Rep. Tom Davis: Bush has killed ‘the Republican brand.’
By on Mar 16th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Rep. Tom Davis: Bush has killed ‘the Republican brand.’
Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA), who is retiring this year, tells the Washington Post: “You have a very unhappy electorate, which is no surprise, with oil at $108 a barrel, stocks down a few thousand points, a war in Iraq with no end in sight and a president who is still very, very unpopular. He’s just killed the Republican brand.”
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If all Bush was murdering was the GOP, that would not be a bad thing, but he is taking the entire nation down as he goes down in flames.
March 16th, 2008 at 12:24 pmSchumer and Dodd on Fox nuz Sunday comparing bush to hoover….that’t rich.
it gets worse for him though as the title of this thread indicates. Soon you won’t be able to find anyone who supported this disaster….but we will remember.
From the washington post article a statement from a republican:
Losing the Hastert seat was ringing the death knell for the conservative agenda…….finally.
March 16th, 2008 at 12:27 pm“He’s just killed the Republican brand.”
This is no surprise. Everything this schlepstone touched his whole life turned to crap. From his failed oil businesses Spectrum 7 and Harkin to the United States of America. Fortunately for progressives his list of disasters also includes the republican party!
March 16th, 2008 at 12:27 pmWell, it seems to me that Chimpy McCodpiece finally did something right!
Long live the chimpy war criminal! (In prison, that is!)
March 16th, 2008 at 12:35 pm….and the Republican brand helped Busch ‘kill’ the Country and Constitution.
_AIO_
March 16th, 2008 at 12:42 pmToo bad it took these Republican representatives so long to catch on. I suspect that it may be too late for many of them to save their jobs. Oh well, couldn’t happen to more deserving persons. I hope that every one of them lose their job in November.
March 16th, 2008 at 12:43 pmDavis doesn’t give his own peers enough credit.
March 16th, 2008 at 12:44 pmThe real surprise is that the American people ever allowed these people to acquire such power.
They are proven to be corrupt as a group and their repeated error of instilling incompetent cronies into powerful positions is no longer even in dispute.
Whether you agree with nader or not(I don’t), you have to admit that giving republicans this much power has shown the American people what would happen under these circumstances…..a disaster for our country.
Republicans, Back to the minority where you belong. You serve no purpose except as a balance to the benifits of progressivism.
March 16th, 2008 at 12:44 pmBush passed very unpopular years ago…I have no words to describe what he and his administration have done. I feel like the Indian with a tear running down his face what they have done to America and Americans. And I can’t forget the Iraqi people and their lives….what a tragedy.
March 16th, 2008 at 12:49 pmAll the bootlicking, lockstepping, sycophantic, moronic imbeciles deserve to be thrown out of office. There is obviously a massive disconnect between politicians, and what the general populace is thinking.
March 16th, 2008 at 12:50 pmNow that GDumbya has “killed the republican brand”, the pressing question is what we will do next as a nation. This has me quite concerned as a person who is fiscally conservative and socially progressive. Given the state of our economy, the incoming administration and the Congress will have limited latitude with regard to spending and changes in tax policy will be necessary but not sufficient. At some point, tax increases do, in fact, become counter-productive in a recession.
We absolutely have to disengage in Iraq; however, what else can be done in order to set the ship on a proper course? Thus far in this campaign season, I have heard a lot about what we don’t need to be doing - - that is McSame’s intention to be Bu$h III. On the other hand, I am not satisfied that either Clinton or Obama have really outlined an alternate course.
March 16th, 2008 at 12:51 pmDoes anyone else wonder what will it take to remove this beyond evil administration, NOW.
March 16th, 2008 at 12:52 pmYa know, after 3 days you’d think the kinks would be smoothed out here at TP. But no. Now, it tells you you’re too fast posting AND it dumps what you’ve written. Is Michael Brown running the show?
March 16th, 2008 at 12:55 pmWho cares!? The most important news is Obama’s funny middle name!
