Bush at 36%, how low can he go?

[Sylvester McBean]

We caught Saddam because someone squealed on him. Someday the same will happen to Bin Laden.

And how is your side of the fence doing in the war on terror? (Sending any "peaceniks" over to "understand" the terrorists and become hostages?) You and your DIS friends are busier attacking our President than you are the enemy.

peacenik? you haven't read my posts. I'd personally spill the guts of any al-quaeda scum with my bare hands. I voted for W twice. he lost my support a couple of years ago. I think anyone with an open mind can add up the agenda of his lame duck term and see that his best interests don't jibe with the rest of the country's or the rest of the world. I'm a libertarian, so my last vote for W wasn't one of confidence, it was one of anti-Kerry. I made a mistake.

and as far as someone 'squealing' on Bin Laden, that huge monetary carrot has been hanging out there since September 12th. still no takers.

 

[Planogirl]

I agree that clearly the Republicans are the NOT the party of the fiscally conservative. I bought into that fairy tale myself for many years and thanks primarily to Bush and his cronies, I've gotten a chance to see true massive spending.

 

[FreshTressa]

Exactly!

 

[JoeEpcotRocks]

peacenik? you haven't read my posts. I'd personally spill the guts of any al-quaeda scum with my bare hands. I voted for W twice. he lost my support a couple of years ago. I think anyone with an open mind can add up the agenda of his lame duck term and see that his best interests don't jibe with the rest of the country's or the rest of the world. I'm a libertarian, so my last vote for W wasn't one of confidence, it was one of anti-Kerry. I made a mistake.

and as far as someone 'squealing' on Bin Laden, that huge monetary carrot has been hanging out there since September 12th. still no takers.

I have an open mind. I'd vote for a third term for Bush if he was eligible.

 

[LuvDuke]

Shame on you.

Yes over 1300 died, mainly because the dikes were breeched, not just topped. The decree of danger was therefore much higher.

The President has accepted responsibility even though there is plenty of blame to go around at all levels, especially at the local level. A year earlier, a hurricane just missed them, and they knew they were not ready then.

Oh geez.........."The President has accepted responsibility"........big eff'ing deal. Who's been held accountable? Who's been fired for the mistakes they made?

Accepting "responsibility" for ones' actions without suffereing consequences for those actions is BS public relations. And people like you swallow it whole. However, the rest of the American public has caught on. Just not the Bush orgasmatron 34%.

 

[LuvDuke]

Everythings hunky dory in the country, except for that little boost
to $9,000,000,000,000 for the government's debt limit.
So much for Republican theory of being "fiscally conservative".

I wonder when the ecomomic wizards in the bush administration are going
to start giving the American people the truth about their budgets by putting
the funding for the occupation in Iraq into the budget.

Truth!?!? The Bush administration?!?! Whatever you're smoking, pass it over to me.

Or maybe we ought to ask Joe to pass whatever he's smoking over to us.

 

[Mugg Mann]

Truth!?!? The Bush administration?!?! Whatever you're smoking, pass it over to me.

Or maybe we ought to ask Joe to pass whatever he's smoking over to us.

Judging by his posts, it's either frankincense or myrrh in his pipe....
Now there's a couple of drugs that definitely induce hallucinations and paranoia when improperly used!

 

[LuvDuke]

Have no fear! With polls this low what is one to do?? Hmm let me think. How about bombs away in Iraq? I know we were told the mission was accomplished three years ago but hell he has gotten away with one lie after another. Let's kill some more and show how tough we are on terrorism. Maybe his polls will go up? Bloodletting is good for that!

Oops, it looks like major combat operations weren't over in Iraq 3 years ago.

Of course, the "Cold warriors" and the pre-9/11 strategists who truly make up the Bush administration call in the big guns, give the mission a $0.90 title, and will call it a great success in a week or so. And the Bush faithful will carry the water once again.

Start the countdown on my mark............now.

The guerilla fighters who make up the insurgency will melt back into the general population and start up again when the time is right. That's the nature of guerilla warfare. Obviously, the lesson wasn't learned in Viet Nam. Then again, how could it? During the Viet Nam war, people like John Kerry were getting shot at while Bush was getting bombed in Texas and Cheney was getting his 5 deferments because he had "other priorities".

Btw, will someone please pass on to Joe the fact that the insurgency is made up of Iraqis and not foreign terrorists as he wants to believe. He still believes "We're fighting over there so we don't have to fight them over here".

Other than causing more American/Iraqi deaths and the torpedoeing of more American tax dollars, it'll be Iraqi business as usual in 3 weeks to a month.

It's time to get out. Murtha is right. The US has done everything that can possibly be done militarilly. It's time for the Iraqis to either win it all or lose it all. And, btw, the American troops better keep an eye on those Iraqi troops with their new and improved American supplied weapons. A little Shiite-Sunni revenge might be in the air.

And what was this new Iragi unity government doing during "Operation Swarmer"? They met in a 30-minute session to come to some agreement and then went home. Wow!

 

[LuvDuke]

WE are fighting 3000 terrorist and their supporters.

