Bush not showing at RNC

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Just wondering what your guys thoughts were on Bush not showing to the RNC. It's been a very long time since an incumbent didn't attend the national convention, (1968 I think I heard was the last time it happened). I know there was the convenient excuse of the hurricane situation, but wasn't the real reason because McCain wants to separate himself from Bush/Cheney? Don't you think it was a pretty significant thing that he didn't attend?

This is the only reason. Bush's approval rating is in the crapper. Now the ratings don't mean a damn thing to Bush but they could do alot of damage to the Rep's. The Dem's are trying to portray Mccain as the second (uh, third) coming of Bush. We have all seen the "agrees with Bush 90%" commercials. If you were Mccain, would you want to be associated with GB?