Broder: Revision Of Bush ‘Comeback’ Article Will Explain ‘Why Bush Has A Tactical Advantage’
Broder: Revision Of Bush ‘Comeback’ Article Will Explain ‘Why Bush Has A Tactical Advantage’
In February, Washington Post columnist David Broder wrote a now-famous column titled “Bush Regains His Footing,” arguing that that President Bush was “poised for a political comeback.”
Several weeks passed and Bush’s approval rating remained in the 30s, so in late March, Broder told readers it was “time to revisit and revise” his earlier false prediction. During a WashingtonPost.com chat today, Broder said his “revised” column will be published this Sunday, and guess who’s still on top:
BRODER: The column for Sunday is an effort to explain why Bush has a tactical advantage over the Democrats att the moment, but why it is unlikely to last. That’s my best effort at an update.
Also today, Broder was asked about his baseless claim that a “long list of senators of both parties” wanted Sen. Harry Reid to step down as majority leader. The Post later published a letter to the editor signed by all 50 members of Reid’s caucus, praising him for his “extraordinary leadership.” Broder said today he was putting the senators’ letter up on his wall “as a testament to what a dope [I] was. I love it.”
BRODER: Since I would never question their motives, I have to assume that they spontaneously and simultaneously chose to express their confidence in their leader on the same day last week. I have a copy of their letter, with all the signatures, and it is gfoing up on my wallo. A semi-historic document to pass on to the grandchildren, as a testament to what a dope their granedfather was. I love it.
UPDATE: More Broder:
I have come to have deep respect for the wisdom of the American people, who, in 2004, chose to reelect George W. Bush as president. I have been very critical of his policies, economic, diplomatic and military. But I am unwilling to assume that I am so much smarter than the voting public that I will dism9iss as worthless someone they have chosen as president of the United States.
UPDATE II: Atrios has much more.
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Is this remorse or senility?
May 4th, 2007 at 3:37 pmI don’t get it. Why is Broder calling himself a dope?
May 4th, 2007 at 3:38 pmBush has a tactical advantage? Allow me to strongly doubt that.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:39 pmMAF, go solicit some young boys, your time will be better spent.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:39 pmHe admits that he is full of crap….
but still toes the republican line.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:40 pmIt appears that Broder doesn’t know how to spell either.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:42 pmThat’s my best effort at an update.
That’s because you suck, Broder. When’s the last time you got something right?
May 4th, 2007 at 3:43 pm.
Because you are idolizing a pedophile.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:44 pmBush’s advantage? He is hanging on because of, and not despite, the staggering epidemic of scandals enveloping his administration.
Just like Monty Burns from the Simpsons…
May 4th, 2007 at 3:44 pmWhy does anyone take this fool seriously?
May 4th, 2007 at 3:45 pmI don’t want to be a stickler for spelling, but can Broder not spell?
BRODER: The column for Sunday is an effort to explain why Bush has a tactical advantage over the Democrats att the moment, but why it is unlikely to last.
I have a copy of their letter, with all the signatures, and it is gfoing up on my wallo. A semi-historic document to pass on to the grandchildren, as a testament to what a dope their granedfather was. I love it.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:48 pmHa ha:
Story backed up by video of the session.
BREAKING: GOP refuses to add American troops and senior citizens to hate crime bill
Friggin’ classic.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:49 pmThat final paragraph is so full of typos that it appears a dyslexic gorilla in pre-school drafted it.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:49 pmI have a copy of their letter, with all the signatures, and it is going up on my wallo. A semi-historic document to pass on to the grandchildren, as a testament to what a dope their granedfather was. I love it.
He is being sarcastic.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:50 pmBroder is confusing Blackwell and Rove with the American people.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:50 pmI don’t get it. Why is Broder calling himself a dope?
Comment by MAF54
Why are you posting as a pedophile, moron?
May 4th, 2007 at 3:51 pmI have a copy of their letter, with all the signatures, and it is gfoing up on my wallo. A semi-historic document to pass on to the grandchildren, as a testament to what a dope their granedfather was. I love it.