(You prefer more terrorists??)

They want to die for their "cause" and we are glad to help them. I hope those 72 virgins are as heartless and ugly as they are.

No, we are not fighting 3000 terrorists "and their supporters". The Al-Qaeda fighters and the insurgency are 2 different entities and their goals do not mesh. The Al-Qaeda terrorists are fighting for jihad and 72 virgins, and the insurgency is fighting an occupying force because they want their power back. And the US military is in the crossfire between the 2 of them.

And, please, will someone else pick up the baton in the marathon relay race called "Operation Cut-the-BS-Joe.". It's starting to get tiring.

 

[TnKrBeLlA012]

I have not read much of the thread but my thoughts are I don't believe Bush cares what polls say. I think he does not let poll numbers dictate his policies. I voted for Bush and I believe in the choices he makes for the country. The biggest problem is the hate the media has for the man. I have to use my own mind and not be swayed by what I see on tv. I would always hope the President of our country would not dictate policies based on what is going to give him high poll numbers. His job is to do what is right for the country based on information he has. I'm sure there is alot we don't know. I have faith in our President.

 

[LuvDuke]

I have not read much of the thread but my thoughts are I don't believe Bush cares what polls say. I think he does not let poll numbers dictate his policies. I voted for Bush and I believe in the choices he makes for the country. The biggest problem is the hate the media has for the man. I have to use my own mind and not be swayed by what I see on tv. I would always hope the President of our country would not dictate policies based on what is going to give him high poll numbers. His job is to do what is right for the country based on information he has. I'm sure there is alot we don't know. I have faith in our President.

The few, the proud, the 34% and dropping.

 

[Charade]

I have not read much of the thread but my thoughts are I don't believe Bush cares what polls say. I think he does not let poll numbers dictate his policies. I voted for Bush and I believe in the choices he makes for the country. The biggest problem is the hate the media has for the man. I have to use my own mind and not be swayed by what I see on tv. I would always hope the President of our country would not dictate policies based on what is going to give him high poll numbers. His job is to do what is right for the country based on information he has. I'm sure there is alot we don't know. I have faith in our President.

The Press "pressed" the Whitehouse press secretary if Operation Swarmer was called for by Bush just to boost his ratings. Of course it was!!! Did they really need to ask? This just shows you the contempt they have for him.

 

[Charade]

The few, the proud, the 34% and dropping.

The few, the proud and the gloating...

 

[LuvDuke]

This just shows you the contempt they have for him.

Absolute, complete, earned and richly deserved.

 

[punkin]

The few, the proud, the 34% and dropping.

As a great Republican once said "you can fool some of the people all of the time."

 

[Tumbleweed]

The world thought it was wrong for the Soviet Union to invade the
eastern European countries because they honestly believed socialism
was the best way.

Aren't we doing the same thing? Invading countries to force democracy
on them because "we" believe it's the best way? What's really interesting
is that we're not a democracy; we're a republic.

Because we have thumbed our nose at the UN and the rest of the world; because our trade deficit is growing and China is fast becoming the new
super-power; because we are terribly depeleted by the Iraq War that
should never have been (No WMD's), I see a tumultuous world at the
brink of WWIII.

Whatever happened to the ideals our country was based on? Freedom
of religion? As long as you agree with the religious extremists!

 

[DawnCt1]

The world thought it was wrong for the Soviet Union to invade the
eastern European countries because they honestly believed socialism
was the best way.

Aren't we doing the same thing? Invading countries to force democracy
on them because "we" believe it's the best way? What's really interesting
is that we're not a democracy; we're a republic.

To compare a representative republic with democratically elected representatives to the Soviet Union's "socialism". (interesting word, it was totalitarian communism) makes your arguement rather vacant. Isn't "forcing democracy" an oxymoron? It giving people a choice, something that they never had under Saddam. So no we are NOT doing the same thing. We removed an evil dictator who invaded a neighboring country, tortured and murdered his own citizens and did have WMDs. We know because he used them on his own people.

 

[Sylvester McBean]

he had to work hard for my utter contempt, but he's earned it. he's a cute little muffin-head.

 

[DawnCt1]

No, we are not fighting 3000 terrorists "and their supporters". The Al-Qaeda fighters and the insurgency are 2 different entities and their goals do not mesh. The Al-Qaeda terrorists are fighting for jihad and 72 virgins, and the insurgency is fighting an occupying force because they want their power back. And the US military is in the crossfire between the 2 of them.

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The "insurgency" are terrorists and in Iraq, the only one that HAD power was Saddam and those whom he chose to bestow it on.

 

[Tumbleweed]

And we have left Iraq wide open for Iran (who does possess nuclear capabilities)
to take over. I might also suggest that North Korea was also a much bigger threat
and has a far more evil dictator.

Had we gone into Afghanistan with the strength we went into Iraq, I believe we would
have captured Osama Bin Laden; the rest of the world would have been supportive.

By the way, I was wondering who was still in the that 30 something percent.
Just out of curiousity: are you in the oil or pharmaceutical business or do you
work for Haliburton?