Tuesday, October 05, 2004

The underdog

If Kerry is the comeback kid, then George W. Bush is the underdog. When hasn't he been the underdog in life? I'm nervous, but I welcome the fact that Bush is back in the underdog role. Col. Ollie has a nasty case of the shakes, but I'm reasonably calm. I think that Bush performs his best when people are "misunderestimating" him, and I suspect you'll see an all new Bush on Friday, to follow up something significant from Cheney tonight.

Spinning last Thursday night is pointless. Call a spade a spade, and go on the offensive. He was tired, cranky looking, and ineloquent. The substance of his stuff was good, but very overshadowed by his shortcomings. To overlook his short comings is to only fool yourself. They'll finish strong, and I stick with my 4 to 6 point Bush victory prediction.

4 comments:

Megan Case said...

> George W. Bush is the underdog. When hasn't he
> been the underdog in life?

Well, he wasn't the underdog when his rich, powerful daddy sent him to prep school, got him into Yale, got him out of serving in Vietnam, and got him an oil company that he drove into the ground.

Just because W isn't very bright doesn't mean he's with the common man. He's as rich and spoiled as Kerry, the difference being that Kerry used his time at Yale to study instead of being a drunken frat boy.

But you're right, he does perform best when underestimated.

Jib said...

C'mon now, Megan. Class warfare doesn't become you.

You can be a an underdog when your behavior early in life leads your family to pretty much write you off. Jeb, remember, was the annointed one, not George W.

And let us not get into the intelligence debate. Everyone acknowledges how smart Al Gore is, but his undergrad grades were no better than Bush's. Worse, in fact, if memory serves. I also don't believe Al made it through his graduate studies, dropping out of divinity school.

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Megan Case said...

Sooo... W is an underdog because he was the goof-off son in a political dynasty? Gosh, you're right. He's had a rough life.

RPM said...

Its about time the American public realize that the 'guy-next-door' mentality that W seems to want to create is not a good one for leading an important country like the US. Especially not after goofing up on several aspects in the past 4 years, and not letting go of the single-point agenda of war-mongering.

There are other ways to lift the economy and create jobs. Which reminds me, what the hell happened to all the surplus we had when W started? And how are we going to pay for the deficit that he has created?

How are we going to pay for the tax cuts he is doling out to the extremely rich? Are they going to send some money back to the IRS with the thank you note?

And most importantly, where are the jobs? We have lost millions of decent jobs even though the economy theoretically points to 'growth'. We are in the midst of a slow economy which is threatening inflation, and with the trade issues pointing towards even more trade deficits, we are doomed.

I think W is probably better off losing this election than winning it. He does not want to take so many liabilities for 4 more years.