NBC/WSJ: Bush approval dips below 40 percent (39%) (2006- 49% D v. 39% R)

[Pirate Smile]

Bush approval dips below 40 percent

NBC-WSJ poll shows only 28 percent believe U.S. headed in right direction

WASHINGTON - It has been weeks since Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast; since gas prices began spiking to record highs; and since Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, held her antiwar vigil outside President Bush's Texas ranch. But, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, the fortunes of the Bush administration and the Republican Party have not yet begun to recover.

For the first time in the poll, Bush's approval rating has sunk below 40 percent, while the percentage believing the country is heading in the right direction has dipped below 30 percent. In addition, a sizable plurality prefers a Democratic-controlled Congress, and just 29 percent think Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers is qualified to serve on the nation's highest court.

"Any way you slice this data, I think these are just terrible sets of numbers," said Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted this survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff.

The poll shows that Bush's approval rating stands at 39 percent, a new low for the president. In the last NBC/Wall Street Journal survey, which was released in mid-September, 40 percent approved of Bush's job performance while 55 percent disapproved. In addition, just 28 percent believe the country is headed in the right direction, another all-time low in Bush's presidency.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9672058/

[stepnw1f]

1. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

See that Fweeperz? Tsk tsk tsk.

[FrannyD]

2. Must be the deaf and blind

Who the hell are these 39 %? It is mind boggling these people are amongst us.

[katty]

31. 39 people - not pecent

[Joe Chi Minh]

120. Must be our neocon operatives on here!

[FourStarDemocrat]

76. It will go lower again soon folks WHEN EVERYONE FINDS OUT:

That now they're proposing to limiting or removing the tax deduction for people's first home's and their medical coverage, shifting more of the tax burden away from the rich.


Yeah right, that'll work with the public. I wouldn't be surprised if he's in the 20's once this sinks in.

[Montauk6]

92. Not sure about that, 4-star, I think we hit that plateau

[Joe Chi Minh]

119. Some of our friends on here, that's foreshore!

Fraud in Ohio? What fraud?

Neocon op: "I see no ships....!"

DU: "Only hardships, and they're coming all your way...!"

[deadparrot]

3. Par-tay!

:party:

[arwalden]

4. Whaaaah!

[htuttle]

5. They mentioned that Bush's approval rating with African Americans is 2%

That's Two Percent.

Two. Percent.

It's not in the article, but Russert mentioned it when they were talking about the poll on the NBC evening news tonight.

[Miss Chybil]

11. Shameful. nt

[noahmijo]

12. Who were the 2% Condi and Ms. Cleo?

[malaise]

27. LOL

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I'm throwing a party at 29%.

[AndyTiedye]

33. and

(and 300000 more in the town of Bumfuck Ohio, population 387).

[katinmn]

21. African Americans don't care about Bush people!

There's a big "Fuck you," Bush!

ROTFLMFAO!

[noahmijo]

35. So I guess we can look forward to "Black People Don't like Dubya"

Soon to be #1 at the charts performd by Dubya and The Pretenders!!! (pun intended)

Damn I'm on fire today lol

[katinmn]

45. LOL!

:toast:

[Beetwasher]

55. That's Inside the MOE, I'd Call It Statistical Noise

n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

118. Two Percent includes

Slappy Thomas, Kindasleazy, Armstrong, and Janice Rogers Brown.

Colin was gunna say idiot son's okay, but then remembered that he had rolled over to the grand jury and decided it would be better to vote honetly for a change.

[Jack from Charlotte]

6. Just wait until the big frog-march..... AWOL will drop to below 29%*

[AX10]

7. and the recession next year.

[katinmn]

17. and the 50% increase in heating costs in the Midwest

right around the corner.

* is

[natrat]

29. and rounding folks up for the camps is gonna do wonders

[jaded_at_best]

72. that's what worries me

if things get too ugly, Bush will drop another 911 on us. God have mercy! These people are like scorpions, pure evil and betrayal.

[goforit]

8. He earned it!!!

[Pirate Smile]

14. Here is the next paragraph - they seem surprised. I'm not.

"Strikingly, much has happened in the time between those two polls — many of them seemingly positive events for the White House. The president delivered a prime-time speech from New Orleans, in which he promised to rebuild the Gulf Coast. He also made several more visits to the region, to examine the damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Furthermore, he saw the Senate confirm John Roberts to the Supreme Court, and he nominated Miers, his White House counsel, to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor."

