Bush* works Washington like a swing state

[kskiska]

President Bush lands in Seattle this afternoon to continue his fight against John Kerry, the polls, pundits and 20 years of history.

A Republican hasn't won the presidential vote in Washington since 1984. Most GOP candidates since then hardly could be bothered to try.

(snip)

The president is following a carefully crafted plan to turn this piece of traditionally Democratic territory in the left-hand corner of the nation into one of the year's 17 or so swing states.

"From the first day I got this job, the Bush campaign and the White House told me Washington would be important, and nobody believed me," said Republican state Chairman Chris Vance.

He says he's seen polls showing Bush close to Democrat John Kerry in Washington. But more than that, Vance sees Bush visits, a steady stream of TV commercials and national party leaders' abiding interest in the state as proof that Washington is in play

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002004148_bush13m.html

[Liberal Veteran]

1. As many Kerry Edwards stickers I see in Spokane...

....Bush is wasting his time.

[DaveSZ]

2. If nader or cobb got enough votes

it would be in play for Bush.

[Ediacara]

21. Enough meaning 250,000 votes?

Not fucking likely.....

[Demeter]

3. He should be encouraged to waste his time

he's wasted ours, plus our money, our children and our dreams and futures.

[glitch]

5. W stands for WASTE

[BBG]

14. The International "No W" Icon

Works well for me. Last night in Redmond while waiting for appearance of the Bush boy's motorcade there was a nice young lady working through the crowd sharing the "No W" stickers and chat. Seemed like those waiting around RTC were for the most part anti-Bush, and this is in the more conservative east side of Lake Washington.
Anyway, the diagonal striped W icon was handy also as just the right simple image to emblazon the back window of the Bonnesaurus (my pet Pontiac) which was conveniently parked in sight of the driveway used by the motorcade. Perhaps that or my posterboard "Bush Be Gone" was seen as he left this morning.

[glitch]

17. Perfect!

Welcome to DU, by the way. Hope he saw them and threw a snit.

[newyawker99]

19. Hi BBG!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[flamingyouth]

6. I didn't know you were in Spokane

:hi:
Glad to hear Kerry's being supported there.

[movonne]

7. I thought that Spokane was bush country...

[stevedeshazer]

11. Not anymore

My wife's best friend lives there. You might be surprised!

[maxsolomon]

4. chris vance is a fool

bush is going to lose washington big time. he's losing in seattle 5:1.

and the 20% that are for bush? they're so old, half of them will die before november.

if he just breaks even in the rest of the state, he's toast.

[mfritz]

8. Sucker!

Hey George, spend as much time in Washington as you want. It won't do any good.

MF

[The empressof all]

12. Not only is Chris Vance a fool.

He really isn't very smart. Have you ever heard him speak-comes across like an idiot.

[MasonJar]

18. No wonder he is supporting Bush

[gratuitous]

16. Brave talk for the local newspapers

Suitable for whistling past the graveyard. Bush stopped by Washington to pick up a few samoleans because he happened to be in the neighborhood. Don't look for another visit. Oregon is dropping off the "in play" list, and for some strange reason, California seems to have lost interest in Republican fumblemouths who don't speak English as a first language.

[progressivebydesign]

9. Not while I'm living here!

Bush can zip in to raise 2.4 million for the GOP but can't be bothered to see REAL people, then fuck him. Sometimes I think this cross country travelling does so little... the attack ads seem to work, unfortunately, with voters.

[0007]

10. Let the cretin waste his time and his money on Washington

They're not that stupid!

[stumblnrose]

13. Bush best ally in Wash State is drug addict family

McCaws eom

[Bruce McAuley]

15. I see LESS Bush supporters now in Eastern Wash than 2000..

A lot of his base has either died or woken up to the fact he's just doing it for the oil and money. He SURE doesn't stop by little old Republic hiding out here in the highlands! Not enough millionaires per square foot like Medina. Wonder if he got a round of golf in?


Bruce

[pfitz59]

20. Bush didn't "work" Washington.....

He zipped in. Screwed up traffic. Pocketed a couple a million. Then left. Laura saw more of Washington last summer when she spent a week at Crescent Lake in Olympic National Park.

[fortyfeetunder]

22. It was an effing sham

Boeing has ~60,000 employees in the Seattle area, and about 5-10,000 work within 20 miles of Boeing Field and some within walking distance of the airport. But Boeing couldn't seem to have more than 30 of them to greet *? Let's see there was Alan Mulally, and some executive weenies. Some representation!

And * had to meet with his base, the ones he gets his dough from. Never mind the rest of us. Well, screw him. We'll screw him in November!

[0rganism]

23. *snort* If the GOP thinks WA is in play, we've already won

The RNC needs to be shoring up support in tipsy Arizona and North Carolina and fighting for Ohio, not farting around on the Left Coast. But what the hell, the more time they waste here the better Kerry's chances get.