Bush Experiencing Unfortunate Pattern Of Second-Term Presidents

[Mark E. Smith]

WASHINGTON (KRT) - President Bush on Thursday used a format he does not like to discuss issues he cannot resolve in hopes that he can sell the American people on policies most say they don't want.

In other words, he has fallen into the unfortunate pattern for second-term presidents who face a broad constellation of things gone wrong and few ways to fix them quickly.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/11517148.htm

The reviews of this evening's babblefest are coming in, and they ain't very pretty.

[coloradodem2005]

1. May his pattern be worse than most second-term Presidents.

[bvar22]

40. bush setting new record for bad 2nd term president.

The bush* approval ratings are LOWER THAN ANY 2nd TERM PRESIDENT EVER!!!

Worst. President.ever!

[hippiechick]

2. 'Babblefest' LMAO !!!

Thank you, that made my day !! :yourock:

[Cha]

45. Me, too!

:toast:

[struggle4progress]

54. The station I was watching just suddenly unplugged him and moved on.

[Renew Deal]

3. Lame...Duck...President!!!

Don't forget it.

[katty]

22. it's over - bush lame duck faux prez

but his gang will drag this disaster called a presidency out - the end of his first faux term should have read: DNR

[apnu]

23. it really is amazing how fast its happening isn't it?

Almost all 2nd term presidents have been hamstrung somewhere in the second term. But this is happening faster than I thought. It is fun to watch these pigs twist and gyrate on their own petards, however, there is a downside to it. I fear that they will learn how to cope soon, and the lame-duck thing will pass.

[grace0418]

38. Assuming he doesn't declare himself Pres for life.

It's not out of the realm of possibility you know.

[ray of light]

57. true! n/t

[NYC Liberal]

55. How about just "lame president"?

I think that fits the Boy King a lot better, don't you? ;)

[neuvocat]

4. How come Clinton didn't have that problem?

Why didn't the phrase "Lame Duck President" ever get any serious mention when his 2nd term started? Inquiring minds want to know.

(Actually they know more than they care to already.)

[jayfish]

26. Shhhhh...

didn't you read? This is an "unfortunate pattern". All second term presidents have had this problem, so of course WJC did. :eyes:

Jay

[tinrobot]

28. Well... there was that darn impeachment

But he was pretty effective up until the end, regardless.

I long for the day when our biggest problem was a stupid blow job.

[TheDebbieDee]

59. I'm in total agreement with you, TinRobot!

Those were the good old days!

[burn the bush]

5. his problems have little to do with 2nd term and more to do with

the man being an insane asshole killer

how big is this newspaper?
It's great to see them reporting things more and more

the lame duck, mother fuck, is going down.

[rockedthevoteinMA]

29. I think KRT is like the AP but for younger people

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:rofl: What a great article!!

[Theduckno2]

6. How marvelously ironic....

In 2002 he was heroicly campaigning for Republican Congressional candidates, flying from one state to the next investing his political capital for Republican control of Congress. In 2006 it looks like Republican candidates may want the lame duck babbler to stay at home! Babblefest! :rofl:

[ray of light]

58. Let's hope he does stay home because...

he's already spent trillions of dollars on travel related to propaganda both his social security tour and his media hacks.

(google War Treasury department for information about him sneaking out the tax dollars to pay for the bamboozala tour)

[Theduckno2]

61. Yes, his travels irk me too, especially regarding the Schiavo legislation.

He was on "vacation" in Crawford, which he interrupted, to fly back to Washington to sign the Schiavo Bill, He then flew back to his Crawford ranch to meet with Canadian and Mexican leaders. Wouldn't have been easier to fly the legislation out to him?? Noooo, not for flightsuit George who couldnt wait for the USS Abraham Lincoln to get into port!! Now he want Americans to conserve energy after he couldn't talk the Saudis into immediately boosting production!:toast:

[ray of light]

62. Yes but...

Each time he does this type of thing we need to repeat this well known phrase to EVERYONE, and not just the choir!

"Show me the money!!!"

In other words, where is he getting the money to do this? The answer SHOULD matter to most people. The propaganda, the travel, the silly excursions to promote another candidate is coming from OUR pocket--from OUR tax dollars. These are hidden spending, like the "war room" (laura Mechler a.p.) that has Republicans and neocons walking in with empty briefcases and walking out with MONEY--taxpayers money. And as I said before, this money is NOT in the budget he presented to the Congress. What does this indicate? It indicates that the CUTS to Medicare and veterans is paying for his travel and propaganda. This is not money well spent.

I sincerely hope all of you will find a way to involve your community in grassroots organizing. We can't afford to sit here waiting for a top-down solution. It's the daily contact with people that will introduce the "nonpoliticals" into understanding WHY who they vote for represents more than just a party but their own best interests. I really encourage everyone to hop on board at the democracy cell project because it's activism at it's grassroots level and it's effective too!

[SlowDownFast]

7. OMG - your avatar!!!

ROTFLMAO!!!

*snort*

*choke*

okay....

[Mark E. Smith]

11. Thanks! Helps To Remind Me ...

... that President Bush spent an entire weekend in Crawford with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah with the aim of talking him into some oil price cuts, but all he managed to come away with were chapped lips.

[Roland99]

35. And WTO membership for Saudi Arabia...

A country that:

- Won't let women vote
- Beheads women for committing adultery
- Arrests Christians for forming a church and praying and preaching

[Frederik]

41. So is this the

War on Tyranny he launched at his inauguration back in January? Or has the War on Tyranny been postponed?

