Bush's Saturday rally in Indiana was 'pure White House stagecraft'

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Bush ventures into 'killing fields' in first mid-term foray

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"A Republican consultant referred to Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania as the killing fields of the Republicans this year," says Charlie Cook, publisher of the Cook Political Report. "There are no three worse states in the union for Republican House candidates."

Polls show three Indiana seats are at risk. Jeff Hostettler has already been written off as one of the three most vulnerable Republican incumbents, with Chris Chocola nearly as shaky. Mike Sodrel, whose district includes Sellersburg, stood hip to hip with Mr Bush. He has the best hope of retaining his seat, trailing by 2 percentage points in polls.

The White House is paying attention. Last week Mrs Bush made the second of two visits, posing with pumpkins. Barbara Bush, the president's mother, has been through and on Monday Tony Snow, the White House spokesman, will visit Jeffersonville, eight miles away.

Saturday's rally was pure White House stagecraft. The lone black person in the room, and a Hispanic couple, were positioned directly behind Mr Bush. Dozens of ostensibly handcrafted signs – including "Moms for Mike" – were handed out by campaign aides.

report: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15473620/


October 28, 2006
Remarks by the Bush at Indiana Victory 2006 Rally

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061028-3.html

BUSH: In all these vital measures for fighting the war on terror, the Democrats in Washington follow a simple philosophy: Just say no. When it comes to listening in on the terrorists, what's the Democratic answer? Just say no. When it comes to detaining terrorists, what's the Democrat answer?

AUDIENCE: Just say no!

BUSH: When it comes to questioning terrorists, what's the Democrat answer?

AUDIENCE: Just say no!

BUSH: When it comes to trying terrorists, what's the Democrat's answer?

AUDIENCE: Just say no!

BUSH: Here are some questions we're asking all around the country: Do you want your government to listen in on the terrorists?

AUDIENCE: Yes!

BUSH: Do you want your government to detain the terrorists?

AUDIENCE: Yes!

BUSH: Do you want your government to question the terrorists?

AUDIENCE: Yes!

BUSH: Do you want your government to do whatever it takes to bring justice to the terrorists?

AUDIENCE: Yes!


How about actually looking for them? :eyes:



Resisting Republican Occupations
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[Deja Q]

1. "How about actually looking for them?"

Audience: Let someone else do it! It's good enough for us to say "Support our troops!"

:wow:

[liberaldemocrat7]

16. the 3,000 9-11 deaths happened on Bush's watch

The Republicans appear the only party that has actually demonstrated their weakness on national defense, national security and softness on terrorism the second the planes hit the world trade center and the pentagon.

That will shut up those freepers.

[TankLV]

2. Good little NAZI's!

[bigtree]

3. what's in the water there?

[JohnnyLib2]

4. Sellersburg, population 17,000.

They don't get that many big name visitors, just the has-beens......

[bigtree]

5. bubble voters

for the bubble boy

[muntrv]

6. Pro wrestling is more real than a Bush campaign rally.

[colbertforpresident]

7. $$$$$$$

Who's paying for GW, Barbara from hell and Tony Snow to go out and campaign?

[hippiechick]

8. I heard he's had 90 campaign stops ... so, uhhh ...

... Who's PREZIDENTIN' the country in this 'time of war and terra' while George the spokesmodel is out glad handing ???


:spank:

[Olney Blue]

9. The same person who does it while he IS there- DICK

[SeattleGirl]

10. Sounds like a freakin' high school pep rally. But then, Georgie

was a cheerleader, so I guess it makes sense. Not to mention the fact that all these people know how to do is parrot their "leader". :eyes:

[niyad]

11. how DARE these bastards equate the killing fields of cambodia

with the possibility that a couple of repukes may be out of a job?

[Binka]

13. These Narcissist Nazis Trivialize Everything!

Three year old tantrums run amok.

[VPStoltz]

12. I think we should use this bit of flap trap against them...

Do you want to listen in on terrorists? YES
Do you want to do it LEGALLY? YES
Can you trust that Bush and his crew are not going to be listening to YOU? NO

Do you want your government to question terrorists? YES
Do you want your government to torture them into answering? NO
Can you trust that the Bush crew will not torture our prinsoners and therefore put our troops in danger of torture too? NO

You get the drift...

[bloom]

22. Let's define "terrorist"

As being anyone in the Bush Administration. Prosecutors SHOULD be able to get warrents for those people - if there were any justice in this country. And then it would legal. Bush wants everyone to assume that certain people (mostly Muslims) are guilty ("terrorists" - not alledged "terrorists") without providing any evidence. What a bunch of nonsense.

_______________________

Do you want your government to listen in on the "terrorist"?

AUDIENCE: If you have a warrent.

BUSH: Do you want your government to detain the "terrorist"?

AUDIENCE: If you have probable cause.

BUSH: Do you want your government to question the "terrorist"?

AUDIENCE: Only within legal boundaries.

BUSH: Do you want your government to do whatever it takes to bring justice to the "terrorist"?

AUDIENCE: NO!!!!! (I want the government to bring YOU (Bush) to justice!!!!!)

__________________

[VPStoltz]

23. If only one didn't have to sign an oath of allegiance

to get into a Shrub rally.

[truthisfreedom]

14. do you want your government to create more terrorists?

do you want your government to treat you like the terrorists treat you, using fear to manipulate you?

do you want your government to shred the Constitution so it can arbitrarily "disappear" people?

do you want 100 dead, tortured Iraqi civilians each and every day?

do you want 3000 dead US soldiers?

do you want 600,000 dead Iraqis?

the list goes on and on.

[SoCalDem]

15. What a brave little cowboy.. He braved the hostile forces of

Indiana :rofl:

[subterranean]

17. It's really kind of funny, isn't it?

The president campaigning to get out the Republican vote -- in Indiana!

[SammyWinstonJack]

20. He likes campaigning, it's what guys like him do.

:puke: Meanwhile, his troops are dying for his lies in Iraq. Hey, he's real brave!

[Lisa]

18. your tax dollars at work!

Bush's people spend a bundle on consultants, special tech experts, backdrops, transportation, etc. -- some of it is paid for by the local Republican groups, but unfortunately the US taxpayer gets stuck with a bill too.


More on the degree to which they take the manipulation:
"Officials of past Democratic and Republican administrations marvel at how the White House does not seem to miss an opportunity to showcase Mr. Bush in dramatic and perfectly lighted settings. It is all by design: the White House has stocked its communications operation with people from network television who have expertise in lighting, camera angles and the importance of backdrops.

On Tuesday, at a speech promoting his economic plan in Indianapolis, White House aides went so far as to ask people in the crowd behind Mr. Bush to take off their ties, WISH-TV in Indianapolis reported, so they would look more like the ordinary folk the president said would benefit from his tax cut.

"They understand the visual as well as anybody ever has," said Michael K. Deaver, Ronald Reagan's chief image maker. "They watched what we did, they watched the mistakes of Bush I, they watched how Clinton kind of stumbled into it, and they've taken it to an art form."

From a VERY interesting article ...
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/05/16/nyt.bumiller/

[Warren DeMontague]

19. Are these the same people who started chanting "U.S.A." after he promised to fight

gay marriage?

Woo-hoo! Discrimination! Go Team!

[Justice Is Comin]

21. Yeah the only shooting anybody in this whole administration has

done, is one of their own blasted in the face, mistaken to be a bird.