March 16th, 2008 at 12:57 pmOur only hope of sanity, Commander Fallon has “resigned”. Truly the inmates are running the sanitarium.
March 16th, 2008 at 12:58 pmThere’s going to be some pain tom, but this time the rich will share in the pain…it’s that simple.
March 16th, 2008 at 12:59 pmIt needed killing.
Chalk up another one for the Chimp.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:01 pm“Badmoodman Says: Is Michael Brown running the show?”
Heck of a job at TP., Brownie!
And who had the bright idea to ‘fix’ what wasn’t broken?
_AIO_
March 16th, 2008 at 1:03 pmThere’s plenty of blame to go around. One needs to look no further than the toadying bootlickers in congress who all too happily continue to be obstructionists in the effort to do nothing more than score useless political points.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:04 pmFrom the Wash. Post article. The repubs seem to think they have a shot at the presidency in 08:
With bush’s popularity at or below 20%, the country clamoring for a change of direction for the country at 80%, etc….etc.
How can there be a poll that reflects what the quote above states? Has anyone seen polls that say mcCain actually is in the running for this election?
March 16th, 2008 at 1:07 pmlegitimate ones that is.
Sorry - the Republican right sunk the brand. Pandering to every person who calls themselves a Christian from the right. and then those same people break the same Commandments they are meant to keep (http://angryafrican.net/2008/03/09/breaking-the-commandments-republican-style/)
March 16th, 2008 at 1:07 pmSo no. Bush didn’t stuff the brand. The Replicans did because of their own stupidity of doing ANYTHING for a vote. If you make people hate each other enough they will start hating you at some or other stage. Hate breeds hate. Moral corruption breeds moral corruption.
Fred - results depend on who pays for the poll.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:10 pmtexaslady Says:
Fred - results depend on who pays for the poll.
That’s what I’m thinking too…..I’ve seen no poll that I trust that is showing mccain even close in a contest with either of the democratic contenders.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:16 pmI think mccain was the only one that wanted it. The Repubs know this year will be the loser for them. But the Dems might be able to throw it away with both hands. I am not a Hillary fan but we do need someone tough.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:24 pmNot only has the Nazi Chimp destroyed the Republican brand, but him and his band of thieves killed their own citizens on 9/11. Thus prompting a “war on terror” which is detroying our economy, our national spirit and our respect in the world.
The Nazi Chimp is an elitist posing as a “everyday kind of guy that you’d want to sit down and a have a beer with” : this image was created to destract from this blueblood origins. This Kurrent Krime Kabal installed at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a metasticized cancer on America.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:29 pmBush didn’t do it by himself. Every GOPer is an accomplice.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:34 pm“He’s just killed the Republican brand.”
well, see, there is SOMEthing we can thank him for…
March 16th, 2008 at 1:36 pm…
jb Says:
Bush didn’t do it by himself. Every GOPer is an accomplice.
Funny to watch them try to distance themselves from it. Like the vichy French trying to blend into the population. I know the ones around here who have supported this and I won’t forget or let them forget.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:37 pmWhile I think its highly commendable that TP does indeed concentrate on the issues the Administration and the Republican Party have, the infighting within the Democratic Party is an issue which has been largely neglected here. It has reached a level that makes it into a problem for progressives, because it may well lose them the coming general elections.
I agree with the notion expressed here, that this at least is one of Mr Bush’s finer moments. On the other hand, hey they have the Clinton campaign working hard to hand the Presidency to McCain.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:39 pm“Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.), chairman of the NRCC, said the committee has turned a corner and, after almost a year in the red, has a positive cash balance and has rooted out internal corruption.”
