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Bush: Election Repudiation Of GOP
Official Wire ^ | 12-1-08 | Staff

Posted on 12/01/2008 4:20:59 PM PST by Wegotsarah.com

President George Bush said he doesn't view the 2008 election as a repudiation of his presidency, but of his party.

"I think it was a repudiation of Republicans," Bush said during an interview with ABC News that aired Monday. "And I'm sure some people voted for Barack Obama because of me."

But he said he thought most people voted for the president-elect because they "decided they wanted him to be in their living room for the next four years explaining policy."

"In other words, they made a conscious choice to put him in as president," he said.

Bush said his party's nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, had "a tough headwind" for two reasons -- the swooning economy and the difficulty for a party to retain the White House for three straight terms.

"Obviously the economic situation made it awfully difficult for John McCain to get a message out," Bush said. "And I felt that Barack Obama ran a very disciplined campaign" and inspired voters.

McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate helped him, Bush said, because it "energized the party."


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1 posted on 12/01/2008 4:20:59 PM PST by Wegotsarah.com
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To: Wegotsarah.com

The election was a repudiation of “compassionate conservatism” and other meaningless terms used to mask the growth of Big Government.


2 posted on 12/01/2008 4:24:01 PM PST by Ken522
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To: Wegotsarah.com

@#$*&% #$%&#$&%. That guy has increasingly shrunk from the spotlight since the last congressional election and now he comes out with this and his mea culpa statements about the economy. What the %$W^%#^!


3 posted on 12/01/2008 4:25:10 PM PST by manapua
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To: Wegotsarah.com

It’s getting harder and harder to support this brand of Republican......


4 posted on 12/01/2008 4:29:38 PM PST by rightwingextremist1776
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To: Wegotsarah.com; ZULU; justiceseeker93; ladyvet; freekitty; SouthTexas; Piquaboy; romanesq; ...

IMO, the repudiation of the GOP, if that was what it was, reflected their lack of gonads and that includes Mr. Bush who didn’t stand up to Liberals and the MSM who defamed and ridiculed him every hour of every day for the past eight years. McCain had the opportunity to go on national TV and explain the current financial mess and to name names along with a timeline of just how we got here thanks to Dodd, Frank, Pelosi, Reid and the rest of the DC criminals.

To sum up, the lack of leadership, the lack of guts, the lack of spine, the lack of gonads, and the lack of concern for America and our future is what got the GOP where it is today. Time to find a leader that will represent conservatives and not be afraid to tell the American people the truth and to stand up to Liberals and the MSM.

After four years of Liberals destroying America, if there is anything left of America, the people will once again throw them out of power. You can count on it.


5 posted on 12/01/2008 4:30:14 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Wegotsarah.com

Bushonomics: Privatize Gains, Socialize Losses.

Bush Immigration Policy: Amnesty.

Bush Domestic Policy: Spend.

Good riddance to bad policy.


6 posted on 12/01/2008 4:32:06 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (SARAH *** JOE *** 2012!)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

George W. Bush: Clueless to the end.

Can anyone think of a worse two term President?


7 posted on 12/01/2008 4:32:15 PM PST by WilliamReading
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To: Wegotsarah.com
President George Bush said he doesn't view the 2008 election as a repudiation of his presidency, but of his party.

Laura, I hate to break it to you , but George is huffing the nose candy again.

8 posted on 12/01/2008 4:32:24 PM PST by tx_eggman (I own two rare photos. Houdini as he locks his keys in his car and Norman Rockwell beating a child.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Good riddance to bad policy

Umm, I think we are in for worse


9 posted on 12/01/2008 4:34:42 PM PST by Outlaw Woman (The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of an oncoming train.)
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To: Wegotsarah.com

This man has not a clue. Never had and never will. He and his clique of Texas cronies including Rove have made the republican party irrelevant and should the republican party disappear from the political scene as a result, they and Bush worshipers will never admit the overwhelming guilt of this administration.


10 posted on 12/01/2008 4:35:21 PM PST by brydic1
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To: WilliamReading
Can anyone think of a worse two term President?

Woodrow Wilson comes to mind ..

Federal Reserve Act
Revenue Act of 1913 (Progressive Income Tax)
League of Nations

11 posted on 12/01/2008 4:35:33 PM PST by tx_eggman (I own two rare photos. Houdini as he locks his keys in his car and Norman Rockwell beating a child.)
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To: Wegotsarah.com
Is this the New ToneTM?

Thanks, Jorge.

12 posted on 12/01/2008 4:37:20 PM PST by SIDENET (Hubba Hubba...)
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To: tx_eggman

Classic case of D-E-N-I-A-L !!!


13 posted on 12/01/2008 4:37:52 PM PST by Reagan69 (No Representation without Taxation !)
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To: WilliamReading

I can. His initials are B.C.


14 posted on 12/01/2008 4:38:02 PM PST by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: WilliamReading

Certainly the worst president elected under the republican banner, of that there can be no denial. Presided over two congressional defeats and then the loss of the White House.


15 posted on 12/01/2008 4:38:33 PM PST by brydic1
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To: Wegotsarah.com

Big government Republicans need not apply in the future. We already have too many Democrats. Conservatives wanted!


16 posted on 12/01/2008 4:38:59 PM PST by pallis
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To: Wegotsarah.com
"Obviously the economic situation made it awfully difficult for John McCain to get a message out..."

McCain got his message out. He just didn't counter "eight years of the Bush economy" with "two years of the Pelosi economy" effectively.

The economy was the number one priority of the voters who voted for Obama. Yet even with the downturn, McCain only lost by 5% of the popular vote. If he had been a little more aggressive on this issue, he may have flipped enough of those voters to win.

17 posted on 12/01/2008 4:39:47 PM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (How much money has your 401K lost since the Democrats took Congress?)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

It was also a repudiation of Bush.


18 posted on 12/01/2008 4:41:01 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (If Islam conquers the world, the Earth will be at peace because the human race will be killed off.)
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To: tx_eggman

I will grant you that Woodrow Wilson was a much worse President, and got us tangled up in a needless war, namely World War One, and set up the emergence of Hitler and Stalin.

In fact, Wilson was a much worse president than GWB.


19 posted on 12/01/2008 4:41:21 PM PST by WilliamReading
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To: ExTexasRedhead

I agree totally


20 posted on 12/01/2008 4:41:30 PM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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