[Roland99]

56. Oh, this is it. The liberals are the tyrants.

[UCLA Dem]

8. Thats an understatement if I ever heard one.

[Robworld]

9. US citizens unfortunate with Bush's second term

http://www.dumdumgoestothecircus.com/

[newyawker99]

18. Hi Robworld!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

10. In three short months...

He has lost his grip on the whole damn thing and it is only gonna get worse for him. He will be seeing 25% approval ratings by late summer 2006. His own congress will be in open revolt and sweating bullets. The country will be screaming bloody murder.

The lid's gonna come off of this thing. You watch.

[SlowDownFast]

12. not religious - but praying hard....n/t

[napi21]

13. I sure hope you're right, but this crowd has pulled it off before!

Everybody needs to keep their eyes and ears open, and every suspicion you have must be checked out!

I don't trust this crowd at all!

[Cha]

46. From your keybroad to

God's ears!

[magellan]

14. "Babblefest"!! LOL

That's the perfect description! My husband watched for a bit, went off for a shower, and returned 20 minutes later to the same childish voice from the TV.

"Is he STILL prattling on??"

Prattle, babble, it's all the same thing: tedious. I gave up trying to decipher Bush**'s idiotic rubbish when he stated that passing the asbestos bill would be great for the economy. What the hell...?

Anyway, his low marks are no surprise. What a mendacious, irrelevant, out of touch goon.

[w4rma]

15. fortunate, not unfortunate (nt)

[LynnTheDem]

16. MOST UNPOPULAR 2nd term "president" EVER. Another FACT the

rightwingnuts run away from in total terror.

[MontageOfFreedom]

17. This guy's not even worthy of the title....

Elected by fraud, in god we trust. He's just another selected nobody pretending to be president. The real president knows everything was stolen, and people are trying to cut through all the chaff and see what's at the bottom of the rats nest.

[ginnyinWI]

49. we should be in Gore's second term,

Or else Kerry's first. And Bill Clinton should be ambassador to the U.N. by now. And I agree, I think that they all do know it.
:tinfoilhat:

[meganmonkey]

19. Another link - No registration required"

http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/politics/11517607.htm

[Cha]

47. Thanks, megan!

" don't know if they really see a connection between the president cozying up to the Saudi Arabians (and the prospect of lower gas prices)," LaHood said of the photo opportunity this week that showed the president holding hands with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah. "I don't know if that picture was that helpful."

A big Duh! It was helpful to us..thanks bush ..you arrogant son of a bitch!

[warrens]

20. I'm gonna tell the REAL Mark E. Smith on you

You don't want that. *snicker*

[Mark E. Smith]

21. There's A New Fall "Tribute" Album Out...

...called "Perverted By Mark E. Smith." It is one of the most hilarious trashings of poor old Mark in quite some time. Apparently he has raised the resentment of more than a few folks over the last 26 years or so. 2 CDs, out of Germany.

[warrens]

24. I'll have to run that down, but...

The Real New Fall Album is a work of genius, and my 14 year old daughter now LOVES them...

[Mark E. Smith]

34. I Think That...

...is the best release from them (him) in years. But according to this album he is tough on the help. But perhaps that is what it takes to get the best out of the players.

[ananda]

25. Lol, be kind..

.. to your lamefooted friends,
for a duck may be somebody's brother.

Sue

[bunny planet]

27. His approval ratings are pretty much what they were before the election.

Of course they are, because he didn't really WIN the election.

They'll plummet even more now as the people who actually did vote for his 'mandate' have the scales fall from their eyes.

[Mr_Spock]

30. It's a very fortunate pattern....

Now, if we could just get Congress in '06 and impeach this criminal!

[wildwww2]

36. Bu$h could receive a blow job on prime time TV and not be impeached.

The pukes would tell their children. "It`s OK Bu$h is a man of god." He is just giving a demonstration of what you don`t do. Unless you are in the United States media. And then blowing a republican president is patriotic.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[BlueIris]

37. So true. The Kevlar President. He could kiss Jeff Gannon

in primetime, too, and the JesusZombies would find someway to say Bush was just polishing Gannon's teeth so they could look better for the camera. With his tongue.

[demigoddess]

42. he could murder the twins live on tv from the oval office and not be

impeached. The impeachment of Clinton was to prevent an impeachment of the next republican in the WH. They just call it REVENGE FOR CLINTON. (that's not shouting that is how i see the marquee)

[reprobate]

31. There is only one way to understand the babblefest that is bush.

And that is to realize that * speaks a defferent language, so the answer is to stick a Babblefish in your ear in order that his language will be translated to something understandable in human terms

[Marthe48]

32. not elected in 2000, not elected in 2004

he is following the unfortunate pattern of a criminal.

[nibbana]

33. Unfortunate for the rest of us...that he was ever elected

[gordianot]

39. I didn't know the pattern of his first administration was that good?

Why expect anything better the second time around?

[Geo55]

43. "he has fallen into the unfortunate pattern for second-term presidents "

The only unfortunate pattern for this bag of dog poo, is the irregular blips on the EEG monitor.

[Piperay]

44. How FORTUNATE

for America and the World, I would say. Hahahaha! :D

[librechik]

48. pretzeldent repeating unfortunate pattern of first term asshats

still an asshat

[elehhhhna]

50. YEY!!! How "uniquely American!" "We have turned the corner"!

[otohara]

51. I Can't Believe The Title of This "Unfortunate Pattern"

WTF, they just can't bring themselves to admit that he's a terrible leader.

[Rainscents]

52. KC... isn't this Red State? I'm shocked this news is coming out from

Red State.

[Eurobabe]

53. boo-fucking-hoo

get me some kleenex. argh!

[yorkiemommie1]

60. lame duck. lame ass. lame brain.

eom.