republicans: "I voted with Bush, before I voted against him"

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Republicans Distance Themselves From President Bush, Their Party in Campaign Ads

WASHINGTON Sep 4, 2006 (AP)— Republicans who were once cozy with President Bush are distancing themselves from both the president and their party in campaign ads.

With the election in about two months and Bush's approval ratings still low 33 percent in the most recent Associated Press-Ipsos poll Republicans involved in tight races are avoiding party labels and playing down their ties to the president. On issues from the Iraq war to Amtrak spending, GOP candidates are trying to argue that they don't follow in lockstep.

Among some of the ads:

In Pennsylvania, Republican Rep. Jim Gerlach tells voters: "When I believe President Bush is right, I'm behind him. But when I think he's wrong, I let him know that, too," Gerlach is in a close contest with Democrat Lois Murphy, who nearly beat him in 2004.

In Minnesota, where an open Senate seat is at stake, Republican Rep. Mark Kennedy has an ad titled, "Crossing Party Lines," in which he says: "I'm a Republican. On issues like taxes and spending, I vote like it. But on other issues, I cross party lines." In 2002, in his run for the House, a Kennedy ad showed him walking and shaking hands with Bush at the White House. Today, he lists the issues on which he has split from the president.

more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2391458

[leesa]

1. None of them cross Party lines. They are too cowardly.

[eallen]

2. I'd consider any Republican candidate who...

Who ran on the platform that impeachment hearings for Bush must be the first issue of business for the new Congress. Any distancing less than that just won't do.

:hippie:

[bronxiteforever]

3. Republicans don't govern by polls they told us-their beliefs are

stronger than that. They told us they were better than Dems. GOP=Liar.
Gerlach is for the party of the rich when he says he votes like Shrub on taxes (like cutting revenue fior his fat cat friends while massively increasing spending-BRILLANT) Hope Lois wins.

[Deja Q]

4. Cowardly, agreed. They want their jobs despite

voting for what they claim they didn't want.

Vote career politicians out. Period.