WP: GOP Candidates Claim Degrees Of Separation From President

This is the funniest thing I've read all week. An instant classic. You will :rofl: until you :puke: from this article, I swear!

GOP Candidates Claim Degrees Of Separation From President

By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 5, 2006; Page A01

On Capitol Hill, Rep. Mark Kennedy (Minn.) and Sen. James M. Talent (Mo.) are known as loyal Republican soldiers, reliable votes for President Bush on tax cuts and the Iraq war. In elections past, they have aired advertisements featuring the president and have stumped with him at public rallies.

This year, both are running for Senate seats, but their television ads have made no mention of Bush -- and have been conspicuous in distancing the candidates from their partisan affiliation. "Most people don't care if you're red or blue, Republican or Democrat," Talent's ad states. A recent ad from Kennedy says, "He doesn't do what the party says to."

For months, political analysts have waited to see how GOP candidates would navigate the challenge of running in the face of what polls show are dismal approval ratings for Bush and the Republican-led Congress. The ads give an answer: Endangered candidates are presenting themselves as independent-minded problem solvers who are not part of Washington's partisan wars.

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The contrast could hardly be sharper from the last two election cycles, when most Republican candidates were happy to be identified with Bush, confident that his popularity with conservatives would boost their own prospects. This year more closely resembles 1994, the last time a party's president and congressional leadership were simultaneously held in such low regard. Voters that year evicted Democrats from their 40-year control of the House.

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ALL TOGETHER NOW: YOU CAN RUN FROM BUSH BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM BUSH!

Damn, I hope the DNC has some good ads to address these idiots trying to distance themselves.


BTW, you forgot the link :hi:

flooding their cities and towns with leaflets, pointing out that these Republicans are now ashamed to identify with their own party and its supposed leader, Bush.

Hit 'em where it hurts!

BTW, I am assuming that most communities have set up Democratic "Meet Up" Groups that meet several times a month and plan volunteer strategies. I have joined the one here in my city and I think it gives the average, activist-minded American a major way to help and make a difference.

Democrats may not have big, billionaire-funded think tanks as do the Republicans, but they can still meet, even at resturants, parks, etc and plan helpful activities.

Edit to add link: www.democrat.meetup.com

If you don't have such a group in your town, go to the website and learn how to start one. That way you dan do more than just bitch at your computer when the Repubs do more stupid, crazy, murderous stuff.

They can`t leave *. Isn`t HE thier evangelical hero??

That's a Republican for you. Covering up their tracks and burning the bloody clothes.

they suck

they've woven a noose.

dp

you bought him, you own him

:rofl:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/04/AR2006080401807.html

Ah, ha ha ha ha ha:

Thus, Rep. Heather A. Wilson (R), in a tough race in Albuquerque, is positioning herself as an independent fighter for New Mexico, while Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R) in Florida is casting himself as an environmentalist who takes an independent stand in Congress. Rep. Jim Gerlach (R), facing a strong challenge in his district near Philadelphia, has run ads stating: "When I believe President Bush is right, I'm behind him. But when I think he is wrong, I let him know that."
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This is BEAUTIFUL!