CNN says Bush* phoned Kerry to congratulate him.

[rockymountaindem]

He needs to butt out. Kerry should have hung up on him.

[hippiechick]

1. oh i'm sure they had ALOT to chat about ....

considering all the policy stances of Bush's that Kerry signed off on since 2000.

:mad: meet the new boss ... same as the old boss ...



:hippie:

[efhmc]

6. And exactly how does that comment help us to further our cause???

[homelandpunk]

30. Yes, get that post marginalized in a Free Speech Zone!!!!!!!!!

because the new boss is NOT the same as the old boss.
Bush sucks....
Kerry blows....

[hippiechick]

38. Um ...

:eyes: I reserve the right to dislike any candidate I choose, and to express my opinion of said candidate.

You don't have to like it. I don't really give a crap.

Thank you for your concern.


:hippie:

[molly]

40. We need to be united - not divided

once we have a candidate, attacks will be a no-no.

[deutsey]

43. Hear hear

:thumbsup:

[PDittie]

2. It was a wrong number

Dubya thought he was calling Pizza Hut

[efhmc]

5. No, Twin Liquors. (A liquor store in Austin.)

[efhmc]

3. Whatever. He just had to poke his crooked little face into this great time

for Dems. (I am not saying that it is great time because of the Kerry win. It just is a great time for us all.)

[Hokie]

4. No, we have to play the high road

The re-pukes have shown themselves to be vindictive, petty, non-compromising assholes. We have to be above that.

[rockymountaindem]

7. We've tried to be above that for a long time

and look where it's gotten us. It's time to fight tooth and nail.

[slinkerwink]

8. fucking stupid of Kerry to take the phone call.....

[lancdem]

11. If the president calls, you really don't have a choice

even if he is nincompoop. :evilgrin:

[slinkerwink]

17. so? Kerry could've made it clear that Bush wasn't a worthy president

to take a phone call from.

[LTR]

42. I agree

Kerry's gotta show some class.

It'll be a rough, brutal campaign, but it does not mean that it should kick off on a negative note.

It was nice of Dubya to phone him (though it seems customary to me) and damn nice of Kerry to take it.

This is why candidates shake hands before a debate.

Now let's give Shrub his pink slip.

[Sufi Marmot]

16. Why? So the GOP can paint Kerry as petty and petulant?

Lancdem is right, when the President calls, you answer the phone, even if he's an SOB. That's what adults do.


-SM

Edited to spell lancdem correctly

[HuskerDem]

22. No, to satisfy the petulant natures of some DU'ers who are still pouty

cauz their hero got knocked off the mountain.

[slinkerwink]

25. it's not about Dean----I'm saying that the old Dem way of being

polite to the Republicans really haven't gotten us anywhere. We need to be meaner, leaner, and on the attack instead of the wimpy Dems we once were at the start of the presidential campaign.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

26. all of you...

Don't get snippy! :) Good phone manners goes a long way!

[slinkerwink]

24. all I'm saying is that it sets up suspicion and makes one wonder why

Kerry deigned to take a phone call from Bush, especially in the primary season, when it isn't even time for the general election to officially start.

[Sufi Marmot]

35. Refusing to take phone calls simply isn't adult behavior...

Serious politicians don't get elected by acting like junior high school students running for student council. Adults hold to a certain level of polite discourse, the bare minimum of which includes communicating on the phone with their political rivals. I seriously doubt that Dean, faced with the same situation, would have shouted some obscenties and slammed down the receiver.

Like it or not, there are a considerable number of Americans for whom manners are still important, and it would be stupid to alienate them as potential voters by acting like an eighth grader.

Kerry can (and has, and no doubt will continue to) criticize Bush publically on the stump, there's no reason for him to engage in boorish, knee-jerk behavior towards Bush privately, regardless of how he feels about him. The cultivation of dispassionate detachment and an ability to forego emotionally stimulating confrontational behavior are desirable attributes for a leader. Those with future political aspirations would do well to learn this lesson...

Cordially, -SM

[molly]

41. Because he has class

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[shivaji]

27. May be they talked about the next meeting of skulls & Bones?

[shivaji]

28. Listen fellow DU'ers.....here is my thoughts about the presidency

We may not like Bush......
We may not respect Bush.......
We may not agree with Bush.......

