Bush Campaign Preparing Onslaught

[JPZenger]

Here is a well-written article on the Bush campaign machine that has been gearing up:

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/nation/8009064.htm

[papau]

1. Positive messages with vision from Bush, smear and sneer via friends

I wonder if the media will let him get away with this approach without the media making a daily comment

OK, a weekly comment -

OK, just a monthly comment

OK, a comment every 10th time they discuss his positive ads and give the GOP free media time, and every 5th time they dump on DEM ads


OK, will they ever comment on the hypocritical game Bush is playing.

[Champion Jack]

2. Republicans tested their get-out-the-vote techniques in 2002,

" with notable success.

In Georgia, more than 3,000 volunteers and paid workers knocked on 150,000 doors in carefully targeted areas. After a preelection rally with Bush, nine busloads of volunteers fanned out in the heavily Republican Atlanta suburbs to prod voters to the polls. More than 2 million GOP households received telephone reminders about the election.

The work paid off when Republican Sonny Perdue was elected governor and Republican Saxby Chambliss defeated Democratic Sen. Max Cleland."

Yeah right, their "get-out-the-vote techniques" were BBV

[strategery blunder]

11. I'm new here

What does BBV (and for that matter, ABB) stand for?

[Faygo Kid]

3. Oh yes, get ready. (Please post an excerpt next time)

All those who are not ABB ought to check this article out, because, my friends, they laugh at you, and enjoy the squabbles here. Now we will see Darth Vader and Mordor in all their glory. The Power that they have is breathtaking. (P.S., poster: I think readers here pass on anything that is just a link, and this is too important. Thanks). Here's a quote from an orc from my state:

"We never had an organization in place like we have now. It's unbelievable," said Rep. Candice Miller (R., Mich.), who has been involved in the state's politics for 24 years. "The Democrats are getting all the attention. But we are getting ready."

[dw]

4. "Bush will also ramp up his travel schedule"

... especially to swing states. Most trips will be heavily subsidized by taxpayers. A formula devised in 1982 allocates costs for election-year travel according to how much time a president spends on official "presidential" business, as opposed to partisan politics.

For example, if Bush spends 25 percent of his day at political events, his campaign picks up roughly 25 percent of the tab - excluding the cost of security and other expenses considered mandatory for a president.

As White House spokesman Scott McClellan said, "Just because it's an election year doesn't mean he stops being president."

Implication: somewhere along the line, he'll start. dw

[rfkrocks]

5. But Mordor loses !

Gird our loins. The battle for American is upon us.

[megatherium]

7. Hopefully our victory won't have to rely on a couple of hobbits

having to go deep within the Red country to throw a ring into a volcano.

[Fovea]

10. Close

My hobbit just sneaked through a volcanic island to come in second.
On to super tuesday.

[tom_paine]

8. So? Hitler won and won and won for 12 years

Sadly, Totalitraianism takes it's share of victories. Some might say the lion's share.

[Skittles]

6. these people who are supporting Bush - do they care about America

honestly how could they f***ing care about this country and work to reinstall Bush????

[Sushi_lover]

9. hell no. and neither do the multi-national corporations who support him

Halliburton care about America? No. They claimed "international" status in order to circumvent U.S. trade laws in order to sell oil equipment to Saddam after Gulf War I.