Bush to Take Break During Dem. Convention

[kskiska]

WASHINGTON - President Bush plans to lie low during next week's Democratic National Convention, but his re-election campaign will send a "thorn-in-their-side" contingent to react to Bush-bashing, and Vice President Dick Cheney will keep up the attacks on John Kerry during a West Coast swing.

The last two presidents seeking re-election quietly decamped to Jackson, Wyo., during the opposing party's nominating convention, and Bush will likewise keep a low profile when the Democrats gather in Boston. Bush plans to spend July 23-29 at his Crawford, Texas, ranch catching his breath before the campaign's home stretch, aides say.

He and his wife, Laura, will be out of the limelight during the Democratic National Convention, July 26-29, taking a rare break from their heavy re-election travel in recent weeks.

Bush's campaign, however, will send about a dozen people to Boston to rapidly respond to Democratic critics - a "thorn-in-their-side" delegation, as one Bush adviser put it.

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[NMDemDist2]

1. yeah, that's "laying low"

sending out the goon squad in your name

come to think of it that's SOP for this crew isn't it

What wasn't mentioned in the snippet was that Cheney will be totally on the campaign trail in the west with several appearances and fundraisers scheduled

ratbahstards

[medeak]

6. homeless

maybe they'll send out homeless people to demonstrate like when I saw Kerry a few months ago.

[NMDemDist2]

8. huh

homeless protested Kerry?

give up the details

and welcome to DU

[medeak]

19. so sorry

just found your post.

Yep...went to son's college graduation in Portland Oregon. Same day Kerry and Dean appeared in park next to hotel. We all went...and the pathetic people holding anti Kerry signs were the same folk I saw sleeping in park that morning.

[truthisfreedom]

2. there's NOTHING bush or cheney can do to make anything any better for

their failing campaign and failed policies and dropping numbers. they're on a one-way road to nowhere... at the brink of the abyss, desperately clawing their way down the slippery slope. buh-bye, bushco! buh-bye!

[banana republican]

3. You must mean a PITA (pain in the ass) n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. The dim son typically takes his vacation around this time of year.

[punpirate]

5. Hmm...

... when the country is in the worst mess it's been in decades, Bush takes August off each year. When it's election year and campaigning to be done, he'll be "taking a rare break from {his} heavy re-election travel in recent weeks."

This is all the guy knows how to do--shake hands, ask for money, and tell lies.

[DS1]

7. Bush takes Augusts off to go to hell and reheat

[NMDemDist2]

9. oh crap does that mean he's headed here to Phoenix

i HATE protesting in 112 degree weather

[dflprincess]

10. Bush is taking time off? Roh-roh

I always get nervous when he goes on vacation.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. Yes that means Cheney's in charge

And if we don't f*** ourselves he'll do it for us.

[tlcandie]

12. Ya, expect something other than the DNC on those dates...

*waits for the other shoe to drop*

[LowerManhattanite]

13. Amazing how whenever Osama's allegedly got somethin' goin'...

This doddering loafabout decides to take weeks off at a time.


Sure hope the PDBs are more specific this time around...not that this simpleton would be able to decipher the crayoned pictograms on 'em.

[Hekate]

14. Bet Bush'll pop up quick when Pakistan produces an HTV!

As per his admin's request to them, giving the Democratic Convention dates specifically.

Hekate

[Fridays Child]

15. It's as good a time as any to adjust his meds, don't you think?

The bleary-eyed mushmouth needs a pharmaceutical tune-up before the debating season begins.

[cthrumatrix]

16. the puppet masters need some "time" with the village idiot

[MetaTrope]

17. Off to read "My Pet Goat" to another Florida classroom?

That sends a signal to some people...

[newyawker99]

18. Rare break?

He and his wife, Laura, will be out of the limelight during the Democratic National Convention, July 26-29, taking a rare break from their heavy re-election travel in recent weeks

This guy has more vacations in a year than I had
in all the years I worked!

[Hotler]

20. I'm so tired. I got to do everything around here.

Can't wait to get back to the ranch. I got a Hustler under a hay bale that needs broken in. God can't see me if I hide in the barn.

[librechik]

21. uh oh. Lock up the liquor cabinet !

a brooding, and (I hope) righteously bashed Shrub is about to have too much time on his hands at just the wrong moment.

[wish_I_could_vote]

22. This has me wondering

3 more months and win or lose, he can take all the time he wants. Why do it now? Have you looked at him when he speaks lately. he is wound up, his words are all over the place. he stumbles over them. he is repetitive. I am wondering if he doesn't just need a vacation but NEEDS a vacation.

[drscm]

23. How are we to differentiate this "Break" from his normal behavior? eom

eom