Bush anoints McCain his preferred heir

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Wednesday anointed one-time bitter rival John McCain as his preferred successor and heir to the vastly unpopular Iraq war and deepening economic fears.

"He's going to win," said Bush, who shook McCain's hand, clapped him on the shoulder, and kissed his wife Cindy as the presumptive Republican party nominee arrived at the White House on a chilly, windy day.

It was not clear how Bush, whose approval ratings lie at near record-lows with 10 months left in his term, would help the man he defeated for the Republican party's nomination in 2000 as the November 2008 elections draw nigh.

"The president will give his full-throated endorsement to Senator McCain," said Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino, but "I don't think there's any one thing that we can point to that is the number one thing that President Bush can do."

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[TahitiNut]

1. Heirhead anoints heirhead.

:shrug:

[aquart]

2. Like he had a choice?

[OKthatsIT]

29. Even Bush knows McCain is a loser

But, so does McCain.

When the Bilderbergs says they're putting Hillary 'in', they do it. McCain knows that.

[Magleetis]

3. Dumb and dumber n/t

[missTheBigDog]

4. In watching the live video of him and McCain

answering reporters questions. Bush is not very good when he's not scripted.
Looks like McCain is the same way.

[russian33]

5. full-throated

i choked on my sandwich :rofl:

[Binka]

12. What's He Gonna Do Suck McLame's Dick?

They are setting up their theft of yet another election.

[missTheBigDog]

6. Damn, McCain has an annoying voice(n/t)

[sam sarrha]

7. i believe that is spelled "Liar"

[ryanmuegge]

8. Judging by the media coverage of the press conference, we're in for a LONG cycle.

We're going to get killed this time out.

The media coverage of McCain is so vile and biased (in his favor) that I don't see us winning, no matter who our nominee turns out to be.

[missTheBigDog]

10. Sadly, I agree with you

[Just-plain-Kathy]

11. The only way McCain could win is if we were attacked again.

Logic would tell us that "they" didn't keep us safe, but "they'll" proclaim they're tougher on terrorism.

[Binka]

13. Kathy They Are Gonna Steal It AGAIN

We are being attacked....by the electronic voting machines.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

14. What scares me is that they'll steal it for one of our guys (namely Hillary)...

What better way to cover up stolen elections then to cross party lines?

After eleven straight loses Hillary wins three BIG ones???? Isn't it the MO of the people who stole the past two elections to control the BIG states?

[Rageneau]

19. BartCop long ago predicted there will be a terrorist "attack" during the GE.

BartCop also asks a question no one can answer without coming to the conclusion that Bush and Osama have a secret deal.

That question is: "Why have there been no terrorist attacks on our soil since 9/11?"

It cannot be because these attacks have all been prevented; we KNOW there are Al Quaeda among us and we KNOW that all they would have to do is steal a tanker truck and drive it into a school. So why haven't they?

The only reason has to be because they have orders from Osama not to. But why would Osama order them not to?

Because Osama wants to stay alive and be free to continue his 'revolution,' which he could not do if Bush actually hunted him down.

But why would Bush deliberately NOT hunt Osama down? Because Osama is useful to Bush as a potential threat, but not useful to him as an immediate one.

If Osama started terror attacks in the U.S., Bush would immedaitely be shown to be powerless against them (a POV he he can't permit since tuff-on-terra is all he has). For Bush to keep any support at all, he has to be seen as the defender of the country. So long as there are no domestic attacks, Bush looks like he's doing his job.

So the deal is, Bush won't kill or catch Osama so long as Osama does not mount terror attacks in the U.S. IOW, You scratch my back...

But of course that all changes as the GE nears. If it looks like the Dem is going to win, all of a sudden Osama will reappear through scary, random terror attacks. Reichstag fires. People will then be knee-jerk terrified again and only McCain will be perceived as 'tough enough' to defend us from these "new" threats.

People who read BartCop view history in advance.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

28. I never heard of BartCop, I have to look into it (him?).

...I think BushCo's actions are so transparent. These oil/defense tycoons knew/or caused the attacks on 9-11-02, and then used our fear to start a war in the Middle East.

