Well, I think that Bush committed a big FAUX PAS: USED THE WIFE

[LittleApple81]

as chum... THE FIRST STATEMENT IN HIS SPEECH THIS MORNING: The BEST reason to keep him in the White House was to keep Laura a the first lady.
Attacking the wife of the other candidate on his first line of his first speech?????
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?????

[kentuck]

1. Very perceptive Little Apple....

And it indicates how low this guy will stoop... I have no respect for him whatsoever.

[livetohike]

2. They're in trouble!

Meek, mild-mannered (at least in public) Laura Bush and Lynn (undisclosed location)Cheney versus dynamic, spiritual Teresa Heinz Kerry and Elizabeth Edwards.

Not a contest, imo.

[Warpy]

14. Some men prefer sad, silent, beaten doormats

Of course, such men are already voting for Bush, so this is an exercise in futility.

[Trajan]

3. With all due respect ...

It is quite a stretch to make the assertion that a desire to keep his wife in the White House is a bona fida attack on Mrs. Heinz-Kerry ...

Spend your energies wisely ...

[kentuck]

6. This was code to his followers....

They do not want that woman, Teresa Heinz Kerry in the White House... It was a not-so-subtle shot at Mrs Kerry, imo.

[Trajan]

25. Chuckles ...

Boy: I'd hate to see what happens when they ACTUALLY attack Heinz-Kerry ....

Think about it: With SO much to do, and so little time, and SO much REAL negative material provided by the Bush WH over the years: do we really want to waste time charging every positive statement by Bush about Pickles is a de facto attack against Kerry's wife ? ...

Jousting with windmills ...

Pick your battles wisely ...

[kentuck]

28. They are just testing it to see how it plays with their base....

But I'm not picking battles or jousting with windmills, I am simply agreeing with LittleApple on his/her observation, which is right on and which I applaud for the awareness which I wish you could also comprehend.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

19. With all due respect, most of us call them as we see them. I find it...

...hard to believe that you haven't broke the code used by these folks after listening to four years of their unadulterated crap.

[Canuckistanian]

24. Oh, give me a break.

If you listen to that audience, they knew EXACTLY what he meant. Combine that statement with the latest RW attacks on Heinz-Kerry and you can only come to one conclusion.

[Trajan]

27. You have a break ....

now: while your on break : THINK ...

I despise the GOP and Bush with all my being: but this is semi ridiculous .... DO you expect him to want his wife to leave the WH ? ... It is absurd, and clearly a fallacy, to assert that a positive comment about one's own family is automatically an attack on someone elses family ....

I swear: It's as if we dont have enough to bitch about with George: we have to conjure even MORE nasties in the dark ...

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. I want a debate between the wives!

--------------------------------------------------------
An open letter to John Kerry, John Edwards, and the DNC:
http://www.geocities.com/greenpartyvoter/OpenLetter.htm

[Pachamama]

8. Me Too! Teresa debating Laura! Bwahahahaha....

Laura would have to practice a couple new expressions in the programming....

How many languages does Laura speak? I mean, she is such a prolific reader and all....

[GreenPartyVoter]

20. Yeah, no contest. MamaT wins hands down! And even though

Lynne Cheney is articulate, we all know Elizabeth has better positions so she'd win too. :)

--------------------------------------------------------
An open letter to John Kerry, John Edwards, and the DNC:
http://www.geocities.com/greenpartyvoter/OpenLetter.htm

[soup]

23. Maybe Laura could get an answer to the age-old question

"Is there a French word for entrepreneur?" :evilgrin:

[Robin Hood]

5. What a piece of crap he is.

I can't believe this low life is the pResident. Who would vote for such an asshole?

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

7. About blew coffee through my nose...

Keeping Laura as First Lady the BEST REASON to vote for Bush?! Because on all those frivolous issues like the economy and national security, voting for Bush would be a really, really bad idea.

Ladies and Gentleman, the election is over. We won.

[Pachamama]

13. Seeing Bu$h on TV this morning was a Buzz-kill..when he suggested this

be the best reason, I thought "Wow, he really is f*cked" isn't he if that's the best he can come up with....

GOING-GOING-GOING - GONE! Kerry hit a home run last nite with bases loaded and Dimwit is no Barry Bonds.....

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

9. He really seems energized after his week off, doesn't he?

"Four More Years of Pickles"...easily the most dynamic campaign slogan of this generation.

:puke:

[goclark]

37. Salute

Isn't the hand to touch the face like JK is doing?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. The sad reality is, this may be true. But still no reason/crappy reason

to vote for the dude.

