 9:25:26 AM PST by ThePythonicCow (The Greens and Reds steal in fear of freedom and capitalism; Fear arising from a lack of Faith.)
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To: george76
Couldn't this money be better spent.... oh I don't know... by helping the poor or something?
58 posted on 01/24/2008 9:27:35 AM PST by ILikeFriedman
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To: Mrs Zip

ping


59 posted on 01/24/2008 9:56:13 AM PST by zip (((Remember: DimocRat lies told often enough become truth to 48% of all Americans (NRA)))))
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To: george76

Progressives...

yuk

Don’t you mean “Commies, Yuk”?

Progressives are, after all, nothing short of extreme leftists anyway, and they rate right around Communists.


60 posted on 01/24/2008 10:49:56 AM PST by Rick.Donaldson (http://www.transasianaxis.com - Visit for lastest on DPRK/Russia/China/Etc --Fred Thompson for Prez.)
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