[katinmn]

19. Seemingly positive. LOL.

Maybe the people are smarter than the dumb boob who wrote that.

[Art_from_Ark]

74. Dumb boob is right

He sounds like he just graduated from the Pravda School of Journalism

"Strikingly, much has happened in the time between those two polls-- many of them seemingly positive events for the Kremlin. The Chairman delivered a prime-time speech from Stalingrad, in which he promised to rebuild Chernobyl. He also made several visits to the region, to examine the damage caused by the accident and to announce that local bread stores would be stocked with ten more loaves each day, and every effort would be made to increase the toilet paper supply. Furthermore, he saw the Politburo confirm a man who helped install him as Chairman to the Supreme Soviet, and he nominated another right-hand man to another vacancy in the Supreme Soviet."

[alcibiades_mystery]

23. LOL

As if his asinine speech and so many visits that one wonders what the man does for a living are GOOd things! :rofl:

[Cocoa]

36. I've forgotten all about his NO speech

all I remember is the weird lighting.

[bunkerbuster1]

88. I guess word DID get out about where the power for that lighting came from

y'think?

Honestly, if I were still on the fence about whether I approved or disapproved of Preznit Chimpy at that point, learning that his handlers jetted him in, ran power generators to light up a backdrop, then ran off--I'd like to think that'd make me slip off the fence onto our side.

but what do I know.

[geniph]

57. If those are seemingly positive,

I'd hate to see the things they think are negative. Every time Dimson actually, like, TALKS, his approval rating goes down another point.

"We can all...uhhh...be....ummm....good conservers....droool...."

I can't imagine why, can you?

[katty]

32. yup! guess what bush? you really DON'T run the world

[ismnotwasm]

9. Good.

His "approval" rating needs to be nothing. NO redeeming qualities. I've never seen anything like it. Definetly had the gilded turd syndrome. Anybody that voted for him either didn't see, or didn't care about the turd underneath.

[jamesinca]

52. I wonder if he could out do Taft at 15%

maybe he is trying to do more than every other Republican out there in every category. DeLay gets indicted, he hopefully gets the entire WHIG indicted. Poppy Bush one war, one term. Jr. two wars, looking to Syria for 3, and two terms in office. He is still trying to beat Hoover for unemployment and poverty levels though. He has run past Reagan for vacation days and debt. Number of Americans killed on his watch, well he has them all beat. Maybe he needs that third war with Syria to make sure he surpasses the number killed in Vietnam during Nixon's terms.

[Tom Joad]

10. Bush should appreciate being above 30% while he can....

ain't gonna be there by November. I'm thinkin' upper 20's.

The good news for Bush, most people will never support the death penalty for him, even if he is convicted of his crimes. We Americans are really kind hearted.

[xyboymil]

13. Republicans: This is whats known as buyers remorse.

We tried to tell you this in 2000 and 2004.

We pointed out countless examples of Bushes complete and utter incompetence.

Worst-President-Ever.

Serves you right. :nuke:

[ClintonTyree]

95. Yeah, but WE'RE stuck with him too........

and we were smart enough NOT to vote for the moron in chief. I don't think I can withstand three plus more years of this and I'm certain the country can't. What the hell can be done? :shrug:

[pinniped]

15. Time to roll out the problem solver, Laura.

.

[trackfan]

16. Too bad they'll never preface their stories with "this unpopular

President..."

[bunkerbuster1]

89. Nah, he'll have to spend at least four months in the 20s.

Our corporate media wants SO MUCH for Chimpy to be "popular" again.

(As if he ever really was.)

[Red State Lib]

18. The problem is....

that Bush's 39% approval rating and $3.99 will buy you a gallon of gas. The S.O.B. is entrenched and frankly can do whatever the hell he pleases. At least until 2006. Progressives have GOT to regain some branch of Gov't.

[AZBlue]

34. EXACTLY. Bush & Co. couldn't care less what their approval rating is.

They don't care what the American people think or want - that's been obvious since day one.

[hootinholler]

20. Black people hate Georgie too!

Russert just said only 2% of African-Americans approve of *.

Way to go all y'all!

-Hoot

[Dogmudgeon]

22. TWO Percent

That's lower than the level of mathematical noise -- which is usually 3% for public surveys of this kind.

It means that a full 5% of the Black community is behind Bush. Conversely, it could mean that -1% of all Blacks approve of him.

--p!

