Article

2002-05-17 Home Front

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-05-17 02:29 pm|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fred: Chaney was nice this time. However I sure don't want to hear what Dick said in private. (Yow!) Venture to bet Shelby knew more than he's saying? Something about the little shit always made me want to watch my back. May be it was that hissing sound he makes? ;-)

Posted by Mary Wehmeier 2002-05-17 16:55:51|| [radio.weblogs.com/0100243/] 2002-05-17 16:55:51|| Front Page Top

#2 It's predictable. The Dems have absolutely nothing to run on this fall -- economy is getting better, terrorists in Afghan-land are being whupped, most Americans like the Israelis and don't like Yasser, the education bill passed, the domestic agenda is otherwise a yawner -- so they need something. With approval ratings near 80%, the President is near untouchable. So what to do? Wait for some nugget of info out there that suggests that the President might, maybe, coulda, shoulda known something, and pounce on him. That's the only way to bring his approval rating down, and that's the only way the Dems can avoid looking stoopid in November. As any semi-intelligent person knows, it's always possible to find nuggets after the fact. The Dems just found one, and they have to run with it. I'm guessing that this blows over after a few days, but -- this is important -- it allows the next attack on the President to work just a little better, sink in just a little deeper, and thus start moving the approval rating into the 60's. Then the high 50's. Then the mid-50's. Etc.
Regards,

Posted by Steve White 2002-05-17 23:17:45|| 2002-05-17 23:17:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Either I've been thinking real loud, Steve's been reading my mind, or the process isn't really, really subtle and lots of other people think exactly like we do.

Posted by Fred 2002-05-18 08:18:43|| 2002-05-18 08:18:43|| Front Page Top

08:18 Fred
23:17 Steve White
16:55 Mary Wehmeier
16:35 Mary Wehmeier