Bush congratulates Kerry in phone call

[NeoConsSuck]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-03-02-bush-kerry_x.htm

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush telephoned John Kerry on Tuesday night to congratulate him on wrapping up the Democratic presidential nomination, and said he looked forward to a "spirited contest."

"I'm thinking about you," Bush was quoted as saying.

[dennis4868]

1. did Bush tell Kerry....

that my brother tells me I will win Florida so dont even bother campaigning there?

[AndyP]

3. lol

:)

[papau]

16. Kerry's response to Bush"hoped we had a great debate about the issues"

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-campaign-kerry-bush.html


``We had a very nice conversation,'' Kerry told reporters of his talk with Bush. ``He called to congratulate me.''

Kerry gave no other details on what Bush said but told reporters: ``I said I hoped we had a great debate about the issues before the country.''

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

31. Just two old Skull and Bones boys chatting about the weather

huh?
Good enough for that scum known as the American population.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. I hope Kerry did some smack talking

"Yeah, make sure all your shit is out of MY house by the inauguration."

[jean]

4. which reminds me, what kind of mess will be left when they leave

remember how they accused Clinton staffers or wreaking havoc in the WH before they left?

Cheney will probably have the whole building rigged with the latest DARPA technology so they can snoop on every move the Kerry admin makes.

[rhino91063]

5. He probably called collect

[gonefishing]

11. good one!

[Blue_Roses]

17. ROFL

I needed that to wake me up this morning:D that's a good one!

[meti57b]

6. bummer! I wouldn't want the phone to ring and find bushie on the line.

UGH!!

[qanda]

7. May I add...

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Beetwasher]

8. "I'm Thinking About You...

Cuz you sure are purdy..Mabye not as purty as that Edwards guy, but still purdy enough to give me a stiffy..."

Is Bush friggin' retarded? Seriously...

[frylock]

10. no kidding..

I'm thinking of you?! What are you thinking, honey?

[Crachet2004]

30. Probably just trying to be Creepy...

throw a scare into Kerry...but I think he is talking to the wrong cat! Bush needs to take his 3rd grade psy-ops and shove it!

[truth2power]

18. Yeah....isn't that odd??

I swear, when I read the original post I got that odd feeling of disconnect...again.

Whatever did he mean? "I'm thinking of you" is something one would say to a friend, or maybe put on a sympathy card.

I dunno...I still think he's some kind of alien life-form with a glitch in the programming that can't pick up on certain social nuances. :eyes:

[readmylips]

29. I'm thinking of you....when I see you in your casket..heeee.heeee.

Sounds more like a threat Mafia style.

[truth2power]

36. Well...that too. n/t

[CatWoman]

35. that sounds like a veiled threat to me.........

[dmkinsey]

9. Where's The

DO NOT CALL list when you really need it?

[meti57b]

13. LOL!! That's a real good one!!

[TankLV]

12. I hope he gets used to it

(the congratulatory phone call).

He'll need it after the elections in November!

and he won't have the excuse that he "doesn't know how" or "lost the number".

I am pleased.

We have a fighter now.

That's what we've needed all along.

[Zero Gravitas]

22. yup

Thats what Iwas going to say. The next time Bush calls Kerry will be in november to concede the election (if he has the class and guts to admit defeat, which is doubtful.)

[hippiechick]

14. dupe in GD:04

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=423080&mesg_id=423080

[bigtime]

15. "I'm thinking of you..."

"what are you wearing?"

[truth2power]

19. Bwahahahaha!! n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

26. "A pink tutu."

[Barrett808]

20. Wonder if Skull and Bones has a secret handshake n/t

n/t

[DifferentStrokes]

27. Yes, tongue in ear

A salute to that reptillian ancestry so many of them share.

[donsu]

21. Smirk probably said 'don't forget Wellstone's plane'

nt

[LiberalFighter]

23. Kerry should had told gw* the number to call...

when he is ready to concede.

[Arbustosux]

24. spirited contest = dirty, nasty campaign

"I was thinking about you"?? maybe he really is gay....