[alcibiades_mystery]

24. I ain't saying he's a gold digger

But Bush ain't fuckin' wit no broke n***as...
George Bush don't like black people...


And black people don't like George fuckin' Bush!

[tamtam]

56. Go ahead Bush Go ahead Go Down

Go ahead Bush Go ahead go down.

Thought I would finish that lyric for you. :rofl:

[obiwan]

83. Not too many white people like him either....

I can for sure vouch for that.

[DaDeacon]

86. Ah...Mr. West did say it all! Broke Phi Broke "we an't got it"

[katinmn]

25. Even the sparkles in their mama's eyes (who Bennet would abort)

hate Bush!
:nuke:

[daveskilt]

26. is that 39 or 3.9? get your war on!

[Joe Chi Minh]

122. Brilliant!

Another favourite of mine is no 6 of "get your war on."

The first section of 6 frames is a classic!

"What a go-getter that kid! (Walker). That'll be some ***** college application essay! Yeah, a real self-starter! Why couldn't his parents get him interested in some nice hobbies like sniffing glue, for ***** sake!"

Then, "The entire military might of the United States versus a cave-dwelling maniac and a one-eyed Moslem cleric! This is like Rambo versus the Hobbit!"

But the dialogue in the rest of that mini strip is almost as funny!

[Roland99]

28. Why do so many Americans hate America? They should move to France!

Damn liberal, *-hating commies!

[katty]

30. bush's mugshot on this link-o shit, it's really over

[rpannier]

37. Isn't it obvious

The Wall Street Journal and Pollster Bill McInturff hate scrubbo. They always have. Their questions were tilted against the president.
Ummmm....what other Republican talking points can I use?

[FighttheFuture]

38. I keep wonderin' when the next terra attack will happen to der Homeland...

It would seem inevitable. Yet, that could now backfire. Katrina already asked the hard question WTF you been doin' about preparedness since 9/11. After all, a natural disaster is just another form of terror attack by the bogeyman in the sky.

So, if we have another terror attack, even that like that little (still unsolved) anthrax (strain from a US gov't lab) terror attacks (on Dem politicians and "liberals" journalists) there will be a lot of ugly questions for Bu$hitCo. Heck, maybe even a little people's par-tay at the pResident's place!!

The only reason I can see for it really happening now is they want/need to launch martial law to keep control of their stolen country and raided treasury. These criminals will not leave quietly, count on that!!

[katinmn]

50. They are already lining up to use the bird flu as an excuse to

enact Martial Law.

The media is playing into it quite well, too.

Listen, sheeple. Unless you are handling birds every day for a living in either Asia or Turkey -- you have nothing to worry about. Geeze!

[MadisonProgressive]

99. Not true, Kat

We should all be living in fear right now. Dubya tells us so...

[katinmn]

112. the most fearful thing to me is that there is another Brown-type crony

in charge of any national health care related emergencies. He's a leftover from Tommy Thompson's days at HHS.

How ya been MP?:hi:

[MadisonProgressive]

124. I'm OK - how about you??

[emald]

108. yep, bird flu will be the next 9/11

and then the military will control the us. gonna happen. how else can it go? * is in deep trouble, nothing goes right. he has to make something happen. he is already positing the use of the military, it will happen.

[belle]

125. Yeah, but, um, *what* military?

Not saying they couldn't make it miserable, but consider: they can't even keep Iraq under control, and they're all over *there*, and it's a lot smaller...

[CAcyclist]

123. Yeah, we don't have to worry about an election in 2008

There isn't going to be one. One pretext or another will make Bush declare martial law.
Our only real chance is to get a Democratic congress in 2006 and then maybe we can get them to impeach him. That, or insurrection.

[YDogg]

39. Who are these 28 percenters?

I live next door to a couple, and see others around town, but I'll be damned if any of them are my friends. Nobody I know personally has anything nice to say about the way the country is being run into oblivion.

[HockeyMom]

40. Woman I work with

Voted for Bush and called him a "good Christian man". BUT she is also from NO and even she is now BLASTING him.

[YDogg]

43. The tide has turned a bit among some I know who used to fawn ...

... over bushco. I just don't run into people who are actually openly pro-bush.

[MadisonProgressive]

100. Too bad they can't differenciate between

a good Christian man and a good man.

[Geek_Girl]

53. they all live around me

Me mother inlaw, co-workers neighbors and ex-friends. I live in Freeper-ville south east TN.

