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Dems Hit at Bush in New Cable Ad
The Hill ^ | 8/20/2010 | Jordan Fabian

Posted on 08/20/2010 8:15:44 AM PDT by Qbert

Democrats again used former President George W. Bush as a foe in their latest TV ad campaign, driving home the point Republicans would restore policies that helped create the economic downturn.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) released a new cable ad Friday that harped on their campaign message that the November midterm elections will be a choice between Democratic policies that will bring the country out of the recession versus Republican policies that helped created it.

No Republican is used in the ad aside from Bush -- who is shown saying "you can fool me but you can't get fooled again."

Debate has swirled whether or not using Bush as a campaign foil will work for Democrats in the 2010 cycle, two years after Bush left office.

Republicans -- especially those who worked in the Bush administration -- have said it is a tired argument that will not resonate with voters.

But many Democrats have countered, saying that using Bush will give voters a clearer idea of what they are voting for if they back Republicans in the fall. The DNC said the ad will air on national cable networks.

A Democratic official who released the ad said that "the ad -- 'Big Choices' -- amplifies the choice voters are going to face this fall between Democrats who have pulled the country out of the ditch and Bush Republican era policies which put us there."

The spot emphasizes that Democrats favor "investing" in manufacturing, education, a "clean energy" economy and want to put Main Street ahead of Wall Street.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2010electionbias; 9point5percent; bds; clutchingatstraws; demagoguery; democrats; desperate; dnctalkingpoints; itsallbushsfault; missmeyet; november; sinkingship
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Just a couple of days ago, the Libs were all crying for Bush to play the role of hero and come and rescue them in the Ground Zero mosque dispute. Now they want to bash the guy? Shocked, shocked I tell ya.
1 posted on 08/20/2010 8:15:50 AM PDT by Qbert
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To: Qbert
Not a good tactic to use these days.


2 posted on 08/20/2010 8:17:52 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Those who support the construction of the WTC mosque oppose Christian missionaries working abroad.)
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3 posted on 08/20/2010 8:18:29 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Those who support the construction of the WTC mosque oppose Christian missionaries working abroad.)
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Dems Hit at Bush in New Cable Ad

WOW that will work....they wont elect him anymore.

(dooooooooooooooshbags.)

4 posted on 08/20/2010 8:19:02 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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5 posted on 08/20/2010 8:19:16 AM PDT by Kozak (USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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To: a fool in paradise

I saw a poll the other day where Bush actually is now more popular than Obama.


6 posted on 08/20/2010 8:19:16 AM PDT by RockinRight (Outrage does not make the law.)
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They treat BDS like herpes, I don’t think they are ever going to get over it.


7 posted on 08/20/2010 8:19:23 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Those who support the construction of the WTC mosque oppose Christian missionaries working abroad.)
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Democrats again used former President George W. Bush as a foe in their latest TV ad campaign, driving home the point Republicans would restore policies that helped create the economic downturn.

When you search "out-of-touch" on the web, a picture of the Dems pops up. Personally, I want them to keep running against Bush, it only underscores how out-of-touch they are!!

8 posted on 08/20/2010 8:19:27 AM PDT by DustyMoment
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Yeah... Americans would hate to return to 4.5% unemployment and low income taxes. /s


9 posted on 08/20/2010 8:19:57 AM PDT by avacado
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That’s fine. Let them run against President Bush. This works well for us, as Mr. Bush is more popular than the anti-Christ Obama in battleground congressional districts.

The POS (Party of Satan) is spending their money to help our candidates. Thank you very much.


10 posted on 08/20/2010 8:20:06 AM PDT by sitetest ( If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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They refuse to ever accept responsibility. Spoiled petulant children are running the nation.


11 posted on 08/20/2010 8:20:36 AM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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Libs missed the part where Bush isn’t running for office.


12 posted on 08/20/2010 8:21:17 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Why are 100% of Rape / Assaults in Oslo, Norway, committed by Muslims?)
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The dems can’t run on their voting records or accomplsihments because everything they have accomplished has been against what the American people have told them that they want or don’t want.

The dems have governed against the collective will of the American people.

All the dems have is Bush and that horse is dead as a doornail because the dems have beat it to death.


13 posted on 08/20/2010 8:21:24 AM PDT by Ev Reeman
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WOW! Even in the very liberal Martha Vineyard island area, a tee-shirt which shows in artistic form former President George W. Bush and with the famous words, “Miss Me Yet?” has become a “hit” at the local area shops. As it was reference to in the video, this is one tee-shirt that the vacationing President Barak Obama and family will not be smiling on.

Bush's Miss Me Yet T-Shirt a Best Seller at Martha's Vineyard

14 posted on 08/20/2010 8:22:03 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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Every lib running for reelection needs to be tied to 0zer0. He's the most toxic figure on the political horizon right now. Throw in a few figures for average unemployment under Bush and the Kenyan as well.
15 posted on 08/20/2010 8:22:08 AM PDT by bereanway
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True enough! LOL

haha... I just have to laugh. All the GOP now has to do is connect CONGRESS and the Democrat control of it since Jan 2007 to the economic downturn, and its GAME OVER for the dims. America is now well aware, once again, of what Congress’ role in screwing the nation is.

The Dems have proven themselves to be just brilliantly stupid.


16 posted on 08/20/2010 8:23:35 AM PDT by Danae (Anal nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do che'l de'nmha.)
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Yeah... Americans would hate to return to 4.5% unemployment and low income taxes. /s
We can't have that.
17 posted on 08/20/2010 8:26:00 AM PDT by samtheman
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“As I was tumbling down the stair,
I cursed the man who wasn’t there... “

(Apologies for the mis-quote)

Contemplate, for a moment, the political genius behind the Bush decision to maintain a low (nonexistent, really) profile after leaving office....


18 posted on 08/20/2010 8:26:08 AM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: bereanway

If the Democrats have pulled me out of the ditch how come I cannot see over the top, and I am covered in mud and water.

I feel like they dug the ditch deeper and then started using it as a slit trench.


19 posted on 08/20/2010 8:26:44 AM PDT by Venturer
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It really is all they have. They obtained power on nothing but blaming Bush and celebrating every death in Iraq calling it a defeat and the “wrong war” (now proclaimed a victory by the Ruling Class). Oh yeah, throw in some hope and change in there as well.

They said to the American People, “Bush started a fire and you need to elect us to put it out.” Fine, let us accept that premise about Bush starting the fire as true arguendo. It misses the point. The American People did not call in the Obama fire department just so it could show up and pour gas on the fire. The dems don’t get it. You can’t say “trust us” and then turn around and say “screw you.”.


20 posted on 08/20/2010 8:26:54 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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