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Sat Aug-07-04 11:32 PM
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Will Bush pull off the Campaign Speech of his Career at the Convention? |
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Edited on Sat Aug-07-04 11:40 PM by opihimoimoi
"Damn Damn Damn, I gatta follow those guys?"
The Poor Bush....they are writing his speech now, trying to find the right words and phrases he can habdle without fucking up. Karen is going ballistic; Rove is pulling/losing hairs, Condi is practicing her frown. Oh Lordy,,,,the pressure is ON.
Bush knows he can not screw this one up. Lucky for him hardly anyone saw the Untiy speech and him falling apart.
But this Convention is PRIME TIME with an estamated 45,000,000 people anticipated to watch. He cannot muff it.
The ODDs show he won't pull it off.....he will try to act folksy and funny but in the end, people are tired of excuses and "Corners"...they want BEEF. and there is no beef in Bushes Stew.
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:34 PM
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1. BEEF is an anagram for BFEE |
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I guess people are getting BEEF, its just scrambled up to hide its true identity.
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:37 PM
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2. The expectations for his speeches are always so low that |
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the media will be pushing how he hit a home run so he'll have the salesguys out there in his corner. All he has to do is not make any major gaffe's and thet's asking a lot from him. The fact is he has nothing to offer and I think people will see that no matter what they say. All he can offer is fear and more fear tomorrow.
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:43 PM
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fear scams and the idiocy of these business groups is just too disgusting.
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:44 PM
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8. His business Plan is in Tatters...no beef...only "Corners" |
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His whole term has been a disaster, all loses no wins...
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:45 PM
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9. "If you lower the bar, guess what happens -- you get lousy results" |
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The Idiot in Chief said it best himself in his Unity journalist speech. I think people are starting to wake up to what happens when you lower the bar.
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:48 PM
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12. Priceless pictures LOL :o) |
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Sun Aug-08-04 07:50 AM
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32. Malloy's got the process down |
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http://www.bushflash.com/wmf/gwb1984.mp3Dissection of Bush speeches. Five easy steps to mass manipulation. :toast: Julie
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:38 PM
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3. I'm betting that it'll be recieved just as his SOTU was. |
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People will see that he's a one-note kind of pResident, and they'll walk away unimpressed. Bounce? 4 points, maybe.
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:43 PM
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4. He will lose ground.... lose points after the speech..No Bounce!! |
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Sun Aug-08-04 02:08 PM
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54. Isn't the classic strategy in these cases to talk up a huge bounce |
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so they can't meet expectations no matter what?
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:43 PM
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5. It's really a shame the 'Unity' speech didn't happen in June. |
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Michael Moore could have released it as part of a double bill along with Fahrenheit. :evilgrin:
Even when * tries his best, whatever THAT is, he always finds a way of coming off dumb, stupid, ignorant, - insert your own word or words here - what's he going to base his speech on? I'm a war president. No wait, I'm a peace president. The economy is good. No wait, it's not. Um, the war in Iraq is fully supported by Americans. No wait, it's not. I do really good photo ops. Ok, he's got that one. :::smirk:::
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:43 PM
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7. But will he mention the scourge of steroids? |
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That's what keeps me awake at night - knowing that this plague of beefcake-inducing pills is showering down on America like some candy-colored pharmaceutical rain, endangering the health, sanity and waistlines of ALL Americans.
If he doesn't mention illegal steroids, he's TOAST.
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:47 PM
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10. He won't....they will pound on FEAR, Consume, and OBEY |
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Fear the Terrah
Go Shopping
OBEY the Lord, Bush speaks to HIM, vote for BUSH
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:50 PM
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13. But . . . but . . . but illegal steroids are IMPORTANT!!! |
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I mean, he wouldn't have mentioned them in the SOTU otherwise, would he, huh?
Besides, I just know that some unemployed bodybuilders and porn film aspirants are going to jump me and force me to consume massive amounts of anabolics, enhancing my skinny physique and damaging my mental capacity until I vote Republican.
Come, we go join the Bulgarian weightlifting team!!
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:58 PM
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18. There is also the issue of Porn and prostitution...he brought those |
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out a few months ago and the nation went <<gasp>> What the hell he talking about??
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Sun Aug-08-04 12:05 AM
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22. Prostitution? You mean, where women take money to . . . NO!!!!! |
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When did THIS happen?!?!?!? I'm shocked, SHOCKED by this development!
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Sun Aug-08-04 12:11 AM
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25. He tried that in a SOTU address.....bombed. |
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Sun Aug-08-04 12:01 AM
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21. I'm more concerned about Mars |
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Will he mention sending tons of money to the black hole that is NASA during prime time?
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Sun Aug-08-04 12:12 AM
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27. I think the Mars thing is dead.....he will stay far away |
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:48 PM
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11. He will not even physically BE at the convention. |
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He will give his speech via video on the huge screen like Big Brother.
This way he does not have to give the speech live, but can record it and polish it so that there are no huge errors.
"Security" will be cited as the reason for this departure from tradition.
