BUSH as the democratic Nominee?

[Must_B_Free]

I think his base isn't going to go for this moon base stuff and the religious charity.

So, for the purpose of getting them PO'ed, I am now starting to openly embrace Bush as a liberal for these liberal policies he has floated recently.

If you put it in the context of the culture war and the hate that has been drudged up to fuel the GOP base, It takes away their thunder to have these very liberal spending ideas on the table. If we embrace Bush, how will they bash us? Their hate will end up getting projeced on Bush for appealing to liberals.

[gill]

1. I don't understand

How can embracing Bush get us anywhere

[Must_B_Free]

3. Embrace only the liberal aspects of his policy proposals

This will further alienate his base. They are running more on hate rather than agreement with his policy.

So on yahoo, I'm saying "hey, as a liberal I feared Bush, but I didn't expect he was going to turn out to be one of us"...

It gets their goat to see that the guy they support is pandering to the enemy. They already have ample ammo to dislike Bush and only feel beholden out of party loyalty. This just puts the icing on the cake - outrageous spending on things that conservatives traditionally hate.

[cthrumatrix]

2. this is silly -- a non-starter

[gill]

4. I agree

Even if they get mad at him they don't have another canidate to run

[Must_B_Free]

6. They can still get mad enough to vote againt him

From the looks of the potential Dem nominee, I am purely voting AGAINST Bush, not FOR another candidate.

So my title "Bush as the Dem nominee?" is an example of a header that will piss off the GOP base...

[One Taste]

8. Agreed

No real conservative alternative.

[Homer12]

5. Setting the temp to simmer, the water will eventually boil

What I mean is that the left should be silent about these two things and not waste their time with these two issues.

Letting the right battle itself is the best thing that has happened lately with Bushes pandering on immigration and now space to get peoples mind' off Buscho's blood thirsy appetitie for destruction and lieing.

No, we should sit back and enjoy and hammer Bush on Iraq, Patriot act, etc...

[Toots]

7. I like the idea of going into space

Since we're putting it on the cuff anyway what the hell. The next generation will pay for it all so let's spend while the spending is good. Let's just go by the name Spend and Spend Liberals instead of Tax and Spend. Nobody wants to pay taxes anyway so what the hell. Cheney just got thru telling us Defecits don't matter. Let's show them some defecits.

[the populist]

9. Bush is a figurehead like Reagan

Like Reagan, Bush is a figurehead. Like Reagan, Bush is not very bright. Like Reagan, Bush is popular because of his cultural myth (just check out the way he walks with his palms facing backwards, like an ape).

Reagan and Bush are both simpletons. Bush, like Reagan, is run by the neoconservative rats Wolfowitz, Perle, Frum, Feith, as well as the opportunist moderate-republican-turned-wingnut Cheney.

Bush is LCD politics. LCD = lowest common denominator (see Club for Growth ad on Dean).