Bush just may have gave the Democrats a gift

[59millionmorons]

Bush plans to exploit the deaths of 3000 citizens by watching part of the convention from a fire station. Thank you George I hope you pull this off, because this will show everyone how shallow you are.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/225960p-194099c.html

[Zynx]

1. That could not get much more shameless if he tried.

[nini]

2. what fire station would let him in?

:eyes:

[blm]

22. That fire station will be cherry picked and set up only with loyalists.

They may set up one to pretend he's for Kerry and by the end of the night they'll have him switched to Bush right in front of the cameras.

That is how Rove works friends. He and Bush are both experts in setting up photo ops. Bush set up alot of his daddy's photo ops.

[Cha]

32. May this backfire like "mission accomplished",

"plastic turkey", and the ware house photo where they had to cover the "made in China" boxes, and "my pet goat"!

[wurzel]

3. If this don't make people puke nothing will. n/t

[ComerPerro]

4. Don't be naive

I mean, come on. This will work really well for him. I don't mean to flame you here, but if you think that any of this will make Bush look like the stupid, shallow idiot he is then you are dreaming. The fucking stupid public will eat this shit up.

[Journeyman]

18. A certain element of the public will support this. . .

and another element will decry it. We can only hope its net effect is to distance him from the support of the "undecideds".

[JohnnyRingo]

23. Makes sense...We've seen him pull off cheesier stunts

And his loyalists eat it up with a spoon.

Finding an NY fire station that's willing to be exploited is a true political victory....or more likely, smoke and mirrors

[Cha]

33. It seems like they would be a pariah

in NYC after that. Maybe they will have to conjure one up or go to a solid red state.

[smirkymonkey]

30. Yeah, but this time he's in New York

and it's not going to fly.

[Nay]

31. I agree. These people will eat it up. Read "What's the Matter

with Kansas?" to see just how this works. Cloying emotionalism and the big lie work every time, even when whole states go down the tubes due to the resulting policies.

[realFedUp]

5. Bush may have just given the Dems a gift

Actually, I am looking forward to what that
convention will give cartoonists...

Bush standing on top of a mass grave with a bullhorn,
labeled RNC?

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. Maybe he'll dress up

in a fireman's outfit? We all know how much W loves to play dress up.

[jean]

7. strange - you would think the NYFD might hose him down and

off the premises. I wonder how they're handling bullet proofing a fire station - we've heard how he's getting his own special stage for his speech.

[tridim]

8. So, what if there's a fire?

Are they going to leave * there watching TV while they go perform their heroic duty?

[RamboLiberal]

12. He likes to chop things - Truckies should hand him an ax

and stick him on a hot roof to ventilate the fire.

[goclark]

35. When the protesters see him at the fire station

it will be Katie Bar The Door Time.

But, of course,it will be pre recorded and oaths taken and all the little pretend happy fire people sitting around...happy,happy.

What a huge insult this is to the people of New York.

[Drifter]

9. I think his big mistake ...

will be "Only being in NY for a few hours".

He is expected to land, perform his acceptance speech, and leave.

That is pretty much a slap in the face (in my opinion). He is not staying, because he doesn't want to appear as though he is being protested by more than half the country (in a single city).

There isn't a Republican out there who isn't thinking ... "Shit, we shoulda had the convention in Utah"

Cheers
Drifter

[Cha]

36. I hear they were thinking about Tampa as

another choice!

[OHswingvoter]

10. some folks will

eat this up with a spoon. This is a clever move. Our best defense will be the protests. Let America see how much the ordinary folks HATE the Bushies. Then photo ops with firemen and cops will not change that. We must make sure the protests are large and get lots of attention.

[Bluebear]

14. Wow every one of your posts have to do with protests

You must be fired up!

[OHswingvoter]

17. Actually just two posts (I guess

this will be the third). I am not really someone who has ever protested in my life, but I very much hate the Bushies and want to deep six them very much. I honestly believe that the demonstrations will make them look very bad in the eyes of regular folks at home. Now I am not wanting anyone to get hurt or anything like that, but I do want people to get lots of attention to the fact that we want the Bushies to go. This is our best chance of getting some attention during the convention. So I support and encourage it. Free speech is a great right. And I remember the 60's when free speech and demonstrations did change things and make a big difference in opinions. So I say go for it.

[nostamj]

11. since when are firefighters, much less NYC firefighters

FOR the insipid chimp?

the underfunding, closed firehouses, environmental LIES about Ground Zero...

what firehouse is going to welcome him?