He is being sarcastic.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:53 pmI assume that, like meselfs, mR broder must of been spending two much time with the old bong instead of paying atttttentions to spellen and stuffs.
jackson
May 4th, 2007 at 3:54 pmCan’t this guy go on a hunting trip with Cheney?
Please?
May 4th, 2007 at 3:54 pmlotA typ0s in tiss st0ry!
May 4th, 2007 at 3:54 pmBroder seems to be talking in circles. His defense is a snarky and cynical response to the opposition he received.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:55 pmBroder: I have come to have deep respect for the wisdom of the American people, who, in 2004, chose to reelect George W. Bush as president. I have been very critical of his policies, economic, diplomatic and military. But I am unwilling to assume that I am so much smarter than the voting public that I will dism9iss as worthless someone they have chosen as president of the United States.
Shorter Broder: I am unwilling to accept responsibility for my past horrible judgment, so I will blame it on the American people and claim that I was critical all along.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:58 pmMore same old crap, tell a lie often enough and hope the public believes it…Well the 22% will.It’s like th old add ” here let Mickie eat it he’ll eat anything”…What kind of kool aid does this old fool drink.? Maybe I’m wrong, from the look on his ugly puss maybe it’s lemon aid with no sugar….Blessings
May 4th, 2007 at 3:59 pmI think that he was being sarcastic in his February column.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:00 pmCan we take up a collection and buy poor Davie a gross of suppositories? It’s obvious that his problem is that he is just so full of shit he can’t think.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:01 pmIf there could possibly be anyone stupider than the people who voted for Bush a 2nd time, it would be David Broder.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:03 pmI want Broder to keep saying these things. I want Bush and Republicans to engage in fantasy thinking about where they stand. Their 2008 losses will be all the bigger, and all the more painful.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:04 pmWhatever happened to the really fine journalist who said this? “Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he’ll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.”
May 4th, 2007 at 4:06 pmAnother quote from an earlier Broder on-line pontification session, this time regarding his calls for the resignation of Bill Clinton: “When a president loses his credibility, he loses an important tool for governing–and that is why I thought he should step down.” Today, I posed the question as to if, and if not when, the Dunderhead thought he might start questioning the credibility of crazy old George XIII so as to make a similar call for his resignation, but didn’t make the cut of questioners, evidently.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:08 pmThe ONLY thing that would give Bush the boost he needs is for every armed Iraqi insurgent to lay down their arms and make nice with all the people they’re trying to blow up.
Fat chance.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:10 pmHe respects that the American public re-elected Bush, but he doesn’t respect the fact that since then a majority of the public has turned against him. With Bush’s current approval rating at 28%, one would think that Broder would finally get it. But, don’t hold your breath.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:10 pmI disagree with Broder’s statement to wit: “I have come to have a deep respect for the wisdom of the people who re-elected Bush….” The fact IS that Bush was NOT re-elected, Broder, he STOLE that election but the wisdom of the people lives on in their call for his impeachment. The people were categorically NOT behind Bush in 2004 and were wise enough NOT to vote for him. The fact is that there’s mounting evidence that Ken Blackwell, State Election Supervisor and Co-Chair of Bush/Cheney 04, along with Diebold and a host of other complict GOP-sters went to town overnight to “rig” the election.
So, the “wisdom of the people” is accurate; the wisdom of the people in re-electing Bush for a second term is an outright lie. He was NOT elected by the people and will go down in history as :THE PRESIDENT WHO REALLY WAS NOT THE PRESIDENT!~ OR …. THE PRESIDENT WHO STOLE THE PRESIDENCY! And just maybe on some level, that distinction may be less damning than the one currently being bantered about by the people of this country: THE WORST President EVER in the history of this country.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:10 pmWaltTheMan and SpaceJam. This is the Merriam-Webster definition of sarcasm. If what you see in Broder’s writings meets this criteria, I am mystified.
“a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual.”
