Bush disappointed at Republicans' losses (Rove Formally Informs Him)

[RamboLiberal]

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-11-08T045533Z_01_N07478317_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-ELECTIONS-BUSH.xml

President George W. Bush, disappointed at the Democrats' seizure of the House of Representatives, will hold a news conference on Wednesday to urge his opponents to work with him, the White House said.

The news conference was set for 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT).

White House spokesman Tony Snow said the outcome of the elections, in which Democrats were projected to win control of the House and pick up several Senate seats, was "not what we would've hoped."

"But it also gets us to a point: Democrats have spent a lot of time complaining about what the president has done. This is an opportunity for them to kind of stand up," Snow said.

Bush, whose Iraq policy was a key factor in the elections, had dinner with top aides and close friends Brad Freeman and Don Evans, the former commerce secretary, and watched the election returns on television in the White House residence.

He was told formally by his top political adviser, Karl Rove, that the House had gone to the Democrats.

[tridim]

1. Rove failed at his primary job

Does that mean he gets fired, or does he get a medal?

[still_one]

3. how about a new calculator

[PerceptionManagement]

55. Did Rove have to use crayons or balloon animals?

[Digit]

89. Hahahahahaha

:rofl:

[Felix Mala]

116. "The President, wearing his 'soldier pajamas' and rubbing his eyes, didn't

realize at first that his presidency was over..."

Excerpt from Bob Woodward's next book.

[crossroads]

122. LOLOLOL How Sweet It Is!

can't stop grinning this morning!!!!

[eppur_se_muova]

144. It was a multimedia presentation ...

balloons, crayons, AND sock puppets.

[Big Sky Boy]

131. Yeah -- I wanna see Rove explain "The Math"

I heard that smug little *** on NPR last week.

Robert Siegel asked him how he could be so confident. Rove kept insiting that he was looking at polls that no one else could see.

When Siegel said "but if you do the math...."

Rove interrupted him and said "You can do YOUR math. I'm doing THE math."

I'd be really interested to see THE math now.

[trogdor]

133. self delete.

[quiet.american]

9. Good question. n/t

[BadgerKid]

17. he deserves a promotion [sarcasm] n/t

[MassLiberal]

34. Rove did a heckuva job!

I'm actually surprised he's not as crooked as I thought. I had feared that this election would be stolen just like the others.

[RamboLiberal]

63. Yeah Heckuva job Turd Blossom

:rofl: :kick:

[unpossibles]

93. personally, I think he tried

I would be the real numbers would show a massive landslide victory. I literally know only a tiny handful of people who think the Republicans are doing a good job compared to hundreds who know it's not true.

[Mr. Sinister]

141. dem agenda: fix the voting problems!

If we are to keep these gains and grow it in the next election, the
new Congress has to turn around the voting problems and eliminate
the voter suppression. I believe if the voting were easy and reliable
for all citizens it would be a long time before Repugs controlled
anything ever again.

[LeahMira]

110. I wouldn't be surprised at all

to find out that he did try, and I'd like to think that Democrats won by a much larger margin that what we're seeing.

[MUAD_DIB]

35. You're doin a hellova a job, Rovie.

[Kikosexy2]

125. Turdblossom will...

get a good spanking...dressed in his leather chaps with his cherub ugly pucked marked ass hanging out of them...Bad Turd...Bad...

[SharonAnn]

134. Both! He gets fired and he gets a medal.

[still_one]

2. Democrats BETTER INVESTIGATE!!! THEY HAVE THE POWER NOW

[calimary]

10. We need to lean on them with ALL of our CLEARLY considerable

weight, and press this forward.

I think they're gonna pay more attention now. OUR guys and girls do indeed have a mandate. OURS. And they're gonna remember who got it for them.

They BETTER.

But remember this all-important reminder: If they think you don't care, THEY WON'T, EITHER!!!"

