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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow 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 Clintons 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
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(51,974 posts)1. what's funny is when they invoke reagan. they want the good images without the bad images
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.
SnakebiteSnakebite74
(25 posts)2. Womney & Wyan
conflate W & the candidates at every opportunity
Womney & Wyan Will WesuWect W's WidicuWous poWicies
StrictlyRockers
(3,854 posts)3. Hey, that's kinda funny!
And welcome to DU!
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)4. LOL