[cwydro]

63. damn, I know at least TWO

of these idjits where I work...pretty sure the others hate him, but a couple never talk about politics...so it's hard to tell. And ONE of these Bushit supporters...when my radio was on with bad Iraq news...said, "Oh turn that off, who wants to hear it?" I think that says it ALL.

[Nitrogenica]

41. OMG OMG

[bluestateguy]

42. Anf that's a corporate poll too

Imagine what the real results must be.

[oxbow]

70. Bush’s approval rating actually may actually hover between 40 and 45 perce

Ther last paragraph in the article:

"And while McInturff thinks that Bush’s approval rating actually may actually hover between 40 and 45 percent, he says that’s still problematic terrain from which to govern. "It is a very difficult place to be.""

Why do I find this hard to believe? Oh yea, it's Republican pollster Bill McInturff who's doing the lying, I mean talking. What a maroon. No matter how you spin it, the boy king is going down, ladies.

[Prodemsouth]

44. The 49% shows us just how lame the Democrats are for 06.

There is no excuse for that number with all these scandals. I have not seen them get over 50 in any poll. The Democrats really need to get focused. Most people only know they are weak on defense and will not trust them to Govern durning war. They need to address that issue and find a way to sell themselves to voters on security issues.

[stevietheman]

49. Considering where Dems used to be, I think this number is great...

and can only grow from here.

[Prodemsouth]

54. Only if they help it grow and I don't see any evidence of that

happening right now. They are still thought of as the Pink Tutu sissycrats who will not fight. They better change that image fast- if they want to be in charge of any house in Washington. I see small gains only right now at best. I am no defeatist elitist- and I want them to win- but I don't see them trying to correct a public perception of weakness.

[Red State Lib]

93. You are correct

They sure as helll won't fight. My elderly Pops was an AA for a Dem Member of the House for 28 years and he cannot get up the stomach to fight these bastards.

[Red State Lib]

90. where the Dems USED to be...

is in control of all three branches of governent.And it hasn't been that long ago since the GOP begged, borrowe3d and stole all three. So relative to those times, our numbers suck....

[Rainscents]

46. What, you mean, people are finally waking up?

I couldn't imagine that! :sarcasm:

[Independent_Liberal]

47. 39% eh?

What other disingenuous president had that approval rating at the height of a major scandal?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

60. Nixon's approval rating went up for 8 months after the Watergate break-in

In June of 1972 Nixon was at 57% approval and the following January of 1973 he was up to 68%. It wasn't until the summer of 1973 that Nixon hit 39% during the height of Watergate.

[Art_from_Ark]

114. Don't forget that Nixon also got 60% of the popular vote in Nov '72

He got the high approval ratings in January '73 'cause he brought the boys home from Viet Nam then. But as you point out, it was downhill from there.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

117. Correct

And, if I'm not mistaken, the economy was on an upswing at that point in time also. Both of these factors helped shield his approval rating from the damaging effects of Watergate. However, in the end his house of cards came crashing down all the same.

[stevietheman]

48. Break out some champagne! Cool. n/t

n/t

[LatinoSocialist]

51. when 70% of the country

is solidly against you, is it ok to start calling Bush an unpopular president, or even better, a tyrant who wields power against the wishes of the great majorities of Americans.

What a moment of coincidence...i just finished watching The Return of the King, and Bush's falling numbers are about as apt a comparison to the falling of the Dark Tower of Sauron's eye.

[geniph]

58. Once both the National Enquirer and the WSJ smell the blood

in the water, it's all over but the feeding frenzy.

[meganmonkey]

59. Yay!

I think I'll pour me a drinky! When it goes below 30% I'll break out the good champagne

:toast:

[PurpleChez]

67. I'll have whatever * is drinking!

Bwah-ha-HAA. Rot in hell you old bastard.

[progressoid]

61. Why do they hate Amurika??

[Bigmack]

62. Anybody got comparison charts......?

.... of other presidents? I know Clinton was always up there, but how about some direct comparisons with other presidents at this point?

[cwydro]

64. I heard on AAR

that his approval is the lowest recorded for any president since they began polling...is that true?

[JohnnyCougar]

69. no

There have been plenty of presidents below 39%.

Maybe they were talking about reelected presidents, or maybe they were talking aobut Ohio Governor Bob Taft.

[llmart]

65. Haven't read this thread yet (I'm tired..........)

but BWAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.

