Bush's Shaky Primary Performance - virtually unopposed, protest vote heavy

And this comes from a hardline, right-wing screamer site, no less.

The good news for President Bush is he won the Oklahoma Republican primary last night. The bad news for President Bush is that a practically unknown Los Angeles T-shirt retailer, Bill Wyatt, won more than 10 percent of the vote. It could be a sign of disenchantment in the Republican base. Bill Wyatt took 10% of GOP vote in Oklahoma.

Bush received 59,562 votes, not quite 90 percent of those cast. Wyatt pulled a surprising 6,622, slightly more than one of every 10 cast.

Wyatt is running a low-key campaign emphasizing an anti-war position and is protesting Bush's policies toward illegal immigrants. The strong showing is sure to encourage third-party candidates in the fall.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36930

"Wyatt is running a low-key campaign emphasizing an anti-war position and is protesting Bush's policies toward illegal immigrants. The strong showing is sure to encourage third-party candidates in the fall."

Bring on them third party candidates!
('long as they're RW 3d party candidates).

I think one out of seven voters in that R primary voted against Bush in one way or another. Sending a message:


The Old Man of the Mountain Loses Face

May 3, 2003 -- high up on the flank of Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch, NH -- the Old Man of the Mountain lost his face - literally - the day after G.W. Bush pulled his public relations stunt on the aircraft carrier Abe Lincoln ("Mission Accomplished") off the coast of San Diego, CA.

I was struck by the sequence of events. Bush prances on Abe Lincoln deck, the noble Old Man loses face immediately thereafter on the far side of the continent. What's that all about?

Bush Prances Carrier Deck in Flight Suit - May 2, 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2993415.stm

Old Man story - May 3, 2003:
http://gonewengland.about.com/cs/nhhistory/l/bloldmanofmtn.htm

For NH -- and for all who had ever seen him -- the collapse of the granite face was a First Class tragedy -- for the Old Man was a symbol of honesty, dignity, and honor -- and he seemed eternal.

I always thought of the Old Man's profile as embodying the same qualities as Old "Honest Abe" Lincoln, whose profile is so familiar to us from the penny. So I was deeply saddened to see him "lose face," and could not help but note that it came right after Bush pulled his PR stunt on the deck of our nation's Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.

After presenting false reasons for war to America, to our soldiers and to the world, what right did Bush have to celebrate himself and "Declare Victory"? Hundreds of our soldiers have died and been wounded since that day, not to mention the ongoing misery for their families at home and the families in Iraq.

At the time I took this monumental "loss of face" in the Granite State as a sign that the appointed pResident was comporting himself without honor. After all, as we now know the Iraq war is based completely on fabrications, and Iraq had no connection to 9/11. This is a war of aggression and conquest. That's why our young men and women are dying over there -- it has nothing to do with national defense or our true honor.

But now that I have read about the Republican candidacy of John Buchanan in the NH primary, I see things in a different light. I see the loss of face of the Old Man of the Mountain as an Omen that G.W. Bush may well lose face before the voters of NH.

Will the truth emerge? Will Bush be unmasked for who he really is before or during the NH primary? We shall see.

Here's the DU thread discussing the R. candidacy of John Buchanan against G. W. Bush in the NH primary. His campaign -- and his research -- are sincere, and worthy of every citizen's consideration.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=980708


Web site at http://www.johnbuchanan.org

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Stand up for it – NOW.

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Love it. Smirk beating a t shirt salesman by 40 points.!!!!

Most excellent kskiska! Enjoyed that site immensely!

Damn. Holy shitzka!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :cool:

Thanks for posting!

I've never met a Republican who portrays himself anti-war,...but, to imagine such a divine person getting 10% of the vote rolls me over :D

if he REALLY tried. Didn't I also read that moore from Alabama is running on a third party line?

That is a lot of unhappy pubbies - wait, are independents allowed to vote in the Ok primary?

It never seizes to amaze me how many people don't feel the primaries are important. I bet only about half of the voters show up so these people really wanted to register their vote. It sounds like there is some discontent within the ranks.:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

It's happening. It's really fucking happening. His going to lose the moderate Republicans. I feel it in my bones.

Scooter Libby and John Hannah in Cheney's office for the Valerie Plame affair certainly rivals it.

Looks like there just may be one too many holes springing in the dike for ol' KKKarl and his buds to stick their fingers into.

I know they are sick to death of the fundies.