The Thursday ‘BushWhack’ing

TBWA is prepared to lead…

• “President” Bush canceled his trip to focus on the economy. Speaking this morning he said that the U.S. economy still faces “serious challenges” but recent actions have been taken to stabilize the economy and are “necessary and they are important and the markets are adjusting to them. […] My administration is focused on meeting these challenges.” (Wow… we’re saved. It’s so hard to express sarcasm in the written form… are we really going to accept and believe that the administration that’s, at least partially, responsible for the current economic crisis is going to help us get out of it? What’s that saying about fox guarding henhouses?)
• New polls are out… one says Obama is leading. One says McCain is leading. One says it’s a dead heat, so take your pick as to which one you want to talk about today…
• Gov. Palin took part in a town hall meeting yesterday and when asked for “specific skills” she could cite in response to those (like anyone with a brain of their own) who don’t think she has a good grasp of international affairs, she replied, “I am prepared.” McCain than hastily jumped in and blathered on and on about her being the Alaskan governor and blah, blah, blah… (We get that you say you’re prepared… that’s all we’ve been hearing since you were rolled out. But could you give us, I don’t know, actual examples of how you’re prepared that don’t involve proximity to where you live? We’ll be waiting…)
• A new New York Times/CBS News poll shows that 68% of Americans believe McCain would either continue Bush’s policies or enact more conservative policies. The better part of the poll, I think because it goes against what McCain is trying to paint himself as, is that 57% view McCain as “a typical Republican” and not a maverick… (Nice… if McCain’s ‘maverick’ message is getting lost, that’s good news for us. Let’s hope it continues…)
• “American legal influence is waning”
• Sen. Chuck Hagel (r-NE) said in interview with the Omaha World-Herald this week that he questions whether Sarah Palin has the experience to be president of the United States… apparently Mr. Hagel is a tad behind the times…
• And have we mentioned? That former Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer believes “President” Bush is a liability for conservatives running for election or re-election? Being interviewed by Bloomberg Television, Fleischer said that the President’s presence at campaign events would “hurt the party and hurt John McCain.” (Awww, poor Georgie… no one wants him to come to the party. Is it wrong for me to laugh my ass off?)