Hrmph!! What good is a positive cash balance, pitiful as it may be, when it takes $2.1mil to lose one congressional district? (see Math 101) When the Treasurer of the NRCC gains unitary executive power over the money, whose fault is that Chairman? The audit hasn’t been completed, they have no idea how much money has gone missing and yet they’ve already rooted out the corruption? Yeah right. (see Accounting 101)
March 16th, 2008 at 1:40 pmdoro as in doro bush ? What finest moment has dumbass george ever had? I must have dozed off and missed it. And 80% of us would vote anyone in other than a Repub.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:49 pmWhen will we hold these lying traitors accountable? voting them out is an excellent start, but they deserve real punishment for their crimes.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:51 pmhmmm… from fred @2… another rep.:
Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.). … “He’s just killed the Republican brand.”
a new republicRAT meme going around?
something to assuage the other RATS? … how? i don’t know…
March 16th, 2008 at 1:52 pmdoro repubs are the king of smear and dirt…mccain vs bush 2000. Dems at least do not go after children.
March 16th, 2008 at 2:01 pmIt is so amazing to see how God finds a way to bring a nation to its knees! This time he gave all the power to GWBush so that he run around like a schizoid freak with a very sharp razor in his hand. He has torn this nation and the world to shreds! Our economy, our democracy, and how the world perceives the US as nation, have all been torn to shreds. Yet, he stands so proud and so triumphant-looking in his photo-ops! Personally I would be ashamed of having screwed up so royally! Nothing has worked under Bush. Failed war, failed economy, failed policy! Our inability to stop him goes to show how divided and confused we currently stand as a nation. The Bush shredding-demolishing machine runs on GREED. Apparently there’s no way to stop it!
March 16th, 2008 at 2:07 pmAnd still people want to shake bush’s hand…unbelivable !
March 16th, 2008 at 2:11 pmRepublican brand only???????!!!!! The USA has no credibility nor sympathy around the globe because these criminals! If they ever have any intention in restoring the USA, they must imprison the entire Bush administration and some of them executed for War Crimes. Only then the World community will beging to take the US seriously.
March 16th, 2008 at 2:14 pmIt would be bliss if he had killed the republican brand only…
March 16th, 2008 at 2:16 pmTP’s new system is buggy.
I posted once on another thread, about five minutes ago. I also just posted a comment on this thread, and got a “slow down, you’re posting too fast” error message.
This system sucks.
March 16th, 2008 at 2:17 pmAnd I see sacopenapa just posted twice in a couple of minutes.
I reiterate:
This sucks.
March 16th, 2008 at 2:18 pmI’m sorry, but Rep Davis is wrong. “He” didn’t kill the brand. They killed the brand. Cutting social programs since 1995. Endless tax breaks for multi-millionaires. Religious and socal hypocracy. Enormous increases in earmarks. Bridge to Nowhere. A rain forest in Iowa.
No, sorry Mr Davis, but you and all the power mad hypocrites destroyed you brand.
March 16th, 2008 at 2:24 pmDont forget the architect thats advising McSame to do more of the McSame.
I posted on the thread above this and am now getting the ’slow down’ message on another this thread. The timer is irritating.
March 16th, 2008 at 2:31 pmDavis, shut up and stop yer whining. You and your cohorts stood by and let Bush do this so man up and accept responsibility.
You could at least show some remorse and be concerned about the country as a whole and not just the damned Republic Party. Grow up and man up.
March 16th, 2008 at 2:42 pmdoro Says: at 1:39 pm
While I think its highly commendable that TP does indeed concentrate on the issues the Administration and the Republican Party have, the infighting within the Democratic Party is an issue which has been largely neglected here. […]
I agree with the notion expressed here, that this at least is one of Mr Bush’s finer moments. On the other hand, hey they have the Clinton campaign working hard to hand the Presidency to McCain.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/ has finally come around to addressing this problem fairly well…
also - C&L makes the Guardian’s: ‘The world’s 50 most powerful blogs’
very cool… i spent too much time there yesterday, perusing the selections…
but, i think it might be too much to ask of ThinkProgress to delve into the democratic campaign at this time… whether admitted to or not, there are ties to hillary - everybody knows it… however, i have it on good authority that TP “cannot endorse, will not endorse, or give the appearance of endorsing” [any candidate]. “It has zero to do with hillary.” but “for tax status reasons.”
so, ok… i’ll allow that TP doesn’t wade into that mess…
there ARE plenty of other topics to choose from - and TP does them VERY WELL.
even if they didn’t make the list… it’s still my favorite site…
March 16th, 2008 at 2:47 pmWho cares!? The most important news is Obama’s funny middle name!
