"Bush pledges to rise above election-year politics"...he's a UNITER!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Wednesday pledged to rise above the politics of a high stakes election year and deal with Americans' anxiety about the deadly Iraq war, high gas prices and soaring health costs.

After one of the most difficult stretches of his presidency and with his job approval ratings stuck in the high 30s and low 40s, Bush tried to shore up his own political fortunes as well as those of his Republican allies who face Democrats determined to retake control of the U.S. Congress in November.

He called for an end to bitter partisan divisions on Capitol Hill where Democrats have attacked the administration on a range of issues from Iraq policy to the slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina and a secret domestic spying program.

"I recognize 2006 is a political year, but my job is to help rise above that and stay focused on results," Bush said in a Reuters interview aboard Air Force One as he flew to Nashville to capitalize on the attention given his annual State of the Union speech on Tuesday night.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060201/ts_nm/bush_dc

Below: Bush gets some tips on rising above election-year politics from his non-partisan fat-assed "architect," Karl Rove.

[opihimoimoi]

1. These guys are the Pubs HEROS????

OMG What have we come to???

[radfringe]

2. when

you live in a bubble full of hot air, science shows it rises...

has nothing to do with uniting...

[LSparkle]

4. Hot stinky air ... that comes from Rove's ass

Makes him delusional ... and happy!

[Fridays Child]

3. In bushspeak, this means that the gauntlet has now been thrown down.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

5. Newsweek attempts to explain this...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11126201/site/newsweek/

Feb. 1, 2006 - The State of the Union was a tale of two presidents. One was gracious about his opponents, seeking common ground for the sake of the nation’s future. The other accused his critics of being isolationists, pacifists, protectionists and unpatriotic.

One wanted the downfall of tyrants and dictators; the other wanted the downfall or transformation of elected governments in Iran and the Palestinian territories. One wanted to extend tax cuts; the other wanted to cut deficits.

Both presidents are of course one and the same: the often inspirational, often self-contradicting, George W. Bush. Democrats frequently mistake this split personality as some kind of giant game of bait-and-switch. But it’s more accurate to think of it as the gap between Bush’s idealistic self-image as a leader, and his realistic desire to do whatever it takes to win.

Part of President Bush genuinely wants to be fiscally responsible. Another part of him sorely wants to skewer Democrats on taxes in 2008 if they try to let his tax cuts expire. Part of President Bush genuinely wants to lead a harmonious and united nation in the long battle against Islamist terrorists. Another part of him sorely wants to silence his Democratic critics and portray them as weaklings in November.

[Mark5]

7. "fat-asses architech" lmao!

its funny cause thanks Carl Rove's architectual guidance Bush's legacy is gonna be one of faiulure at his own game. The fear fueled "Iraqi War" is gonna be his greatest undoing and legacy.

...well what goes around comes around...hehe, how ironic

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. That's good news. It means he can smell indictment in the air.