[tavalon]

31. Yeah

Our job is far from over but I think we all know that. Just a year or so ago, I chastised someone for acting like the internet grassroots were strong enough to swing the coming election. I don't know who that was or I would go back and apologize because we turned out to be just that strong.

[BikeWriter]

41. Don't let the GOP forget who shit in their sand box!

[pokercat999]

119. Now we have to press them HARD to eliminate

the "K Street Lobbyist". We can't continue the repug legacy of acceptable bribery no matter how much our elected representatives would like to take their turn at the trough!

[survivor999]

72. Absolutely. No playing nice.

[exlrrp]

97. ITS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING!!!

But now we're going to see it!
Excuse me while I dance around the room in wild abandon

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. boo fuggin who, George.

A pie in the face would be about as nice, huh?

[knowbody0]

5. Snow is going to let us KIND OF stand up?

funny

[rodeodance]

71. stupid comment. He is clueless

[rodeodance]

73. seems Rove misplaced those secret polls he had!

[tuvor]

6. "I said I was a uniter, and I meant it. Are the democrats up to the task or not?"

Mark my words, I say, tongue not-so-firmly in cheek.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

36. no kidding. That is precisely how he will act.

I've always said I'm a uniter. and its up to Congress to meet me here on my terms. you know, unite with me and my base. my base instincts

[badgerpup]

106. Exactly. He's going to do his best to block us at every step...

...then turn around and complain about how the Democrats "...won't work with him."
:nopity:
"Time for the Democrats to stand up" means "Time for the Democrats to stand up and bend over".
Not this time. Nuh-uh. No way. :nuke:

Put your strap-on away, Georgie Boy. Play time is over, you won't need it, and you're gonna hurt yourself if you keep playing with that thing.

[tonekat]

7. Did Rove use a "Droopy Dawg" voice to do it? n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

143. LOL! nt

[Bok_Tukalo]

8. Work with him? What does that mean?

Join me? Do what I say?

I understand that governing takes compromise but I have not seen it from this Executive.

[Divine Discontent]

14. work with me

or I'll leak all I have on you, sounds about right... he's a dirty guy just like rover, who probably was recording all the close campaign candidates calls for the past year...

[RadiDem]

29. Spell his name correctly on the impeachment papers

[Johnny Appleseed]

81. Join with me...

you must learn to use the dark side of the force... together we shall rule the galaxy...

[Captain Hilts]

11. He'll find 'sympathy' between 'shit' and 'syphillis' in the dictionary. nt

[Tight_rope]

43. lmao

:rofl:

[young_at_heart]

12. Let's hope they do NOT work with him!!!

He's been a disaster and they need to make him accountable!

[onehandle]

13. Fuck you, smirk.

Enjoy your 24 hours a day with lawyers while we investigate your ass.

[mcscajun]

15. I hope Rove brought a BIG crying towel in when he told Bushie

the bad news.

Poor widdle shrubbie. He can't control the playground anymore.

[thecrow]

16. Ahhh... to be a fly on that wall!

and to watch the tantrum !!!

[Human Torch]

18. Looks like "THE" math went sideways. So much for Boy Genius.

I'm taping that news conference.

"...the Democrats' seizure of the House of Representatives..." HEY, Reuters, use other negative words like "hemorrhaging" and "sodomizing."

"The Democrats doned nylon-stocking masks and entered the House at about 9 PM Eastern..."

:rofl:

It's an ELECTION. People VOTED. No seizures here, just PATRIOTISM IN ACTION.

:patriot:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

28. sideways? Yeah, what Warner said about IraqNam.

way sideways.

[Buzz Clik]

121. THE MATH: Rove discovers the meaning of "zero"

[Demeter]

128. I'm Sure He Said "The METH!"

Because math is one of those Reality-based, evolutionary spiral type things....

[Raster]

19. If g-dumbya would have picked up a fucking newspaper he would have

at least suspected this already. The results of this election should have been no surprise to anyone, and if he needs kkkarl to break it to him, well...

