Bush, unlike Kerry, has shown he is not willing to share a ticket with a rival more appealing than he is.
SF Gate article
Which perhaps explains keeping Cheney on the ticket. It may be quite difficult to find someone less appealing.
Toward the end of a long campaign day in Pennsylvania last Friday, George W. Bush had one of those primal moments of joyous aggression that come to all good politicians. He was talking about John Kerry's vote last year against the $87 billion appropriation to support the troops and begin the reconstruction of Iraq. "Only a small, out-of-the-mainstream minority voted against the legislation—and two of those 12 Senators are my opponent and his running mate." The crowd booed lustily, but Bush was not done. He cited Kerry's now infamous quote: "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it." The President paused, chuckled and said, "That sure clears things up." Then came Bush's moment. "The American President," he said, slowly, percussively, chin out, finger stabbing the air, "must speak clearly and mean what he says."
Time article
That's funny.
Bush dyslexicon aside, let's have a look at the implications of those statements:
1) A minority vote means you are wrong (with us or against us, pal).
And, by omission from the list of what is incumbent upon a president when speaking,
2) He can lie all he wants.
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