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MichaelSoE

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Mon Sep 10, 2012, 11:05 AM Sep 2012

How Dubya's ghost is screwing Mitt. An interesting observation

Romney has tried to handle the Bush legacy the same way McCain did: by ignoring it. When Republicans convened in late August in Tampa, as in Minneapolis in 2008, Bush was not there. But in campaigns, ignoring your weaknesses rarely makes them go away. While at their convention Republicans tried to pretend that the Bush presidency never happened, the Obama campaign handed Bill Clinton the microphone and allowed him to define the race as Obama-Clinton versus Romney-Bush. The GOP, in Clinton’s narrative, creates economic messes. Democrats clean them up.


The author goes back far enough to use Grant, Hayes and Garfield as examples of lingering party snafus that cost elections for a few cycles.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/09/09/why-george-w-bush-will-decide-the-2012-election.html
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How Dubya's ghost is screwing Mitt. An interesting observation (Original Post) MichaelSoE Sep 2012 OP
what's funny is when they invoke reagan. they want the good images without the bad images unblock Sep 2012 #1
Womney & Wyan SnakebiteSnakebite74 Sep 2012 #2
Hey, that's kinda funny! StrictlyRockers Sep 2012 #3
LOL yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2012 #4

unblock

(51,974 posts)
1. what's funny is when they invoke reagan. they want the good images without the bad images
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 11:20 AM
Sep 2012

just skip the other 12 years of bush presidencies and go back to the glorious wondement that was the crowning achievement of republican propaganda, st. ronnie.

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