Cynical? Moi?

[khaosworks]

Bush election drive to tap September 11 memories
Republican party plans convention to coincide with third anniversary of attack
Julian Borger in Washington
Wednesday April 23, 2003
The Guardian

The Republican party has scheduled its 2004 convention unusually late in the year, so that the climactic moment when President George Bush's re-election campaign begins will nearly coincide with the third anniversary of the September 11 attack, according to a report yesterday.
The New York convention, in late August and early September next year, will mark the formal launch of the re-election campaign, but unofficially the campaign has already started. With the war in Iraq barely over, the president has begun holding rallies in key swing states.

Its central aim has become clear: to bridge the gap between Mr Bush's popularity as a wartime leader and the national ambivalence towards his domestic policies, a political chasm which the Democrats will seek to exploit.

The guiding philosophy underlying the campaign is the avoidance of the mistakes made by the president's father, who won the 1991 Gulf war but was voted out of office largely because he was viewed as unconcerned with the plight of the economy.

The strategy this time will be to focus on domestic economics and to make sure the glow of victory, and awareness of continuing peril, do not fade.

In New York, Mr Bush will deliver his keynote address, accepting the Republican nomination, on September 2, just two months before the election and the latest acceptance in the party's 148-year history.

The New York Times quoted Republicans close to the White House as saying the timing of the convention was part of a strategy to intertwine the re-election campaign with national security issues.

The late convention, more than a month after its Democratic counterpart, would also maximize the Republicans' fundraising advantage, putting off the imposition of spending ceilings that only take effect when a party has chosen its candidate.

The Democratic chairman, Terry McAuliffe said Mr Bush and his advisers had "reached a new low - The combination of exploiting for political gain America's worst tragedy since Pearl Harbor and the personal losses of thousands brings a new meaning to cynicism".

Why doesn't Bush just drench himself in ashes from Ground Zero while dressed in nothing but an American Flag, parading the head of Chemical Ali around and shouting, "WHO'S YOUR DADDY?" Same difference, really.

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Surprised?

[binkiegirl.livejournal.com]

Does this actually surprise you? This man (and I use that term loosely) is beyond words. It's disgusting.

[cnicodemus.livejournal.com]

As extra credit for my 18th century novel class, I had to make an ornate pubic wig (which was a popular thing to have back then). Mine was decorated with a large W, because sometimes you just want to fuck W. I call it the "Bush Bush."

[kaasirpent]

You'd think a phrase like 'pubic wig' wouldn't come up very often. But as it happens, I sent out an e-mail to all my friends not TOO hideously long ago making fun of W's pronunciation of the word 'American.'

You've heard him--he says "Merkin'"

Guess what a 'merkin' is? That's right. A pubic wig. Your post is now eerily appropriate. :)