Take that all you Repugs who thought he was so wonderful. Had enough yet? Yeah, I thought so. Oh, but wait until those ole' heating bills start coming due soon. You'll love the Repugs even more.

[RedstDem]

66. Here's More Proof

28 % Of The Population Are Complete "Morans"

[democrank]

68. This is very, very bad.

Who is bringing down our president`s numbers? Those same sexists who have gone after Harriet? Terrorists cells in Nebraska? People trying to ruin Bush`s uniting?

[jaded_at_best]

71. what I want to know

is WHO are these people making 39%. What kinda of bigoted, torture-loving, ignorant SCUM could still support this antichrist?

[Borgnine]

73. They're out there.

These are the people who get their news from Rush, Fox News, Hannity, and the pulpit.

[blue state liberal]

80. They're out there still.

The husband of my best friend is a retired businessman whom I have known many years is one. His wife and daughters hate Bush but no - not him. A couple of months ago I put together a packet of several excellent articles copied from the internet (SC and others) which I thought that once he read them he would maybe begin to see the light.

I put them in the mail and waited to hear from his wife. She read them but he wouldn't even glance at them.

And this is an intelligent (??) well read (reads all the newspapers)man from a blue state. Well, that ended my attempt at his conversion!

No way will I ever try again. That subject is forever closed, What a moron!

[Demeter]

75. Exactly WHY Should His Popularity Recover?

He's not doing anything differently, let alone better. His empire lies in ruins, and the jackels are picking over the bones of his partners in crime.

[The_Casual_Observer]

87. It would take something akin to a second coming of Christ

to improve his standings. He is finished. The war in Iraq will continue, the economy is going to collapse, it is his personal fault.

[yorkiemommie1]

77. i think the History Channel is trying to shill for him

lots of stuff about 9 /11 on lately. may be a sneaky corporate way to keep the fear factor stoked.

[Zynx]

79. People really don't care about that stuff anymore.

Terrorism has almost become a joke. A good comparison I think would be back in England in the 1680 period there was a HUGE fear of a Catholic plot against the government back then, mostly ill-founded, and eventually it became a joke. The same is true more recently with McCarthyism and the red scare. Eventually, these things move to a point at which people make fun of them.

[mellow]

78. Popularity of Nega-Bush rises to 62 percent ... :P

Trekkies will like this one ...

Popularity of Nega-Bush rises to 62 percent

...

"I like him better with the beard," said new Bush supporter Noam Chomsky. "Of course, almost any change would have been a distinct improvement."

Like other goatee-wearing Republicans, the talented Bush was thrown into our universe five days ago, after a collapse of the alternate-reality bubble of his polar opposite. (Full story)

...

[Admiral Loinpresser]

81. Norm Ornstein made an interesting point on Franken

the other day. For the first time the number of people strongly opposed to Bush exceeds the number who strongly oppose him. I believe he said it's upper 30s vs upper 20s.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

82. Correction strongly oppose vs strongly support. n/t

[Carolab]

84. Which is exactly why they need to push for martial law.

This bird flu "pandemic" is being hyped up JUST for that.

[Dr Fate]

85. Remember when the Liberal media refered to us as "Ten Percenters"

???

[Red State Lib]

91. Proud 10 % er

Yo Doc Fate...that 10% label refers back to the beginning of the Iraqi War (Part 2) launched in March of '02. 90% of the public was in FAVOR of the bullshit. The rest of us were 10%ers. I remember where I was and thought I might have to fight my way out of this restaurant amid chants of USA, USA!. Patrons changed their orders from typical mexican fare to raw meat and blood. I took out an atlas and considered Canada....;(

[mamalone]

98. another proud 10%'er

and even though I live in NY state I live in an extremely conservative, rural area which is almost universally red. I am surrounded by Bush-worshippers. During the election I saw maybe half a dozen Kerry signs in the entire county...but man-o-man when you saw one of those signs, or a bumper sticker, or button, it was instant bonding time, lol. Canada is right over the border for me, and it is *very* appealing...my teen daughters dream of emigrating.
Ya know what..people talk about Bush's "bullhorn moment"...am I the only one who was repulsed by that post 9/11 scene? It seemed so fake, so managed to me, and yet so lacking in dignity..but then again, everything about this man has repulsed me from the first time I ever laid eyes on him, so what do I know?

[Red State Lib]

103. Oh Canada!

Before we emigrate to Canada lets us get a pink volvo, plaster it with "I voted for Gore" stickers and drive it acrosss Texas. Hell, I'm form Alabama, those
"All hat - No Cattle" Texans don't phase me at all, haha....

