Top Republican predicts Maine win for Bush in '04

[MaineDem]

The chairman of the Republican National Committee said Tuesday he is confident President Bush will do something no Republican presidential candidate has done since 1988: Win Maine.

In an interview with the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Ed Gillespie predicted that the 2004 campaign will be close - whomever the Democratic Party nominates will be tough, he said - but that the president's "strong and principled" leadership will win not only Maine, but states such as New York and California, which traditionally vote for Democratic presidential candidates.
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He said Bush inherited a weak economy from his Democratic predecessor and has put together a jobs and growth package that is beginning to produce results.

more == http://www.pressherald.com/news/state/030827gop.shtml

Strong and principaled leadership my ass!!!

[Liberal Veteran]

1. And I predict space aliens will land on the white house lawn...

...and hand out copies of the Intergalactic Watchtower and convert Bush to the worship of a giant turd from a planet near Cygni zeta 4.

[Flying_Pig]

9. Oh Giant Turd! ..LOL!

That's just what I needed with my French Roast, ...a good laugh. These idiots, if they were down minus 40 in the polls on election day, would still be saying, .."We're going to take Maine". Politics. Nothing more, nothing less...

[booksenkatz]

2. My goodness, such unbridled confidence

Does Maine have electronic voting machines, by any chance?

edited to add: could I have the "weak" Clinton economy back, please? My family finances were solvent and growing, and I had a job in those "weak economy" days.

[Divernan]

3. It's just that they have unlimited campaign funds.

They're probably buying up all available TV/radio spots for 24/7
campaign ads. And look what they're saving by outsourcing their phone work/fund raising/get out the vote to India!

ON EDIT: Bush did two fundraisers yesterday/we lost two more American soldiers in battle - Bush came out millions richer - a truly great day for the GOP!

[shanti]

25. yes, electronic voting machines

that's the FIRST thing i thought of after reading this. whenever they are OVERCONFIDENT and smug about winning a state, something is wrong. that's like that guy in montana (?) who bragged about this happening to him in a county that had NEVER voted repuke before. and he won.

[booksenkatz]

28. Remember in Nov. 2000

How TOTALLY, UNQUESTIONINGLY CONFIDENT Whistle Ass was that night? He KNEW he'd "won" Florida. He KNEW it. And something had gone "wrong" when the state was called for Gore. The "plan" had experienced a little hitch, but he KNEW that he had "won" it.

Florida in Nov. 2000 was an experiment for bigger 'n bolder things to come, a dress rehearsal. There were lots of hitches that night that needed to be ironed out. We saw more of it in Nov. 2002, and now Nov. 2004 we will see the Mother of All Election Stealing. Whistle Ass will win 50 states and people will oooh and ahhhh because "it's never happened before, but gee, he's just THAT popular!!" There will be no exit polls to prove otherwise.

:tinfoil hat:

[ixion]

4. uh... I don't think so...

this is typical repuke rhetoric. If you reverse the meaning of the sentence, what he was REALLY saying becomes clear...


Original:

"Bush inherited a weak economy from his Democratic predecessor and has put together a jobs and growth package that is beginning to produce results"


Translation:

Bush inherited a strong economy from his Democratic predecessor and has put together a jobs and growth package that will never produce results.


See how that works? It's just that simple. :-)

[w4rma]

23. LOL! Too true! (n/t)

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. doesn't Maine do something funky

in that, you don't actually win the whole state, you win parts of it?

As in, you win Congressional District (A), but not (B) and so on and you can actaully end up winning a portion of the state's electoral votes?

[MaineDem]

7. Yes, Maine can split its 4 electoral votes

I think ME and Nebraska are the only 2 states that allow that.

[gasperc]

24. let's hope they spend millions winning 2 of Maine's electoral votes

while we take the rest of the country

[Born_a_Democrat]

6. Ed must have been smoking the Sprint Phone Book's front page

:)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=136573

[mndemocrat_29]

8. Any of the Top Tier presidential challengers could win Maine

Maine's two districts are represented by Democrats, and both went for Gore last time. I have a feeling that all of New England will go for a Democrat in 2004, and that we will win Maine by a much larger margin this time around.

[Stuckinthebush]

10. Using psychological manipulation

Let's see...the GOP is saying Maine, New York, and California are definitely voting for Bush because of his strong leadership. Well, I guess there is no need for me to go to the polls! Oh, well.

The problem with this silly strategy (because we all know that California and New York won't go for Bush) is that it has the potential to depress the GOP base. So, if someone who is on the fence but leaning Bush lives in New York, they may say, "Well, Bush is gonna win, so I'll go shopping instead of voting." Whereas the person on the fence but leaning Dem will be more likely to get to the polls to vote.

