(WSJ / Harris poll:) Bush's approval rating drops (29%)

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2006/05/11/bushs-approval-ratings

President Bush’s job-approval rating has fallen to its lowest mark of his presidency, according to a new Harris Interactive poll. Of 1,003 U.S. adults surveyed in a telephone poll, 29% think Mr. Bush is doing an “excellent or pretty good” job as president, down from 35% in April and significantly lower than 43% in January.

29 is low.

Gray Davis got below 29 and still had a job for a while too.

than Jenna at a frat party.
than the stock price at any company GW ever worked for.
than Arnold Schwarzeneggar's man boobs.

Welcome to D.U.! :hi: :hi: :hi: :woohoo:

:rofl:

that won't be the case. ;-)

The all-time worst numbers belong to Harry Truman (23%), who also holds the record for the biggest range in approval rating. George H. W. Bush eventually sank to 29%. Carter hit 28%, and Nixon was at 24% before he resigned.

LOWER! LOWER! LOWER!

I have faith that he can go the lowest ever!

I remember hearing Republicans throughout the country were labeling him a "comm-youuuu-nist" himself during an enormous "red scare" hate campaign.

Found a very succinct, quick google grab which should cover it:

At first Joseph McCarthy mainly targeted Democrats associated with the New Deal policies of the 1930s. Harry S. Truman and members of his Democratic administration such as George Marshall and Dean Acheson, were accused of being soft on communism. Truman was portrayed as a dangerous liberal and McCarthy's campaign helped the Republican candidate, Dwight Eisenhower, win the presidential election in 1952.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthyism.htm

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I had to add this to remind people Truman's low ratings weren't deserved. He was unlucky enough to absorb a vicious assault from the right-wingers.

A 75 year old woman who is the caretaker for someone in my building and I ran into each other in the lobby one day. She noticed the bumper stickers on the back of my wheelchair.

We each said hello. Then an hour later, we knew we were friends. She periodically pushed articles she found that were quite liberal, under my door.

But the best thing she gave me was a copy of The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman. (He's her favorite president.) There is page after page filled when quotes from him. Those quotes show him to be a very good man w/a boat load of common sense.

Its also a great history of the Democratic party in those times. Truman was an extremely loyal Dem partisan. He believed strongly in the ability of the party to get things done. He didn't always agree with everything done or every candidate endorsed, for example he was opposed to the nomination of JFK for president because he thought he was too young, but he campaigned strongly for him when he won the party's nomination. He was someone who stuck by a decision once he made it, but wasn't afraid to admit when he was wrong. Howard Dean reminds me of him.

Take a stand back then either. Instead they had to prove they were tougher on communism. Harry Truman was said to have lost China to the communists, as if it were a U.S. possession. The reaction got worse in Vietnam as almost every elected official fearful of being called soft on communism said we needed to stop the spread of communism in Asia, and we had a President from Texas who took office under unusual circumstances start a war predicated on lies. No one would stand up and say we are a nation based in the free exchange of ideas. If we were true to our core principles wherein people are allowed to choose their own governments, our government wouldn't have sent guys like me to fight that disaster known as the Vietnam War.
The labor movement that raised living standards for many Americans, and was the engine that drove the middle-class to prominence, was the victim of a smear campaign paid for by the captains of industry as they saw increased wages for the working class as a direct threat to their power to manipulate those less fortunate and more honest. The robber barons saw organized labor in league with the Red menace. Some things never change. Most great fortunes start with a crime.
The current cartel in the White House has taken the lessons learned from every reprobate in history from Machiavelli to Goebbels to Al Capone and used those lessons to impose an odious government on everyone else.
Our pResident is a nut.

too. He was still a WWII hero and railed against Truman. Mac got ticker tape parades upon return and the Rethugs put him in televised congressional hearings. Mac proved he was a total fool re his views on
Korea and presidential power and was quietly slipped away.

But the damage had been done.

He didn't fit the mold of the typical Washington insider (no college degree, etc.) He also wasn't easily bullied by corporations. He wasn't easily bullied by anyone as a matter of fact.

the limbo rock....how low can you go?...