[mamalone]

111. Yay! Road trip!

Speaking of "I voted for Gore" stickers..I took my "Women for Kerry" button and put the little sticker I they gave me after voting on it....the button now says "I voted for Kerry":D I saved it in case I wanted to travel abroad...but methinks I should start wearing that button every day now, LOL!

[ClintonTyree]

94. DU Constitutional scholars.......

is there anything in the Constitution that would prevent a recall election? I know it's never been done but we cannot tolerate 3+ more years of this administration. I realize it may not be a good idea to recall him because of future ramifications, but the thought of this country being lead by this moron for three more years is unthinkable. The country needs a new course and a new leader.
What would it take to have a national recall election?

[ElectroPrincess]

96. IMO, if the whorish USA media didn't front for him ...

Bush's popularity would tank into the negative and we'd start impeachment processes.

Good thing the USA Corporate Media Whores seemingly led by CNN's Wolf Blitzer in the "Shit-Stain" room are here to keep the people frightened (Bugga bugga BOO! Here's more Terror and Flu!), complacent (inane reality shows and moral filth - Desperate Housewives) AND mesmerized (sexy stories of missing or murdered WHITE girls)==> DUMBED DOWN!.

I'm beginning to despise the USA Cable Media's blatant spewing of disinformation INSULTING and UN-American! Where the hell is our Fourth Estate? Answer: The foreign press.

Evil bastards! - CEOs who make the calls and their whorish butt boys and girls who obsess on such USELESS drivel.

[MadisonProgressive]

104. You've got a dirty little mouth there, EP - and I like it!!

[ElectroPrincess]

107. Yes, I'm not proud of my blunt and gutter expressiveness ...

But when you want to get peoples' attention, I've discovered that have to bring it on down to the deepest rock layer. And yes, Wolf Blitzer and all his compadres have earned that alternate name "shit-stain room" vice the la dee da - oh so lauded "situation room."

BTW, I don't use such potty language to express myself in person. Not my style albeit I can be brusque (but no swearing or sexual put downs) with folks who cross me. :blush:

Thanks for the complement, I think. ;)

[liberal N proud]

97. Saw this on NBC Nightly news last night

I was nearly dancing in my living room, with every poll number they reported it looked better and better.

[DUBYASCREWEDUS]

101. YIPPEEE!

How low can you go????? Too bad the Presidential election wasn't held this year. Although the same suspects would have rigged the results like they did last year somehow the public would have had a harder time buying it this year. Perhaps then real election reform would have begun. In the meantime I just love ribbing those Dumbya supporters I work with! It keeps getting harder and harder for them to tell me why they still support that Moron!

[AussieDave]

102. Sorry kiddos, but this don't mean squat

unless it translates into big Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress next year. Polls in non-election years are one thing, actual votes in actual elections are another.

[MadisonProgressive]

105. It means more than squat

It's a indicator of the way people may vote when the time comes.

[AussieDave]

106. Indicating and actually doing are two different things

If these polls are an accurate indicator of voting intentions then the Repukes should be handed their asses on solid gold platters next year.

I'll believe it when I see it.

[johnlal]

109. We're stuck with that 39-43%

On Bush's lowest ebbs he usually gets to about 40-45%. This shouldn't shock or surprise us. We all know republicans who make excuses for Bush even on issues like Abu Ghraib. We see people who still have Bush/Cheney campaign stickers or "W the President" stickers on their car, just above the chrome Christian fish. These are the people who thought that Terri Schaivo was leading an active lifestyle, that Darwin was insane, and that our Judges are out of control. These are the people who agree with Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly that there is a liberal bias in the media. They belive in the reasons for the Iraq war (whatever they might be).
The scary thing is that they compose 39% of America.

[warrens]

110. Think the Dictatortot will take the hint?

HAHAHAHA, just kidding. You gotta hit that punk over the head with a 2X4 just to get his attention. Their plan, I think, is to do their best to destroy the country, and they'll keep going full-speed until they're dragged out of the White House.

[valerief]

113. That's no dip. That's a plummet!

[maxrandb]

115. HeyDems!! Now is the Time to Hit them Again! and HARD!! n/t

[trogdor]

116. Rec'ing this.

That brings you to 20 recs., promoting this thread to three stars. Booya.

[UrbScotty]

121. Time to raise the terror alert (nt)