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By Amanda Terkel on Nov 29th, 2007 at 9:45 pm

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Total number of times the Republican candidates said President Bush’s name during last night’s two-hour CNN/YouTube debate.

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34 Responses to “4:”

  1. Bobwurst says:

    How many times was Hitler brought up?


  2. athinker says:

    If they haven’t been already, all the republican candidates should be asked: “Overall, do you think George Bush has been an effective president?” Then they should be asked what specifically he has done that has been effective or ineffective. But they shouldn’t be allowed just to say some things he did were effective and some were not. “Do you think he has been an effective president?”


  3. katy says:

    i watched part of a debate on cspan a while back… charlie rose was moderater, the right was represented by none other than karl rove
    and jeb bush… when charlie introduced jeb (first), he made NO mention of the man’s brother who just happens to be the
    WORST PRESIDENT EVER…

    i thought that was telling…

    fyi – http://www.regent.edu/events/debate/about.cfm


  4. Badmoodman says:

    I watched the whole thing and heard Bush’s name used twice, and not favorably. God, I need a life.


  5. Bobwurst says:

    how many times was 9-11 mentioned?


  6. Marie says:

    Of course they don’t want to be associated with the worst president this nation has ever seen.


  7. Badmoodman says:

    What’s important is that for the umpteenth time in all these GOP debates, Rudy repeated his muddled mantra of how the Democrats in their debate never use the word Islamofascism.


  8. helenahandbasket says:

    Any bets on whether the g.o.p. will invite bush to speak in prime time during their convention?
    I put the odds at 5 to 1.


  9. jb says:

    W the leader of the GOP War on Democracy. One more year. One more year. One more year…….will we ever have America back….even with a Dem for POTUS?


  10. jb says:

    The GOP crop running for POTUS are not so stupid that they want to be associated with the best that their own party could off. What a bunch of bat shit crazies.


  11. Zooey says:

    Chimp-free debate.


  12. jb says:

    Correction. thats party could offer, not off. sorry for the typo


  13. jb says:

    Did any of them have a mystery box on their back under their jackets?


  14. 29percentofusarestupid says:

    hey cold_hard_left, your logic is just plain desperate and tragic.. What reason would those in a republiCON debate have for bringing up prominent members and ‘former’ presidents of the opposition party? As say bringing up the name of the CURRENT “appointed” resident of the White house OF THEIR OWN PARTY? (You know, the one you all march in lock-step to… THAT guy) And the B. Hussein Obama swipe.. … What is this supposed to do? Evoke and inflame the not-so-hidden bigotry for anyone not named, Biff, Muffy, or Chad?? Trasnparent and pathetic. (straight out of mann coulter’s playbook … and way past tired).


  15. Above the Clouds says:

    Bat shit crazy will be the operative work watching these dullards who call themselves “conservatives” and “values voters” pretend Guiliani is really “the one” because he can beat Hillary. Any day now we will see Pat Robertson come out and declare: “To hell with abortion, gays, guns, and God–Guiliani will keep America safe-just like Bush.”


  16. jb says:

    They are either with W or…..oh never mind.


  17. jb says:

    W may not have been mentioned much, but he was there in spirit. PUKE.


  18. Lefty Patriot says:

    How many times was Jimmy Carter mentioned? A. Gore? Kerry? J. F. Kennedy? W. J. Clinton? B. Hussein Obama?

    Comment by cold_hard_left — November 29, 2007 @ 10:10 pm

    wow, you’ll pull a muscle with a stretch like that. Weak.


  19. shaun says:

    how many times was 9-11 mentioned?

    Comment by Bobwurst — November 29, 2007 @ 10:08 pm

    not sure – but rudy is still getting a lot of mileage out of it


  20. ForTruth says:

    ColdHardLeaf

    That’s hilarious!


  21. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    wow, you’ll pull a muscle with a stretch like that. Weak.

    Comment by Lefty Patriot — November 29, 2007 @ 11:33 pm

    He’s definitely pulling something, and I suppose technically it’s a muscle.


  22. VerbalKint says:

    CHL, #15 put it well. It really stinks of desperation. You grow more pathetic every day you post here. Why don’t you just spare us all and crawl back under your slimy rock? If you leave now you won’t be spared the shame of crawling away on election day next year.


  23. frenchfries says:

    They keep mentioning Hillary, instead. Why talk about the last president – let’s talk about the next one.


  24. Bobwurst says:

    CHL,
    what about Chester A. Arthur and James Polk??? Huh! Maybe your buddy clarence told them to shut up!


  25. Perry logan says:

    Just seven years ago, the Republicans were celebrating permanent hegemony over America. Now their party is dead.

    The Democrats could put up a dog turn in 2008 and still win.


  26. Dumb_Fox says:

    BMM at #4 is correct.

    The CNN transcript has 4 mentions of Bush, but only 2 by the candidates. One is from John King, one is from Grover Norqist, one from Rudi (advising Bush to strengthen the dollar by cutting federal spending. WTF?), and one from Thompson in reference to failed immigration reform.

    There were a couple of references to the “president”, but the from the candidates’ mouths… Bush got only two mentions. And notably, two more than Cheney.


  27. Dave C says:

    Correction. thats party could offer, not off. sorry for the typo

    Comment by jb — November 29, 2007 @ 10:35 pm

    I thought it was aptly put the first time. GWB is the best that their own party could off. I wish they’d get to it already & off the guy.


  28. Above the Clouds says:

    If the leading Republican presidential candidate used tax-payer money his people hid in different accounts to fund his adulterous affair, how many MSM news outlets would’ve run lead stories and for how many weeks would the stories dominate coverage.

    By the way, jdc, these aren’t “debates,” they’re forums for these clowns to spout panel-tested talking points. FOX’s O’Reilly and Hannity are “news men?”


  29. Lefty Patriot says:

    What’s the point of your foolish dreaming, jdc? If the dems had the stupidity to appear on a channel that went to court to affirm their right to lie to their viewers, they would deserve whatever reatment they got. Fox viewers are lied to by the Republican machine every hour of every day; it’s their policy.


  30. Menehune says:

    Poor Carol Costello–banished to the back closet of the Situation Room. I think the final straw was when she challenged a Republican senator–don’t remember which one–on the faulty intelligence that got us into Iraq. They found the need to cancel her show and bring in the O’Brien puppets after that. I used to like her–but she has since drunk the Kool-aid. I guess they convinced her how tough it is out in the world for an out-of-work 40-something female newsreader.


  31. Bobwurst says:

    “I don’t know if CNN is plagued by arrogance, stupidity or jdc”
    The same can be said of you.


  32. Age of Rifles says:

    “I don’t know if CNN is plagued by arrogance, stupidity or jdc”
    The same can be said of you.
    Comment by Bobwurst — November 30, 2007 @ 9:14 am

    While you could just stick with ‘dumber than a brick’.

    Get back to your broom, bobo.


  33. Bobwurst says:

    re 36

    oh yeah, well you’re as dumb as a republican troll! so there you big meenie.


  34. Age of Rifles says:

    Bobo…I TOLD YOU to get back to your broom!

    Move boy, or Ima goin’ to takaway yur crayons!



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