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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:46 PM
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Bush Attacks, Reid Counterpunches
Bush Attacks, Reid Counterpunches
by Steve Soto

President Bush accused Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Thursday of "single-handedly thwarting"action on immigration legislation, and got a brisk retort in return.

"President Bush has as much credibility on immigration as he does on Iraq and national security," shot back the Nevada Democrat.

It’s that simple. That’s all Democrats have to do. Punch back and hit hard. Every time Bush mouths off, hit him in the face rhetorically on his credibility and competence.

http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/007363.php
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:49 PM
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1. Exactly!
Fact based. Short and "sweet"!!!

If enough of them would do this, there would be too many to be countered.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:49 PM
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2. lovely. thanks Reid!
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:50 PM
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3. Perfect!
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:50 PM
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4. Dobbs show the clip tonight along with Reids comments.
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:50 PM
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5. unfortunately the REALITY of the RW fascist media has once again
demonstrated the perhaps insurmountable problem the dems have:

just a few moments ago, CNN had on Mehlman, talking pretty much uninterruptedly for quite some time, without any rebuttal that I saw. one of his chief assertions was how Reid was playing politics over the immigration bill

did the interviewer ask ONE question about the reality of the situation? what do you think?
He went on and on about that and other topics, apparently without refuatation.

dems face a media wholly in the pocket of this crooked regime, and it's going to be very hard to get their message out
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:51 PM
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6. see?
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:53 PM
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8. I saw that. she was a real bozo.
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:56 PM
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12. I know! I linked your excellent thread on the subject!
Fire Heidi Collins! or at least move her over to Fox, where she clearly belongs
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Kutjara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:52 PM
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7. Very true, but first...
...you have to workout what the Shrubmonkey said.

This may turn out to be the Repubs greatest strength against criticism: Bushboy just spouts incoherencies and the rest of us are left saying "hang on, what?"
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:54 PM
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9. NOMINATE
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:55 PM
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10. Short and sweet!
use small words and little sentences with them. It's all they understand.
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chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 11:41 AM
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26. EXACTLY
what I was about to say. Made my day and brought a smile to my face :-)
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LuckyLib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 11:43 AM
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27. And the MSM actually seems to pick up on some of those snap-backs.
Lord knows we can't seem to get them to pay attention any other way.
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Proud_Democratt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:55 PM
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11. Reid for
President!!!!!!!!!!!!
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 07:00 PM
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13. Ya gotta love Reid's come back, 'eh?
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Jane Austin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 07:05 PM
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14. Bee-Yoo-tiful!
That's the way to frame it, Harry!

Nominated.
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Amonester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 10:18 PM
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15. K&R (WTG Reid!) (&Dems!) - eom
:yourock:
:kick:
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MODemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 11:05 PM
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16. My, how I love a good fight, You go Senator Reid
Bush is no one to be afraid of; only about 35% of the people in this country still stick with him.
W's just trying to be a schoolyard bully. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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The Wizard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 09:53 AM
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20. Our President is a nut
The real question is: who put up the road block to ban gay abortion?
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SoulGlo Donating Member (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 09:28 AM
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17. Every time Bush mouths off
hit him in the face rhetorically on his credibility and competence.
Should have been doing that years ago. I'm glad someone finally did it.
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haab Donating Member (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 11:04 AM
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25. Why doesn't it always happen?
Why are Dems scared of in the face rhetoric...!? It should happen all the time.. It's an election winner... which will stick to peoples mind when they vote.

It has to start now..
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thefool_wa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 09:28 AM
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18. Ahhhhhhhh, SCHNAP!
Go get 'em Harry!
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Bob K Donating Member (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 09:53 AM
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19. I am...
...lovin' it! give 'em HELL Harry.
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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 09:54 AM
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DAMNNNNNN!!!!!!
:toast:
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daveskilt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 09:54 AM
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21. give em moderate amounts of hell harry!
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Voltaire99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 04:47 PM
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37. Show 'em how much a pitty-pat can't hurt, Harry!
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 10:00 AM
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22. If that didn't hurt, Bush is dead.
:applause:
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paparush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 10:06 AM
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23. Bush's War, Bush Regime, Neocon's War, etc....
Shame so many dems authorized the use of force, ala Kerry/Edwards, which totally undermines their credibility..

