Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Andrew Sullivan Sees Trouble For Bush Running on 9-11...
...and he ain't no liberal! In fact he's a hero to some of my conservative buddies...
BUSH IS IN DEEP TROUBLE: I'd say something else. The huge turn-out in New Hampshire; the electability factor for Kerry; the passion of the Dean people: all this shows how thoroughly energized the Democrats are to win back the White House. Bush is in the Rove-Cheney cocoon right now. From the SOTU, it looks like he's going to run on 9/11. Bad, backward-looking idea. His coalition is fracturing; his reach out to Hispanics seems to have hurt him more with the base than won him new votes; his spending has independents deeply concerned; Iraq is still a wild card; prescription drugs pandering hasn't swayed any seniors; the religious right wants him to attack gay couples in the Constitution - which will lose him the center. More worrying: I'm not sure he even knows he's in trouble.
9-11 is Bush's crutch. It has been for two and a half years. Too bad for him that New Yorkers are fed up with his empty promises.
Flash forward to September 2004 at the Republican National Convention: Thousands of protestors lining the streets of NYC to protest our lying President. That is if the convention is not moved to a cruise ship!
Another prediction: You'll probably be seeing quite a few yellow "Fire Fighters for Kerry" signs and shirts as well...
PS. Anyone else notice that the Republicans don't want the 9-11 Commission to delay their findings, in spite of the Commissions insistence that they receive an extension because of the White House's stonewalling.
"Republicans fear a report landing too close to the 2004 elections."
That's not even my quote! That's straight from the front page of the Wall Street Journal, and that ain't no liberal rag!
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