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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:23 PM
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Bush's downfall...
Gay Marriage/Civil Unions

He will crash and burn with his own wedge issue. Ironic, don't you think?
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flowomo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:24 PM
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1. Too delicious!
Bush kisses his base's ass with the marriage amendment.... and they kick his ass over a last-minute bogus "olive branch." Love it!
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:25 PM
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2. This hasn't settled in yet
The media is just starting to play with this story and it hasn't registered with Dubya's "base" yet...........

Added bonus:

Remember all the inroads Dubya was making with evangelical black voters over the gay rights issue? Kiss that one bye-bye....
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:25 PM
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3. His comment to Charles Gibson doesn't make any sense
For months the Bush campaign has been all about motivating and pandering to the base, and then a week before the election he decides to piss off a good part of that base? It's just so comical!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:26 PM
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4. bush's whole four years has been..
one freakin' Irony after another..the lastest one is definetly one of the Biggest.
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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:27 PM
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5. boy george
kerry the sharpshooter burst the bubble
the gods of truth and enlightenment shining down on drooling boy
he is desperate and cornered
freaky to think what these things will do to him tomorrow
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BadMatt22 Donating Member (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:28 PM
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6. I think history will see the
first debate as Bush's downfall.
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fishface Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:29 PM
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7. No..it'll be that dumbass policy of only allowing
syncophants into his campaign events.
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drhilarius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:29 PM
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8. Actually, the implication of this seems to be...
That Bush's base is not nearly as large as we or he projected. In another thread, people are talking about how he reached out to Dems. My guess, he's willing to lose a percentage of his base on a gamble to get moderate dems and conservatives.
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:34 PM
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9. but it's too late for that. he;s exposed as the freak he is.

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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:39 PM
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11. It's large just not large in as many states as he needs it to be
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countmyvote4real Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:46 PM
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15. You're right. They miscalculated.
Do they really think this olive branch or outright lie is supposed to bring back the LCRs to their fold? It might bring back some of the most self-hating of the self-hating LCRs, but there's a good percentage that is still pissed.

And if you want to get pissy about it, what about his "base?" How are they supposed to stand for this? I dunno. Maybe the RNC has new demographic numbers.

When I take a few steps back, I have to wonder about the flip-flop issue. I guess it takes one to superimpose one. And * is still just a flop.
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troublemaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:37 PM
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10. ACT UP or somebody should switch their endorsement to Bush
Edited on Tue Oct-26-04 11:38 PM by troublemaker
I see a big media event with transexual hula dancers and maybe they can find ms Cheneys old friend Mr. Leather 1999.

That ought to play well on the 700 Club!
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DemBones DemBones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:42 PM
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12. How to HELP Bush* fall down. . .

Go to Yahoo and rate the story. Less than 300 people have rated it so far.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=4&u=/ap/20041026/ap_on_el_pr/bush_civil_unions_1
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troublemaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:43 PM
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13. 3.97 so far
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Flubadubya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 09:21 AM
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17. It's already dropped to 3.67 with only 97 more voters...
Obviously being freeped. GO VOTE a 5 for the story. Keep this one alive!
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GOPNotForMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 11:44 PM
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14. Did Rove arrange this or did Bush have one of those rare...thoughts?
While I don't tend to subscribe to the fairly popular opinion here that Rove is an evil genius (I think he's evil and smart - but he's no genius), I can't believe that Rove would be stupid enough to encourage Bush to say this. So did Bush come up with this one all on his own? And if he did, boy I wish I could have heard the conversations with Rove that followed.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 07:44 AM
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16. It's just bizarre.
They are way off message with this one. I really think this will hurt chunksof his base. Some are too evangelized to care.
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