[LynneSin]

11. I don't think the French Canadian population is too keen on Bush

After that TV ad they ran against one of their own, Senator Olympia Snowe, criticizing her for not support the Bush tax cuts and pulling a stunt with the French Flag in the background to make her "look" bad.

Tough to win over a group of people who actually like the French since they are, well, um, FRENCH. I suppose we could just label them the Freedom Canadians of Maine.....NOT!!!

[Atlant]

12. They really *MUST* be planning on stealing the election! (NT)

[dusty64]

13. My only question is,

has Maine converted over to electronic voting?

[emad]

14. Top monarchist predicts entire shrubland will be consigned

to Guantanamo Bay to meditate on the definition of "treason"

[tlcandie]

15. Produced results that are beginning to show? Umm YES!!!!

Just didn't state they were NEGATIVE rather than positive!!! Doh!

[Davis_X_Machina]

16. Mr. Glillespie has made...

an inappropriate choice of mushrooms.

Bush pèré finished last here in '92, behind Clinton and Perot.

The Bushes are Summer People. They're Flatlanders. They're From Away.

There is no love between the Bushes and Maine because of their 'cottage'.

The war is not popular.

Deficits are an issue.

Snowe's popularity comes from pushing against, not with, Junta Boy.

And we use mostly paper hand counted or paper optically scanned ballots.

Any Democrat wins the state.

[jiacinto]

17. ME will not go Republican in 2004

And if it is then we are losing badly.

[diplomats]

19. Yes

Gillespie's remarks are contradictory. He predicts the race will be close but says Bush will win Calif., N.Y. and Maine? If he wins those states the race ain't going to be anywhere near close.

[pmbryant]

18. LOL!!

GOP Gillespie said: the president's "strong and principled" leadership will win not only Maine, but states such as New York and California

He just destroyed all his credibility by throwing in NY and CA. Perhaps it was mildly plausible that Bush could win Maine (not very, but not a completely ludicrous concept). But by throwing in NY and CA, which Bush will no way win or even come close, Gillespie is demonstrated to be a lying hack.

Not that that is surprising, of course. After all, he is the chairman of the RNC.

--Peter

[ElsewheresDaughter]

20. and i will hit the mega lottery for $500 million...alone!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

21. did Maine buy the computerized ES&S and Diebold voting machines?

[goobergunch]

22. Maybe CD-2...

at best.

The Democratic Nominee will win at least 3 of Maine's 4 Electoral Votes.

[corarose]

26. Do they have Computerized Voting Machines?

That's the only way the PIECE OF SHIT will win in any state.

[CMT]

27. he predicts on one hand a close election

then on the other that Bush will win Maine, New York and California--if this happened--it would be a landslide for Bush. This guy is talking out of his ass.

[0rganism]

29. If ratfucker can win California and NY, Maine is the least of my worries

If Ed is right, I'm packing up and leaving this hopeless country in December 2004. But I'm betting he's wrong.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

30. The only way that he's winning...

California and New York comes in one word: "DIE-BOLD"!!!!!

[MaineDem]

31. Majority of ME uses paper ballots

It's a lot harder to mess with those numbers.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

32. Thanks for the reassurance!!!!

:kick:

[grasswire]

33. time to call Jimmy Carter...

....and get some international observers for Maine precincts. If they "know" he'll win, the fix is in.

[maxanne]

34. ya, ya, ya

and the Red Sox are going all the way this year!! :evilgrin:

hope springs eternal!

[UnapologeticLiberal]

35. Possible but doubtful

I did not realize this until a few months ago, when I was listening to NPR coverage of election 2000 for a paper I was doing, but Maine was pretty close last time...they called Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and DC for Gore at 8:03 PM (New York and Rhode Island's polls closed at 9) but Maine and New Hampshire were too close to call for almost an hour. So we cannot take Maine for granted, although I think the odds are definitely in favor of the Democrat, especially if it is Dean or Kerry (whom Larry Sabato also predicts might be able to win New Hampshire as well).

[Donna Zen]

36. Well since we've lost all of our jobs....

maybe we'll lose our minds and vote for the junta.

It really depends on who the Dems run. Plenty of Christian rightwingers in the northern part of the state might split the vote. Also, NC now splits their vote.

Yes, we use pencil and paper and count by hand. Faster, cheaper, safer and oh so chic.

[TheDonkey]

37. That's hillarious! That's the biggest load of crock

I've heard in a long time!?!

Maine, New York?, CALIFORNIA!?!?! LMAO!! OK bush.