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host · 07-13-2008, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ratbastid

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I'm being silly here, but there is a point. My point is, it's going to be HARD for McCain to distance himself from Bush, and his policies are only going to make it harder. The perception that he's Bush III is really not that far off base. He USED to be a maverick, but he slid right to capture an evaporating base, and it's going to hurt him in the end.

Tell me again....who are the ones siding with the people, and who are the ones offering up continuation of Bush policies...I'm having trouble telling them apart:

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http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwa...ats/index.html
Thursday July 10, 2008 08:25 EDT
Democrats' strategy: Strength through bowing

(updated below - Update II)

Historians writing about the Bush era were given a great gift yesterday -- an iconic headline that explains so much of what has happened in this country over the last seven years:

Their rationale for doing that is that it prevents the Republicans from depicting them as "weak," because nothing exudes strength like bowing. Here's more evidence of the brilliance of the Democratic strategy to show how "strong" and "tough" they are by bowing to Bush and all of his demands, from this morning's New York Times article by Eric Lichtblau:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/wa...rssnyt&emc=rss

UPDATE II:

On a separate note, there are some rather moving pictures from this afternoon's signing ceremony at the White House Rose Garden I wanted to share, where various Democrats and Republicans gathered to celebrate the signing of the new FISA law. Here is George Bush shaking Jay Rockefeller's hand while a grinning Dick Cheney, Orrin Hatch, and Joe Lieberman look on.

Here are proud members of Congress from both parties gathered behind the President as he signs the bill into law. Here is a close-up that beautifully captures the Joys of Washington Bipartisanship.