Bush: 'I am not going to come in second'

[Nambe]

By Judy Keen and Richard Benedetto, USA TODAY

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — As President Bush prepares for the Republican convention in New York next week, he says losing the election has never crossed his mind and the war with Iraq was worth putting his political future at risk. ..

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[MercutioATC]

1. He's planning to let NADER beat him, too??

[shrub chipper]

8. Damn!! That's what I was going to say!!!

[harris8]

13. ROTFL!

Great reply, Mercutio!!! You made my day!

[radwriter0555]

30. You'd think he'd be used to it by now.

ahem

[JerseygirlCT]

46. Perfect! That's such a lovely thought!... nt

[Betty]

2. Well he came in second last time

and it didn't stop him from becoming "president".

[karlrschneider]

3. I know a few people who could make him come in one second.

:evilgrin:

But then, I'm sure none of them would do it for less than billions and billions...

[ReadTomPaine]

37. On first glance, I thought it said that also!

Bush: 'I am not going to come in seconds'

[Maple]

4. Sounds like he's using some phrases

from the upcoming speech.

Also sounds like plans for 4 more years of war.

[louis-t]

5. What did you expect him to say?

"I know I did it wrong last time, but this time I'll get it right fer shure."

[Tempest]

6. 'has never crossed his mind'

I doubt much of anything crosses the empty void that passes as his mind.

[Francine Frensky]

11. that's a lie based on an article from a few days ago

can someone find link? Bush had 10 "average" workers on his campaign bus (Pittsburgh or mid-west somewhere?) and one of the comments he made was that if he lost, then God wanted him to "take a break" or something like that.

add this to the flip-flop list.

[hang a left]

16. I read that as well. n/t

[calimary]

21. I saw that, too. Anyone got a link?

Sorry I did not pick up on that quickly enough.

[loudsue]

7. Actually...there's really not much of ANYTHING that ever crosses his mind

So, :shrug: it's not really a surprise that losing the election has never crossed his mind, either.
Deep thinker that he is, and all.
:kick::kick:

[leftchick]

9. bush*: "I won't come in second because.....

I own the fucking voting machines"....

[tlcandie]

12. I agree... IMO .. he's a bit too smug.

Sorry to be :tinfoilhat: here, but his actions and this statement make it totally clear they aren't worried about staying another 4 years.

Really makes you wonder. I'm not sure that elections are working up to our expectations even half-baked ones.

Let's hope and pray that I am soooo wrong!! We might all be on anti-depressants or housed someplace in the middle of nowhere if this turns out to be the case.

EDIT: And NO! I'm not being pessimistic or whining or whatever.. I'm leary and taking a wait and see attitude because there's too much that * , his Poppy and this regime have done illegally and under the table and have yet to be made to pay for their actions.

[leftchick]

17. I have to say I work locally for DRE machine election reform....

In my state of NC. The election officials are completely in bed with the DRE vendors. Needless to say it ain't looking great right now. I believe as Bev Harris has said we are looking at a "train wreck" in the 2004 election...There will be lawsuits galore and omg... I am sick thinking of the outcome... :(

[laylah]

19. You are NOT being

pessimistic, whining, or anything of the sort. We ALL have reason to worry...remember when Florida was called for President Gore? Dumbass II sat with his parents, unruffled, and said he wasn't concerned because his brother, Dumbass the III said he'd deliver Florida...of course, along with help of the cousin at FAUX...they are evil! True evil...we must be prepared for anything and everything!

Jenn

[alfredo]

28. Remember his buddy James Baker said he "fixed" the

election in Florida for Bush.

[pinniped]

34. I certainly remember those assholes gathered around the tv...

the night in question and clearly remember FL being called for President Gore. I was wondering why that fucking piece of subhuman garbage didn't concede defeat. One has to wonder no more. The fix was in.

[reprobate]

31. Election 2000 was a coup de tat. There was nothing honorable about it

And juntas historically find it difficult to relinquich power. I'm afraid that I too am pessimistic about the future of what used to be the United States of America.

More and more it seems to me that the only possibility of returning to a democracy we have is a popular uprising. Looking back, it seems to me that in every case of the wealthy taking power from the people, a revolution occurred in which the powerfull were overthrown and the people took over. In most cases the powerfull paid with their lives.

The only question in my mind is whether it will be a peaceful and quiet revolution, or a very noisy and violent revolution. But there is no doubt that a revolution it will be if bush has another four years.

Of course I likely won't be here. If Kerry loses in november, me and the wife are gone. Don't know where yet. Just somewhere else.

Money if fungable. I can live anywhere.

[mahina]

53. don't forget to register to vote absentee anyway

please.... not to be a bore but please also read The Anti-Coup by Gene Sharpe, tremendous voice for peace. Available for free, check out their offerings for sale or free download at:
http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations.php3?orgid=88&typeID=16&action=printContentItem&itemID=31&templateID=37&sortField=alpha&User_Session=e877a32aee38eec13a9a555cf9bfd296

We can stop this people. We can.
#1 point- find out what is supporting the injustice and remove that support. In our case, withold cooperation. Don't believe the meme that we are powerless any more than you believe that both candidates are the same
Also thank you very much for the great laugh about "even Nader is going to beat him" ... :)

If you can find a copy at your university library definitely watch 'a force more powerful' about nonviolent resistance. It WORKS, has worked against opressors just as creepy as this lot. Pinochet, Hitler, et al. Can do, people!