Truman's day.

Carter's numbers I believe.

on his hands that this murderer does.

That's what happens to swill when you leave it in the open long enough.

The remainder is now that crusty ring forming around the glass that's hard to scrub off!

huh? I'm backwash? Fuck that!


LOL. . too much!

(Last scene shows Dubya fumbling with the parachute pack while hurtling towards earth, muttering "How do I open this thing???")

:party:

Party, party, party, party :party:

To-ga! To-ga!

Do ya think?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2270517#2270577
Source:
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The national poll, conducted by Opinion Dynamics Corporation (search), shows that about a third of Americans believe in ghosts (34 percent) and an equal number in UFOs (34 percent), and about a quarter accept things like astrology (search) (29 percent), reincarnation (search) (25 percent) and witches (24 percent)

Right now, neck in neck with astrology, heading towards reincarnation.

of the sheeple "believe in" Catholics. Or perhaps Methodists. Maybe even Hindus.

Believe in UFOs? Flying Objects that are, as of this moment, Unidentified? Hard not to believe in something that we KNOW exists. Now WHAT, exactly, UFOs are, is another matter.

And anyone who doesn't believe in witches obviously hasn't ever met one.

Don't worry, I'll bring my own glass!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2270517#2270652?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2270517


better wear your natty jeans.

dp

:woohoo:

Yes, I would say you are well & truly fucked! :rofl:

Tell ya' what ... I'll bring my own, & the peanuts!

But somebody else gots to do cleanup after! :beer:

Big news pholks!

Or does one sink like a stone into them? :woohoo:

29 and sinking like the dumbass petrock he is.

Still a bit to go before Nixon and Truman. Sadly, if he falls below Truman, he will break Truman's record of having the widest difference in poll numbers (87-23). * was at 90 after 9/11. I don't want him to have any record other than a criminal one.

I like to imagine it with sound effects, special lighting, and maybe a trumpet fanfare. I wonder if Chimpy McCorky still doesn't care about history, polls, etc., now that his position on the turd pile of history is increasingly solid.

into the sidewalk. ;-)

Somewhat akin to Wile E. Coyote running off the cliff with an anvil.

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In fact, there's this really great website that...We're not talking about the same thing, are we...

But seriously, I don't know if it's possible to go below twenty percent. Look at the assholiness of the right wing. I think there will always be at least 20% of the American people demented enough to support this administration.

Governor Doyle is visiting my school next Thursday. Any suggestions?

I believe the correct terminology is assholism. And for a quick metaphorical view of the most corrupt Administration since Caligula, watch John Waters "Pink Flamingos."

I've seen "Pink Flamingoes," but I was so stoned at the time that I really don't remember it. Must put in on the "To Rent" List.

Every time he opens his stupid yapper he loses 3 points.

"10 Degrees and Getting Colder" (thanks to Gordon Lightfoot!).

Or is that the Hindenburg crashing and burning! :rofl:

The next spike was when Shrub flew onto an aircraft carrier and said:

"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." –President Bush, standing under a "Mission Accomplished" banner on the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier, May 2, 2003 (Source)

If it only had a toilet at the right end, it would be perfect.

and after the jury a small prison cell - heck thats being generous - what is the penalty for treason again?

nm

that doesn't always work just right. (Jebbie would know all about that one).

Whatever it is they use in Texas. That seems to always work just fine.

And thanks for the explanation of the Jan 04 (previous post) spike - we were talking about that about 6 months ago and couldn't figure it out.

1) Floundering, and falling, throughout Summer 2001, his approval jumps overnight from the low 50's to 80-90%. All "thanks" to Al Qaeda, making him a "war president".

2) After a stunningly precipitous drop from the heights of post 9-11 back into the mid-50s, he bumps up to the mid-70s after choosing to invade Iraq (Bush to Rove: "Hey, this 'war president' thing really works!")

3) After resuming his precipitous free-fall (really the norm for his presidency), the capture of Saddam allows the "war president" to (barely, and for the last time) break 60.

