Comments on: Rove’s “Rally the Base” Strategy

By: elendil

elendil — Tue, 09 May 2006 23:44:58 +0000

Garfield has officially jumped the sharkM (link to wikpedia).

God I love wikipedia. Not only is there an 18 page entry on the saying “jump the shark”, there’s also a note at the top highlighting that the article ‘contains original or unverified research’. The Internets is a beautifully place.

By: Timmah420

Timmah420 — Tue, 09 May 2006 06:07:13 +0000

Wow, these people really do believe in “stay the course.”

By: dAVE

dAVE — Tue, 09 May 2006 02:37:28 +0000

Hey – I thought Rove was heading up the Gulf Coast rebuilding. Damn! Now what’ll those poor people do? I’m sure it was going so well, and was going to be completed under budget and ahead of schedule. Now what?

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 09 May 2006 01:47:37 +0000

Turd Blossom is still drawing a paycheck as White House deputy chief of staff, right? Still has his office and security clearance? Yet as of this year his main job is helping Republicans win Congressional elections, not crafting Administration policy. Shouldn’t he be working for the RNC instead of posing as a civil servant?

By: J. A. Baker

J. A. Baker — Tue, 09 May 2006 01:33:32 +0000

Is it just me, or does Garfield get even more amazingly unfunny every year? Let me guess, it's the 10,000,000,000th consecutive strip of Jon trying to get a date from some random girl on the phone, right? To me that was a sign that Jim Davis had run out of ideas and needs to hang up his art tools. Garfield has officially jumped the sharkM.

By: J. A. Baker

J. A. Baker — Tue, 09 May 2006 01:06:01 +0000

Local hate-kook radio here has turned completely against Bush on immigration, and is all about building a wall. Melior, that wouldn't be the infamous trio of Mark, Ed and Sgt. Sam on KLBJ, would it? (The LBJ stands for "Liberal-Bashing Jingoists" in this case.)

By: aka Gratis

aka Gratis — Tue, 09 May 2006 00:20:18 +0000

Karl Rove is a magic man. He’ll have those freaks cowering in their basements from fear of attack by brown immigrants and they’ll come out just long enough to vote. And if that doesn’t work, well, there’s always invading Canada (The New-and-Improved Hotbed of Terrorism).

By: Ginger Yellow

Ginger Yellow — Mon, 08 May 2006 22:59:09 +0000

I agree it’s insane, but what else do they have to rally the base around? More gay-bashing? Where’s the constitutional amendment they promised last time? Invading Iran? Is that really popular with anyone who isn’t as insane as Yoshida? More tax cuts? How the hell are they going to get that through Congress with $400bn deficit and a bigger increase in the national debt than all other presidencies combined?

By: JK47

JK47 — Mon, 08 May 2006 16:41:31 +0000

Rove’s strategy is the same it’s always been:

1. Appeal to racists and homophobes
2. Throw a bone or two to the Jeebus freaks
3. Steal as many votes as possible

It’s a time-tested strategy.

By: itwasntme

itwasntme — Mon, 08 May 2006 16:28:45 +0000

AND he’s wasting fuel and your tax dollars by flying on Air Force One, apparently. Is this non-partisan business or not? I think his briefcase is full of blackmail material for each of the “friends” he’s seeing…extortion info easily available to him from CIA/NSA since he has clearance for everything, no?

By: elendil

elendil — Mon, 08 May 2006 15:05:20 +0000

At stake is not just what remains of Mr. Bush’s hopes of making a permanent imprint on policy, but also whether Democrats will have a platform to define his presidency for history

*zooo-oom!* Hey guys, guess what I’ve got? A newspaper from the future! It’s from 08 May, 2015, and you’re not going to believe this, but Bush’s obituary is on the front page. Cause of death? Suicide. Hah!
… [flick, flick, flick] …
What the-? Is it just me, or does Garfield get even more amazingly unfunny every year?

By: BillyD

BillyD — Mon, 08 May 2006 15:05:08 +0000

Ruppert-mania is really runnin’ wild here at Sadly, No! Yeah brother – remember Gary’s 3 demandments: Train hard, say your prayers, and build a wall along the border.

By: ghosts of infamous Sadly No Trolls of yore

ghosts of infamous Sadly No Trolls of yore — Mon, 08 May 2006 14:30:24 +0000

Gary, we’ve come to rescue you and scare the liberals away from their cozy den of iniquity.

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 08 May 2006 14:04:46 +0000

It’s past Gary’s bedtime. Allow me. [Ahem] What we should really worry about is building a wall around this country that will keep out all the homosexuals.

By: melior (in Austin)

melior (in Austin) — Mon, 08 May 2006 13:49:49 +0000

Local hate-kook radio here has turned completely against Bush on immigration, and is all about building a wall.

By: Sexy Sadie

Sexy Sadie — Mon, 08 May 2006 13:36:31 +0000

[quote] …and it’s the surest sign yet that this administration has grown incredibly desperate. [/quote]

We can only hope.

Hah, I beat Gary to the first reply! Suck it, Gary (you know you want to)!