Poll: Should We Go After Bush On AWOL, Cocaine, and Harken?

[DrFunkenstein]

Should we follow the GOP down the road of "character" issues? Does Bush's past sense of entitlement - Daddy pulled strings to get him out of the draft, out of the National Guard, out of cocaine charges, bailed him out of a failed business, and got him into Yale, the Governorship, and the Presidency - does that really make a difference in terms of his political policies?

Should the Dems make 2004 an honorable enterprise where we stick to the issues that face America, or should we eject Bush by any means necessary?



Yes, Bush was a male cheerleader.

[NV1962]

1. Abortion, DUI... n/t

[oasis]

2. All three fair game. The nominee should leave it up to surrogates.

[laruemtt]

3. any other year i'd probably say

take the high road, but too much at stake this time. :evilgrin:

[sistersofmercy]

4. When engaged in a mud fight sling mud !

I say, "let the games begin."

[FloridaPat]

5. Divide everyone into teams and have each team go after

Bush on a seperate issue. Why stop at just a few. These people are the most corrupt to ever be in the White House. Got after them on everything. That way when the pardons start they may miss some.

[aquart]

6. His recent crimes are so much worse.

Americans are dying because of him. Families are losing their homes. Businesses are failing.

He NEVER tells the truth. And the truth is always an ugly tale of greed.

We WERE a superpower. Now, frankly, we're sitting ducks.

Thanks, George.

[rucky]

9. Agreed. Gore had his chance.

but we should bring up the AWOL issue, since he's so gung-ho about war.

[ProfessorPlum]

7. Yes, yes, and uh, yes!

We've hit the trifecta with our littlest dictator. Let's not let the voters even have the chance to believe their is anything honorable about voting for this evil little person.

[DBoon]

8. His past sense of entitlement

completely defines who he is and what his current political stands are.

These issues are thus entirely relevant.

[kentuck]

10. Yes, we should go after him but the candidate should stay above it..

Just like the Repubs do it.. :)

[cap]

11. we need to discredit his "Christian character"

there are sooo many down south who love bush because he has moral values. We need to show the world bush's true character.

[cheezus]

13. couldn't agree more

[MI Cherie]

12. Bring it on!

All's fair in love & war & politics!

We know they will go down to any level!

The end justifies the means!

:nopity:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

14. Gore took the high road. Look where he is now.

not where he should be-the White House. Politics is dirty-we shouldn't let Rove dictate the rules.

[YNGW]

15. How about...

... dealing with the issues the American people care about and not hanging our hopes on what will turn out to be non-issue. This is nice red-meat for the base, but Joe Average wants to know he's safe and he can pay his bills. Did the American people care about Clinton and his "loathing" the military? or all his "bimbos"? No. They voted for him twice. Lesson learned.

The guy's been president for 4 years now. All these things were discussed last election. It's gonna look like sour grapes and that we're still living in the past, and there will be a reason for that, it'll be because that's what we'll be doing.

Focus: Economy and Security.

[BruinAlum]

16. I agree with the candidate staying out of it and having others go after it

[kymar57]

17. Puhleeze

no contest

[anti-NAFTA]

18. None of the above.

If attacked by his dogs directly or indirectly with hints about how whoever the nominee is an elitist and that Bush is from Texas then I think his background as a Connecticutt-born AndoverPrep/Yale boy should be brought up.

[Piperay]

19. Fight fire with fire...

the repigs always throw muck, we need to return the favor. I am sick to death of people saying chimp is a decent honorable moral guy when that is an out and out lie! :mad: :grr: Let them have it but good!!! :nuke:

[knight_of_the_star]

20. Screw it!

They were the ones who wanted to turn politics into gutter knife-fighting, they reap what they sow.

[teach1st]

21. Have our cake and eat it too

Is it possible to both take the high road and tackle those issues? We have people who can float the stuff in front of the media, who will certainly pounce on it...just like Michael Moore's desertion sound bite.

Media Whore: Certainly you don't suggest that President Bush used cocaine in the past, do you?

Candidate: I'm aware of the stories alleging that Mr. Bush used cocaine. I would urge President Bush to be as upfront and truthful about his past as I have been about mine. But let's concentrate on current behavior and policy. Quite honestly, I'm more concerned with how the President's current policies have encouraged wildly increased heroin production in the Middle East regions.....