Leading up to and after an incredibly mean-spirited campaign, mudslinging allowed him to wallow back and forth around 50 for some time, but then, the precipitous decline resumed. You could say he had a bump in January of this year, pushing him back above 40 (so he could get a breath). Amazingly, I would chalk that up to his slew of speeches defending the war in response to mounting criticism. It actually worked, but only to stem the bleeding. Rather than convince anyone of anything, it just gave Americans pause to consider "Okay, we'll give him one absolute LAST chance before we completely abandon him".

He's toast. Track the decline of the past 6 months (easily the steepest of his 6 years) and it's hard not to see it entering the teens before levelling off.

This chart is based on statistics, which show what people are thinking in "reality."

And everyone knows that "reality" has a well-known Liberal bias.

ABC/Post is consistently above the average in approval polls, even more so than Fox! Gallup is high too, zogby nice in the middle.

Typically they interview around 1000 adults by phone, and _if_ they pick them randomly one would expect about 5% margin for error. Current error margin is twice that, some pollsters must be using biased sources.

I knew it would hit the 20s........it was just a matter of time!

So what will it be? Bombing Iran? I think that would make the ratings worse. Will he rocket a building in DC or some metropolis area? Maybe. Will he start mailing white powder envelopes filled with flour to freak people out? Could be.

Love the polls..."Down down baby, down by the roller coaster..."

Throw in rove's indictment tomorrow, today's NSA news, well let me jst say, GEORGIE'S FUCKED!

Diebold.

Till we can throw them overboard, WE'RE fucked. No matter how low these assholes go. they will find a way to steal it again. I hate to be a pessimist, but...I sincerely believe the days of honest, free, and fair elections are forever over in this country. Not that it's gonna stop me from casting my vote anyway - even though I know they will change my vote. I still will vote. They won't shut me up.

Terrrific! And this is from before todays spy boys news! Suffer sucker and worry, yes lots of worry. Ulcers? Gastric distress? Headaches? Love this.

Not quite Mother Jones. This is big time bad for them. Yay!

:toast: :bounce: :popcorn:

to those we hear reported in the MSM (and I mean besides the seemingly several points of artificial inflation)?

The story says it's a phone poll, so the usual polling controls presumably apply.

There's a full story posted at the WSJ website, but it's behind a subscription wall.

I know people get a little uneasy with the word "interactive poll." Let me assure you that this is not just simply an internet poll that can be gang-tackled by a group to really skew results.

Harris was brilliant in recognizing that it was getting more and more difficult to use the traditional telephone to reach out to the population. This is especially true for the younger demos like 18-34 year olds and younger ethnic groups. Plus it is still illegal for research companies to call people for polling purposes on their cell phones. How many of you reading this is a cell-phone only household with no land line? If so, you are not eligible to be in any telephone polling. Therefore telephone polling does not really represent a true picture across the country because there are now millions with no land lines to be contacted.

So Harris knew they had to do something else to try to be represent all the demographics and psycho-graphics. They established over the years a huge panel of people that were willing to be contacted at random for polling purposes. This can include cell phone only households because they gave permission for Harris to call them. They have tens of thousands of people in this huge panel that they contact at random for polling.

It is legit folks. President Shrub is in some hot...well maybe cold water.

Most of the polls are obviously commissioned by businesses and directed at businesses. I get a lot of questions about what shipping companies I use, what kind of telephonic equipment I have or plan to buy, that kind of thing.

When the bad news about Vioxx hit the press, I started getting questions about the ethics of drug companies.

And every once in a while, I'm asked about George Bush. hehehe, oh, yeah!!! I love those!

One thing I've never figured out about the Harris polls, though. They frequently throw in a completely off-the-subject-so-far question or two at the end. I'd say about half the time, no matter what the subject of the poll is, I get to the end and there's a question asking if I think requiring AIDS testing in the workplace is a violation of privacy.

thats a good or a bad thing depending on which college team you like.

I was just looking to post a thread with my prediction that * at long last was going to drop into the 20's early next week!

I hereby revise my forcast. In light of the phone call spying scandal, he will hit 25% by next Thursday.

