Why Are They Trying To Soften Junior's Image NOW?

[KittyWampus]

Karen Hugh's had Junior come out with his prefabricated "regrets"
AFTER the election.

Barbara Walter's does an insipid interview AFTER the election.

Why are they trying to soften his image now AFTER the election?

[Maat]

1. I was curious about that too!

O.K., what are they up to now?

[yurbud]

2. takes the edge off no WMD

Also, so we'll pay less attention to his coming domestic crimes, which will seem too boring for most to pay attention to after war crimes (even though he'll be doing to us the same thing he's doing to the Iraqis).

[roguevalley]

3. legacy. its all about legacy now.

[Sydnie]

4. Ding ding ding -- we have a winner n/t

[Gman]

5. Because the GOP is about to be ripped apart

between the goose-stepping nazi Bush supporters and the rest of the more sane old-school GOP.

[peacetalksforall]

6. I didn't quite hear it - but there was some announcement about the

Pell Grants - heard his voice and heard the word 'increase' - they virtually demolish it to gain the opportunity to make it sound like they are expanding it? ? ?. Are we hearing backfires?

Maybe Rove isn't totally in charge.

Whatever. Bush is no more human-like to me than he was when he was governor.

Bring it on, Carla Fay.

[Rose Siding]

7. He's trying to reclaim the "compassionate conservative" facade

as a smokescreen for dismantling social programs.

[KittyWampus]

9. Actually, This Is What I Suspected. Attempt Making Him Palatable To

women who generally keep families together.

[ClarkUSA]

11. Married women also vote much more reliably than any other group

and those 2006 elections are coming up for his Congress.

[susanna]

8. Maybe some sh!t's about to hit the fan?

Well, one can hope. Naive though that may be. :-)

[ClarkUSA]

10. Agree with #7

[Cobalt Violet]

12. So he can go for our jugular and is bots will still worship him.

[sandnsea]

17. Exactly

Make it slide nice and easy when they fuck us over on SSI.

[hangemhigh]

13. There's even more...

think about it...MSM on the ended hunt for WMD, "increasing Pell grants" playing with his dog, more talk of a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq....There's a shitstorm somewhere.

[BurtWorm]

14. Because his numbers suck.

They want to butter up the public before the next round of screwing us all begins.

[John_H]

15. Easiest question ever posed on DU

Now that rethugs control the entire government, they know full well that can take care of every donor and every special interest group with a thousand tiny strokes of pens: one revised agency rule here, one cancelled study or investigation there, and more than a few tiny little clauses burried deep in bills. Even though these little gimmies will pile up to create major consequences, none of them will create so much as a blip on the radar screens of the mainstream media--as long as chimp gets presented as the great concilliator, the great moderator.

Of course, the media will gladly oblige, for they too expect their favors FCC and the House Telecommuniocations Subcommittee. And as GOP radically transforms the country into a robber baron's wonderland, 'mercuns will bask, glassy eyed, in the television glow of our kind and benevolent uniter.

[AgadorSparticus]

16. this is my first thought too when i read that he regrets his use of lang.

WHO is he gearing this too? just what the hell are they up to?

[Skidmore]

18. He need to appear compassionate as he goes about

"compassionately" raising payroll taxes AND reducing SS benefits to pay for his beloved war. Believe me he's about to stick a shiv into the American people in a big way. Dem pols had better wise up and get ahead of the curve. These guys have no learning curve.

[orleans]

19. he wants everyone to like him

so there isn't a lot of anti * hatred, egg pelting, stone throwing, invisible crucifix waving, and middle finger flipping going on at his coronation.

i couldn't bring myself to look at him and his prozac queen with barbara walters. especially since i heard that she was gonna ask him if he still thinks we should have invaded iraq and he was going to say absolutely.

no thanks. couldn't stand to look. and besides, it's all a distraction. and i agree with one of the above posters--there's shit in the wind and they want to do their little distraction-dance.

[KittyWampus]

22. Don't Think That's Totally It. They Have The Heavy Security Pretty Much

in place to control crowds. I don't think protestors will be tolerated that near Junior.

[radfringe]

20. lipstick on a pig

he's been asked 3 times (that I recall) if he had any regrets.. each of the previous times he basically shrugged and said "can't think of any"

so now, it's time to show a "kinder gentler" duh-bya. It's the NEW IMPROVEDduh-bya version 2.0

anyone know if Walters was given a script? or if her questions had to be pre-approved?

[Disturbed]

21. Yes, and he also wants...

Europe get on board the rape of Iraq and Amerika progrom.

[Sgent]

23. My family

Is mostly (not all obviously) non-christian conservatives, and every single one of them voted against bush. (after voting for Bush I, Regan, Dole, Perot).

They believe:

1) He has utterlly failed on domestic policy (no-deficit, etc.)
2) The christian right scares them. Although usually they vote on economic issues, its getting to the point they would rather have a socialist who was for freedom (they are pro-choice, pro gay rights, etc.)

I don't think my family is unique amongst upper middle class republicans and most small business owners. This move to the religion has cost the R's thousands of dollars in their support, and probably others.

If Bush continues his push rightward, it could cause a wide scale defection -- denying the R's most of their financial support.

[youngred]

24. for the History Books nt

[Skwmom]

25. Jeb Bush in 08. n/t

[fooj]

26. They are definitely up to something...I hate being played the fool!

He's such a puss...maybe he doesn't want eggs thrown at him during this inauguration fiasco. Can't wait to hear his speech on "FREEDOM"! What freedom? He'll have a legacy alright! History will tell future generations what a monster and a liar this man was! Will it make a difference? Time will tell...

[peekaloo]

27. Grifter schtick.......different angle for the Social Security con needed.

[pinto]

28. Yep, I agree. He is still running,

a con game. The nature of the beast is to never let up the shill.

[magnolia]

29. Something is up...

In our local paper there was a letter to the editor with the heading "woman regrets voting for Bush". I assumed that she simply realized he was an idiot but when I read the letter I found that she was very irate over the fact that the money donated to the tsunami victims from the U.S. was going through the U.N. Since the right believes the U.N. is evil and thought their president believed so too, they can't understand why he would allow this and the letter writer feels totally betrayed. (She thought our hard earned tax dollars should come directly from the U.S. in the name of Jesus!) Anyway...maybe they are trying to soften his image to pave the way for his betrayals. As someone mentioned on another thread...the right were lead to believe that Roe vs. Wade would be over-turned if Bush is re-elected. When that doesn't happen(I don't believe it will) they are going to be mad.

[Cats Against Frist]

30. Make people complacent

"oh he's not such a bad guy,"

Torturer General
Death Squads
Gutting Social Security
Patriot Act II
Internment for Muslims
Right-wing whack jobs on the court

but Brad & Jen broke up, and maybe Bush really is a nice guy.