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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:56 AM
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Bill O'Reilly: "Mr. Bush has now reached critical mass"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160893,00.html

Now you may remember "Talking Points" saying on June 17th that the president better start defining Iraq or he was going to lose the country. Latest polls have support for the Iraq war below 40 percent, which is a disaster. Nobody but the president can make the case. And so tomorrow, he will give a speech at Fort Bragg (search) designed to persuade you that the sacrifice America is making in Iraq is worth it.

Mr. Bush has now reached critical mass. And if he doesn't turn public opinion around soon, his second term could become a failure. About 75 percent of the national media is anti-Bush. And those people are pounding the president. If he doesn't respond effectively, he will be damaged, which is exactly what happened to Lyndon Johnson (search) in the mid-'60s.

In addition to Iraq, the president has two other huge problems — rising oil prices and the chaotic southern border. Working Americans are getting badly hurt at the pump. Gas prices for regular unleaded gasoline are up 67 cents a gallon in four years. There's a variety of reasons for that, but they don't matter. If gas prices continue to rise, the economy will totter, and if that happens, you can say hello to President Hillary Clinton.

President Bush must know he has lost momentum. And even many Republicans are losing patience. His Social Security reforms are going nowhere. And he's backed off tax reform this year. The president must begin to assert himself and speak directly to you. He also must stop ignoring problems that are getting worse, i.e: gasoline and the border.



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Tux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:59 AM
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1. So
Is the Fox eating the Bush?
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:59 AM
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2. The 'southern border' thing is the biggest red herring there is
Edited on Tue Jun-28-05 11:02 AM by Richardo
The only people who are getting frothy over it are in the RW echo chamber.

And they NEVER mention the Canadian border, which is where they got the guy who wanted to blow up LAX.

It's all them Messicans that are really the problem. Now pass me that salad made from 50-cent a head lettuce.

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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:01 AM
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6. The hordes are coming. Be scared.
They'll take your jobs and rape your women. Something must be done...NOW.

:eyes:
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:00 AM
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3. O'Reilly is starting to sound like Friedman
Good idea, poorly executed. Z-z-z-z-z.


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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:00 AM
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4. is it me? or...
does this sound like talk about someone running for re-election?

if the world survives this administration, it will be interesting to see what the history books say... the history books of all the remaining nations, that is.
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:01 AM
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5. WTF???
"About 75 percent of the national media is anti-Bush."

The national media is so compliant to this administration it's sickening......where does o'liely get that crap?
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getmeouttahere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:04 AM
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11. Even worse is that he says....
they are pounding him! With what??? Snowflakes???
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:08 AM
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16. Coming soon...Chris Matthews' new show, "NerfBall."
Edited on Tue Jun-28-05 11:08 AM by Bush_Eats_Beef
"It's time to play NerfBall"...



MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM....SPONGY.

:evilgrin:
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getmeouttahere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:23 AM
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26. Ah, the NerfBall, what memories....
that brings, especially Nerf footballs. Must have gone through dozens of them in those rainy Oregon winters.
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:22 AM
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25. This is what I thought
Edited on Tue Jun-28-05 11:25 AM by Uncle Joe
He must be speaking about the World's media outside of U.S. No wait he said national, I still believe he has the two confused.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:27 AM
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30. Welcome to DU, Uncle Joe!
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 12:33 PM
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36. Thanks it's cool being here n/t
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pauldp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:01 AM
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7. "75 percent of the national media is anti-Bush"...
That must be why it took 6 weeks for the media to start talking about the DSM.

F**k you O'Liar.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:26 AM
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29. That part just had me
:rofl:
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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:30 AM
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31. I want some of that falafel he's smokin'.
or loofah, or whatever.
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fob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:58 AM
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35. That must be a transcription error, clearly he should have said, SEVEN
TO FIVE percent. Which is backwards from normal, but this is Dill DO'reilly we're talking about.
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samsingh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:06 PM
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40. hopefully being stupid will be out of vogue again soon
only the stupid could believe that 75% of the media is anti-bush.

more like 95% has their tongues up bushes arse
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:02 AM
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8. This will need to be a MIRACLE speech


or he is MEAT!

Bill is setting him up for the sharks!

Love it!
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:05 AM
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12. You realize they're going to spin it as the miracle speech no matter what
Even if it's a complete dud, which all of his speeches usually are, they're going to say it was the best of his career.
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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:07 AM
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15. You know it -
"Mr. President, just give us SOMETHING to work with - we'll spin it so hard and fast that they'll think they just heard the Word of God!"

Truth is not an option.
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:12 AM
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18. The spin is already in...the Fort Bragg audience.
Maybe they can photoshop in a few more smiling and approving soldiers like they did during the election.