No George, daddy nor any of his friends, could have fixed this one. jebbie and his fancy machines and voter suppression schemes were not going to fly this time outside of Florida. Y'all shot your wad in Ohio 2004. Instead of saving your ass in Iraq, y'all better be using Jim Baker to keep you out of The Hague. Oh and that Paraguay thing... don't look now but those folks are already talking about allowing extradition. nazis were one thing, I guess you guys are another.

[anotherdrew]

20. he's still awake? n/t

[BikeWriter]

21. Impeach the bastard!

[yellowcanine]

22. "Bush....will hold a news conference on Wednesday to urge his opponents to work with him,"

Uh George, that's a two way street.

[BikeWriter]

37. He might ought to try working with us to save what's left of the U.S.

[sweetpotato]

86. Does that mean that * will be working with "terrorists?"

nt

[unpossibles]

95. that would be nothing new though. n/t

[bluestateguy]

23. Karl Rove is a fat pile of shit who should resign

nt

[Thor_MN]

24. Here it Comes "OK, now you have to clean up the fucking mess we made"

That's all we will hear for the next year "What's your plan?" "How are you going to deal with this?"

KKKarl, *, Dickhead, Rummy, IT'S STILL YOUR FUCKING MESS!!! We are going to start cleaning up, but it's YOUR mess.

[lebkuchen]

25. Why not join Cheney in the cornfield?

for a "pick me up?"

[freethought]

26. Do I hear a tinge of bipartisanship in *'s tone?

Like he stood for bipartisanship when he entered the office. Bullshit!
GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!
Dems are totally entitled to walk all over Bush and the Repubs. Repukes NEED a serious dose of their own medicine for a protracted period of time.
:spank: :spank:

[codjh9]

27. I feel so f-ing sorry for that dumb-ass

[RadiDem]

30. Sorry? Why?

[codjh9]

32. You're misunderstanding me - I hate that mo-fo!!! I was being sarcastic.

[BikeWriter]

33. No shit, he'll reap what he's sown.

[RoyGBiv]

38. Plurgh ...

I would not work *with* that man if he were the only help I had burning shit cans.

[Tight_rope]

39. Fuck you Bush we ain't working shit...

We'll be too busy cleaning up your fucking messes

[TlalocW]

40. HECKUVA A JOB, TURD BLOSSOM!

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Well, I guess we can expect to see Karl getting some sort of medal in the next few months.

TlalocW

[boilinmad]

42. Well, well, well

....just when we were starting to believe that TURD BLOSSOM really IS a genius. What the heck happened TURDIE?

[Algorem]

44. shoulda lowered gas prices more ya freaking stupid old drunk.

[MidwestTransplant]

45. Hey Karl, better wake the Pres. Looks like you guys lost the Senate too.

Wohooooo!

[The_Casual_Observer]

46. Tough ass you bastard!

[argyl]

47. Work with me or else face a "cataclysmic fight to the death"

FUGWB

[Canuckistanian]

48. Why did Rove have to "inform" him?

Jesus H. Christ, is he an invalid? Can he not use a TV or "the internets" by himself or has he been forbidden to do so?

I've NEVER in my life heard of a politician who WASN'T a political junkie, who didn't listen to EVERYTHING who didn't have even a clue of what at least 70% of the country is talking about.

What a loser. He deserves to go down.

Hard.

[codjh9]

69. He can't read... or at least doesn't much... so Fat-face hasta tell 'im

[radiofreesrini]

92. dyslexic

bush is dyslexic, i think i read that somewhere.

unlike other dyslexics who through discipline and desire learn to read... [do i even have to complete this sentence ?

[Flirtus]

104. ... got stuck in Iraq?

[Pacifist Patriot]

118. Yeah, but every dyslexic I know is capable of turning on a radio or a tv.

;)

[Raine]

79. Yeah, really

I couldn't imagine Clinton as President having to have someone else inform him. I'm sure Clinton sat up and got all the returns as they came in himself.