You heard it here first. :evilgrin:

I always said he had to eat a newborn baby on live TV to go below 30. To be flexible, maybe the placenta. But go to Free Republic. Talk to Bush supporters. Hell, listen to the media. Nothing shakes their faith. Nothing. I don't buy it.

Some screaming impeachment even!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1143161
And this poll is BEFORE the taping revelation.
And just curious: did you buy the 90% on 911? or that he won the election in 2004? 2000?

Believe me, you haven't met anyone who believes less of anything Bush/Rove/Cheney claim. I am a skeptical idealist. Should live in Missouri, I suppose. Your question is a misnomer: You accept this data, yet ask me about election gullibility, and I am the skeptic here, so how does that follow, logically?.

There are 29%. It's the people who used to, who don't anymore, that matter. There will always be psychos and lemmings. How many of them there really are will continue to be revealed as the numbers shrink further. Then we can't point and laugh at them. Hell, let's do that right now. :)

I refuse to believe that one third of this great country is legally insane.

Iranian president must be laughing about this. He goes after Bush and his approval keeps falling.

This isn't right. If you were against Bush you should have voted against him. It isn't good for a country to treat their president like garbage during war time.

I will never understand how bush could have been at 51 percent approval in november 04 and at 29 percent now. His policies are still the same. If people didn't like him they should have voted him out of office instead of non stop bush bashing.

He should resign because he can't govern with the dems blocking everything in the congress and the msm tearing him apart nonstop.

1 posted on 05/11/2006 7:34:21 PM PDT by santorumlite

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1630862/posts

That was hilarious!

"I will never understand how bush could have been at 51 percent approval in november 04 and at 29 percent now."
Someone hand him a penny that goes in a Diebold machine!

To hell with it - I'll just pocket the money instead.

im not quite sure what hes saying but i think i agree with some of it

troll. Shh!

Or maybe not. Freepers are crazy.

Between that, and the spin of the liberally biased MSM, I don't know what to think! :rofl:

in fact it makes me uncomfortable how often they are quoted here but i realize it provides some wild entertainment
and given the direction of things i imagine we have some more wild posts to look forward to

I'm also thinking of getting my own design software for the first time-something like auto-cad or 20-20. I know Mac's have great artistic ability. Any one use auto cad on their Macs?

The MSM is ignoring his fuck-ups as much as they possibly can and he's still at 29%.

The poster was a "troll" so the 29% doesn't count.

Pussies.

Oy vey. The nerve of some people; posting actual facts! :crazy:

"If people didn't like him they should have noted him out of office ..."

Uh - they did, but something happened in Ohio ...

You're actually makin' some friggin sense (never in a million years thought i'd agree with a freeper). He SHOULD resign, and those abandoning him should NOT have voted for him. But they did, and he won't. So live with the consequences, loser.

That is looney on so many levels, I don't even know where to start.

This isn't right. If you were against Bush you should have voted against him. It isn't good for a country to treat their president like garbage during war time.

I will never understand how bush (sic) could have been at 51 percent approval in november 04 and at 29 percent now. His policies are still the same. If people didn't like him they should have voted him out of office instead of non stop bush bashing.

Attention Freepi - he actually WAS voted out. The exit polls were correct. The Diebold, ESS, etc., machines were programmed to switch votes.

Also, is it good for a President to treat the country and the Constitution like garbage at ANY time?

I see him doing whatever he wants and not in the least concerned about opinion. The spying/torture/choosing the worst possible peoeple proves that!

Sweet! Gee Dubbz is going down the can! :party:

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Honking on it and chokin'!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry to go all-caps on you, but I've been fucking waiting for this for YEARS. For YEARS, and it's finally happened, and there's only one direction on this escalator -

DOWN!!!

To: KJC1
Think of the mud the msm throws at bush.

He is to blame for a hurricane. He is a racist because a hurricane hit new orleans.

He is an arab lover because of a business transaction between two companies.

He is spying on millions of americans because he wants to stop another attack.

The MSM needs to be destroyed. Any chance big money conservatives can ever buy the major networks, major wire services, major magazines.

posted on 05/11/2006 7:47:22 PM PDT by santorumlite




:wtf:

:rofl:

low fat or illuminated? either way thats funny

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.. oh man, i need some water. Shit is too funny

he's totally doing satire.