May 4th, 2007 at 4:10 pmBesides Broder looks old enough for senile dementia to have quite significantly impaired his synaptic activity in his brain. Is he for real? Obviously, due to his obvious impairment, Broder is totally out of touch with the people of this country who are categorically rejecting George W. Bush….just like all of the Republican Candidates last night. Only one mentioned George W. Bush and that was in passing and certainly not to compliment him on how he’s doing his job in any way.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:12 pmThis article needs more spelling errors.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:13 pmWhat total BS > “I have come to have deep respect for the wisdom of the American people, who, in 2004, chose to reelect George W. Bush as president.
He knows and we know that in 2004 Americans DID NOT “elect” Bush – OHIO was stolen and most likely so was FLORIDA. That will all come front and center later this year when RFK, Jr. and legal colleagues go to court on this. Congressional hearing as well I believe?? – see RFK, Jr. Rolling Stone article last Fall.
Broder is a idiot GOP whore. WAPO is just a front for neoconservative propaganda. Far from the days when they were anywhere near fair and balanced. Pretty awful.
I’d say President Gore and/or President Kerry would say Broder is in his own fantasy world. Wouldn’t you?
May 4th, 2007 at 4:13 pmNews for Broder – the people didn’t vote for Bush. The election was rigged.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:13 pmBroder’s false modesty (”I’m not as smart as the voters”) is so frickin’ transparent it sickens me. Maybe he could try listening to the virtually equal number of people who didn’t vote for Bush in 2004, or the vast majority of Americans who now think GWB has taken us deeper into a horrid mess. Covering himself with a false populism from an election 2.5 years ago is obscene.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:15 pmI don’t get it. Why is Broder calling himself a dope?
Comment by MAF54 — May 4, 2007 @ 3:38 pm
I don’t get it, are you a pedophile, or a lover of pedophiles?
May 4th, 2007 at 4:16 pmI know I’m smarter than the voting public. Can I have my own column in the Wa Post? And a big fat salary. And get to be on teevee telling everyone what to think.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:18 pmBroder is obviously nothing but a Bush groupie.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:19 pmThat would be all well and good if the election wasn’t rigged in important ways.
First was the issue with the conduct of the election. Electronic equipment that was questionable at best. Uneven distribution of equipment where lines were hours long in Democratic strongholds and minutes long in Republican strongholds. Lastly was the “scrubbing” of the voting roster.
Lastly was the withholding of critical information from the American people that could have caused them to vote differently if the data was available.
As far as I can tell, Broder still doesn’t get it, “dope” comment not withstanding.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:24 pmBroder isn’t even worth getting pissed off about. He’s just a drip. A nitwit. He has nothing insightful to say at all. He’s like a Family Circle cartoon.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:25 pm#43…with apologies to Family Circle cartoons…
May 4th, 2007 at 4:27 pmI suggest Nico copy/paste his quotes into a word processor to spell check them, and THEN copy THAT text into their HTML editor.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:28 pmI’m just sayin’….
Translation : “I’m insane”
May 4th, 2007 at 4:29 pmHe’s like a Family Circle cartoon.
Comment by Disturbance
Oh, man, that’s cold. That’s over the top.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:30 pmHe nailed the dope part of his story. Could have been a typo, though, maybe he meant dupe.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:30 pm#33 – impeachcheneythenbush,
May 4th, 2007 at 4:33 pmThe sarcasm was directed against George W Bush – crediting him with support and attributes that he most definitely does not possess. Are you saying that he is not an individual?
Good God. Just plain scary. He needs to find a retirement home. And, shut up.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:34 pmBroder’s columns are good for comedic relief only. The old man is so loopy he is an embarrassment to the WaPo editorial pages along with Hiatt and Krauthammer, who have gotten virtually nothing right. Maybe that is why their stock and profits are falling?
May 4th, 2007 at 4:35 pmThis is going on multiple threads:
May 4th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Why should Nico fix what is posted on the WaPo web site. Go look for yourself.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:40 pm#25
Can we take up a collection and buy poor Davie a gross of suppositories? It’s obvious that his problem is that he is just so full of shit he can’t think.