[Mabus]

135. The article says Bush was watching tv

so a) it was turned to Fox and so Bush didn't know what was going on or b) he was watching tv and didn't understand what all the numbers meant.

[Rose Siding]

49. Hey Tony- when the Democrats stand up, will Junior stand down?

[badgerpup]

107. oh that's rich!

:spray: :applause:

[Bob3]

50. he was tearing up his cage straw flinging his own poo

you know what happens whenever an ape gets upset.

[shanti]

51. GIVE THANKS!

rastafari

[ShortnFiery]

52. I don't know about the rest of DU, but I can't wait to hear Dear Leader's

news conference at 1:30 PM (I believe - please check me on the exact time).

He will have to be highly medicated just to stumble through FEIGNING humbleness. Just perhaps he'll completely melt down like he almost did during his previous press conferences?

I bet he's so pissed that he gives a standard, off the ear-piece speech and leaves the room with very few questions. If he stays, let's hope the Press Corps grill him like there's no tomorrow.

Oh man, I bet the thought of Madame Speaker Pelosi has him so angry he'll down a pint of Jack Black this AM. KKKarl quick! Lock the liquor cabinet. :P

[4dsc]

53. Just answer the subpoena george

I wonder if Rove will inform the chimp about the power of the subpoena??

[politianskissit]

56. It's time for real Congressional oversight....

... subpoenas all around the White House.

[Ferret Annica]

54. Pete DeFazio says it is a new day

and it will be one where the mean spirited and domineering policies of the GOP will be remembered. It is a whole new ball game, and a new era in Congress has come much closer to reality.

Let's hope these gains will be built in two years from now as a Democratic President with strong coat tails takes office.

[Erika]

57. W talk to anyone other than a bushbot

His ego wouldn't allow it.

[tulsakatz]

58. in other words........

President George W. Bush, disappointed at the Democrats' seizure of the House of Representatives, will hold a news conference on Wednesday to urge his opponents to work with him, the White House said.

do what I want or I'll throw a tantrum!!

:grr:

[hasssan1]

59. FUCK HIM

The American people are disappointed at this RAT . No president could\can ever destroy this graet nation like he did.
We should impeach this ass-hole.

[pinniped]

60. Good, maybe he will fire them tomorrow.

Einsteiner

POS* disappointed at Republicans' losses

[Hardrada]

61. Court official to Louis XVI

Uh, it's not a revolt sire. It's a revolution."

[TankLV]

62. Awww - poor WAR CRIMINAL!

On the the War Crimes Trials!!!!

[WheresWaldo]

64. GOOD DAY TO BE A DEM!!!

FINALLY!!! (caps deliberate for enthusiasm)

[still_one]

65. hey tony snow, jerkoff, read the 100 hour Democratic plan

[19jet54]

66. Give 'em hell Harry!

"I just tell the truth, and they think it's hell" - Harry Truman

[CC]

67. Well we can offer work with them as much

as they worked with us. :evilgrin:

[barb162]

68. "urge his opponents to work with him" ?????

what the hell for? He didn't work with Democrats

[rodeodance]

70. This is an opportunity for them to kind of stand up," Snow said.

[Hekate]

74. Chimpy hooted and threw turds and fruit at Rove

:rofl:
What a great night.

Hekate

[codjh9]

75. I love the imagery - thanks

[Skittles]

76. no, YOU stand down you piece of SHIT

FUCK YOU

[The Count]

77. Shouldn't you call Nancy? And Harry too? Congratulate them?

[deadparrot]

78. I'm getting snacks and watching the press conference tomorrow.

Ohhh, it's gonna be a good day.

[colorado_ufo]

80. Wonder what the fate of the messenger will be?

"But what have you done for me lately?"

[truthisfreedom]

82. dude, mr. presdunt, it's time for you to stand down.

[sendero]

83. The House..

... should work with the Republicans just like the Republicans have worked with the Dems.

