Bush's image proving an asset to political enemies, liability to friends

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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14228808/

Bush is a dominating factor in midterms
President's image proving an asset to political enemies, liability to friends

WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush has now settled into his shorter-than-usual August vacation at his ranch in Crawford, Tex., more than a thousand miles away from Washington and the campaign trail. But if he looks far enough -- or just clicks open his Internet browser -- he'll notice that his presence seems to be everywhere on this year's midterm map.

In upstate New York, for example, the Democratic challenger to Republican congressman John Sweeney concludes in a current television ad: "And I will stand up to the president and say that we need a new direction in this country and in Iraq."

In the red state of Indiana, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is running a radio ad against GOP congressman Chris Chocola, which features a Bush impersonator who says: "You know Chocola, the tax cuts you voted for big oil and gas ... I appreciate it."

Even in the heavily scrutinized Democratic Senate primary in Connecticut that takes place on Tuesday, challenger Ned Lamont has used Bush as a way to bludgeon his opponent, Sen. Joe Lieberman. "Joe Lieberman may say he represents us," says one of Lamont's TV ads showing Lieberman morphing into Bush, "but if it talks like George W. Bush and acts like George W. Bush, it's certainly not a Connecticut Democrat."

With the November midterm elections taking place three months from now, Bush clearly has become one of the dominant themes in Senate and House races across the country. And that shouldn't be too surprising.

[Vincardog]

1. And that shouldn't be too surprising when the idiot bush is trying to be

the first American Dictator

[fasttense]

2. Here in TN there was a republic who was running ads about how

much he supported the bushes. His ads said how wonderful bush was and how he would always back the pResident. (The guy also had two first names Richard Roberts, I wonder if he saw the new Will Ferral movie?) Guess what? He lost. Even TN couldn't stomach him.