WP: (Kurtz) Second-Term Blues

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/06/22/BL2005062200565.html

Second-Term Blues

By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 22, 2005; 9:42 AM

In the five months since he took his second oath of office, what has George W. Bush accomplished?

Well, there's the law to make it harder to file for bankruptcy, and the lawsuit-limiting law, and . . . umm. . . .


All right, let's face it. Bush has had a rough go of it lately. But isn't it too soon for the media to start suggesting he's a limping lame duck? The president won a tough reelection battle last year and we're writing him off before July 4?

The catalogue of Bush woes is well-known. Things in Iraq are not going swimmingly, to the point that the GOP congressman who named the House's "freedom fries" is now talking about an exit strategy. The Republican-controlled House has defied Bush on stem cells. He hasn't put the brakes on federal spending. He hasn't gotten John Bolton's nomination through. His Social Security plan has gotten so little traction that GOPers are now talking about linking it to another issue, such as protection of private pensions. And he's putting off his plans for tax reform.

One argument, mounted recently by Fred Barnes, is that Bush's poll numbers have dropped precisely because he's taking on tough issues like Social Security. Well, maybe. But approval ratings in the low 40s are like catnip for political reporters who want to make sweeping pronouncements about why a president is in trouble. If such approval ratings happen in the first term, the underlying question is, "Can He Recover?" If they happen in the second term, it's "Is He Still Relevant?"
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1. Awww... Don't discount Our Leader!

He's not irrelevant! He'll do just fine! He's ...gggabble mookle floosh...


(The rest of Kurtz's words rendered inaudible by his fellating of the president)

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2. Howie Kurtz: What A Dick Bag

"All this still seems a bit premature to me, considering that the president's party controls the Hill, he's likely got a Supreme Court vacancy coming up and crises always pop up that require presidential handling. But the prognosticators are off and running."

Howie you dumb fuck. The fact that Chimpy's party controls the hill and HE STILL CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE supports the contention that he's a miserable failure, you idiot. And what's this? "crises always pop up that require presidential handling" A little wishful thinking on your part you fucking whore??? What a ghoul you are. You can't wait for LIHOP part II can you? You piece of shit. It's not reassuring that this miserable failure, brain dead fuck is in charge of this country when a serious crisis might pop up. Look how good he did w/ the last crisis: Failed to warn us, OBL still out there and then got us into this nightmare of a war that's going to destroy this country. And you, you piece of filth, are hoping for another crisis so your boyfriends approval ratings can come back up??? I hope you die a painful death you sack of scum.

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3. CNN like Fox News

Lately I've noticed that CNN is becoming more like Fox News.