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Dems Still Using Bush as Bogeyman

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(Newser) – George W. Bush has been out of office for 6 months now, but you wouldn’t know it to listen to Democrats on the campaign trail. “America doesn’t need to be Bushwhacked again!” declared Jon Corzine, kicking off his re-election campaign to govern New Jersey (with Joe Biden standing right next to him). Creigh Deeds has hit similar notes in his Virginia gubernatorial contest. And Democratic strategists think it’s going to work.

Deeds’ opponent doesn’t actually have any ties to Bush, but Deeds will still try to link him to the unpopular ex-president. “A lot of voters rightfully place the blame on the economy on the Bush White House,” explained his campaign manager. Corzine’s opponent, on the other hand, was a top Bush fundraiser. “It especially makes sense in New Jersey,” said one strategist, “where there was no love lost at all for Bush.”

State Sen. Creigh Deeds gestures as he accepts the Democratic nomination for governor in Charlottesville, Va., on Tuesday, June 9, 2009.
State Sen. Creigh Deeds gestures as he accepts the Democratic nomination for governor in Charlottesville, Va., on Tuesday, June 9, 2009.   (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Former President George W. Bush, right, is a popular figure in campaigns.
Former President George W. Bush, right, is a popular figure in campaigns.   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine answers a question before signing the state's new $29 billion budget into law June 29 outside the statehouse in Trenton, N.J.
New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine answers a question before signing the state's new $29 billion budget into law June 29 outside the statehouse in Trenton, N.J.   (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Lula
Jul 11, 09 1:27 PM CDT
Bush is still a bogeyman. Was why he was in office, and then after he left. Thank God we don't have to look at his smirking face now. Reply
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Karl
Jul 11, 09 2:59 PM CDT
Right on, Lula. Now we have his reflection to look at, called Obama, the worst liar since Bush.
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Janniel
Jul 11, 09 1:52 PM CDT
Yeah he's a bogeyman for sure. He has brought this country to it's knees. He deserves to be locked up. Calling him a bogeyman seems a little mild compared to what he has wrought. Reply
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JonmarkP
Jul 12, 09 3:54 PM CDT
Gee, it's not like Bush was blaming Clinton for anything six months into his own administration. As I recall, Bush was still blaming Clinton six YEARS later.
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freethemall
Jul 11, 09 1:52 PM CDT
It's not about personalities, or it shouldn't be. It's about policy. It would seem to me that conservative Republican policy, both foreign (preemptive wars, for instance), and domestic(supply side economics, for instance), would be thoroughly discredited, regardless of who might be espousing them. Reply
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