I'm tired of folks who want to call the fight only when they are losing.

[wake.up.america]

84. We should fight for what is best for the country. The people will follow.

[YDogg]

85. So when he was told, did he just sit there reading "My Pet Goat?"

[Lasher]

87. Highly typical.

What they're really saying

"...will hold a news conference on Wednesday to urge his opponents to work for him..."

Democrats have spent a lot of time complaining about what the president has done. This is an opportunity for them to fix all his messes and take the blame for his screwups," Snow said.

They're in denial bigtime. They think they can dictate to us just like they have done to the Bush-league Republican lapdog Congress for 6 years.

[luckyleftyme2]

90. YES DUBYA

YES "DUBYA" YOU MAY JOIN IN WITH US =YOU CAN FOLLOW GEORGE CUZ YA PROVED TO THE COUNTRY YA
SURE CAN'T LEAD!
GIVE THAT ARROGANT SOB WHATS COMING TO HIM;a new pinstripe wardrobe!
GO PELOSI!
AMERICANS STAND UP AND TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!

[emlev]

88. Oh, no! I agree with Tony Snow!

This is an opportunity for them to kind of stand up," Snow said.

That's probably what they'll do. Kind of stand up.

[stlsaxman]

91. Yes- I say We reach across the aisle to them... with a subpoena.

n/t

[civildisoBDence]

94. Disappointed? DISAPPOINTED???

Now he knows how the fuck we've felt for the last six years.

Newsprism

[Vinca]

96. In the spirit of bipartisanship -

eat shit.:spray: :rofl: :woohoo:

[Roland99]

98. FUCK YOU, Mr. MANDATE!

:mad: :mad:

[The Backlash Cometh]

99. It took six years for him to finally notice us.

Six years we didn't exist for Bush. Six long years while he and his cronies raided and plundered our villages and raped our children. And there's no way to count how many people they inspired to do the same on a local and state level.

We won a real mandate, and it's time to clean up the mess he created. It's too late to teach him how to pick up his own toys after himself. No point in treating him like a child who has the ability to learn. All I can say is, HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM POLLS NOW, YOU SON OF A BITCH!

[Vogon_Glory]

100. No, George, This Isn't The Texas Statehouse

No, George, this isn't the Texas statehouse. This is not where you said that you'd be willing to work with Democrats and when you has former Texas Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock to assist you. This is Washington, DC in 2006 and 2007 where you'd been governing like a right-wing radical and treating progressives like dirt.

George, your pet Grover Norquist said that bipartisanship was like date rape. We don't trust you now, we don't see any reason to trust you in the near future. You've proven to be the sort of person who can only be trusted when a thick hand is around your necks and your hands are in clear sight at all times.

[ima_sinnic]

101. mr. urinary executive:

it will be a pleasure watching your meltdown in the near future.
May it be broadcast live, worldwide by super industrial-strength mega Internet-radio-TV interplanetary intergalactic broadband transmissions so that the whole universe may witness the @$$clown of the universe beginning his karmic plunge.

you will soon be indicted.

LET THE WAR CRIMES TRIALS BEGIN!!

[ToolTex]

102. Speaker Nancy Pelosi is now 2nd in line to replace the pResident.

Time to get to work on the important stuff!

[IWantAChange]

103. An accurate and fair recount of the 2 Senate races is all that matters

at this point. The Repugs might lose control of their sphincter's if those go Democratic, because then there will be no stopping the Conressional investigations and oversight hearings that the American public deserves - none, zero, nada.

[Neshanic]

105. Rove hires Kabuki group from Japanese embassy to help tell him bad news

[Cass]

108. He can take his uniter bullsh* and shove it.

Bush and his thugs have spent the last 6 years demonizing democrats. Its him and his party of thugs that need to learn how to work togther with their opponents.

I bet he had nightmares last night about John Conyers with subpoena power. Heh.