:grr:



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/28/171257/59

Doctored ad has legs
by kos
Thu Oct 28th, 2004 at 14:12:57 PDT

Congrats to Mithras the Prophet for his diary on Bush's fake "Whatever it takes" ad.

In response to the stunning revelation that the Bush-Cheney campaign's much touted closing ad has been exposed as doctored, the Kerry campaign is demanding that this fake ad be taken off the airwaves immediately.

Senior Adviser Joe Lockhart issued the following statement:

"Now we know why this ad is named `Whatever it Takes.' This administration has always had a problem telling the truth from Iraq to jobs to health care. The Bush campaign's advertising has been consistently dishonest in what they say. But today, it's been exposed for being dishonest about what we see.

"If they won't tell the truth in an ad, they won't tell the truth about anything else. This doctored commercial is fundamentally dishonest and insults the intelligence of the American people. The Bush campaign has no choice but to take this ad down immediately and issue an apology for its latest attempt to mislead the American people.

"Unless George Bush has changed its position on human cloning, it's got to pull this fundamentally dishonest ad immediately."
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Felix Mala Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:04 AM
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9. George W. Nihxson...
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Felix Mala Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:04 AM
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10. George W. Nihxson...
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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:05 AM
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13. Plunging polls are more than "loss of momentum" -
And that picture - that's a falafel, right?

Critical mass = so stupid that even O'Reilly noticed.

"President Hillary Clinton." - I love how the right thinks they can pick our candidate for us. You know - someone they'd just love to run against.
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:13 AM
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19. No, that's a loofah...
...Bill's OTHER favorite "toy."

:evilgrin:
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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:06 AM
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14. It has been my observation
that when a speaker writer or communicator of any stripe uses 'critical mass' to describe something or to accent a point and so on and on he has run out of meaningful thoughts, assuming he had any meaningful thoughts to begin with and is generally full of shit.

180
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JohnnyRingo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:11 AM
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17. "his second term 'COULD(?)'....'BECOME'(?) ....a failure.
So O'Reilly holds out hope that GWB might edge out Reagan as Matt Lauer's "greatest American".

Hahaha...O'reilly, that ship sank long ago.
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:14 AM
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21. Yes, and I salute you for catching that...
...I noticed it when I posted and said "Nah, I'm just going to put that out there and see who notices."

:evilgrin:

:toast:
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:33 AM
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33. "his second term could become a failure"
Like his first term?

Like every "job" he's ever "worked" at?

Like his entire silver spoon existence?

Yes, Bill, only time will tell. :eyes:
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:14 AM
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20. why is this defined as a public relations challenge.
as if the problems bush is having are because he didnt get his message straight or people dont understand what it is he is doing.

its not about public relations its about reality.

bush and co have fucked up everything they have touched, because their agenda and the worlds agenda are not compatible.

so it remains to be seen if the neocons were right, that they can do anything they want and the US and World are theirs to do with as they please or if they were wrong.

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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:16 AM
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23. Exactly...he's not planning to budge a single inch.
The problem is that WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, and tonight, he will HELP US UNDERSTAND.

Or so he thinks.

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kostya Donating Member (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:14 AM
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22. More like CRITICAL MESS if you ask me.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:20 AM
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24. Bush the CHEERLEADER will attempt to warm us up to the WAR
EFFORT....even tho the score is 12 to 465786879...them in front and us with little hope.....

and that cheerleader don do any acrobatic shit these daze...
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:24 AM
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27. More illiterate propaganda from the MSM. nt
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:26 AM
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28. How predictable.
After The Moron's next scheduled incoherent rant. O'lielly and all the other street workers will say how masterful Man or Monkey is. Then they will do their damnest to turn the numbers around by lying to the people.


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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:30 AM
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32. Critical mass may be codeword for
meltdown during national speech.
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Rob H. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:35 AM
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34. "critical mass"? I guess this means Shrub is about to go nukular
This is my favorite part--it's too stupid to pass up:

And if he doesn't turn public opinion around soon, his second term could become a failure.

What a shame--his first term was such a success! :sarcasm:

I like how the lying, splotchy bully phrases it in such a way that it isn't bumblefuck Bush's fault his second term could be a failure, public opinion would really be to blame.
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chaska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 01:08 PM
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37. Who cares about the state Mr. Bush's bowels?
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one_true_leroy Donating Member (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 02:23 PM
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38. the reason he's so worried...
as bush's rating nosedive, his minister of propaganda's ratings will be in the toilet. ol' bill knows his bread is buttered only on one side, and that the other side is just burnt toast.
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rniel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 02:47 PM
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39. Alls Dim Som will say is...
We're on a hunt...yeah

A scavenger hunt for terraa

We're gonna smoke em' out...

The same old tired bullshit we've heard 1000 times.
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 03:09 PM
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41. "About 75 percent of the national media is anti-Bush..."
Really? What channels?
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