[mahina]

54. The book blurb:

The Anti-Coup
by Gene Sharp and Bruce Jenkins
As coups are one of the primary ways through which dictatorships are installed, this piece details measures that civilians, civil society, and governments can take to prevent and block coups d’état and executive usurpations. It also contains specific legislative steps and other measures that governments and non-governmental institutions can follow to prepare for anti-coup resistance.

[smirkymonkey]

10. Come in Second????

Does that choice of "second" instead of I am not going to "lose" strike anyone else as odd?

It's like he can't even SAY "lose". Loser!

[CO Liberal]

14. He Came In Second Last Time....

:-)

[milkyway]

15. Good news for Nader.

[0rganism]

18. Take him at his word

bush believes the fix is in, just like Florida 2000. It's that same confidence one gets when the game is well-and-truly rigged.

Watch out for the death of democracy.

[tom_paine]

22. I'm afraid I agree. The arrogance of the Totalitarian Tyrant

Let's hope this election, rigged and all, goes the way of Ferdinand Marcos' last "election" (overseen by foreign observers, also) rather than Adolf Hitler's 1934 "plebiscite".

The world is holding it's breath and trembling like 1938.

Because in many ways it IS 1938 again and the shadow of Totalitarianism falls over the world...

[tlcandie]

44. Very well stated tom_paine!!

The world lies in wait holding its breath trembling like it's 1938 to see if the shadow of Totalitarianism falls over the world.

:cry:

[The_Casual_Observer]

24. Look out if he says that he is "upbeat"

:scared:

[muriel_volestrangler]

20. Bush flip flops in the same sentence!

if "the war with Iraq was worth putting his political future at risk", then losing the election had to cross his mind - otherwise his future wouldn't be at risk!

What a fuckwit he is.

[kimchi]

23. Again, that is.

It never crossed his mind because he doesn't have a brain.

He has also never done anything wrong.

[daleo]

25. A confident Bush has an ominous tone

Between the Supreme Court in their pocket and crooked voting machines, I don't like it when he sounds cocky.

[JoFerret]

26. Is this like when he spluttered

my brother told me that I was winning Florida? And Gore had to point out that it was the voters who decide. (Does Bush have some inside info track we should know about?)

[Inland]

27. "Still, he said, the campaign "really doesn't seem that ugly to me.""

"Not as ugly as we wanted, that is, thanks to that jerk grandstander McCain and that fat one armed Cleveland guy. But there's a lot of time until November, and we are working real hard to make this the ugliest campaign ever. Is that thing on?"

[goforit]

29. You already have bucko.

[pinniped]

32. What about putting innocent lives at risk you selfish arrogant piece...

of shit.

Always me, me, me.

I hope someone brings these assholes up on war crimes charges. They certainly earned it.

Fuck you pretz. *!

[West Coast Democrat]

33. Bush: "I will not come in second!....."

"...not again!!"

[Fridays Child]

35. On the night of the 2000 election, remember how sure he was that...

...he had not lost Florida? Just as he knew, then, that the fix was in, he knows it now. The vast majority of voters will vote against him but I get the strongest feeling that he's not worried in the least. And all of his campaign rallies, as well as those of Cheney, where the audiences are thoroughly vetted and literally sworn in, are nothing more than props, set up to make his "win" seem less unlikely.

[tlcandie]

45. So right on Mary Pat...!!

Props and speaking to the choir all because it does NOT matter one iota! Props, puppets, pawns, propaganda.

[bluedog]

36. scumbag

cry whine.......hes thinking about "stealing" this election..........can't fight an honest battle.SOB

[Catherine Vincent]

38. You lost the first one, ASSHOLE!

[sofa king]

39. A DNF wouldn't count as second. I'm rooting for that.

Did Not Finish on account of impeachment.

Perversely enough, should such a wondrous event occur, this statement by the President would actually be the first campaign promise he actually kept.

[PSU84]

40. As of Nov. 2,

The Bushes will have lost 3 out of 4 Presidential elections. And Jeb will suddenly find he has a lot fewer friends than he thought he did.

[happynewyear]

41. you'll come in 3rd *

Get over it ... start looking for another job now. Maybe you'll find something at McDonald's by the time you hit 65! :evilgrin:

:dem: :kick:

[Cha]

42. Yeah ya are, asshole..

Can we throw this quote up to him when he Loses?

[LisaM]

43. Those quotes are ridiculous. * doesn't talk that way.

Grammatically, and in complete sentences. I also would be shocked if he came up with the word "bludgeon" on the fly.

[Norbert]

47. Sounds like a real confident guy.

First he says about the Iraq war. "I know what I'm doing" and now this. He must have an inferiority complex.

[ldf]

48. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST!!!

the gop is dumping bush!

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!

:-)

[MagickMuffin]

49. http://www.bushwatch.net/e-mail.htm

there is at least 4 articles on Voter Manipulation.

By Jo Becker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Studies suggest that as many as 4 million to 6 million voters were disenfranchised in 2000, either because registration problems prevented qualified voters from casting ballots or because of errors caused by faulty, outdated technology. In Florida, the Civil Rights Commission found that black voters were 10 times as likely as whites to have their ballots rejected, a trend also found in other parts of the country.

Yesterday on C-SPAN the People for the American Way and NAACP held a press conference detailing how our elections can be manipulated. I watched it last night on a reairing and no big surprise that there was only about 6 people from the press in attendence, if that many.

Of course the boy who would be King/Dictator isn't worried.

[Geo55]

50. He's absolutely right.....

it's been confirmed by the National Asshole of the Year commitee.

[roguevalley]

51. he also believes only 'small pockets of anger' exist about 2000. dork.

[Zero Gravitas]

52. He's too dumb

and too isolated from real people to realize that he's in trouble.