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phirili Donating Member (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-03-04 07:16 AM
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Kerry precision arguments inflicted a death by a thousand cuts on George W
Bush, as Kerry dissected his prey, Bush kept flinching, blinking and gasping, yet Bush was unable to respond much beyond his physical twitching as with surgeon like skill the bloodless takeover was a fait accompli.

Bush came out swaggering for the first presidential debate and was turned into a whining child by the end of the debate. It was a classic performance by the debating maestro who showed how the tongue is mightier than the sword.

Bush suffered thousands of tiny non-fatal cuts that left him disoriented, bumbling and unfocused; within 90 minutes Kerry had reversed the impact $150M of scum attacks over a four month period and exceeded by far any success his $100M + expenditures had achieved.

In a much weakened state, Bush limped from the stage while the victor stood to receive thunderous applause that came from all sections of the coliseum.

The undeniable truth is that America has a new president.
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-03-04 07:19 AM
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1. Let's ask repukes if they've got their money's worth!
Millions of low income bible thumpers have given 'til it hurts, and last Thursday's Bush* performance is what they have to show for their sacrifice?

Suckers.

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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-03-04 07:20 AM
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2. Nice little post. n/t
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CityHall Donating Member (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-03-04 07:24 AM
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3. Talking points
Tried to post as a new thread but it won't let me since I just signed up. Feel free to redistribute or use these as you see fit.


I hear Osama bin Laden is going as a weapon of mass destruction for
Halloween. That way Bush will never find him.

There's a saying that you should never attribute to malice what can
adequately be explained by incompetence. Bush and Cheney unite malice
and incompetence on the same ticket.

The pundits didn't call the bounce for Kerry becuase they were used to
seeing Bush's outtakes, and they didn't understand that the public has
only seen the stage-managed, scripted Bush. It's been four years
since Bush has had to withstand direct criticism, and back then he
benefited from expectations so low all he had to do was not drool on
himself to come out ahead.

You can bet if Kerry sends his secretary of state to the United
Nations Security Council, he won't have to go back and apologize six
months later because what he said turned out to be completely wrong.
That's what he means by passing the international test.

In the Bush tradition, I'm going to coin a new word: misleadership.
Bush mislead us when he promised us the most humble administration.
He mislead us when he said he was a uniter not a divider.

He's turned a country where people get their hands cut off into a
country where people get their heads cut off.

He's saying we need to send the troops better messages instead of
better equipment? Believe me George, if things are going badly on the
ground, the troops are the first to know, well before you see it on
your TV screen.

In the first term he repealed the estate tax. What's his agenda for
the second term, repealing anti-nepotism policies?

Bush is a lazy guy who traded on his family name, and when you
criticize his performance he complains that his job is hard. (I think
the charge of being lazy might stick, where 'stupid' and 'inept'
haven't really gotten under people's skin)

Bush was "slouching and praying for the light to go on so he wouldn't
have to think of anything else to repeat" - a Democratic strategist
quoted by Eleanor Clift

It's hard to imagine a worse strategy for Iraq than sticking with the
guy who not only created the mess, but can't even admit there have
been any mistakes.

Evidently debating's hard work. Bush needs other people to take over
for him since he didn't get it right the first time. Kind of like
Iraq.

Bush sounded like the kid who gets called on in class, who didn't read
the book. He tried to bluff his way through answers hoping no one
would notice.

To Bush, our soldiers are as expendable as our cruise missiles. (this
should make them go ballistic)

Just as he did at Harken, Bush dug himself a deep hole in the debate
with nothing at the bottom.

Bush thought it was a good idea to trust Northern Alliance militia to
catch bin Laden. You can bribe your way past those guys with a can of
tuna and an hour with your camel.

Before the debate, Republicans were voting for Bush and Democrats were
voting for anyone but Bush. Now after the debate, Democrats are
voting for John Kerry and Republicans are voting for their party's
platform.

Bush's macho posturing can be summed up as, "We don't need no stinkin'
allies."

Jenna could have done a better job in the debate.

Why is it Bush reacts to any criticism by looking like he just bit
into an ice-cream cone?

Bush's three-pronged plan for Iraq, inspired by SNL:
phase 1: Drive to Baghdad and secure the oil ministry
phase 2: Lull the enemy into a false sense of security by letting them
regoup and kill our soldiers
phase 3: We'll have a new enemy to replace the Soviet Union and
Republicans can get elected by being tough on Islamic terror
for the next fifty years

Bush's brain is incapable of imagining a counterfactual: you can't
give him a what-if scenario. Witness his handling of the debate
question about what would happen if Kerry were elected. His mind
isn't capable of considering a hypothetical question.

Bush fell in the polls after the debate because America doesn't suffer
fools gladly.

You can't point to the fact that you closed the barn door after the
horse got out and say, "Look, we made changes."

The pictures out of Iraq have given a new meaning to the term
"clusterfuck."

America needs a leader not a cheerleader.

Their new slogan: George W. Bush - Good enough for government work

You can't spell coward without 'W'

Don't misunderestimate the power of stupid people in large groups

Bush-Cheney '04: Almost every vote counts



"...my time off has clarified for me, even more, that this Bush team
can't get us there, and may have so messed things up that no one
can. Why? Because each time the Bush team had to choose between doing
the right thing in the war on terrorism or siding with its political
base and ideology, it chose its base and ideology." Thomas Friedman

The contrast could not be greater between Bush, a man who passionately
believes in the rightness of his convictions to the point of willfully
excluding facts, and Kerry, a man who operates by reason and
intellect. -- Eleanor Clift

George W. Bush went after Iraq with as much foresight as a schnauzer
going after a Chevy. -- Paul Mulshine, NJ Star-Ledger

"He cannot claim to be the commander in chief when things are going
well for him, and then sidestep responsibility when he is
embarrassed." -- "Gulf News" editorial, May 7 2004

"He (Bush) is not up to the job. This is not a moral judgment, but a
practical one. The world is too complex and dangerous for the pious
simplicities and arrogant unilateralism of George W. Bush"
-- Financial Times, ~May 12 2004

Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated,
drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever. -- Aristophanes
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tech3149 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-03-04 07:34 AM
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5. Great One
Love the quotes at the end.

And Welcome Aboard where've you been?
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CityHall Donating Member (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-03-04 08:03 AM
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7. Thanks
I've spent the last couple of days gloating and reading all the happy stories. I thought I'd try to do a little bit to help the cause.

The most encouraging thing I read was a post from someone who saw his neighbor throwing out all his Bush-Cheney signs on Friday morning!
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meti57b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-03-04 07:29 AM
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4. please consider sending that as a LTTE to the major newspapers.
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tech3149 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-03-04 07:36 AM
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6. Better than LTTE, how about op-ed?
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