That big money conservatives do own the major networks & news sources...

Rev. Moon runs the Washington Times & the UPI wire service.
NBC (and MSNBC & CNBC) is run by conservative mega-corporation GE
Talk radio is still over 90% conservative
most newspapers in this country endorsed Bush in both 2000 & 2004.
etc
etc

29 BOTTLES OF BEER;

TAKE ONE DOWN PASS IT AROUND NOW THER ARE 28 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL

28 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL 28 BOTTLES OF BEER TAKE ONE DOWN PASS IT AROUND
NOW THERE ARE 27 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL.

...

27 BOTTLES OF BEER;

TAKE ONE DOWN PASS IT AROUND NOW THERE ARE 26 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL

...

Little Lord Pissypants, inspirer of the 29% Nazi set, needs to resign TONIGHT.

And Bushie, take scumbag Cheney with ya, freak.

I feel sorry/concerned for the Dog Barney...he is in danger, should be removed by those animal peeps for safetys sake...

and twirl around several times, releasing the poor dog to slam into a wall.

No wait... that's what King George has done with the country. Whoopsie. :)

How long can he hold out?

Can he do it? With W's unwavering determination and skill, I have no doubt he will. We'll check back in a month...

heh :evilgrin:

I'm outta here tonite - I have better things to waste my time on. This thread is too distressing and disappointing.

I would like to say a hearty "thankyou" to all those who are fighting the good fight without equivocating. We need you more than ever.

All you "separate but equal" "for the good of the party" idiots can go fuck yourselves.

You can have your own party at the Bob Jones Outreach Party, too.

SOME OF YOU JUST HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE AND REFUSE TO SEE IT!

BETTER TO FIGHT AND DIE FOR THE JUST CAUSE, TO FIGHT AND LOSE, THAN TO COMPROMISE ON WHAT IS RIGHT!

I can't follow every thread. But it is clear that W is bombing and his followers are desperately reaching.

They helped screw up this country by voting for him and enabling to wreck this country with a damn good try at wrecking the world.

What he is talking about ?

;-)

Good word selection. Just ask the Iraqis. He's bombed, tanked and tanking. Treasury looting and spying on political adversaries under the color of law have consequences. Drive this junta into the depths of Hades. Rove is ripe for the perp walk.:toast:

as a sub thread.

Same bullshit that we should sit down and shut up about "gay marriage".

I should have responded directly to one of the other posters. My error.

Now that they have all been deleted as a sub-thread, my post naturally would not make any sense!

The moderators should have pulled mine to - it's WAY out of context!

I think the OP is GREAT NEWS!

Just to be clear.

I don't get it??

This is GREAT NEWS...we are celebrating...and this guy seems pissed off? I'm confuzzed...
:wtf: :silly: :crazy: :shrug:

and it appears to be accelerating.

We live in interesting times. Can a government that has so completely lost the approval of the people (and the pretense of legality, and its standing in the international community, and...) continue to govern? And if not, what happens next?

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there's sediment. Drink up Junior!

and feeds his martyr complex...

I strongly believe that the more he is vilified the more he
will swing into his psychotic chosen one mode.

WE ARE IN DANGER.

Hey, I'm all for reading about *'s 29% approval rating. Barring another terrorist attack (real, fabricated, or created), I'm betting that will go down to 20%, though it will likely receive a bounce when troops are withdrawn for Iraq -- surprise, surprise -- a week or two before the election in November.

In any case, I would love to see the headlines read: "* Disapproval Rating Soars to 61%" With a lead along the lines of, "More than 6 out of 10 American's polled disapprove of how * etc. . . "

Oh yeah .... and FUCK YOU GOP ! ...

He's in the 20's now!!

I have faith that Dimson can get the all-time low number ever, which would be 22%...Truman currently holds the lowest, at 23%....at the low-water moment of his Presidency. I'm confident Shrubbie can beat that...and thus, officially be THE. WORST. FUCKING. PRETZELDENT. EVER.

the extent of the spying.