No, the important thing is some out of context quotes that his pastor said over the 30 years he preached.
Those are all to be attributed to Obama now. You know, guilt by association. Unfortunately that only works if you are a Democrat.
Anyone wonder why no one went into some of the controversial things that Mike Huckabee said during his years as a preacher?
March 16th, 2008 at 2:47 pmhowever, i have it on good authority that TP “cannot endorse, will not endorse, or give the appearance of endorsing” [any candidate]. “It has zero to do with hillary.” but “for tax status reasons.”
Oh really, then why doesn’t that apply to other sites like the Huffington Post, Kos and others?
No one is expecting TP to endorse a candidate. But their ignoring the controversies that have come up regarding Hillary, or even for that matter, Obama, is inexcusable. It’s like we are only getting half the story.
March 16th, 2008 at 2:49 pmDoro - still waiting for you to define bush’s finest moment. Remember we suffered through his playing at being a governor.
March 16th, 2008 at 2:57 pmSorry, but it is not the republican brand that has been ruined - it is the entire conservative ideology that has bee discredited. Where we are now is the direct result of a conservative president and a rubber-stamp conservative congress giving him everything he asked for.
March 16th, 2008 at 3:04 pmtexaslady, I could be wrong….but I took that post as sarcasm as the poster went on to discuss the infighting within the Democratic Party…..also the link on her name is to:
http://www.tpzoo.wordpress.com/
Which is a progressive blog also….
It is sometimes easy to misread a persons meaning here where you can not see the nuances of facial expressions, etc.
March 16th, 2008 at 3:04 pmUS Second to Eurozone
March 16th, 2008 at 3:22 pmGeorge H. W. Bush’s cokehead son has managed to reduce the US to the second largest economy after the eurozone. Bush was second best all his life, and has managed to make America second best.
http://www.juancole.com/
March 16th, 2008 at 3:22 pmTesting freedom of speech
March 16th, 2008 at 3:25 pmtexaslady Says:
March 16th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
doro repubs are the king of smear and dirt…mccain vs bush 2000. Dems at least do not go after children.
texaslady,
Doro was being highly sarcastic — Bush’s finer moment being the destruction of the Republican party. Her link takes you to TheZoo. I promise we haven’t gone over to the dark side.
March 16th, 2008 at 3:26 pmPres Bush might have “killed the Republican brand”, but he didn’t do it alone.
He had plenty of help from people, like Rep. Davis, who went along with all the harebrained schemes cooked up by the “crazies” in the White House. Every single crack pot initiative that floated out of the Oval Office was defended by him, too. I would even bet Rep Davis still supports “the mission” in Iraq -whatever the bloody hell that is supposed to mean anymore.
Davis is using the same old time-honed Republican skill to shift the blame, avoid taking responsibility for the sorry state of affairs, and acknowledge his complicity in taking the nation along for the ride.
March 16th, 2008 at 3:34 pmDaTruth Says:
March 16th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Because Bush and those like him live in a bubble. They only care about money. Getting it any way they can; stealing, conniving, lying, killing, law changing, contract kickbacks, etc. The only thing they do is organize spy games, war games, terror games, power games and then pull out the wedge issue list to cover it all up. They don’t give a damn about the economy or jobs or gays (because most of them seemingly are) or abortion or high gas prices or health care or anything else important to normal people. They only care about using the money we’re forced to give them so they can in turn give it to their partners in crime under the guise of a government contract. Then come the kickbacks to the banks in the Caymans. Bush seems to think of himself some sort of hero with his swagger, smirks and smug attitude. Everything he’s ever been involved with has turned to shit.