[RamboLiberal]

13. Firefighters should plan to let him go to the firehouse

and once he's inside surround it with chanting pissed firefighters!

[democrat_patriot]

27. "Any firehouse in the city would be open to the President"

Straight from the NYFD chief. (Paraphrased - so I guess not straight)

Also Ahnold will be doing the same.

It's sickening, "bonding with the brave".

[Cha]

37. AND the National FireFighters Are Endorsing

Kerry/Edwards..what does that say?..Kerry should get ads out by Fire Figthers so bush/rove don't have the People thinking the FireFighters are for them. Ugh!

[realFedUp]

15. Just another photo-op

for Rove's sCrapbook.

[RummyTheDummy]

16. The media will lap it up like mana from heaven

And in turn so will John Q. Idiot.

[greekspeak]

19. Who knows...I would say the most likely scenario would be...

all the "librul" media whores would be drooling to kiss the rings of his Royal Chimpiness, and would be trying to top each other in making the "man" into a modern day Hercules. I can imagine fishin stories coming out of this that would make the Paul Bunyan myth pale in comparison. Like how Shrub singlehandedly cleaned up the WTC site with one deft swing of his mighty bat. Or how he thwarted, singlehandedly, an attack of the killer Clenis on some national monument.

[greekspeak]

20. Who knows...I would say the most likely scenario would be...

all the "librul" media whores would be drooling to kiss the rings of his Royal Chimpiness, and would be trying to top each other in making the "man" into a modern day Hercules. I can imagine fishin stories coming out of this that would make the Paul Bunyan myth pale in comparison. Like how Shrub singlehandedly cleaned up the WTC site with one deft swing of his mighty bat. Or how he thwarted, singlehandedly, an attack of the killer Clenis on some national monument.

[klook]

21. "When your house is on fire

this is not the time to talk about remodeling." - Arianna Huffington. Nice of Bush to visually symbolize this for us.

[merh]

24. Will he be in his bullet and blast proof bubble?

Or the pope mobile?

[ArkDem]

25. No kiddin', he's never exactly reporting for duty.

:-(

[gardenista]

26. I wonder if they'll let him wear a uniform just like they did on that boat

I just love it when chimpy plays dress up. And those army guys and firemens are so nice to let him do it!

makes me proud to be a murikin.

I bet he wears a cape at home when laura's not looking.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. Ooohh! Which one of the Village People will * be this time?

A FIREMAN!!

Why doesn't 100% of this country think this guy is a joke?

[rniel]

29. Karl Rove always said

It's all about the image. Pretend you didn't read anything and have the volume of your tv turned completely off. It's about the image on the screen and that's it. This is why it works.

[Keirsey]

34. Bush should know

The firefighters (union?) in Kansas City are making calls for Kerry.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

38. Yes, but will he fly in on an F18 Hornet to do it? And will he "take the

stick"? I mean, if you're going to do a photo op PR stunt, ya gotta do the whole Magilla!

[spanone]

39. Soooo Predictable....

[jmowreader]

40. How it will work

1. Karl Rove will choose a nice picturesque firehouse that has a really massive electrical system. Preference will be given to any house whose September 2001 staff was all squished in the WTC collapse; this will give Dubya a chance to wax poetic about his brave leadership in providing funding to our overworked heroes. (The next night Bush will rail about how government is the problem--leading many to ask themselves, "don't soldiers, police officers and firefighters work for the government?")

2. He will get the Secret Service to order the New York Fire Department to send the firefighters who work at the firehouse to a training session somewhere.

3. All of the firefighters save one will be replaced with actors because an actor in a firefighter's duty uniform and a real firefighter look a lot alike. A fire engine driver loyal to Bush who enjoys acting at the community theatre will be imported from any red state and asked to assume a Brooklyn accent for the duration of Bush's stay--this will come in important when Bush makes a big photo op of having the driver to point out the important features of his fire engine or asking how real firemen do their jobs. (Hopefully the cameras will continue to run when Bush asks to ring the bell or pet the Dalmation.)

This will solve many problems, chief among them being the fact that real New York City firefighters generally hate Mr. Bush.

[eleny]

41. Maybe they'll even let him ring the bell and wear a fireman's hat

[charlyvi]

42. The people who will eat this up are....

the people who would vote for him anyway. The swing voters, what there are left of them, will view it with suspicion. We'll lose a few, gain a few, depending on how it's publicized. * needs to walk a very fine line here, especially if the convention is total Kerry bashing; after the ham-handed Swifties, Kerry bashing may not be all they thought it would be. Again, the Base will love it but he needs more than his base to win.