Much tighter race in NH

[fjc]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4012326/

[SpiralHawk]

1. Bush's falling face

Do I sniff a wee, bitter surprise "wounding" in the offing for Bush?

Could his Republican opponent in the NH Primary make a strong showing against him? I hope so. Here are the tea leaves, so to speak.

(You are welcome to copy this OMEN, and e-mail it to Republican voters in NH. Help make a dream come true.)

May 3, 2003 -- high up on the flank of Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch, NH -- the Old Man of the Mountain lost his face - literally - the day after Bush pulled his pilot-with-a-swagger stunt on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln ("Mission Accomplished").

I was struck by the sequence of events. Bush prances on Abe Lincoln deck, the noble Old Man of the Mountain loses face immediately thereafter. What's going on here?

Bush Prances Carrier Deck in Flight Suit - May 2, 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2993415.stm

Old Man story - May 3, 2003:
http://gonewengland.about.com/cs/nhhistory/l/bloldmanofmtn.htm

For Granite Staters -- and all who had ever seen him -- the collapse of the Old Man's face was a First Class tragedy -- because the Old Man was a symbol of honesty, dignity, and honor -- and he seemed eternal.

I always thought of the Old Man's profile as embodying the same qualities as Old "Honest Abe" Lincoln, whose profile is so familiar to us from the penny. So I was deeply saddened to see him "lose face," and could not help but note that it came right after Bush pulled that bald-faced PR stunt on the deck of our nation's Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.

After lying to America, our soldiers and the world, what right did Bush have to celebrate himself and "Declare Victory"? Hundreds of our soldiers have died and been wounded since that day, not to mention the ongoing misery for their families at home and the families in Iraq.

At the time I took this monumental loss of face in the Granite State as a sign that Bush was boasting shamelessly, comporting himself without honor or dignity.

After all, as we now know the Iraq war is based completely on BushCo fabrications, and Iraq had no WMDs and no connection to 9/11. This is a war of aggression and conquest. That's why our young men and women are dying over there -- it has nothing to do with national defense or our true honor. It has a lot to do with power and oil.

Now that I have read Sevethson's posting about the Republican candidacy of John Buchanan in the NH primary, I see things in a different light. I see the loss of face of the Old Man of the Mountain as an Omen that G.W. Bush may well lose face before the voters of NH.

Will the truth emerge? Will Bush be unmasked for who he really is before or during the NH primary? We shall see.

Here's the DU thread discussing the R. candidacy of john Buchanan against G. W. Bush in the NH primary.

His campaign -- and his research -- are sincere, and worthy of every voter's consideration.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=980708

John Buchanan “Campaign Manifesto”
Issues, Questions & Answers
January 1, 2004

WHY I’M RUNNING
A CHALLENGE TO
THE PRESS & THE PUBLIC.

Web site at http://www.johnbuchanan.org

It’s YOUR country.
Stand up for it – NOW.