New Democratic Talking Points: Don't Believe R-Hype

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Republican talking points seem to include distancing themselves from the President.

There is nothing to be gained when Republicans speak in favor of the government. It is has become the fashion to bash Bush while there is no longer anything gained by supporting his presidency; he will serve out the rest of his term, and in the meantime, Republicans will run against him and his policies. He'll still do fundraisers and deliver money to Republican coiffers in the next election season.

This distancing of one's position away from the presidency seems disingenious, however. There can't be a single issue, at this late date, that would warrant distancing one's political career from the president because there have been so many great reasons to do so well-before the New Orleans hour.

It would almost seem as if he spent the few extra days at the ranch in order to create a new news cycle based on "what he's not doing in New Orleans", drawing attention away from "the war that doesn't work", away from "michael jackson", away from that poor girl who disappeared in the Carribbean, away from "his new social security plan", away from "Jeff Gannon", away from "The Stolen Election II", away from The Economy.

It's the economy. Anyone who's condemning the president now is too late, too short, too convenient, too opportunist.

Anderson Cooper, I believe in his heart of hearts, honestly felt despair for the people of New Orleans on the street. On the other hand, it would be incumbent upon CNN and the rest of the news media to remind everyone of all the present-and-going-forward failures of this Presidency.

Let's keep the focus not on the present failure, but on the entire failure of the Republicans who have controlled everything for too long and brought us too much failure on too many levels.

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1. Yes

Baby Bush is just the latest, and most inept, of the callous cardboard cutouts we have called "Republican Presidents". The real problem is "Republicanism", that vile mechanism for establishing and maintaining the absolute dominion of the patrician class.

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2. No

let's do MORE than keep the focus on the republicans ... let's get some focus for our own ideas ...

btw, welcome to DU, six feet underground !!

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3. Thank you both of you for responding to my post. It's nice to be here.

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4. While the Bush administration..

.... is never one that is able to effectively manage a crisis, they are always first in line with the propaganda.

The Dems should be attacking, attacking, attacking - pointing out the multiple failures of planning and logistics, as well as the president's typical PR approach to the problem.

But so far it is mostly silent. This event could sink the Bush** presidency but it won't because there are only a handful in our party with the brains and the guts to do what needs to be done.

Everyone will now moderate their rhetoric more and more and soon it will be just another broken carton of eggs, nothing to get excited about.

My faith in the Democratic party is really shaken at this point. Our party is full of useless cowards.

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5. Hopefully Dean will have personality enough to arrange for a winnable

candidate.