Bush is doing the Limbo... "How low can you go"? Still it kinda' scares me that there is a percentage of people so disturbed that they still think Bush is doing an excellent job and still they are allowed to roam free... shiver!

http://IHateRedState.com

"The only person President Bush needs approval from is Jesus Christ. And based on what I know of the man, I believe he has that. Everthing else is "vanity and vexation of spirit"."

29% and down the toilets vortex to the flushing bottom......slightly visible but going quick...

I also read a comment where a freeper quoted "Render unto Ceaser what is due Ceaser and render unto god what is due god." The freeper interpreted this passage to mean that Jesus would support his country in a time of war. I kid you not.

Pub Mind Theft Squad...the PsyOps Guys...

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There are 21 talking points to ponder. It is meant to draw awareness to creating a dialog with our Legislators, narrowing the gap of the people and the law makers. Bringing focus to issues that matter, yet our legislators fail at holding to any level of accountability. It is an appeal to the people to become involved and to encourage the people to provide support for our legislature in making tough decisions.
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Your Congress needs to hear from you.

Let them know how you feel their job performance is.

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

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They have many issues on their plate that include:

<*>2007 Budget, er... that passed but the wrong bill was signed into law by the president contrary to the law that states that the president must sign the bill, as agreed by both houses. He actually knowingly signed the wrong bill. Maybe you can tell Congress to have him sign the right one before fiscal year '07 begins.

<*>Debt ceiling is headed toward 10 Trillion dollars thanks to the recently agreed upon expenditure bill that includes tax rebates for people that make 27K-47K of a whopping $20. But if you make the top 1% income you get over 40K back. But for most of us, maybe we can write Congress and tell them thanks for the $20 and how it will fill, er...

<*>Gas prices are a sign of something askew with big oil. Maybe Congress can tell us what the energy commission meet about in private with Cheney back in 2001 and if there is any correlation to todays high gas prices and big oil profits. But then, maybe you could contact Con. Frist...

<*>And let Congress know what you could do with a $100 rebate and how many tanks you'll get out of their hand out to bring the nation to a placid security in their hush-money hand out to quell unrest. Oh, yea. That got shot down. But maybe you can let them know how that thinking makes you feel.

<*>Or maybe you can let Congress know how you feel about the man tapped (pun intended) to head up the CIA. The nations Civilian Intelligence Agency. A military man to head a civilian run agency, thus securing a full military regiment at all intelligence agencies.

<*>Or maybe you can let Congress know how you feel about bribery and prostitutes. And no, Abramoff it is not. Again, think CIA.

<*>Or maybe you can voice your concern at the continued death rate of new born infants. The second worse in First World Nations. And maybe remind Congress that infant mortality rates are a red light to the overall health of a Nation.

<*>And speaking of health of a Nation, let them know how prescription drug policy works for your family, or has it?

<*>Or maybe they need to be reminded that Port Security at 100% compliance will ensure 100% effective control of shipping materials.

<*>And maybe Border control is important, both Northern and Southern. However, remind Congress that for the last year tracked (2004), the Federal Government only fined three(3) companies Nation wide for employment violations due to immigrations. That maybe the enforcement of current Federal Statutes, or the lacking there of, is what is enabling the proliferation of unlawful immigrants into this country.

<*>Oh, have we talked about the war in Iraq yet? Do we need to? Maybe they need to know how you feel about the first week and a half of May and the 24 American soldiers that died. Totaling over 2,428 US casualties and over 39,296 Iraqi civilians killed and let them know what you think of the 1000+ Iraqi bodies found slain in back allies this past month. Is it civil war yet?

<*>Or maybe you can tell Congress how you feel about nuclearized weaponry that is being used against the people in Afghanistan and Iraq.

<*>Or you may want to inquire what Congress intends to do to round up Osama bin Laden?

<*>And why the Taliban is on the rise again?

<*>Or inquire from Congress what does "Victory" in Iraq and Afghanistan look like and how can we achieve it through a defined stratigic mission so that we may "Stay on Course" toward this "Victorious Mission Accomplished"

<*>And maybe tell Congress how you feel about America's undiplomatic international policy that has us on the brink of war with Iran for following the Non Proliferation Treaty Act that they signed.