In 2004, I wish Kerry/Edwards would have said, "Look, we voted for the ware because we trusted our president. We trusted that he and his administration were telling the truth. We realize now that this is not the case. Knowing what we know now, we would not have authorized the use of force."

God how I wished they would have said that.
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connecticut yankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 12:37 PM
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28. And Joe Lieberman and Hillary Clinton
still haven't said it.
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The Wizard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 03:38 PM
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34. Our President is a nut
Kerry let the repubes frame the issue. He should have replied, first the Republicans voted against it then they voted for it. They voted for the American people footing the entire bill without compensation for the Iraq liberation. Halliburton is their money laundry. Our President is a nut.
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haab Donating Member (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 11:01 AM
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24. We should always punch back

It’s that simple. That’s all Democrats have to do. Punch back and hit hard. Every time Bush mouths off, hit him in the face rhetorically on his credibility and competence.


We (and our dem leaders especially) must hit back each and every time shut mouth opens up...

In the UK they have a shadow Government which responds to absolutely everything the sitting Government says. The media always looks for the oppositions comments, unlike here, where the media gets away with being one sided.
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yorkiemommie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 12:40 PM
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29. Hit 'em back! Hit 'em back!

Harder! Harder !


....is what I just told the DCCC on their mail in survey.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 01:10 PM
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30. I love it. Thanks, Harry! nt
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 02:03 PM
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31. Damn, he's good! And it's so damn simple, Dems. Just SAY IT!, nt
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think4yourself Donating Member (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 02:18 PM
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32. Damn, that felt good!
It's time for this. America will appreciate and respect this. How refreshing to hear the simple truth!

More, more, more!
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NightOwwl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 02:57 PM
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33. Finally!
Attack them on their perceived strengths.

None of that "mental ju-juitsu" crap, thank you very much!
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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 04:28 PM
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35. An astute observation, if I may say so.
Brusquely discount their dishonest assumptions, replace them with damning truths, and, to quote Harry Truman, they'll think it's hell.

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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 04:33 PM
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36. I Agree.
They need to really rev up the counterpunches and keep them consistently strong, concise, on message and ballsy. I'm hoping we start seeing ballsy incidents like the closed senate session on a daily basis.
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BlueCollar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 04:53 PM
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38. again Reid stopped short
"President Bush has as much credibility on immigration as he does on Iraq and national security," shot back the Nevada Democrat.

He should have added..."He needs to go back to his bottle and stop trying to act as if he knows what he's doing..."

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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 06:39 AM
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42. Sometimes less is more. (nt)
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 08:07 AM
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39. Reid shows backbone. i've always said that we D's have to stand
up to the lies and obfuscations that the bush admin tosses out there as 'truth'.

Just call them what they are, lying baboons and point out the lies with the truth. It is easy. Fencing with rhetoric is easy when you use the truth.

Look, this war is a fiasco, (what war isn't); the economy is in shambles; immigration of illegals is a serious problem; outsourcing is killing the country; tax reform put the burden on the middle class; the national debt is the final nail in the coffin...and most D's don't pound home these issues. If there were more like Reid, there would be NO R's in Congress and the WH would be vacant until the next election.

Allowing R's to control the debate w/nothing but attacking those that don't agree w/them has led to a self destructive United States. We need to hammer home the glaring failures of the GOP dominated government. They can't blame the Dems...they own the whole shebang...all failure is in the hands of the GOP, it is that simple.
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beltanefauve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 12:39 PM
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40. I'm missing Tom Daschle
less and less all the time!
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-15-06 11:17 PM
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41. Not me
At least Daschle won a few victories here and there. All Reid's ever done is flap his lips- and then back down.

As far as I'm concerned- Harry doesn't have much credibility left at this point either. Maybe once he actually defeats a significant piece of legislation- or blocks some extremist nominee- or disciplines his DINO's when they sell us out, I'll think differently.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-16-06 08:40 AM
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43. Beeeeautiful!
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