[City Lights]

109. I'm sure Bulldog was on hand to comfort the chimp after KKKarl broke

the news to him.

[MiniMe]

111. Rove fails his advanced math class!

[Evergreen Emerald]

112. "urge his opponents to work with him, the White House said"

Bu*h and the neocons refused to deal with the democrats in Congress. They excluded them--improperly--in the business of governing while they Bent over backwards for Bu*h and his agenda. They were purposefully divisive. And yet he is "urging" them to work with him?

[Hepburn]

113. Screw you, George Bush!

You call us terroist lovers, etc., and do that to fear monger and prostitute yourself to groups like the idiot fundies to get votes for yesterday's elections and suddenly, Dems are your buds?

What are YOU afraid of??? Could it be that the House subpoena power is now in the hands of us Dems???

Sorry, asshole, but with all the sick sorry crap and hatred you have spewed about the Dems ~~ you can go fuck yourself.

[Bush_MUST_Go]

114. Time for some ACCOUNTABILITY. It will be a beautiful thing. BRING IT ON!

[surfermaw]

115. Start working on the 10th district North Carolina

Rummors that McHenry is Gay, there is nothing wrong with that, but Rove Anoff and Rove, came into this area, and bought the election for McHenry. We had a republican sheriff of 24 years, that could have been elected and that is what the republican and many democrats wantedd, but the machine put the money in this district to get a win for McHenry in the primary...if the sheriff had gotten by the primary into the general election, he would have won....Now if some outside help doesn't come in to the district, we will have the little short whatever , for 50 years.....HELP

[Pacifist Patriot]

117. As I was drifting off to sleep last night ...

an image popped into my head of George W. Bush bawling like a baby. Then I realized that would mean he understood what had happened.

[onecent]

120. formally told by KKKK Karl..because Bush can't read....

[Lone_Star_Dem]

123. Get over it. The people have spoken.

And they voted your band of merry sycophants off the Island. Now get out of our way, we have work to do.

[calazini]

127. Beautifully put!

'Merry band of sychophants' roflmao.:nopity:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

139. Thank you. Welcome to DU!

Good to have you here. :hi:

[Miss Chybil]

124. Rove: Oh, goody. Now Dems are in charge we can blame everything on them! nt

[rateyes]

126. Now, I look forward to the Scooter Libby trial,

and the civil trial Wilson v. Libby, et al.

We are going to shove a microscope up the collective asses of this administration.

DRAIN THE SWAMP!!

[zann725]

129. Poor Chimpy. Poor Rov-ie. Now they too "taste" the sweetness of defeat.

Savor it long, with a view toward Reality...something quite 'alien' to Pugs. Poor things. Get use to it!

[Peanutcat]

130. Translation of WHspeak

"But it also gets us to a point: Democrats have spent a lot of time complaining about what the president has done. This is an opportunity for them to kind of stand up," Snow said.

Translation: "Now we can blame the Democrats for everything that goes wrong!"

[EnviroBat]

132. Guess what Asshole!

WE'RE THE DECIDERS!!!

[Tight_rope]

136. GEORGE W. BUSH, JR. CAN GO CHENEY HIMSELF!

[Prana69]

137. Oh, that's rich!!

Now "The Decider" wants to be part of a unified government?

I wouldn't trust * one inch. This phoney contrition is just a KKKarl ploy to get the Dems to go easy on teh pResidency and to buy time for the GOP to destroy all the documentary evidence and paper trails proving the corruption of the last 6 years.

What's needed is nothing les than a wholesale sweep and clean of the institutions and processes of government. And that starts with the office of pResident.

[ckramer]

138. Duh!

He didn't see that coming, did he?

LOL

[Anakin Skywalker]

140. Too Dumb to Turn on the TV or the Internet(s)?

His handler Rove has to inform him? Jay-sus!

[Exiled in America]

142. Hey Rove! Where's "THE MATH" BITCH??????? :)

[0007]

145. Let the war crime investigations begin!