GOP growing increasingly angry, frightened

[Caro]

Take heart, Democrats, but don’t let up. Remember how many rabbits Rove has pulled out of his hat. This is from Knight Ridder:

GOP growing increasingly angry, frightened by Bush's missteps

President Bush, once the seemingly invincible vanguard of a new Republican majority, could be endangering his party's hold on power as the GOP heads into this year's midterm congressional elections.

A series of political missteps has raised questions about the Bush administration's candor, competence and credibility and left the White House off-balance, off-message and unable to command either the nation's policy agenda or its politics the way the president did during his first term.

This week, newly released video of Bush listening passively to warnings about the dire threat posed by Hurricane Katrina and a report that intelligence analysts warned for more than two years that the insurgency in Iraq could swell into a civil war provided fresh fodder for charges that the president ignores unwelcome alarms.

His attacks on those who questioned his administration's approval of a seaports deal with the United Arab Emirates and his ill-fated nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court have angered some conservatives and Republican members of Congress.

And even some Bush supporters remain anxious about the economy, the federal deficit, the war in Iraq and the extent of the administration's warrantless wiretapping.

"The White House has been taking it on the chin lately, and the reverberations are being felt throughout the GOP," Republican blogger Bobby Eberle wrote this week. "From the Harriet Miers nomination to the Dubai Ports and more, the folks in charge of message strategy appear to be asleep at the wheel."…

Isn’t that typical Republican talk? Eberle isn’t worried about the amount of suffering caused by Bush’s incompetence. He’s only worried that the top echelons haven’t been able to fool enough people into believing that Bush’s incompetence is okay.

Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

[wake.up.america]

1. Exactly. BSing the public is their only concern.

[kentuck]

9. Isn't that the foundation of the entire Republican Party ??

Bullshit and obfuscation.

[Road Scholar]

11. Yeah, just shut up and drink the kool aid. nt

[aquart]

2. Exactly. The message is all, the substance...none of our business.

[Barad Simith]

3. k&r

part of me actually feels sorry for republicans, as it begins to dawn on them that the neocons never cared about their interests, don't care now, and never will

[Tsiyu]

4. Hey Neocon!

WE'RE NOT STUPID, STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fasttense]

5. Brownie could have pleaded until he was blue in the face

but nothing would or could get done. They replaced every single competent worker with lazy, shiftless cronies. All any of them could have done was pose for the camera, spin the message, and look for someone else to take the blame.

Welcome to government under a repuke majority. This is what the Christian Coalition wanted. We may vote them out from the House next Nov, and may make a dent in the Senate. We will probably have a Democratic President in 2009, but the dancing supremes will keep on spinning. The incompetent cronies will impact this nation for the rest of my life and maybe yours too.

I wonder if the repukes realize that as more Democratic candidates get elected into office, all the enemies these incompetent fools have made will come out hunting for them. I wonder if their enemies will be able to shoot as straight as Cheney?

[Caro]

7. I don't know how lazy...

... the crony appointments are, but they're certainly appointed based on ideology and loyalty, rather than ability. Bush-Cheney puts young, inexperienced ivy league graduates in charge of areas that desperately need experienced hands.

But that doesn't matter to Bush-Cheney. They have a complete disdain for government, and it's in their best interest to "prove" that government doesn't work.

Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

[Hekate]

6. Cornered rats are dangerous

I'm just sayin'

Hekate

[baby_mouse]

8. Indeed they are. Gas is required in that case.

Poisonous gas. Some sort of nerve toxin.

Or a sledgehammer.

[Toots]

10. Remember what RNC said "Americans won't vote for an Angry Candidate"

Hillary is just too Angry. :crazy: just can't figure out why.....