Being a New Yorker, I worry about the next attack. I have a lot of friends and family members who work and live in Manhattan. I live near a nuclear power plant.

[Amonester]

17. I don't think so... Remember NO.

[onehandle]

9. That's because McCain won't appoint a special prosecutor to fully investigate Bush and his cronies.

But neither will Obama or Clinton, so it's a wash.

[Orsino]

15. Do you think that Pelosi and Reid...

...have started calling McCain "Mister President" yet?

[sun zoom spark]

16. Bush + McCain = GOP's "electile dysfunction", 2008

Looks like Bob Dole will have some company in the next male enhancement ad.

[Deny and Shred]

22. Outstanding, Great first post. Welcome. To add to your idea,

my first thought concerning the NYT article alleging a McCain affair was actually that it works in McCain's favor - Mud-slinging that casts a 70+year old as still virile. The cynic in me still questions that whole article, the apology, the right-wing 'outrage.'
Also, Binka, Kathy, y'all are right, they will set up a situation where they will disallow votes and do so if the election is within a couple % points, just like they did in 2000 and 2004. 3 million votes cast were disallowed in 2004.

Greg Palast, investigative journalist, was sent about 500 emails emanating from K. Rove to one of Rove's political hacks. These morons used .org, not .com and sent them to a watchdog guy, who sent them to Palast.
'Caging lists' are Rove's name for lists of voters he intends to challenge and whose votes he'll have disallowed. The rules for vote challenging have been intentionally slackened.
It includes having 'too many' people use the same address. Rove uses that to disallow votes by troops in Iraq because they all use their U.S. Base as their mailing address. Something tells me they are using whatever means they have to intercept messages to glean these soldiers' political leanings. Challenge the ones who are down on Iraq, permit the ones that are gung-ho.
This is a link to video of Palast giving a talk on the subject.

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/167.html

[sun zoom spark]

23. I thought the spin cycle on the NYT article was a bit too neat myself

...for a few reasons: as you pointed out McCain gets to look virile, the RW gets to slam the MSM, and the whole issue blows over before Johnny Mac secures the GOP nomination -- it was all over & done in 72 hours (inoculating him from the issue in the future.) As for the "caging lists," I'm sure the GOP is packing the open primaries for Obama so that the "lowered" general election numbers will skew in McCain's favor and the GOP can challenge results effectively. (The 2004 disputed election results almost always resulted in more votes for Bush. What are the statistical chances of that?). The skewed primary numbers will be this year's "faulty exit-polling."

[sinkingfeeling]

18. Maybe Bush thinks he's in Russia and who he 'hand picks' will win.

[Xipe Totec]

20. Did he use Preparation H?

[BrklynLiberal]

21. Considering the negative numbers for Bush, this makes me wonder why Gore was advised NOT to align

himself with Clinton for his election in 2000. Being endorsed by Clinton could not possibly be worse than being endorsed by prez shit-for-brains.
I do not understand what happened in 2000...even tho I realize that Gore truly won and nitwit was handed the presidency by the SCOTUS that had been handpicked by his father.
But it should not have been close enough for that to have happened!!!!
DAMN!

[Deny and Shred]

25. The MSM didn't pick up on what happened in 2000, but it is out there

I don't mean to be a Palast advertisement, because to some degree I find him a bit self serving, but his book "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" explained it pretty well. Check it out of the ol' Biblioteque, 'tis worth a read.

[BrklynLiberal]

27. I hope that the light that has been shed will on the slimy underbelly of the Bush regime will be

enough to prevent the same thing from happening again..
But I cannot allow myself to be to optimistic yet...

[superconnected]

24. The headline states it exaclty as it is - HEIR - as if it's hereditory.

And the word anoint... like bush just baptised him to be leader.

Like Mccain has the right to be "Heir" to the presidency.

Like ELECTIONS ARE WORTH NOTHING.

Since bush is annointing a heir, I can only surmise he thinks he's king and God. He doesn't recognize America as a democracy. Fire the crook. He's failed his oath of office to protect the constitution again.

[santamargarita]

26. He kissed Bush's ass and the big Dick's ring - ugh!

Win or steal...again?