Bush Cites Democrats' 'Angry Attacks'

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/7608160.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp

President Bush cited "angry attacks" by Democrats in a fund-raising appeal to potential donors on Wednesday.

"The pace of the presidential campaign is picking up and we will soon know who the Democrat nominee will be," Bush wrote to supporters, asking them for a "special contribution of $100 or $50."

"Whoever wins the nomination will have done so by energizing their party's left wing with angry attacks," Bush wrote.

The e-mail letter previewed what is likely to be a theme of his re-election campaign: that his Democratic opponents offer only criticism, while Bush is laying out what he called in the letter an "optimistic, compassionate conservative philosophy."

His message was indirectly aimed at Democratic front-runner Howard Dean, who some Bush advisers predict will turn voters off with his attacks on the president.

[saigon68]

1. "optimistic, compassionate conservative philosophy."=murdering thugs

War Criminals

[Democrats unite]

2. He ain't seen nothing yet!

eom

[joeunderdog]

33. I guess it's just a coincidence

That the "angry" candidate got the most donations.

F*ck B*sh is my campaign slogan. Angry enough?

[impeach the gop]

3. Spare me

n/t

[Pale_Rider]

4. Angry is just not descriptive enough ...

... since IMHO, its WAR!

[MaineDem]

5. Just goes to show we need to unite!

Once we have an actual nominee we all have to fight like hell to support him and get our message out. I have a preference but I'll support any of the current Democrats in a fight against Bush. It's vital we all do.

[demgrrrll]

11. Here, I'm going to jam this sharp stick in your eye and you better not

get mad! Give me a break. Optimistic? more like cynical, f*** you I've got mine. I'm optimistic that I will be happy when he packs his bags and leaves the WH for the last time.

[MaineDem]

17. Ummmmm?

I'm assuming the "fu" was not directed at me?

[demgrrrll]

32. No of course not, it was a play on Junies "optimism" which in my mind

equates to a fu I've got mine cynicism. I wasn't responding to your post.

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

6. That's funny

I wasn't aware that record deficit spending and pre-emptive wars constituted an agenda that was either compassionate or conservative.

But what do I know? I'm just an angry liberal.

[chelaque liberal]

7. Angry? Damn right I am!

And I'm not going to apologize.

[missile_bender]

8. Hooray! Keep the volume level up! He hears us!

Finally, recognition. Opens up a whole line of questions.

[missile_bender]

9. Sort of an "Evil Horton Hears A Who"

[hellhathnofury]

10. By he I assume you mean Mr. Rove.

Remember our great pResident doesn't read papers and I haven't seen him with non-uniformed American's in months.

[Whoa_Nelly]

12. "Angry Attacks" = Truths Told

But, since GeorgieBoy has the leading support of white males in this country, (according to the polls), we Libs are really just out to undermine his BS Regime and create divisiveness.

Wouldn't it be great if all the organizations and their members that seek the truth about this administration all came together in DC?...shades of Abbie Hoffman and the Nov. 15, 1969 rally

[DemonFighterLives]

13. Who needs energizing

We're already there. Ever since selection 2000. I could support any democrat though preferably not Lieberman who doesn't fit with the others

[Bozola]

14. Heh, fund raising idea.

Raffle front row tickets to lil'Georgies perp walk.



Damn straight, I'm angry, you parasitical son-of-a-f*cking-tapeworm.

[CBHagman]

15. "I'll take 'selfish plutocrats' for 800, please, Alex."

With apologies to Cole Porter...

Mr. George Bush, plutocrat,

Wants to make this world go SPLAT.

If that's where he's at,

I say, "Dump the rat, Baby!"

Ooh-la-la.



And I don't care if we're all angry when we do it.

[xxqqqzme]

16. angry is a little tame

I am f*cking livid as well as irritated and exasperated. Aim his 'message' @ Dean. There will B very little rhetoric wasted on squatter as his campaign campaign will offer positive changes to what these thugs have wrought.

[Cocoa]

18. he must have learned how to read newspapers

the press is giving excellent coverage of the angry Dems, Bush picked up on it.

[schultzee]

28. Angry is an understatement. Pickles reads the papers to him.

[OzarkDem]

19. What really scares them

is that R's have always been able to count on Dems to be turned off by anger and negativity in political campaigns. The Lee Atwater generation always knew they could stifle voter turnout for Dem candidates with negative campaigns.

The tables are turned now. For the first time in a long time, Dems are truly angry and all the negative campaign tactics right wingers used to count on won't work anymore.

They're scrambling, trying to come up with something that will switch Dem voters back to their passive mode, and its not working.

[worldgonekrazy]

24. I suspect quite the opposite is true

They want the Dems to be angry and aggressive in attacking because the Bush re-election plan is to paint Democrats as "out of touch" and turn independents off to them by saying "look at how rabid these people are." Are we in the right to be angry (and much more)? You bet your ass we are. But will it win us election in 2004? I'm not so sure.

[flaminbats]

26. Repukes just make the rules, and we sure as hell better better obey them!

Raise your hand..IF YOU'RE SURE! B-)

[kainah]

38. The old Ronald Reagan "morning in America" approach

I agree with you, worldgonekrazy, about what they want. They are happy to see the Dems angry and they will try to paint them as rabid and out-of-touch. They will try to paint themselves as the hopeful, optimistic choice. The real question is whether they can pull that off while continuing to strum the fear & terror strings, with war looming over their shoulders. And I'm not sure they can. I'm also not so sure that anger will win for us in '04 but I'm also not sure their fake optimism will win for them in '04. What I am sure about, however, is that the anger is good for the future of the progressive community. So many people have woken up and they aren't going to go back to sleep again. That's good but whether it will be enough in November 2004, I don't know.........

