Will George W Bush really suffer his father's fate?

The Sunday Telegraph ^ | April 20, 2003 | Julian Coman

[MadIvan]

I doubt President Bush is complacent, nor is he as tired as his father was in 1992.

Another thing this doesn't mention is that the Democrats have an extraordinarily "weak bench".

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[Cuttnhorse]

This article voices what the democrats are thinking. From a strictly political viewpoint, I hope the White House folks read it.

[clintonh8r]

Also, national security was not an issue in 1992. The first Gulf war was over, the Soviet Union had crumbled, Eastern Europe was free and we had not been subjected to terror. Things are different now. Security trumps all other issues and the RATs are decidedly weak on security. They even seem to be proud of it!

[gcruse]

" Another thing this doesn't mention is that the Democrats have an extraordinarily "weak bench". "

The Democratic bench in 1992 was a heck of a lot weaker.
No one wanted to run. How weak is that? Poppy's 90%
ratings scared off all the real candidates, leaving us a choice
between a Hill-Billy hillbilly, Ross Perot, and an incumbent
who tossed his can't-lose campaign off to his Sec State, who
lost it.

GW knows the lessons of his father's hubris. I just hope Americans understand how little the presidency has to do with the ups and down of the economy.

[libbylu]

the problem with 1993 was clinton's "worst economy in 30 years". it was said enough til people believed it. and the media let them tell that lie. that's when i quit watching abc.....

[sd-joe]

>> "Another thing this doesn't mention is that the Democrats have an extraordinarily "weak bench"."

I agree with you on that, but remember Bill Clinton came out of nowhere, when most of the other Demo's had given up, and pulled out a win.

The Repub's can not take anything for granted and MUST play hard hardball.

[Godebert]

"Security trumps all other issues..."

It doesn't trump liberty. Bush may find that out if he signs the so-called "Assault" Weapons ban.

[Jesse]

Dittos. The Bush advisors would be well advised not to take their supporters for granted.

[gcruse]

Bush may find that out if he signs the so-called "Assault" Weapons ban.

You'd deny Bush your vote because you can't get
a machine gun to kill deer and call it sport?  Mercy.

[Cuttnhorse]

...but remember Bill Clinton came out of nowhere, when most of the other Demo's had given up, and pulled out a win.

How right you are...I still recall telling my sweet wife when we first saw Clinton..."this hick jerk hasn't got a chance".

You would probably be surpised to know she "occassionally" reminds of this.

[Trace21230]

"It doesn't trump liberty. Bush may find that out if he signs the so-called "Assault" Weapons ban."

It would be nice if the single issue gun nuts would keep their posts on the thousands of threads already dedicated to threatening not to vote for Bush because of the AWB.

Vote for Bush or don't vote for Bush, but for Pete's sake we've all heard the threat ad nauseum already.

Trace

[clintonh8r]

Ah....so we can't have security and liberty.

[YankeeReb]

As conventional wisdom has it, the first President Bush lost the peace because unemployment was rising, economic growth was sluggish and federal deficits were alarming.

Two words...ROSS PEROT. Without him we probably wouldn't have had 8 years of the bent-one

[sinkspur]

It doesn't trump liberty. Bush may find that out if he signs the so-called "Assault" Weapons ban.

You're going to find out that, even with an AWB, most Republicans will support Bush, and he will pick up support from the independents.

You overestimate your power.

[verity]

You'd deny Bush your vote because you can't get a machine gun to kill deer and call it sport?

LOL. I salute you!

[YankeeReb]

I agree with you on that, but remember Bill Clinton came out of nowhere

This also happened in '76 when we had another disasterous administration. The republicans look accross the aisle, see a weak field, and out of nowhere some obscure (largely unpopular) liberal governer from the south comes along and, with the help of the media, squeaks out the election.

[Southack]

I just want to know how many times in a row that the media can repeat the "Bush II will lose like Bush I" mantra before Joe Average gets pissed off about hearing it.

But since that's the *only* thing that Democrats possess (what, like Democrats have made some sort of proposal to do anything new and popular in the last 40 years??), I guess we're going to find out.

[Godebert]

Ah....so we can't have security and liberty.

Many on this forum seem to think it's necessary to give up our liberties to fight terrorism. I do not.

[Redleg Duke]

The secret to Bill Clinton's success was that he told lies that no one could imagine anyone would even consider telling. As a result, his lies were believed.

Sadly, we live in the post-Clinton era where we realize that when it comes to the DemocRAT Party, there are no lower limits to behavior.