NYT: Bush’s Megaphone Unable to Reach Above the Din

[DeepModem Mom]

Bush’s Megaphone Unable to Reach Above the Din
By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: October 5, 2006

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 4 — Through disappointing polls and bad news in Iraq, intraparty squabbling over immigration and bipartisan broadsides on port security, President Bush has been able to use the megaphone of his office to shout above the din and shape the national debate.

But the Mark Foley scandal is rendering that megaphone practically useless, just as the president is trying to turn up the volume to help his party beat back Democratic efforts to take control of Congress this November.

During his three-day campaign swing out West this week, Mr. Bush’s carefully honed attacks on Democrats as soft on terrorism have been drowned out by the Foley case and its political repercussions.

In interviews this week, White House officials expressed a sense of resignation, saying they were left with few options to help their party emerge intact from a scandal that appears to further threaten the Republicans’ hold on Congress....

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More than anything else, officials said, they are hemmed in by the unknown, girding for still more unwelcome developments in the Foley saga that could make any sort of full-throated defense or criticism of the House leadership now seem ill considered later....

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/us/politics/05bush.html

[bleever]

1. Darn. That's a tough spot they're in.

How did it come to this?

Recommended.

[Guaranteed]

9. Yeah. It must really suck for them.

It's a real shame. :P

[kurth]

2. Bush’s Megaphone Unable to Reach Above His Ass

Did this asshole ever do any real work?

[truthisfreedom]

6. bush unable to dislodge megaphone...

he's actually a pretty hard-workin' old coot, just not doing the country's business is all. i bet he's worked harder at this job than anything he's done in his life... to bad it's criminal activities that will lead to his third term... in jail.

[babylonsister]

3. If for no other reason, to shut up dimson is a good thing.

Too much hypocrisy is turning my stomach.

[Old and In the Way]

4. What? No one is interested in your blaming Democrats for the mess you

created? Well, I'm sure surprised. Stay the course, dimson.

[rodeodance]

5. he is only tooting his horn to his select base anyway. Toot away

[Dem2theMax]

8. This is how * toots his horn:

Sorry. I couldn't resist. I was in my Photobucket account and just ran across that one. LOL.

:evilgrin:

[whistle]

7. Has Bush's approval rating hit 28% yet? When it does, he will be

...totally irrelevant

[w4rma]

10. Good. (nt)

[Disturbed]

11. Busholini's approval rating would be like

Cheney's (15%) if the American people really knew what he has been doing for the last 5 years. The Corp Media has been covering up the crimes amd coruption of the Regime.

[Ferret Annica]

12. If Bush farted alone in the woods...

...would he make any noise?

[Cocoa]

13. he can only screech so loud

[Mend]

14. who has the bush cheerleader photo....with the megaphone? eom

[Vickers]

15. Hahahaha, that was my first thought!

:thumbsup:

[Danascot]

16. Fill in the blank, take your pick

"... girding for still more unwelcome developments in the Foley saga."

While the Foley saga is making the loudest din at the moment, there are so many other sagas going on that are bad news for * and the GOP it's hard to keep them all straight.

[jazzjunkysue]

17. "w house expressed a sense of resignation." In writing, please.

It's no good to sense or express resignation. What we need is ink on paper, something along the lines of, "I think I want to go home, now."

Isn't it time to go spend more time with the wife and kids? Or the warden?