In First DNC Midterm Ad, Dems Obsess (Yet Again) Over Bush
Seems Democrats are so filled with animosity against the immediate past president of the United States that they’ll ignore polling data and just assume all Americans share the sentiments of themselves, their friends and associates. In its first 2010 TV Ad, the DNC is raising the specter of Bush once again, leading one blogger to quip:
Remember, according to the Dems’ own polling, Dubya is six points ahead of our global messiah in frontline House districts. But since they’re going to try to wring one more election cycle out of blaming Bush, I think it’d actually be hilarious if GWB granted their wish and came out in favor of the Ground Zero mosque — eventually. He should wait until their anti-Bush messaging is at fever pitch, then throw them a wicked curveball by weighing in on their side.
Somehow, I just don’t think attacking George W. Bush is going to win over wavering independent voters.
It is, Donald Lambro writes when telling us about the Republican leanings of the Buckeye State this fall, “an axiom of American politics that elections are about the future, not the past. Ohioans are going to vote on the economy in November and not on George W. Bush“. (Via Battle ’10.)
And as goes Ohio, so goes the nation. And it’s been that way since 1964.
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Hey! Remember when “Eight more years of George W. Bush” was a bad thing?
Comment by gastorgrab — August 20, 2010 @ 5:20 pm - August 20, 2010
They don’t understand that in the larger sense, it was big government that was rejected by the voters in 2008.
I recently interviewed a congressional candidate, here in Arizona, who’s running on a smaller-government platform. He said nothing about gay issues, and I assumed this was because the GOP is at least beginning to learn its lesson about leaving social issues on the back burner.
Today I discovered that he’s spoken before the Arizona Log Cabin group. I sent him an email to let him know I appreciated his willingness to consider us worthy of his time.
The more the Democrats keep harping about Bush, the more out of touch with reality they seem.
Comment by Lori Heine — August 20, 2010 @ 5:28 pm - August 20, 2010
I keep hearing the apologists on the far left say the reason the Democrats aren’t popular is because they haven’t been progressive enough.
OK, so, if that’s true, why aren’t the Democrats campaigning on a platform of going even further left? Why aren’t they promising to completely and overtly nationalize health care and the financial industry by 2012? Why aren’t they pledging to raise taxes to 70% on “the rich?” Why aren’t they campaigning on open borders, no strings amnesty, and a mosque on every corner? Why aren’t they campaigning on the agenda the left says they need to energize the base?
Could it be that the Democrats have polling that shows that these positions aren’t as popular as the left-wing blogs say they are?
Comment by V the K — August 20, 2010 @ 5:52 pm - August 20, 2010
to V the K………… Not for nothing my friend, but we all know the liberal bloggers lean soooo far left in their reportage they could never be right .
Comment by Spartann — August 20, 2010 @ 8:23 pm - August 20, 2010
Dino Rossi up 7 points over dingbat Patty Murray. And that’s a local media poll, not Rasmussen.
I am not as optimistic as some others about Republican chances, but a 12 seat bloodbath is probably the only thing that could teach the Democrats a lesson for a generation: Don’t socialize America!
Comment by V the K — August 20, 2010 @ 9:58 pm - August 20, 2010
Our newspaper yesterday had a front page article on the continually depressing unemployment figures. In my state, it’s staying around 12.5% and close to 10% nationally. The article quoted some idiot in Washington saying that perhaps 10% is the “new normal”. Are they smoking something illegal? That’s the European standard, not ours. And we all know how well Europe is doing these days. The Democrats are floundering because all that hope and change is only partially coming true…they’re still hoping that somehow a miracle will occur and full employment will come back thanks to the stimulus and they will rule forever. The clock is ticking out here in the hinterlands and I think the Washington crowd is still oblivious to the havoc they have and are continuing to wreck on us.
Comment by Mary — August 21, 2010 @ 10:02 am - August 21, 2010
BUSH – WORST PRESIDENT EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by steve — August 21, 2010 @ 10:26 am - August 21, 2010
If the Republicans take over again, then this country is doomed!
Comment by steve — August 21, 2010 @ 10:26 am - August 21, 2010
Nice to know “steve” (does anyone know why moonbats use almost alwaysuse lower-case names?) has enough rage to troll just about every single thread here.
I can always judge the correctness of my position by the idiocy of my opposition.
Comment by Eric Olsen — August 21, 2010 @ 1:05 pm - August 21, 2010
Maybe George W Bush and the ‘Military-Industrial-Complex’ stole his caps key.
Those inhuman bastards!
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Comment by gastorgrab — August 21, 2010 @ 1:39 pm - August 21, 2010
Mary, do a little research with the President Jimmy Carter years 1976-1980; the MSM also said the stagflation was the new normal similar to what they’re saying about Obama. We’ve been to this dance before. Why the press playing amnesiac?
It’s not the new normal & a course correction will be made by the repeal of all of the Obama intiatives to date plus some good, substantial tax cuts to go with it.
The Commicrats must be expunged from power in 2010 & 2012 or their rank cut to the fringe that they have no real power. The Obama Democrats overreached & they will pay for years to come because they betrayed their constituents for promises of power. They forget we the people have the power–not Washington DC.
Comment by Sebastian Shaw — August 21, 2010 @ 4:17 pm - August 21, 2010
Some one wanna tell steve that Obama is polling lower than Bush 43, especially in the battleground states. hehe
(Do Obamas polls go up or down when he takes a vacation?)
I suspect up, since he’s out of sight and can’t make obvious blunders.
Comment by Gene in Pennsylvania — August 21, 2010 @ 5:47 pm - August 21, 2010
Just an update. The congressional candidate sent a very gracious email in response to my thank-you for his appearance before Log Cabin. He said he considers it important to be, as he put it, all-inclusive.
This is GOP candidate Ed Winkler, congressional district 3 (Paradise Valley area) in Arizona. If any of GP’s readers lives in his district, I’d like to encourage them to mark their ballots for him. He’s got a solid platform, he’s a very decent man, and he hasn’t been in politics for a hundred years. The fact that he’s GLBT-supportive is icing on the cake.
Comment by Lori Heine — August 21, 2010 @ 10:14 pm - August 21, 2010
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