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Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans

By Jeralyn, Section Other Politics
Posted on Tue Nov 08, 2005 at 11:49:21 PM EST
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It looks like President Bush officially begins his lame duck status this morning.

The New York Times:

...everyone from political consultants to the leaders of countries in the remote corners of Asia and Africa are going to assume the same thing from the results of yesterday's balloting: Mr. Bush's political capital has turned into a deficit.....

The issue right now is a national fear that the White House has no plan, and no capacity to carry one out even if it existed.

Associated Press:

Iraq, Katrina, CIA leak, Harriet Miers. Things couldn't possibly get any worse for President Bush. Wait, they just did.

Bush put his wispy political prestige on the line in the Virginia governor's race and lost Tuesday when the candidate he embraced in a last-minute campaign stop was soundly defeated. While there are many reasons for Jerry Kilgore's defeat, chief among them his poor campaign, giddy Democrats said the Virginia race as well as a Democratic victory in New Jersey prove that Bush is a political toxin for Republicans.

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    Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans | 19 comments (19 topical)
    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#2)
    by Ernesto Del Mundo on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:51 PM EST
    Don't worry...he can always make himself feel better by drilling oil wells in wildlife refuges and throwing a few more hundred billion of our tax bucks down the toilet in Iraq.

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#1)
    by scarshapedstar on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:52 PM EST
    Joan Crawford has risen from the grave.

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#3)
    by cpinva on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:52 PM EST
    i wouldn't read too awful much into the gov's race in va. i found myself in the voting booth, trying to decide among the lesser of three evils. kilgore ran a repulsive campaign. it was basically, "i believe in your right to own guns, and the state's right to kill people, especially black people. great campaign theme. kaine's was only marginally better; "i will kill people because it's the law, not because i really want to, and i will attempt to curb women's reproductive rights." had i not realized that a. russ potts hadn't a snowball's chance of winning., and b. that voting for him might help kilgore win. i would have. the real races to watch, in terms of national impact, are for lt. gov. & atty. general. so far, they seem to still be neck & neck.

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:52 PM EST
    No political capital? I wonder what that will mean for his man date?

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:52 PM EST
    Lame frog, more like. The protest sign seen in Baghdad keeps coming to mind: NO BUSH, NO MUSH. 2,057. That's the 20 that died on Clinton's watch, times 100. Can we stop now? How many more soldiers and civilians have to die to make Georgie feel like a man?

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#6)
    by cpinva on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:52 PM EST
    you mean, he had a plan in 2000? who knew? his present situation is really the aggregation of a lifetime's worth of incompetence. so much ineptitude, so little time!

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#7)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:52 PM EST
    Hmmm...let me see. The Demos retained two demo governorships.. Yep. No doubt. Bush is a lame duck. You guys are so funny.

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:52 PM EST
    Bill Buckley flayed Dubya for the second consecutive editorial at NRO.>> "But the regime change the president seeks, and has boasted of, cannot be transcribed in spotty events invigoratingly enough to relay to the republic a sense of purpose-being-achieved. It has to be for this reason that we hear so little from the president on the subject of Iraq. When this is combined with an apparent indifference to recomposing our intelligence community, the idea is given of executive lassitude in wartime, and that is greatly damaging to the public morale.".... "It’s always wrong to assume that there is a correlation between the amount of money spent and productivity, but what reason is there to be confident that critical personnel in CIA and in DoD will go on other than to receive Presidential Medals of Freedom?" Read the rest, he expends little effort in hiding his contempt for Blinky.

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#9)
    by Che's Lounge on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:52 PM EST
    Ahnold just got terminated. Congratulations to the majority of voters in CA. Congratulations to the working people of CA. Only in corporate San Diego (home of Duke Cunningham) and San Bernardino did his agenda get any support.

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:52 PM EST
    The big winner of last night is Tom DeLay. Ohio rejected electoral reform that certainly would have led to more Democratic seats in Congress, and California rejected Proposition 77 which would have given the Democrats a chance to pick up seats in California. The odds of another Republican Congress just went way up.

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:52 PM EST
    Bush has a plan its called dismantling this nation for the ideals of one world.

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#12)
    by Jlvngstn on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:52 PM EST
    I really don't see how this is even remotely applicable to Bush's capital. Winning 2 demo states is hardly anything to be proud of, or is that what the demo party has become? The party is touting its ability to win its own states? Senate seats will be a real tell just as it was during Clinton's tenure..

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#13)
    by scarshapedstar on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:52 PM EST
    I really don't see how this is even remotely applicable to Bush's capital.
    Well, Jesus christ, you see any other elections going on? It's not like Bush is doing anything. He has, by all appearances, zero political capital, perhaps even a significant debt. If he had capital, those races he intervened in would have won. Instead, the smarmy Republicans went down in flames sparked by Bush's famous reverse Midas touch. No capital. No future. Smells like... victory.

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#14)
    by The Heretik on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:52 PM EST
    Bush a toxic duck? Ha. Included you in the roundup at POSTCARDS FROM THE BUNKER

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#15)
    by Jlvngstn on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:53 PM EST
    Scar, so if Bush had capital, Dems would have lost Virginia which if memory serves me correct has been led by a Dem for 16 of the last 24 years? Or does capital have zero to do with and Potts is to blame for running as an independent and stealing votes from Kilgore? Or is because Kilgore said that Kaine would allow Hitler to live in one of the more unsavory acts of ridiculous advertising? Capital schmapital, Bush is on the ropes and in state races the prez has little impact, if he did, in 94 and 98 Clinton should have swung it for the "dems" that lost in those years...

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#16)
    by Slado on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:53 PM EST
    Funny how liberals are "gloating" about winning two governors races and some ballot initiatives in a democratic state .. I'll start sweating about 2006 in 2006. By the press' and Dems logic Al Gore would have been president in 2000, Howard Dean in 2004, dems would control the Senate in 2002 and 2004 etc... Dems are great at assuming they're going to win elections but somehow they fall short more then not. By all means lets assume a takeover in 2006. Nothing will ensure it doesn't happen more.

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#17)
    by Jlvngstn on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:53 PM EST
    I would think that if Dubya had any impact on the VA election, the dem party should be embarassed with such a narrow margin of victory. With all the crises in this admin winning by a nose is an embarassment. Signed, Desperately Seeking Leadership from the left.

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#18)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:53 PM EST
    Posted by W.C. Varones: "California rejected Proposition 77 which would have given the Democrats a chance to pick up seats in California. The odds of another Republican Congress just went way up." What a hilarious lie. Even had 77 passed, it likely wouldn't have added seats until AFTER the 2010 census. The process of adding seats would have taken YEARS, and at least one popular election per set of changes. The success of 77 would not have added seats in 2006 under any circumstances. The R Congress is toast in any legal election. The Bushie Backlash has only begun, and as his shrugs conjoin with the spreading realization of how much he has cost this country, you lot can count on another 40 year Democratic majority, coming right on up.

    Re: Bush Proves Toxic for Republicans (none / 0) (#19)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:53 PM EST
    Posted by Slado: "By the press' and Dems logic Al Gore would have been president in 2000" • Al Gore won the 2000 election. • All major elections since 1999 have been ILLEGAL. • John Kerry won the 2004 election. • We CAUGHT Triad Systems and Bush campaign chair Blackwell committed major acts of vote-fraud in Ohio 2004. You're going to need some new lies, Slado.

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