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| Misunderestimated By Bill Sammon |
| 2004-05-05 |
| ON THE RECORD: BUSH, ROVE, CARD RIP KERRY IN NEW BOOK; PRESIDENT VOWS TO MAKE KERRY âREGRETâ DISPARAGING WAR COALITION President Bush vows to make John Kerry âregretâ disparaging the coalition that liberated Iraq, a new book set for release next week will reveal. ... MISUNDERESTIMATED: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry, and the Bush Haters," has been obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT. [The book was ranked #49 on the AMAZON hit parade Wednesday afternoon.] ... Sammon quotes the president plotting to beat the Massachusetts Democrat by turning his own words against him. . . . Rove details for Sammon â Senior White House Correspondent for The Washington Times and political analyst for Fox News Channel â the Bush campaignâs strategy to paint Kerry as a condescending elitist whose âblatantâ attempts to capitalize on his Vietnam experience will ultimately backfire. Condescending Elitist. Hmmm That is not original in describing Kerry Card, the White House Chief of Staff, goes further by deriding Kerry as a JFK âwannabeâ who lacks the mettle to be president! On-the-record: Bush faults his own father for having âcut and run earlyâ from Iraq after the Gulf War in 1991. "I think freedom will prevail, so long as the United States and allies donât give the people of Iraq mixed signals, so long as we donât cower in the face of suiciders, or do what many Iraqis still suspect might happen, and that is cut and run early, like what happened in â91," Bush tells Sammon. Papa, I love you but. . . ⢠On-the-record: Card, who has worked for both Bushes, describes â43â as an action-oriented Texan with street smarts, while â41â is the consummate diplomat who governed âwithout bravado or braggadocio.â . . . ⢠The presidentâs daughters, Barbara and Jenna, feared he would not survive his Thanksgiving visit to Baghdad, W! you were freakinâ out the kids. But I think they knew you did what you had to do. the secrecy of which was nearly compromised when First Lady Laura Bush inadvertently asked an out-of-the-loop Secret Service agent for her husbandâs location! Baghdad, what Baghdad? ⢠On-the-record: Powell declares: âThe press is fixated on Vietnam.â This unhealthy obsession, according to Bush aides, threatens to influence the presidentâs contest with Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran. Yes Mr Secretary, even in the remote provinces we can detect heavy breathing amongst reporters covering Iraq, and trying to compare it to Vietnam. ⢠Months before Howard Deanâs âI Have a Screamâ speech, Rove quietly produced a TV spot featuring an earlier Dean outburst and found that even Democratic focus groups were turned off by the anger of the Bush haters. Yes, We all realize Bush is responsible for all major crimes of the 20th century, even though he was born in 1948. They got the wrong guy for the Lindbergh kidnapping and killing. |
| Posted by:BigEd |
| #3 I think a lot of them are "public record" or came out of our mouths already, so no ... |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-05-06 12:20:56 AM |
| #2 Question: Won't the behind-the-scenes look at the Bush team's discussion about tactics against Kerry backfire on Bush ? |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H 2004-05-05 8:11:46 PM |
| #1 I clicked over to Amazon and ordered this as soon as I saw it on Drudge. (This was early this afternoon.) That same hour, Rush started talking about it (and the Drudge story, I think.) As God is my witness, I saw this go--IN ONE HOUR--from Amazon's sales rank 82,000+someodd to #49. The power of Rush and Drudge! Woohoo! |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-05-05 6:47:07 PM |