Bush is very good on Larry King Live

[cally]

I watched the interview...some of it. Bush comes across well. Laura just scares me. I think Bush came across as a compassionate conservative. He seemed articulate, engaged, and informed. I for the first time realized why someone would vote for him.

I sometimes think folks at DU are in denial. Bush sometimes seems like the father figure. I despise Bush, I think he's an evil man, but I think he's comes across as somewhat charming in this interview. (I know...I can cite all the facts that make his comments horrible.) That is our challenge.

One more time. I admire nothing about Bush. I'm posting this to have a discussion about how to counter some of his appeal. :crazy:

[gulliver]

1. A master con man. Admirable in the way the ...

... great white shark and Ebola are admirable. Bush is a prion.

[Dying Eagle]

2. The Germans

Thought the same way about Hitler, look where it got them!

[girl gone mad]

19. That's right..

Hitler was a father figure to a generation that had lost so many fathers to WWI.

I think Bush might appeal to some children of divorced or otherwise absent fathers.

[speedoo]

3. Everyone looks good on Larry King live.

He asks mostly softball questions, and is easily sidetracked from the tough issues when he tries to get into them.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

6. "Everyone looks good on Larry King live."

Except Larry.

[Nite Owl]

4. Personally I can't stand to even see

his face but I do know what you mean. He can have that 'plain folks' sort of persona. We know it's all an act but he has managed to fool over 40% of the country. I think this gives him sort of a practical, down to earth type aire. More should be said about his 'eastern' schooling and the dynasty of a family he belongs to and what their financial holdings are, like the Carlyle Group.

[stopbush]

5. I can't agree. Stripped of illusions, he's a rather callow and

unsympathetic character.

However, you are correct that many in the country see him sympathetically. It's a bit like being an atheist - strip away the illusion of the supernatural mythos and everything appears in a new light. Even horror flicks that depend on the supernatural to achieve their fear level become rather silly and inconsequential.

And so it is with *. Once one sees that the emperor has no clothes, the rest of it falls apart and * becomes a caricature of a leader and a human being.

I'm sure the rabid RW felt the same way about Clinton.

[Old and In the Way]

7. Bush maintained editorial control of that interview.

I doubt it could have been broadcast otherwise.

[KC21304]

10. I thought Laura controlled that interview.

Didn't you see the way she looked at him everytime he opened his mouth and either glowered or glowed, leading him to either continue in the direction he was going or shut up his face this minute ? That was the impression I got.

[Erika]

8. Bush is a example of doublespeak!

He cares about Americans as he sends our kids to die in an unnecessary war. He makes "good decisions" as he institutes economic policies that will turn us into a third world country.

He/Halliburton/etc hava compassion all the way to the bank as they ignore the reality of America. All the way to the bank as he shifts our taxes to the corporate globalists.

[shraby]

9. Ted Bundy was personable too.

[seabeyond]

11. he did it on oprah won her over

won hardball over. i have a brother like this. people go around and let him charm them as he takes the shirt off their back. and he thinks it is owed him, he thinks it is his. he lies. i sit in amazement how people buy into it. i see bush easily for what he is. dont buy into bush b.s. and watch him turn on youlike a snake. he is a player, a user, and when someone can do that without conscious, watch out

[Erika]

13. You better believe it.

Hopefully the American people have not been dumbed down to the point they don't realize he's sending our kids off to an unnecessary war and sending our taxes overseas to globalists while our standard of living is dropping big time.

[liveoaktx]

12. My cousin Bubba is charming and tells great jokes

and we can even sit around and enjoy a beer together... but I wouldn't want him to run the country, he's not smart enough.

[pansypoo53219]

14. 1 on 1

he CAN sell that used car.

[Mz Pip]

15. People can easily

misunderestimate his charm. I don't find him charming because I know entirely too much about him. But for the average not-plugged-into-politics American I can understand how he can fool one into believing his compassionate coonservative BS.

It's not about what he says, it's about what he does. Somehow Kerry has to be able to cut though that veneer of congeniality and expose Bush for what he really is.

MzPip
:dem:

[Erika]

17. The Proof Is in the Stats.

Not his charm. Our kids are dying in an unnecessary war and our standard of living is decreasing each year he's in power. I don't find anything charming about that.

[NightOwwl]

18. I knew he was a snake-oil salesman the first time I laid eyes on him.

I don't get the "charm" thing at all. He's all swagger and no substance.

[EndElectoral]

16. And Goerring was compassionate with his dogs...look at the * record

[Southern Patriot]

20. Believing the caricature of Bush is a trap that his opponents

have fallen into repeatedly--- that's why he's POTUS now.

Bush IS likeable and charming to most Americans. Somehow, I think that he's grown more so while being POTUS. Maybe the power juices his ego and elevates his ability to charm.

Of course, he's got a dark side. He's not particularly intellectual--- but then most Americans aren't either. In fact, he taps into American's resentment of intellectualism. He could be dyslexic. He much prefers person-to-person communication over written communication. If you overlook some of his strange mannerisms and well-hidden cruel streak then he comes across very likeable and down-to-earth.

Watch his performances on CSPAN during "Town Meetings." He practically glows. He knows that he's among the worshipful faithful. As long as no one challenges him or throws him off is scripted speaking points then he's can be charming.

It's Kerry's job to become more likeable to common Americans and trip Bush during the debates.

Someone in Kerry's campaign needs to step up to the plate and become an anti-Rove advisor. This SBVT is just the beginning and it's proving to be very successful.

[agincourt]

21. He's very good,

at lying and looking honest or uninformed at the same time. That's probably his strongest point. We need to get him under pressure so he isn't so relaxed. It's hard to tell a good lie when one is getting emotional

[0rganism]

22. except it wasn't Live. Everything he does is fake.

Some of it is very slick, I agree, but it's all so damned fake.