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Thursday, May 31, 2007
DeLay Says Conservatives ‘Suck’ as Communicators
Former House Republican Leader Tom DeLay lavished praise and a touch of envy Thursday for the “impressive” grassroots coalitions, voter outreach and coordinated media strategies assembled by Democrats and liberals.
Speaking of fellow conservative Republicans, the hard-charging Texas partisan said the movement was bereft of ideas and organization.
What’s more, “As communicators, we suck,” said DeLay, who resigned from Congress amid ethics controversies just months before his party lost the House and Senate majorities in the 2006 elections.
DeLay touted his new book “No Retreat, No Surrender” and his efforts to spark a conservative coalition at a conference run by “Campaign & Elections” magazine. He predicted that unless conservatives “get their act together” soon, the next president will be Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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Crawford vs. Kennebunkport
President Bush loves Crawford, Texas, any time of the year.
His spokesman Tony Snow, not so much.
Q-and-A today concerning Bush’s upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin:
Q: Tony, why is the president inviting Putin to Kennebunkport rather than Crawford? And will Bush 41 talk with Putin about problems between the two countries? What is the relationship with Putin?
SNOW: Well, first, his relationship is personally good. It is honest, and they understand that the countries have differences.
The answer to your first question is if somebody asked you where would you rather be in July of 2007, Crawford or Kennebunkport, alright?
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Hot Air
“Some significant news” on global warming, is what spokesman Tony Snow promised in today’s pre-G8 summit speech by President Bush.
The news? Meetings.
“The United States takes this issue seriously,” Bush said in a Washington speech. “The new initiative I am outlining today will contribute to the important dialogue that will take place in Germany next week.”
The mission is to set “a long-term global goal for reducing greenhouse gases.” The deadline is “by the end of next year.”
And that means meetings.
“To help develop this goal, the United States would convene a series of meetings of nations that produced most greenhouse gas emissions, including nations with rapidly growing economies like India and China,” Bush said.
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