But......there is nothing to be gained by disrespecting the
office of the president of US. If we want to remain a strong
democracy, we must respect the institutions that frame our
free and democratic republic. And that includes the president,
the congress and the SCOTUS. We have only one president at a time.
Next time hopefully it will be our democrat nominee Kerry who will move
into the white house. I hope and pray the other side will not call
him vulgar and derogatory names. Respect begets respect. I for one
am ashamed to be the first one to cast the stone.

[jsw_81]

39. You people are clueless

This is the tradition. Gore made a call to Bush in 2000, Clinton made a call to Dole in 1996 etc.

What was stupid was when your guy Dean started screaming like a lunatic on national television. That's why he lost.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

45. Do they have WonkaVision in that dream world you're living in?

[jsw_81]

47. Dream world?

What the hell is that suppossed to mean? MY guy won. YOUR guy lost. Deal with it.

[unblock]

9. slick political move by shrub, though

now bush gets his name in the papers as a nice guy when the story should by 100% kerry kerry kerry.

[lancdem]

12. Frankly, I don't think it will make much difference

since he'll be attacking Kerry very soon.

[goclark]

10. What Did He Say?

I'm sure that he had to have a script to even say the word Congratulations. Did he have a teleprompter?

[saltpoint]

Well now. Little Dubya --

-- was allowed to stay up late and use the telephone, just like the grown-ups.

[mike1963]

13. Uh, sorry but I don't EVEN believe that...........

:eyes:

[MikeG]

14. Were coming, you're going and don't let the door hit you in the ass.

[stopbush]

15. "Hey, John. Congrats! I'm faxing you a copy

of the Skull & Bones blood oath that we BOTH signed back at Yale. BTW, how do you feel about taking the UN Ambassador post in my second term?"

[seventhson]

18. The Bonesmen are PARTYIN' tonight. Skull vs. Skull race

Alweays nice to high five a brother bonesman.

Reminds me of that movie "The Emperors Club"

The cheaters win.

[KoKo]

23. Seventh, "Jeff Greefield" /CNN Said: We have two Bonesmen running

against each other...Yale is very prominent in this campaign." Then he says jokingly to Blitzer: "Do you realize if two bonesmen are in the same room and somone mentions "S&B" they have to leave. So, if there's a debate and a moderator asks a question about "S&B" both candidates will have to leave the room." Blitzer kind of cut him off after that.

I thought it was odd for Greenfield to be giddy doing this little joke when most Americans have no idea what it's all about.

[homelandpunk]

33. Judy Woodruff did that fake throwing the head back as if to whimsically

say, "Ohhh, for fun!"
This is a fucking serious thing, you stupid ditzy whore, with your stupid perky hairdo on your old, gaunt insectoid head.
What IF they both are asked in a debate to discuss the secrets, and if they cannot, why not. They both gonna be in collusion and just stand there silently, neither one being the lesser bonesman to address it? It's fucking sick. I have no fucking clue what Kerry's ULTIMATE allegiance is to.

[MurikanDemocrat]

31. Oh cut it the fuck out, Johnny-One-Note!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

19. ???..."Congratulations, you actually won with real votes". eom

[HuskerDem]

20. It's been what.............7 years or so since W won an election

he must have been green with envy.

[bobbyboucher]

29. One more call in November and he's out!

That fuckwit fraud.

[TheDonkey]

LOL, he should of hung up.

or at least spewed a few dirty words then hung up of course ;). Bush trying to just weasel himself in the headlines with an actual winner.

[DrFunkenstein]

32. He Congratulated Him On A "Mission Accomplished"

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[WitchWay]

36. No, you're wrong....

It's not ONLY that Kerry is a weak opponent, but he's also his fellow Yalie bones-brother. And even if Kerry DOES by some miracle beat Bush, they're both end up winners, after all.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

37. Who's to say Kerry didn't tell him to fuck off? All CNN said was that

Bush called. They didn't say if Kerry answered and if so they didn't characterize the conversation - or give a source for their information.

[abburdlen]

44. Shrub was practicing

For a similar phone call in November :)

[TankLV]

46. My 1st quick thought - exactly!

Yeah!

Bunkerboy HAS been know to practice his little "impromptu" speeches before!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

GET OUT OF AL GORE'S HOUSE NOW! - soon to be Kerry's House.