[flaminbats]

20. Blame Democrats first.

Then use public tax dollars to finance no-bid contracts and "compassionate" right-wing religious zealots to lay the groundwork for winning the election. Next pass taxcuts to destroy public education, a stable dollar, and our nation's infrastructure. Make our nation vulnerable to future attacks by spreading our military thinly throughout the world, and by closing needed local military facilities. And again blame the Democrats for the coming terrorist attacks, an ever-growing intrusive government, for higher unemployment, higher and more regressive local taxes, and for record deficit spending.

[tabasco]

37. Yes, it's all our fault

That the peace & prosperity that we had under a Democratic President became war and unemployment under the current regime. We failed to elect Al Gore, so it really is our fault that Dim Son is the worst President ever.

[The Animator]

51. Uhmm... Actually...

We didn't fail to elect Al Gore. He won that election. That's why we're so pissed off. Monkey-boy doesn't have any legal claim to our White House... He's just there.

[aquart]

21. Mustn't be angry at the traitorous, heartless thief.

Why that's just rude.

[diamond14]

22. shrub..... "no public remarks or appearances since Dec. 22nd"

from the original link on this thread.....

"The Bush letter hit e-mail inboxes on a day when the president was out of sight on his central Texas ranch. The Bush letter hit e-mail inboxes on a day when the president was out of sight on his central Texas ranch. He has made no public remarks or appearances since starting his Christmas vacation at Camp David on Dec. 22.

[arcane1]

23. Oh, you want anrgy? We've GOT angry for you!

Fuck you, George W Bush, you goddamned girly-man moron. And fuck your black-hearted father and harpy mother, too!

:grr:

I guess it never occurred to the idiot that people get angry when you do things that PISS THEM OFF!!

:mad:


anyone else remember all the red-faced, spittle-flying Repubes during the 8 years of Clinton? They seemed to me to have crossed beyond angry, into hysterical fury.... I guess anger is ok when you are a right-wing liar.. :shrug:

[number6]

44. don't hold back, tell us how u really feeel...

:evilgrin:

[Fleshdancer]

25. So now he's concerned??

Funny. He didn't give a shit about our anger when he was beating the drums of war. Millions of protesters all around the world were reduced to being labeled a "focus group". His version of compassion conservativism is a real killer, isn't it?

[w4rma]

27. AGAIN the AP allows Bush to smear Dems without a rebuttal!

:mad::mad::mad:

The AP should have gone to some of the Democratic campaigns and got rebuttal quotes. :mad:

[schultzee]

29. We do not have a media. We have Pravda USA now.

[Judi Lynn]

46. Wild horses couldn't keep them from staggering off for right-wing comments

on EVERY article with any reference to right-wing interests, no matter how trivial, no matter how tedious, no matter how obnoxious.

You're $#%&#! right about that.

We need our professional press back.

[Mari333]

30. F*ck you Bush you havent seen the wrath of a mother

whose kid is in Iraq..
F*ck you, you sorry sack of shit.

[0007]

31. junior has done enough to piss off anyone that's normal,

angry, ya goddamm right!

[bookman]

34. Give 'em Hell

It worked for Truman. Why not use the quote of a now popular past Democratic President?

"I tell the truth and they think it's hell!"

Give 'em Hell, Howard!
Give 'em Hell, Wesley!
etc.

[TankLV]

35. Get used to it, bunkerboy - it'll only get worse - for yoe.

Let's see you call mummy and daddy this time around!

Can't wait for the debate(s) - love to see him lose it - hopefully crying like a baby.

[Jacobin]

36. Ah yes.....we are dismissed as "angry"

Chided like a child with a temper tantrum. Nice way to place us on "ignore" Karl.....

Guess what. You're right. We are angry. No, we're pissed, big time.

[uhhuh]

39. They did it again!!!

"The pace of the presidential campaign is picking up and we will soon know who the Democrat nominee will be," Bush wrote to supporters, asking them for a "special contribution of $100 or $50."

I am so sick of the republic party calling our party the Democrat Party. Shut up you assholes!! It is OUR party and it has an accurate name!! They don't even try to use it anymore, and it is intentional.:mad: :mad: :mad:

[pacifictiger]

40. if he thinks it is toddler tantrum anger

he's in for a surprise. More like deep seated, purpose driven, revolution anger.

[gulliver]

41. Why they so mad at me mama?

Pout, pout. :cry:

[scarface2004]

42. hes a brainwashed a hole!!!

buying into his own assinine spin!

btw you bet i m friggin angry!!

[MoonRiver]

43. YEAH!! We're all mad cows out to revenge our slaughter!

Eat lots of burgers and watch out *, the defenders of democracy are coming your way election day 2004!

[Lugnut]

45. You bet...

Yer bippy Georgie boy. I'm angry as Hell. Hang onto yer ears....you're goin' down in a sea of anger.

[radfringe]

47. huh?

"Whoever wins the nomination will have done so by energizing their party's left wing with angry attacks," Bush wrote.

is using Terror to scare the public any different? Bush* has been using fear of terror attacks to boost his own re-selection, and then labeling anyone who questions or criticizes him as being un-patriotic or as being a traitor

[argyl]

48. You ain't seen nothin' yet,Smirk.No coddling this time and you do have

a record of "miserable failure"to answer for.

[MaineDem]

49. I was just thinking that * hasn't seen anything yet

Wait til we're all united behind one candidate. Then you'll see angry, you lying sack of horse dung!

[Zech Marquis]

50. oh yeah we're pissed off!

Because we're mad as hell, and we're not gonna take it anymore *! it's Judegement Day for you and the BFEE, and WE will the judges this time! :grr: :grr::grr: