why is georgie begging for democratic votes now?

[pansypoo53219]

who told him HIS bushies wouldn't be enough? and why should we democrats listen to him after 4 years of being ignored?
HOW DARE he say FDR.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. 'cause he's toast and he knows it

And I SO agree about his invoking, FDR, JFK and Truman. Disgusting.

[Arkana]

10. I know

FDR, JFK, and Harry S up in heaven:

FDR: Hey Jack, who's the douchebag comparing himself to us?
JFK: Hmmm. Looks like that George W. Bush fellow.
Truman: Tell him to go to hell.
FDR: Bastard.

Andrew Jackson's voice: Son of a bitch. By the Eternal, he should not sleep on our soil!

FDR: Ah, dammit, Andy Jackson woke up again.

[KurtNYC]

2. Is it so when the BBV numbers come in screwy

they can say 'well Bush reached out to Dems and NYC went for Bush' ?!

[Qutzupalotl]

3. Desperation.

He's turned off his own base with reckless spending and support for civil unions.

[newsguyatl]

4. campaign tactic

to make it look like he's comfortable enough that he's got HIS entire base now, so he can start to go after the dem base.

kinda like a beta fish flexing its gills to make itself look bigger in preparing to fight, but it's still puny behind the facade no matter what.


i'm most certain this has been the plan since last year.


it won't work.

[Kierkegaard]

5. What else is he going to do? He's exhausted most of his stupidity

(I say most, because he always has at least one more prat-fall or grammatical meltdown up his sleeve.) Let's see...he's tried lying. Then, he tried lying. He even tried, well, LYING. It just hasn't seemed to make much difference.

Maybe he should take a stab at begging for votes in exchange for spitting on windshields and wiping it off?

[Sparkly]

6. But he's begging for Democrats among groups of signed supporters

What an idiot.

[Kierkegaard]

8. Kind of like trout fishing in an aquarium...

Nothing there to catch.

[michigandem2]

13. lol...it is pathetic...

and I think David Shuster said on tweety last night that Rove told him previously they won't NEED dems at ALL to vote for shrub..so Shuster said..."if they are going after dems..it look like Bush might be in trouble."

[durablend]

7. He's got Hell Miller!

He knows ALL the democrats want to get behind him

(yeah with a hammer and a wooden stake)

[NightOwwl]

9. Because Rove screwed up royally.

Relying exclusively on the "extra-chromosomes" (Lee Atwater's term) was the wrong strategy, and their internal polls are telling them Bush is toast.

[kiahzero]

11. Make himself look stronger than he is

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2000_11_12.php#001828

Has Karl Rove screwed George W. a second time? Think back to that long ago time before last Tuesday's election. The Bush campaign was following a strategy based on Rove's 'band wagon' theory of election finishes. According to Rove, toward the end of an election voters look to see who's winning and often decide to vote for that candidate. So projecting an image of confidence may be even more important than whether the polls actually give any cause for optimism. You just need to look like you're winning, and the voters will take it from there. At least that's Rove's theory.

That's why in the week before the election Rove was telling reporters that Bush was going to win by 6%-7% of the vote and had him going to states like New Jersey and California, ones he hadn't a prayer of winning. As we now know, Bush not only didn't win big, he didn't win at all -- at least in the popular vote. Bush would have done a lot better focusing on Florida and not taking that victory lap in the final days.

After the election it seems like they did the same thing over again. The Bush plan -- which I gaurentee you came from Rove -- was to just look like you're the president-elect and everyone will believe you. It was just a post-election of Rove's confidence game.

But Bush and Rove committed the cardinal sin of politics: they fell for their own spin. They really thought it was all over. And because of that they didn't take advantage of the opportunity to request recounts in areas where it could have helped them. Bush may still pull this out. But if he does he'll do so by having a friendly Secretary of State in Florida use her power to prevent an accurate vote count in several key counties. Can you say 'legitimacy problems.'

I'm hoping the Bush operation puts Rove in charge of their legal strategy. Actually, come to think of it, maybe they have?

[Mountainman]

12. He is stuck at 47% and has no more room to grow among repugs

Bush can only get more votes by taking them away from Kerry. He has peaked at 47%.