Comment by RUCerious — May 4, 2007 @ 4:01 pm
LOL
So glad you’re back – and with your sense of humor in tact. too!!
May 4th, 2007 at 4:41 pm#52, BnF
May 4th, 2007 at 4:44 pmI just did it!
Thanks for the tip.
Comment by veritas — May 4, 2007 @ 4:10 pm
Hell, he didn’t win the first time either! That’s what we would call a “coup” if it happened in any other country that was currently our “enemy.”
Oh, by the way. Being a fan of Coast-To-Coast, I was listening to that program the other night. The son of E. Howard Hunt was given a tape by his father shortly before his death (In Jan. of 2007). Hunt was quite explicit that Vice President Johnson was involved in the assassination of JFK. I have to admit, after 44 years (I was 15 at the time), my theory proved fruitful. However, in addition, I always thougt Gov. Connolly of Texas and Nixon were involved as well. We’ll see. That was a coup, as well.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:44 pm#52 – BnF,
May 4th, 2007 at 4:46 pmHis mailbox is full.
“The American people, who I respect very, very much, chose Bush as president, so even though I’ve been so very, very critical of Bush, I must defer to the wisdom of the people. And oopsie, I guess I was wrong about Reid’s support in Congress.”
May 4th, 2007 at 4:52 pmBroder is a lying, mendacious, dishonest, dissembling fraud, and he deserves to be horsewhipped.
Thanks BnF….
May 4th, 2007 at 4:53 pmBroder: “I have come to have deep respect for the wisdom of the American people, who, in 2004, chose to reelect George W. Bush as president.”
How interesting and telling that he never voiced such respect for voters when they reelected Bill Clinton.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:59 pmjust called Conyer’s office…
May 4th, 2007 at 5:03 pmI feel so empowered……..
Did that sound harsh?
May 4th, 2007 at 5:04 pmWhat tactical advantage? That the public has the same endless bloodlust as Bush? I don’t think so. That Bush has a veto-proof majority? Useless since the Dems can cut off funding by simply NOT offering a bill.
I know Bush’s tactical advantage! He’s got idiots like Broder who will continue to trumpet the President’s power and wisdom! Yeah…
May 4th, 2007 at 5:04 pmA complete f_cking moron.
May 4th, 2007 at 5:09 pmThanks Marie, but I gotta go rest up for the rest of the afternoon…
May 4th, 2007 at 5:09 pmLaters.
The Conyers phone poll thing is a hoax. Don’t call them unless you want to talk to a tired-sounding intern.
May 4th, 2007 at 5:10 pmIt is not a “hoax” as the guy who started it has already stated that he did it to get people to call. And guess what? People have. The is how democracy works.
If it was a hoax, the guy would have kept quiet and not posted it on his own blog with the words ‘This isn’t really from Pelosi” which is who it started with.
So, can it be considered a “hoax?” I guess in the technical sense of the word. But, real hoaxes, like George W Bush getting elected in 2000 and 2004 are stated to be true by their creator until the day they die.
May 4th, 2007 at 5:19 pm#
The Conyers phone poll thing is a hoax. Don’t call them unless you want to talk to a tired-sounding intern.
Comment by NoOneYouKnow — May 4, 2007 @ 5:10 pm
Not true. That’s the phone number listed on Conyer’s government site. Whatch’a scared of NoOneYouKnow?
May 4th, 2007 at 5:26 pmTP has the wrong part in bold:
“Since I would never question their motives, I have to assume that they spontaneously and simultaneously chose to express their confidence in their leader on the same day last week. I have a copy of their letter, with all the signatures, and it is gfoing up on my wallo. A semi-historic document to pass on to the grandchildren, as a testament to what a dope their granedfather was. I love it.”
That is sarcasm. This looks like he’s saying that it is all somehow rigged and, being contrary to what his opinion on the matter is, must be worthless. The only thing missing is a “snicker” sound effect.
Not convinced? He could just say “I got their letter and indeed have to revise my previously expressed opinion. I will keep the letter to remind me to not pull things out of thin air the next time”.
