Stunner. Dems 2010 Campaign Strategy Will Be to Bash Bush
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, December 19, 2009, 2:36 PM
Why not? It worked in 2006 and 2008.
Democrats think next year they will continue their winning ways by bashing Bush again.
Obama and Democrats tripled the national deficit in less than one year.
They’ve increased the national debt to $12 Trillion.
Obama promised his stimulus plan would create 3.7 million new jobs.
Instead America has lost 3.6 million jobs.
But democrats are hoping they can hide that from voters and blame Bush instead.
TPM reported:
Last week TPMDC explored the conditions that led to the Republican takeover of the House in 1994 and point-by-point detailed why a similar rout in 2010 is unlikely despite a tough political climate.
Today, Rep. Chris Van Hollen who is in charge of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, dismissed potential signs of trouble but stayed on his message that no matter what happens next year members won’t be caught unprepared.
He said as confetti was still falling last fall when Barack Obama won the presidency he was warning members they faced a tough mid-year cycle.
“This is not going to be 1994 all over again,” Van Hollen told reporters at a briefing at the DNC. “The fundamentals are very different today.”
Their strategy: GOP just wants to rewind the clock to Bush era.
“The Republican party in Washington today is no different than the Republican party that ran the Congress before,” Van Hollen said.
It’s a message they will push especially in districts where there are repeat Republican candidates
Democrats think the economy will actually work to their advantage – if there is an uptick, they can say they stepped in to save it from a deeper dive and say Republicans voted ‘No’ on every piece of legislation that helped to turn it around.
“The big question will be who was on your side during this very difficult period of time,” he said.
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bill-tb commented:
One trick pony, always finishes last.
By now most have figured out they have been scammed, the rest are in the unemployment line.
carolynn commented:
Bashing Bush won’t matter. This debate is bigger then the out of control spending.
2010 is between Liberty or Tyranny. And I believe the people will choose Liberty.
The Progressives don’t have the right medicine to deliver on our God given rights. The more they push Bush the more their veil of Tyranny will lift.
Jim - PRS commented:
If that’s their best shot, I’ll take it.
Cynic commented:
I’d just like to add a short vent here. There is a newsreader on cable that continually puts forth the idea that bho is a nice guy. Well I beg to differ. Anybody who knowingly puts the country in bankruptcy, bows to foriegn leaders, puts down the US anytime he can, wants to destroy capitalism , ignores the Constitution and lies about it all is not a nice guy.
Another newsreader is forever saying Bush did it too. It is never Bush, Clinton, Carter, JFK etc all did it before him, it’s always just Bush.
I can not find any newsreader that will just point out the facts, and I am not interested in their opinion. It seems like the media and our Government think we all are so dumb that we must have everything done for us including our thinking.
J commented:
I consider Pres. Bush in good company given that the dem party is the workshop of the devil.
Cynic commented:
One more thing. If the Repubs are as nonaggressive in ’10 and ’12 as they were in ‘o8 then there is no hope. They’ve got to learn how to play hardball.
Tom63010 commented:
The headline for this story could have been this:
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS OFFICIALLY INSANE!
If anyone still thinks that George Bush put our economy in free fall then you need not argue with them just remind them that we were told that the cure was a bailout by the Federal Government.
Then remind them that President Obama then Senator Obama and Senator John McCain agreed that a bailout was the cure.
George Bush did NOTHING that didn’t include the participation both of these men knowing one would be the future President unlike these Democrats who negotiate bills without Republicans and buys votes with money America has to borrow.
People see the Federal Government size and more importantly the deficit grow at an astronomical rate! Neither one has ever been popular.
The next election does not include a Presidential election that spells big trouble for the party in power even in good times and these are far from good times!
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”
Abraham Lincoln, (attributed)
16th president of US (1809 – 1865)
Most people feel powerless to influence these people. Congressional members let their voce mailboxes overflow, respond to emails with form responses,are now willing to put them in positions that are guarantee to lose them elections for large bribes.
People have left the old media outlets in droves. They are tired of being shoveled lies. They are tired of every story in their local newspaper always being on from the AP written almost verbatim from White House press releases.
wth commented:
I love a good broken record.
Daniel commented:
The DemoCrap party is in for one, helluva wakeup call.
Eric commented:
I disagree.
Bashing Bush worked last time because there was a wave of interest in “making history” which has still not completely ebbed. The last thing Dems will want mentioned is taxes and deficits, so they will likely not point out those things left by Bush. In order to keep a similar theme they may make reference to what had to be done to recover, and swear it is being accomplished.
The major themes will be that “right wingers” are attempting to take away the “new” rights that have been provided for the poor, unfortunate, and minority classes by the magnificience of their party’s actions. The battles they have won through hard fought legislation, and the truly visionary progressive policy which is the destiny of America so long oppressed by conservative statist.
Yes, they will twist the words, distort the facts, and plain lie about history.
Their theme will be – The right wants to take away your health care, stop the recovery, evict our new citizens, give the money back to the rich, and destroy the planet. Why would you vote for them?
John commented:
I believe there was a poll in the run-up to the 2008 election that showed that a considerable number of people still thought the Republicans were in control of both the White House and Congress.
Other than the far left, which now thinks anyone to the right of Nancy Pelosi is a closet Glenn Beck fan, I doubt if you took the same poll today you’d get the same unawareness of which party actually controls Congress. That’s the hurdle the Democrats face if they try to run against Bush again in 2010.
BurmaShave commented:
Is not surprising that the Democrats’ 2010 campaign “strategy” will be to bash Bush; the Democrats are completely irresponsible – apparently that is a virtue with them – and, in any case, they will have nothing of they own making to crow about except disasters.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
If they think that they can win by blaming Bush, all I can say is go right ahead.
Pay no attention, Lefties, to that light way off in the distance near the other end of the tunnel. It’s nothing.
Chisum commented:
Hope No Longer Floats
http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/12/19/hope-no-longer-floats.php
Richard of Oregon commented:
Works for me. Don’t think it will help Dems much, though.
Betsy Ross commented:
The campaign slogan for Tea Party candidates and Republicans needs to be:
Repeal…Repeal…Repeal
Every dem incumbent needs to be defeated in 2010…every last one.
American Conservative Values Journal commented:
Let’s be honest with each other, take away the words “Bush”, “Tax” and “Spend” and Democrats can’t carry on an intelligent conversation or come up with intelligent solutions.
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