March 16th, 2008 at 3:35 pmGeorge Bush, destroyer of worlds, war criminal and embezzler.
Rep. Tom Davis: Bush has killed ‘the Republican brand.’
Translation: It wasn’t me! I didn’t do it! I was just standing here. Of course, I said yes to everything that was asked of me, but I was just being a good
March 16th, 2008 at 3:37 pmGermanRepublican.bilbo at 2:49 pm - i don’t know that answer… CAP related, probably…
disappointing, but understandable… there are plenty of other sites covering it…
…
f.y.i.:
Seder On Sunday at 4pm (E)
Today.. no new primaries but Obama still picks up delegates– wipes out Clinton’s Ohio net gains
The Panel:
From UnClaimed Teritory Glenn Greenwald
From Center For American Progress Christy Harvey then…
From No Comment at Harper’s on The Spitzer sting Scott Horton
Then third hour Guest…Jonathan Steele,author ofDefeat: Why America and Britain Lost Iraq
and the Weekend Watchdog: with Bill Scher
my favorite show…
March 16th, 2008 at 3:42 pmHow could I have forgotten to mention in my earlier post that he sure as hell doesn’t care about democracy here or in Iraq or anywhere else for that matter. Lying criminal bastard!
March 16th, 2008 at 3:46 pm.
“Rep. Tom Davis: Bush has killed ‘the Republican brand.’”
What Rep. Davis meant was:
“I’m ashamed of my leader’s actions. It has hurt the Party.”
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March 16th, 2008 at 4:14 pmOh yeah sure. It was just Bush. He was the sole source of every terrible policy and the trashing of the constitution. Yeah, I’ll buy that.
March 16th, 2008 at 4:19 pmAbramoff, DeLay, K-Street, Teri Schaivo fiasco, Mark Foley, the Permanent Republican dominance - those were typical of the Republican “brand”, since the 1980’s. Georgejr is the logical outcome of all that hubris - he didn’t ruin the Republican Brand, he personifies it.
March 16th, 2008 at 4:36 pmtexaslady, relax. I was being sarcastic. I should have made it more clear. Bush’s finest moment was destroying any notion, except within the helplessly insane, that neocon ideology brings anything else but destruction. He made the Republican Party into something resembling Voldemort after his first encounter with Harry. This bears within the danger that they may yet rise again. And the way the Clinton campaign is handling this, they may well speed the process of recuperation up. Remember McCain is considered an electable candidate by many Democrats even. God forbid, but he may win, if this infighting goes on. I hope this helps to make my position clearer and sorry for upsetting you.
March 16th, 2008 at 4:58 pmTom should know about killing a brand, he did his part as the Chair of the NRCC in 2002. Their current fundraising scandal where the Treasurer made off with $1 million or more started under Rep. Davis’ watch. Tom Reynolds, Tom Cole and Eric Cantor did their part in ignoring basic nonprofit governance oversight. The current accounting scandal is an indictment of Republican leadership.
March 16th, 2008 at 5:09 pmOne more time, limitless greed for power crumbles over itself.
March 16th, 2008 at 5:12 pmBout time somebody did. Why did he wait so long?
March 16th, 2008 at 5:15 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
March 16th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I think the answer may be IOKIYAR.
BTW, Obama’s church minister today said that the former pastor preached 300,000 minutes on the record in 20 years, and the media took three 30-second sound bites to assassinate him and the church.
March 16th, 2008 at 5:20 pmBush’s legacy is killing whatever brand/institution/company, now government, he gets his sticky bottom-boy hands on.
March 16th, 2008 at 6:08 pmSomething about the TRUTH setting one FREE MUST have been at play here with the Congressman!
http://OsiSpeaks.com
March 16th, 2008 at 6:19 pm“Bush has killed the Republican” interesting moment of honesty from a Republican.
March 16th, 2008 at 6:30 pmBut what’s behind that statement, how did he kill it?
His actions are doing unbelievable damage to the American economy.