And.. “David Broder is a gasbag”:
http://shrillblog.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html#5785687622061765032
May 4th, 2007 at 7:51 pmEl Tonno – I hope he was being sarcastic – Harry “Tokyo” Reid is a joke here and a menace to our military abroad…..
BluePup – I’m know David Broder respected the self interest voters displayed in re-electing Mr. Bill. They were hoping the party would go on…. and on….. and on….They just didn’t think Janet Remo would nix a “kill Osama” order or that she would sue Microsoft and preside over the dot.com crash…..The reason for the respect for the re-election of GWB ws due to the change on the international landscape with the renewed terror threat
May 4th, 2007 at 8:13 pmI would’ve asked him, “Do you think Saddam Hussein would’ve taken one billion dollars to retire?”
A situation a real-life progressive pol might’ve pursued.
May 4th, 2007 at 8:50 pm#70 princess valient….
May 4th, 2007 at 8:58 pmWhat “renewed” terror threat?
The terror threat existed,
they were informed of it,
they chose to ignore it (maybe, maybe not)
What do you mean by “renewed terror threat”, as a reason to elect GWB?
How did anyone know that he would want to be the
“terror president?”
This guy is washed up…him and George Will. Maybe fair journalist at one time but they let the repug greed get to them. Now they would kiss chimpy’s ass on stage.
May 4th, 2007 at 9:10 pmActually, Broder might be right here. When so many of us are either doubled over retching in the toilet, sobbing uncontrollably, or laughing hysterically at the latest Repub sexual scandal, it’ll be really easy for BushCo’s Brownshirts to go around clubbing and stabbing us one at a time.
May 4th, 2007 at 10:16 pm…. #74…. And don’t think that they won’t try, down to the last……..
May 4th, 2007 at 10:42 pmNo rest for the defenders of freedom and democracy, vigilance always.
Yup, Raven in total agreement.
The beast always snarls the hardest when it’s being brought to bay, and BushCo is backing into a smaller and smaller corner by the day.
May 4th, 2007 at 10:48 pmBroder only developed a deep respect for the wisdom of those that “chose” to re-elect Bush because he voted for Bush.
May 4th, 2007 at 11:06 pmI have come to have deep respect for the wisdom of the American people, who, in 2004, chose to reelect George W. Bush as president. I have been very critical of his policies, economic, diplomatic and military. But I am unwilling to assume that I am so much smarter than the voting public that I will dismiss as worthless someone they have chosen as president of the United States.
By the same logic, Broder, you should:
1) Believe in God.
2) Believe in angels.
3) Believe the Bible is literally true.
You need to attend church more, Broder. You idiot.
May 5th, 2007 at 12:09 amBroder believes all that crap George. He believes any that is popular. He is a follower and that will never change.
May 5th, 2007 at 12:21 amBroder has had better days…younger and less senile days.
May 5th, 2007 at 12:37 amI hope so kasinca. Right now he might as well be Ronald Reagan.
May 5th, 2007 at 12:45 amThe “wisdom” of the people who voted twice for The Worst President Everâ„¢. Let me lie down and think about that.
May 5th, 2007 at 6:46 amBush was reelected with less than 51% of the vote in 2004. I would seriously doubt the “wisdom” of those who voted for Bush then. In fact, so many of them have had buyer remorse since then, so much so that Bush’s approval ratings have been hovering around 30% for the past year.
Broder is a senile old fool who cannot admit that he is wrong. Washington is full of them.
May 5th, 2007 at 10:30 amBroder needs to be put out to pasture. He is a disgrace to his profession.
May 5th, 2007 at 11:41 amIs the editor on vacation? Typos everywhere…
May 5th, 2007 at 1:09 pmBush won in 2000 because the Supreme Court nullified the voting process in Florida and appointed him president. He won in 2004 because Ohio’s Republican establishment successfully flipped a 3-point Kerry advantage to a 3-point Bush win after the polls closed. Mr. Broder, those are facts.
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