Maureen Dowd makes a good point today

[bossfish]

Why didn't Poppy Bush give a speech at the RNC?

The Dems had Carter and Clinton speak.

"Mr. Bush even tried to implant in our heads that he is the son of Reagan. He didn't give his dad a speaking slot, though the last two Democratic presidents spoke in Boston, and he spent more time in his speech lionizing Gip than Pop."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/opinion/05dowd.html

[stray cat]

1. Poppy Bush's foreign policy is more like Kerry's

Poppy Bush's foreign policy is a 180 from Shrubs. Also Poppy Bush always battled a wimp image and we all now who Shrub likes to be seen. Throughout the convention Shrub tried to get Reagan's glory to rub off on him and for him to be viewed as Reagan reincarnated to save our country. GOP even said they were going to win this one for the Gipper. Does Shrub after stand on his own two feet?

[meti57b]

2. perhaps dad refused to have any part of that liar's fest.

(nah ... but it's a nice thought.)

[TriMetFan]

3. Because Bush Sr. Suck Donkey Balls.

And Shrub knew that if Bush Sr. got up to talk it was to much of the same oh same oh.
Iraq, No jobs, No insurance, No money for our kids schools etc......

Did Ford talk at all????:shrug:

[LTR]

6. Ford didn't attend

And didn't plan to.

Hell, he's 90 years old!

[seabeyond]

4. and bushie 1 said recently

vague in head, just remember from board, but something like when asked about the world against us, bush replying with a change, this will change too

was he saying get bush out

[topanga]

5. Poppy probably could not remove the S&M ball gag form his mouth!

I heard that he and Bab's are into some freaky stuff.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

7. Possibly because they didn't want Shrub Sr's preppy New England accent

sullying their Southern fried knuckle dragging fest. Too much of a contrast with Zellot's real and shrubya's fake Southern accents.

[MrBenchley]

8. For that matter, where was Tom Ridge?

America is safer....bu tthe guy who's in charge of that effort has to be hidden from the public because otherwise every comedian in America mentions "duct tape" (and some did anyway).

Where was John Ashcroft? Where was Donald Rumsfeld?

Where was Condoleeza Rice?

Where was Colin Powell? We know he wasn't in Greece, becaus he's now become the first US Secretary of State not welcome in our ALLIES' countries. (Even during the worst of Viet Nam Kissinger could visit other countries.)

For those pissing and moaning about how badly the Kerry campaign is doing....he's not having to hide his team from the public. Chimpy is.

[Zomby Woof]

9. Tom Ridge was home

Counting his rolls of duct tape.

[MrBenchley]

10. LOL!!