Shades of LBJ: Chimp can't deliver speech on war anywhere but...
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Tue Jun-28-05 04:21 PM
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| Shades of LBJ: Chimp can't deliver speech on war anywhere but... |
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before a military audience and a military base because he knows that the public is by and large fed up with his war. In 67-68 LBJ couldn't deliver any speech in any major city without their being an anti-Vietnam demonstration and so he began to "campaign" at military bases. Notice how Bush only speaks before military bases or carefully selected partisan audiences--he rarely appears before a large rally where anybody can be in attendance.
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Tue Jun-28-05 04:31 PM
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| 1. the funny thing is the crowd at these bases are still cherry picked |
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Edited on Tue Jun-28-05 04:31 PM by rustydog
It wouldn't do for a crowd of uniformed men reacting unfavorably to a man who ditched his uniform when he became bored with playing soldier.
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| Hardrada
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Tue Jun-28-05 04:51 PM
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| 2. Nixon picked his audiences too. |
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Remember General Beadle College?
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