[City Lights]

11. Desperation.

They are in a heap of shit if this is all they have left in their arsenal.

[elehhhhna]

17. GW "Plus imagine the twins without 24 hour guards! "

[Media_Lies_Daily]

12. Those kinds of remarks appeal to the NeoCon base....

...unfortunately for FratBoy, and fortunately for us, his actual rightwing base is only about 35% of the total population. The other people on whom they were counting to win the election are starting to have a lot of second thoughts, particularly after seeing Kerry last night.

[Pachamama]

18. Yeah, I mean that Teresa Woman actually dares to speak her mind....

Such things are soooo dangerous aren't they....we must not let that happen America - A woman like that could - change history? Hmmm....

[Cat Atomic]

15. It's not like he actually wrote it anyway.

Our little man-shaped PA system just reads what they put in front of him. Well, he tries to.

[soup]

16. She wasn't even with him.

You're onto something, LittleApple, and her absence speaks volumes.

Let's keep her as first lady. Home - sweeping the porch where she belongs. Home - with the twin who'd just had surgery, while he vacationed in FL.

Where was she today?

[peekaloo]

21. Next he'll bring Barney to the podium, hold him up

and talk in a "doggy" voice to vote for his "daddy" and keep him as First Dog.

[SOS]

22. What Supreme Court selected Laura?

nt

[seabeyond]

26. what has laura done in the whitehouse

a single thing anywhere. why do we care any way if laura is in the whitehouse, simply a lump in the bed, lol

[City Lights]

30. She makes sure there's a full supply of pretzles on hand

for lil george's snack time.

[Pachamama]

40. Give head to Bush?

:eyes:

[maxpower]

29. I'm sure that neither

Elizabeth or Theresa ran over their boyfriends? I could be wrong.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

31. Let's bring the "newbies" up to speed on your comment, shall we?

http://www.bartcop.com/pickles-killer.htm

When she was 17 years old, the future wife of Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush, then known as Laura Welch, made a mistake that killed her boyfriend.

On Nov. 5, 1963, at 8 p.m., Laura was driving east on Farm Road 868 in her hometown of Midland en route to a party. At a dangerous intersection, she allegedly failed to see Mike Douglas, also 17, heading south on State Road 369.

Laura, traveling with her best friend Judy Dykes and allegedly chatting about clothes, collided with Douglas' Jeep, which was doorless. He was thrown from the vehicle and broke his neck, dying instantly.

"She didn't see him, he didn't see her," says Dan Harris, who also was cruising Midland that night, with Laura's close friend Beverly Girdley. "It was a terrible accident."

[maxpower]

38. Sorry

I realized after the fact that I should have elaborated. Thanks for doing the heavy lifting for me.

[Chili]

32. AAR is playing the audio clip of this comment...

...and it's the tone, isn't it, more than how the words look on paper? His inflection does imply that he was taking a swipe at Teresa Heinz-Kerry. To be fair, I haven't seen the video, haven't seen his face when he said it... but you can hear the smirk in his voice, if you know what I mean.

[Selwynn]

33. He says that ALL the time at his campaign places...

[The_Casual_Observer]

34. The BEST reason?

This is all the little turd has? There is nothing more pathetic than when chimp tries to use a 3 day old stale reference like the Mrs. Kerry flap to make a wise ass remark. He can fucking choke on these wise ass remarks.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

35. Hiding behind the wife's skirts. Nice. Should be good fodder for snarky

commercials, bumperstickers, and possibly some campaign trail remarks by JK.

"This stuff just writes itself!"

"I couldn't make this up if I tried!"

Imagine the field day by the mighty Republican Wurlitzer if JK had made any remarks about Teresa being an asset as first lady being a reason to elect him.

[ignatius 2]

36. As usual, when the Bush girlie-men are in trouble, they bring out

the skirt brigade. Look for Babs and the drunken twins to be blah-blahing very soon.

I hope it backfires on them bog time, but hate,bigotry, the skirts and divisiveness is all they got and they will use it ad nauseum to placate and rally their base.

[The Backlash Cometh]

39. Well, admittedly, Laura Bush has done a better job as First Lady

than Bush has done as First Man. I suppose he had to start with his strong suit.

[LibDemAlways]

41. Remember when Clinton

made the comment that voting for him meant getting Hillary in the bargain? Repukes hated that then. And now here comes chimpy stealing from the Clinton playbook, trying to tout Pickles as an asset. Only problem is, Bill and Hillary were smart, dynamic, and natural leaders. The chimp is a shit-for-brains good-for-nothing and Pickles is his enabler. The sooner those two are out of sight in Crawford, the better.