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:50 PM
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14. It might just be the case..... Damn, never thought of this aspect |
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:57 PM
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Never thought of that. Boy does it fit in when you think of all the terra lerts in NYC this past week.
* will probably speak from Cheney's 'undisclosed (OK so we know where it is) location' - with Cheney right by his side, feeding * the lines, one by one.
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:57 PM
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15. All he has to do is not fart or shit in his pants... |
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and the whore media will treat him like he is the second coming of Churchill.
And he will be wearing a dark brown suit and two pairs of tight underwear.
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Sun Aug-08-04 12:07 AM
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Sat Aug-07-04 11:57 PM
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The DEM Con went very well and smoothly even by media accounts. Kerry's speech exceeded expectations. We can hope that Murphy's Law is in full effect on Aug 30th 'cause they've now gotta be perfect just to match it. Of course CNN and the like will peddle furiously to put a positive spin on all gaffes, snafus, boners, and screw ups. Hopefully there will be too many to ignore. That's my fond wish.
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Sun Aug-08-04 12:00 AM
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19. I predict a monumental GAFFE.....he will blow it...too much pressure |
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Sun Aug-08-04 12:01 AM
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20. Remember, he'll be in front of rabid Republicans |
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He could stand up there and read the phone book and the crowd would cheer like crazy. They should build a special padded podium for him so he can lean his left elbow on it with hurting himself.
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Sun Aug-08-04 12:05 AM
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23. I think 10 % of the Pubs will vote Kerry behind the Poll Curtains... |
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They(the 10 %) are there because they are trapped...but behind the curtain,,,they will vote for Kerry......
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Sun Aug-08-04 12:12 AM
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26. Hey folks... we should all start writing our letter to the editor NOW |
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Possibly along the line that gw* was being less than serious about the current situation in America.
When he snickers is he serious? When he sneers is he serious? When he makes silly remarks is he serious?
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Sun Aug-08-04 12:31 AM
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28. The Whore Press will STILL say Bush walks on water no matter what! |
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Thankfully there is the Net!
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Sun Aug-08-04 08:17 AM
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36. They will try but the people are starting to smell the shit they once |
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thought was sizzling steak..... oh my, they are waking up to the fact that he is a dufus....one can fool the people for only so long....
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Sun Aug-08-04 04:21 AM
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29. Peggy Noonan has recently come on board -- she wrote one for Poppy... |
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that was the speech of his career. We'll see....
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Sun Aug-08-04 08:09 AM
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33. Noonan over the hill, too little too late, bush is toast, destiny |
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Sun Aug-08-04 08:31 AM
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43. Noonan also loon now -- |
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If she was as loony back then, it wasn't common knowledge. Maybe this time she'll write a speech as loony as some of her columns, and Bush will end up provoking a nationwide, "Huh???"
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Sun Aug-08-04 09:06 AM
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44. I happen to know some loons who.......just joking....... |
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The pressure the pressure...its so damn high....in the RED ZONE for gods sake, its in the RED ZONE....
for the speech writers, the researchers, the composers, the reviewers, the approvers, and the revisor himself....the PRESSURE is so friggen HIGH.....
and we all know what is gonna happen....
the team is so pissed off from all this pressure, they gonna wait till the last minute to give it to him and there will be a speech he cannot give...by the time he recovers, too late, blew it.
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Sun Aug-08-04 05:52 AM
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30. He Will Perversely Benefit |
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"from the soft bigotry of lower expectations".
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Sun Aug-08-04 08:13 AM
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34. Too many people see America going down the Dreain |
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Jobs, economy, war losses. overspending, etc, Bush is seen as THE architect of an emense disaster that will be his LEGACY
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Sun Aug-08-04 07:30 AM
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31. You put your finger on the biggest difference between Kerry and Bush |
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The Poor Bush....they are writing his speech now, trying to find the right words and phrases he can handle without fucking up.
While Kerry had some input from speech-writers, he wrote most of the speech himself, while I guarantee that Bush will have zero significant input to his own speech. All his does is mouth the words and ideas of others (a fact made glaringly obvious by his performance during impromptu questioning, e.g. the recent Unity conference performance). He is the ultimate empty suit frontman, and why people can't see that (present company excepted)is beyond me.
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Sun Aug-08-04 08:15 AM
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35. I hope he does the final rewrite! |
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Edited on Sun Aug-08-04 08:15 AM by PATRICK
That may have been the problem with the Unity speech and others. He's reaching deep and banging his hand on the bottom of a dry pool.
Performance is everything since his cheering section will try to substitute for all reasonable inadequacies. But he has been campaigning hard and if not rested and at ease it could be fun.
I expect it to be boring, really safe. But as Kerry exceeded his own fine speechmaking, it may well be Bush will exceed our expectations of blind dumbness. Or, at the least, he will forget America is watching and play to the roaring crowds of believers in some funny repulsive way.
Or the teleprompter could malfunction?
