Novak: Bush ads turning off GOP base (!)

[iconoclastic cat]

I love this one:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak03.html

Bush ads turning off GOP base

June 3, 2004

BY ROBERT NOVAK SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST

After a Memorial Day spent campaigning in his district, a Republican House member turned on the television Monday night to encounter a positive advertisement by George W. Bush's re-election campaign. To the congressman's dismay, it praised the president's education bill. That was probably the second least favorite ad possible, in the opinion of this lawmaker.

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[charlie105]

1. Thanks for the link. Every bit counts.

[emulatorloo]

2. I hope Novak is predicting the future when he writes

<snip>

Actually, Bush's defeat more likely would trigger an enormous internal explosion inside the Republican Party between forces temporarily held together in an effort to elect a president. Nor are Republicans still confident that in the wake of Bush's defeat, they would hold the Senate or even the House.

<snip>

[yellowcanine]

3. It appears that Novak is positioning himself to be able to say "I told you

so" if Bush loses and "Thank God they listened to me and changed" if Bush wins. He really is a repugnant weasel.

[kerrycrat2k4]

7. my favortie part of the day

is watching him stuttering and stammering on crossfire while Begala and Carville tear him a new a**hole every day

[MallRat]

4. Enormous internal explosion inside the GOP?

My god... if a schism developed in the GOP as the result of a massive Democratic Party landslide in November, could this mean the end of the religious right and neoconservatism in the GOP?

Would, dare I say it... the MODERATES TAKE OVER?

Nah... wishful thinking. Heaven forbid that common sense and moderation should ever hold sway over the Republican Party, right?

-MR

[struggle4progress]

5. He can blame the ads, but maybe Bush himself is the turn-off.

[cclark401]

6. The idiot

should stop talking all together!

Let him loose his base. May they be tormented forever for the decision they have made!