[RememberWellstone]

25. He can dial numbers now?

Or are they color coded? He's come quite a ways in technology these days. I guess he did'nt choke on his popcorn during the call..lol.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

33. It's actually huge speed dial buttons with people's pictures in them.

[nolabels]

28. In answering the phone, one would be looking for noise from the other end

When I am thinking of answering the phone, I realize the person or machine on the other end is looking or wanting something from me. In that form and term of psychology, the opening line is the most critical only if the other side is not more needy.

Keep in mind, the critical, who made the call.

If at the end if one is letting the salesman determine the details of the closing then any other party in the equation must also renegotiate the agreements they had in that cohesion of party of receiving side of the deal.

My conclusion and question would be, are you dealing with puffery or touching the transfer, gird the loins, and remember the frauds first rule is to make one feel foolish to retard or retract the reaction.
F U *

Or you could be looking for the conclusion from someone else, try this one

http://members.tripod.com/~greatamericanhistory/gr02013.htm
Conclusion

Although the majority of the American people-- including many moderate politicians like Abraham Lincoln--wanted to avoid Civil War and were content to allow slavery to die a slow, inevitable death, the most influential political leaders of the day were not. On the southern side, "fire-eaters" like Rhett and Yancey were willing to make war to guarantee the propagation of their "right" to own slaves. On the northern side, abolitionists like John Brown and Henry Ward Beecher of Connecticut were willing to make war in order to put an immediate end to the degrading institution of slavery.

These leaders, through either words or action, were able to convince the majority that it was necessary to go to war, and in order to convince them they justified the war with arguments that only indirectly referred to the subject of slavery (i.e., state rights et. al.).

Southern politicians convinced their majority that the North was threatening their way of life and their culture. Northern politicians convinced their majority that the South, if allowed to secede, was really striking a serious blow at democratic government. In these arguments, both southern and northern politicians were speaking the truth--but not "the whole truth." They knew that to declare the war to be a fight over slavery would cause a lot of the potential soldiers of both sides to refuse to fight.

So-was the war about slavery? Absolutely. If there had been no disagreement over the issue of slavery, the South would probably not have discerned a threat to its culture and the southern politicians would have been much less likely to seek "their right to secede." But was it only about slavery? No. It was also about the constitutional argument over whether or not a state had a right to leave the Union, and--of primary concern to most southern soldiers--the continuation of antebellum southern culture. Although the majority of Southerners had little interest in slaves, slavery was a primary interest of Southern politicians--and consequently the underlying cause of the South's desire to seek independence and state rights.

This has been my attempt at providing a brief, balance answer to a complicated subject which has been the subject of many books. For further reading, I suggest Kenneth Stampp's Causes of the Civil War.
(snip)

[Malva Zebrina]

32. I'm thinking about you?

what the hell is that. It is merely another staged act here. Bush is trying to come off as the gracious incumbent and sticking it to Kerry trying to establish his superiority. He is trying to pre empt Kerry's headlines by pushing his own name into it.

I hate George the Babylon baby slayer.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

34. I disagree.

I think he was coming on to him during another nasty drunken episode.

[Malva Zebrina]

40. OK, I will take that explanation of this weird interaction

[skippysmom]

37. He also called Chirac yesterday

I noticed on the MSNBC ticker a couple of stories after the story about Bush calling Kerry that he had also called Chirac.

What was he, bored? Or was he crank calling his enemies?

[Tommy_Douglas]

38. Thanking Chirac...

For the abduction of Aristide and a hope for his future support for Chavez and Castro...

[Dulcinea]

39. Will this be featured on the next "Crank Yankers?"

mw

[truthisfreedom]

41. "i'm thinking about you."

sick. just sick, sick, sick. georgie believes he can intimidate everyone on earth... he just wasn't weaned right.

[oustemnow]

42. He looks forward to a "spirited contest"

Maybe he thinks there'll be drinking involved?

[pinto]

43. Bush, a phone, a bottle....mix, stir, get the long distance operator.