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Sun Aug-08-04 08:22 AM
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39. I happen to feel the pressure will be so enormous a meltdown of sorts |
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is a distinct expectation. The press will try to give him extra points if he manages to escape a meltdown but what of the speech itself, the substance? what can he possibly say that we have not heard before?
He is so lame its laughable
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Sun Aug-08-04 08:19 AM
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37. The lower the expectations, the better he'll do. |
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It's the pattern he's followed his whole life. Sure he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he's always managed to cut it with a little help from his friends. They are going to work him over and pump him up until he goes out there and does just a fantastically mediocre job (a giant step up for him), and people are going to be re-assured that he isn't the complete idiot they suspect he is. Then they will go out and vote their pocketbook like they do every election season.
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Sun Aug-08-04 08:21 AM
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38. Didn't he actually say something, early on (pre 9/11 I think), like |
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"I'm the king (or master) of low expectations."
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Sun Aug-08-04 08:27 AM
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41. If they vote pocket book, Bush is History..........but there will be |
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other attempts to placate the press with live press cons with off the cuff remarks with the "aw shucks" mode full on...this since he feels most comfy in that zone. People who watch hardly hear him, they see him smiling and aw shucks guys lemme tellya a new one and feel he is one of them...they can hardly understand the friggen tide charts for gods sake much less what the hell he talking about...
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Sun Aug-08-04 08:22 AM
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40. the media will say he pulled it off just like they did in 2000 |
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they praised up and down his mediocre acceptance speech in 2000 too. Also, just becuz he didn't slobber all over himself in the debates in 2000 the media said "he won." No, the media will look out for media and I predict here and now they will say, "He hit it out of the park."
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Sun Aug-08-04 08:29 AM
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42. I hear ya and I can only say I hope this year be different |
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Sun Aug-08-04 09:19 AM
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45. And I can just hear Sean Insannity saying |
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what a brilliant speech the moron gave.
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Sun Aug-08-04 10:13 AM
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47. He will be praised as he owns the media ! |
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Sun Aug-08-04 02:06 PM
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53. Hard core Sean will have to be using the delusion button |
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Sun Aug-08-04 09:21 AM
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46. Yes..even if he soesn't.... |
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The media is being set up to say he did....
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Sun Aug-08-04 02:04 PM
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52. The Media can only try...The American People are tuned in for this one |
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with a finer filter this time.
Bush will have immense pressure not to fuck it up...the odds show a partial meltdown somewhere...and he knows it too. More worries, more prozac, more scotch.
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Sun Aug-08-04 11:12 AM
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48. He has to go right, like way off the deep, right-wing end... |
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..to draw distinctions between him and Kerry. Since the delinquent has no military experience to show off and reinforce his "war president" chest-thumping/flag-waving, I expect he'll have to turn to shoring up the base --- a lot of BS about "protecting the sanctity of marriage" and "God founded this country -- and we're going to keep it under his command" --shit like that to appease the Taliban wing of the Republican party. Then they'll trot out Schwartzennegger to woo middle-of-the-roaders, but Schwartzenegger's swagger will only reinforce the cockiness that has already driven thousands away from the party. Schwartzenegger's immigrant-to-riches story does not compare favorably to Obama's all-American story, particularly since his father was a Nazi. And Schwartzenegger's the best they've got to show for themselves. Heehee. Can't wait to see it!!
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Sun Aug-08-04 02:02 PM
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51. Me too, should be very interesting to see what kind of BLUFF |
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he will use...
Raise?
Re Raise? Over the top?
He has no hand and they all know it.... all they got is a BLUFF...
But who got all the chips to match the ALL IN BET? Kerry does and he will call the Shrubs Bluff. This will be funny to watch.
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Sun Aug-08-04 11:26 AM
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49. Here's hoping for a SOTU encore! |
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That was the worst major speech by a sitting president in a century. Usually, a president gets a bounce from the SOTU. The Chimperor tanked.
Let's hope the public listens this time with the same objectivity. If they do, even the media whore spin of how marvelous he did won't save his sorry ass.
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Sun Aug-08-04 01:58 PM
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50. As more and more of us feel the economic pinch, we become very concerned |
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as the the Corner he is talking about.
For 3 1/2 years now, this man has batted zero...and he wants 4 more?
He has failed in every aspect////
People will hear what he has to say with a fine filter this time around...no more free passes, this is too serious, the Nation going down the tubes time,......
He cannot do it, shot his load already, he has empty guns...must rely on the only thing left
BLUFFING.....
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Sun Aug-08-04 02:31 PM
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55. "phrases he can habdle" |
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Sun Aug-08-04 02:53 PM
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56. I know, I know, I wuz gonna change it but I thought, lemme see who gonna |
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git it.....
It is perfect under the circumstances...:bounce:
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Unless he drools, shakes and/or tries to say the word "nuclear" more than once, the media will call it the greatest acceptance speech in decades and declare the nitwit back in the lead. Then come the debates ...
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Sun Aug-08-04 03:44 PM
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58. The Odds indicate he will muff it with a bluff. |
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People are tired of "Corners";...... can't eat them.
The no card Chimp has only one option Left: THE BIG BLUFF
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