<*>Or maybe let Congress know how you feel about allowing Pakistan and India acquire Nuclear weapons without forcing them to sign on to and follow the very same Non Proliferation Treaty Act.

<*>Or maybe you can let Congress know how you feel about the use of the NSA to tap your phone and trace your E-mails and track your phone numbers. All done without warrants and all done domestically, even though the president assured that warrants would be acquired, that the taps were ONLY international, and targeted at only those involved at terrorism, but unfortunately, none has been the case to be accurate at all.

<*>Or maybe you can let Congress know how you feel about extraordinary renditions and torture or the detention of prisoners without proper representations and held indefinitely.

<*>And Congress needs to know what you feel about leaks from the White House, and the selective declassification standards that aren't adhered to in preference to discrediting a political opponent that had proof that Iraq was not acquiring "Yellow-Cake" Uranium.

<*>Or maybe let Congress know what you feel they should do to account for their disconnect to the Niger "Yellow-Cake" Uranium claim in the 2003 SOTU Address and actual findings by the president and his knowledge of said findings prior to his speech to the Nation.


The platter only holds so much.
And dang-nab-bit, stuff is begging to hit the proverbial fan.
Help your Congress discern this mess and inform them how it affects you.

and I thought the administration ignores reality. This really has no effect unfortunately. They'll continue to screw the USA since they really have nothing to lose and some moron somewhere will still vote "Republican"

and that this is GOOD news, just like three weeks ago?

How low can he go??? :bounce:

The ones he appointed ! HEHE

Oh well, I guess I'll have to settle for this:

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:party: :7 :party: :toast: :party::party: :D :party::party: :toast:
:party: :toast: :party: :woohoo: :party::party::party: :headbang:
:rofl: :party: :D :D :party::party::party: :D :toast: :party::party:
:party::party::party::party: :7 :party::party::party: :toast: :party:

today without the word "terror," by the way? That single word, it seems, is solely responsible for Bush's continued popularity among simple-minded Americans. Without the word "terror," Bush would have no war, no foreign policy, no justification for decimating the Constitution, and nothing to talk about in his speeches. His entire presidency since 9/11, a few observant people are realizing, is really based on just two things: terror and tyranny. And he's using the former to achieve the latter.

My only regret is that I did not buy Haliburton stock in 2001, but damn, I did buy gold at 410, and its at around 700 now!

You have wrecked the dollar, the military, and no doubt have made us less safe than we where pre-9-11.

Your doing a heck of a job Georgey.

(this is not due to incompetance, some people are becoming extremely rich, but the MSM and even liberals have not caught on yet)

I can't figure out why Congress pisses in their pants when the words investigaion of President and impeachment are raised. They are making themselves irrelevant-like tits on a boar hog.

Pretty soon his Momma is the only one who likes him

The way he's going shooting someone in the face would help.

you forget that the top one percent has every reason to LOVE Bush...and they are smart for doing so...Bush is lining their pockets!

TWENTY-EIGHT percent of Americans are dumbasses.

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then in October -- he'll have a suprise for everybody....

Diebold. Big fuckin' surprise. NOT!!!

It's finally starting to get to people. Every penny it goes up now, I expect more of bushes supporters to jump off the ship.

If it reaches $4 a gallon as it's projected I bet he'll go into the teens. Remember, it's nearly June. In 31/2 months we will start seeing colder weather again. Energy prices will soar more than they are now - which is quite high, and the hardcore bushbots will finally realize the economy isn't booming, and they can barely keep the heat on.

I really believe that's the only thing that will turn the people and bush's base completely against him.

PS, It's tornado season. Look how good bush's administration is in a national emergency. All we can do is sit back and watch the disasters and how they look on him and his inept nominations to critical government positions.

Basically, he's stacked his own cards for his big fuckup. I can only guess which of the many major failures he's set himself up for will come in first.

I thought he "couldn't get any lower"

Guess they were wrong.

It must hurt Bush to be at his dad's level.

I thought it would be the CBS poll! Anyway, this is good and it will keep going down.