He and his people are incredibly dishonest they lie, spin, cherry-pick and distort every time they open their mouths. their lies will eventually cost the taxpayers trillions of dollars and have brought death and misery to millions.
He and the people around him have also shown a mind-boggling level of incompetency.
The GOP cannot place all the blame on Bush.
March 16th, 2008 at 6:37 pmThey’ve created this monster.
And he did not singlehandedly destroy the Republican party.
He got plenty of help from Drunken Fool Dick Cheney, Jack Abramoff, Denny Hastert, Tom Foley, Larry Craig, Duke Cunningham, Heckuva job Brownie, Bob Ney, Karl Rove, Lyin’ Scooter Libby and a host of other buffoons, perverts, charlatans, liars, thieves, scam-artists and nut cases too numerous to list.
“He’s just killed the Republican brand.”
Sorry, Mr. Davis, but the Republicans did that. You could have stopped him a long time ago, but you let him do whatever he wanted with your total support. Blame yourselves, too.
March 16th, 2008 at 6:45 pm“He’s just killed the Republican brand.”
March 16th, 2008 at 6:48 pmYeah, and cancer has made Marlboro unpopular too!
Maybe if Tom Davis had not been a Bush rubber stamp for the last 7 years he wouldn’t be saying these things today about the Republican brand. There often are unintended consequences when people don’t do their own thinking and simply follow along. Tom Davis, you got what you bargined for, like it on not. You share a great deal of responsibility for not speaking up during these last 7 years. Yes, you got what you deserved. Now live with it.
March 16th, 2008 at 7:10 pmThe Republican party has become more like a cult than a political party.
March 16th, 2008 at 7:12 pmTheir playbook resembles something out of the old Soviet Union or one of the old Fascist parties with it’s win at all costs cult of personality, media control and propaganda, inability to admit mistakes,appointments relying on party loyalty rather than competence, condoning of torture, glorification of war and accusing political opponents of being traitors, unpatriotic or enemies of the state.
I have a suggestion that could improve the Republican brand image. Impeach Bush/Cheney. If you can’t do that, you’re just as responsible for trashing yourselves, and our country.
March 16th, 2008 at 7:56 pmTime for a funeral. That brand is dead.
March 16th, 2008 at 9:50 pmThe Republican “brand” and thousands upon thousands of Iraqis. Which is the greater tragedy Rep. Davis? Your “brand” or untold human suffering?
March 16th, 2008 at 11:43 pmHe got that right. They lost me. Now I hate the Republicans just as much as I hate the Democrats.
You have to be a corporation or brain dead to like either party.
March 17th, 2008 at 12:56 amDone killed the Republic too. And his fleas have killed Consumer with their toxic debt. She was a good old dog, may she rest in peace. The world will miss her.
March 17th, 2008 at 3:12 amWho cares about the brand? they killed 3,000 American citizens on 9/11 and the media doesn’t care.
March 17th, 2008 at 5:45 am“He’s just killed the Republican brand.”
Gee, ya think?
March 17th, 2008 at 6:53 amActually, Nixon injured it, Reagan put it on life support and bush pulled the plug. Couldn’t happen to better bunch of hypocrites.
Nah, you are still full of hate so you are still a republican.
March 17th, 2008 at 8:41 am#79
March 17th, 2008 at 8:41 amThank you Brently for speaking the TRUTH.
Yeah, but he didn’t do it all by himself. Bush had a LOT of help.
March 17th, 2008 at 2:53 pmRep. Tom Davis (R-VA), who is retiring this year, tells the Washington Post: “You have a very unhappy electorate, which is no surprise, with oil at $108 a barrel, stocks down a few thousand points, a war in Iraq with no end in sight and a president who is still very, very unpopular. He’s just killed the Republican brand.”
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Gee, Davis — YA THINK?!?!?
And guys like you helped him do it, Davis, because you could always have at least tried to do something to rein him in and you chose not to — so you can’t just blame Bush. You also have to blame yourselves.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:19 am