{"id":1893,"date":"2006-06-17T11:06:33","date_gmt":"2006-06-17T17:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/dump-duhbya\/dump-heather\/"},"modified":"2006-06-21T08:36:54","modified_gmt":"2006-06-21T14:36:54","slug":"dump-heather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/dump-duhbya\/dump-heather\/","title":{"rendered":"Dump Heather"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good god, what is<\/em> Heather thinking? All across America, Independents and Democrats HATE Duhbya<\/a>. Do you think his 30% approval rating is bad? That’s after you average in Republicans — among the rest of us, he’s in the teens, if he’s lucky. So, in a majority Democratic district, which, granted, has only elected Republicans, she is gleefully embracing Duhbya<\/strong>. After all the spin about independence, which even Duhbya mouths on stage at her fundraiser, this event — this picture — says it all. Got a problem with Duhbya? Vote Madrid<\/a>! <\/p>\n

As an aside, who in the world would spend $1000 to hear Duhbya speak<\/em>? And $5000 for a photo-op? Some people have more money than sense. mjh<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shake that money-maker!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Heather<\/a>
\n(photo by Marla Brose\/Journal)<\/p>\n

ABQjournal: Bush Pit Stop Nets $375,000 for Wilson<\/a> By Tania Soussan and Leslie Linthicum, Journal Staff Writers<\/p>\n

President George W. Bush praised Rep. Heather Wilson as an independent-minded woman during a Wilson campaign fundraiser in Albuquerque on Friday.<\/p>\n

While about 300 Wilson supporters gave the president an enthusiastic welcome inside the Albuquerque Hyatt Regency, about 200 protesters outside called for Bush’s impeachment and Wilson’s ouster in the fall election. …<\/p>\n

Wilson campaign spokeswoman Anne Ekern said the reception brought in about $375,000. …<\/p>\n

“It should be no surprise to New Mexicans that Heather Wilson and George Bush will again be standing side-by-side today in Albuquerque,” Madrid said, “because Heather Wilson has stood lock-step with George Bush since he was elected.” …<\/p>\n

Gerald Pacheco, a 29-year-old Albuquerque banker, brought his 13-year-old nephew to the event to get a picture taken with the president. But Pacheco said he was there more to support Wilson. [mjh: Oh! So Bush is hoping to get a lift from Wilson, not the other way around!]<\/span> …<\/p>\n

Wilson flew with Bush from Washington, D.C. … The Bushes have made three trips to New Mexico in the last three months. …<\/p>\n

Chris Berkheimer, a 38-year-old Albuquerque attorney and a combat veteran of the first Gulf war, said Iraq has been a disaster and, like many in the crowd, he linked Wilson to Bush in his blame for the result.<\/p>\n

“I’m not opposed to the war on terror,” Berkheimer said. “What I’m opposed to is Bush, with Heather’s help, fighting the war incompetently<\/em>.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The protest moved closer to the Hyatt when Bush arrived and, with baton-wielding police standing guard at the door, a couple of Bush supporters shouting “Remember September 11th!” faced off against the 100-strong anti-Bush crowd chanting “Impeach the son of a Bush!”<\/p>\n

Sigh. “Remember September 11th!” These people are frozen in time unable to think of anything but 9\/11. And they think they are the only ones who remember.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, cries for impeachment galvanize the extremes on both sides and may turn-off anyone who manages to sit in the middle (how they stay in the middle, I can’t imagine). Let Bush run out his days in all his incompetence; let him continue to fuck up; he’ll be the stake in the heart of the Radical Religious Right. mjh<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“New Mexicans deserve a leader who will stand up to George Bush – not stand next to him for fundraisers and photo-ops,” Patricia Madrid said<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bush Brings Controversy And Cash to Campaigns<\/a> By Michael Abramowitz, Washington Post Staff Writer<\/p>\n

Wilson was enthusiastic in her embrace of Bush today<\/strong>, and the president returned the favor in a joint appearance at a downtown hotel here, where he called on New Mexicans to return “a clear-eyed realist” to Congress. He described Wilson as a strong supporter of his effort to “stay on offense” against terrorists in Iraq and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The events Friday underscored how Bush remains a powerful fundraising magnet for GOP candidates, as well as the president’s desire to play a major role in the crucial midterm elections. By the end of the day, the White House said, Bush will have appeared at 39 events for congressional candidates and raised $125 million, more than he had at this point in the midterm elections four years ago. This time, however, he is a much less popular figure, and Democratic challengers are rushing to tie incumbents to the president in a way they did not four years ago.<\/p>\n

“I am sure he’s going to raise her a tremendous amount of money,” Wilson’s challenger, Patricia Madrid, said in an interview before Bush arrived in Albuquerque. “But it makes it difficult for her to appear independent of him.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Good god, what is Heather thinking? All across America, Independents and Democrats HATE Duhbya. Do you think his 30% approval rating is bad? That’s after you average in Republicans — among the rest of us, he’s in the teens, if he’s lucky. So, in a majority Democratic district, which, granted, has only elected Republicans, she … Continue reading Dump Heather<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dump-duhbya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}