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37% percent also believe the earth is flat . If you approve of Bush then you probably go to one of those churches where they let rattlesnakes loose in the pews .
March 31st, 2006 at 9:17 pmWith Cheney below 20%, and Blair below 30%, Bush must think he has HIGH numbers.
March 31st, 2006 at 9:19 pmHow many of these 37% would actualy , if faced , would admit to supporting him , I’m guessing not many , remember these are the same people who have the guts to march on an abortion clinic but not sign up for the army .
March 31st, 2006 at 9:25 pmif polls and the court of public opinion could remove those bastards from the white house, i would be dancing a jig right now… as it is, i will have to be content to hum a little tune under my breath…
Visit my blog: And, yes, I DO take it personally
March 31st, 2006 at 9:31 pm37%…they must hide real good. I had a pic of bush in the ‘mission accomplished’ on the wall of my business for over a year. In that time,without saying a thing, the comments were 100% negitive. I replaced the pic. with bush kissing the saudi prince on the mouth. Again 100% negitive comments, only a lot stronger. I was polled by CNN during the gulf war, I am the only one I know who has ever been polled,that I have met. All CNN wanted to know was ‘what channel do you watch’…no other questions were ever asked. 37%…my ass.
March 31st, 2006 at 9:39 pmThere must be 50 Ways To Dump The Dubya
Sing it loud.
March 31st, 2006 at 9:46 pmGo Baby!
March 31st, 2006 at 10:50 pmNot too long ago it was 33%.
March 31st, 2006 at 11:10 pmI Wonder if it can go lower?
What the Hell? Lets Try.
Since Tony Rudy has been recent news Lets Rehash and see what Delay possibly was up to;
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Two former Buckham associates said that he told them years ago not only that the $1 million donation was solicited from Russian oil and gas executives, but also that the initial plan was for the donation to be made via a delivery of cash to be picked up at a Washington area airport.
One of the former associates, a Frederick, Md., pastor named Christopher Geeslin who served as the U.S. Family Network’s director or president from 1998 to 2001, said Buckham further told him in 1999 that the payment was meant to influence DeLay’s vote in 1998 on legislation that helped make it possible for the IMF to bail out the faltering Russian economy and the wealthy investors there.
“Ed told me, ‘This is the way things work in Washington,’ ” Geeslin said. “He said the Russians wanted to give the money first in cash.” Buckham, he said, orchestrated all the group’s fundraising and spending and rarely informed the board about the details. Buckham and his attorney, Laura Miller, did not reply to repeated requests for comment on this article.
The IMF funding legislation was a contentious issue in 1998. The Russian stock market fell steeply in April and May, and the government in Moscow announced on June 18 — just a week before the $1 million check was sent by the London law firm — that it needed $10 billion to $15 billion in new international loans.
House Republican leaders had expressed opposition through that spring to giving the IMF the money it could use for new bailouts, decrying what they described as previous destabilizing loans to other countries. The IMF and its Western funders, meanwhile, were pressing Moscow, as a condition of any loan, to increase taxes on major domestic oil companies such as Gazprom, which had earlier defaulted on billions of dollars in tax payments.
On Aug. 18, 1998, the Russian government devalued the ruble and defaulted on its treasury bills. But DeLay, appearing on “Fox News Sunday” on Aug. 30 of that year, criticized the IMF financing bill, calling the replenishment of its funds “unfortunate” because the IMF was wrongly insisting on a Russian tax increase. “They are trying to force Russia to raise taxes at a time when they ought to be cutting taxes in order to get a loan from the IMF. That’s just outrageous,” DeLay said.
n the end, the Russian legislature refused to raise taxes, the IMF agreed to lend the money anyway, and DeLay voted on Sept. 17, 1998, for a foreign aid bill containing new funds to replenish the IMF account. DeLay’s spokesman said the lawmaker “makes decisions and sets legislative priorities based on good policy and what is best for his constituents and the country.” [[Cough Cough]] He added: “Mr. DeLay has very firm beliefs, and he fights very hard for them.”
Kaplan did not respond to repeated messages, and through a spokesman for lawyer Abbe Lowell, Abramoff declined to comment.
No legal bar exists to a $1 million donation by a foreign entity to a group such as the U.S. Family Network, according to Marcus Owens, a Washington lawyer who directed the IRS’s office of tax-exempt organizations from 1990 to 2000 and who reviewed, at The Post’s request, the tax returns filed by the U.S. Family Network.
But “a million dollars is a staggering amount of money to come from a foreign source” because such a donor would not be entitled to claim the tax deduction allowed for U.S. citizens, Owens said. “Giving large donations to an organization whose purposes are as ambiguous as these . . . is extraordinary. I haven’t seen that before. It suggests something else is going on.
[[Ya THINK??]]
“There are any number of red flags on these returns.”
Hailing Indian Tribe’s Hiring of Lobbyists
Buckham and Tony Rudy were the first DeLay staff members to visit the Choctaw Reservation near Meridian, Miss., where the tribe built a 500-room hotel and a 90,000-square-foot gambling casino.
March 31st, 2006 at 11:21 pm*******
“Compelling”
You know what? George Bush doesn’t really care what his ‘approval rating’ is. Nobody likes Exxon/Mobil either, but their stock is rising.
As old Cornelius Vanderbuilt quipped: “The public be damned.”
March 31st, 2006 at 11:30 pmWhat goes around comes around.
March 31st, 2006 at 11:31 pmStill that high, huh?
March 31st, 2006 at 11:43 pmHeck, if they polled states other than Ohio and Kansas, the results would be a trifle different.
March 31st, 2006 at 11:43 pmCan you recall a president?
March 31st, 2006 at 11:44 pmHis lowest ever…up to this point…..Still a way to go.
April 1st, 2006 at 12:02 amyeah, but who’s really keeping count these days?
April 1st, 2006 at 12:06 amWe’ve got WWIII up ahead, better get behind your leader, Jesus GW Christ.
…amen
‘I can see the ladies talking
How the times are getting hard
‘And that fearsome excavation
On Magnolia Boulevard’.
‘
April 1st, 2006 at 12:17 amHere’s is my analysis of the argument that the President has inherent commander-in-chief powers that trump any laws.
How low can the polls go :)
April 1st, 2006 at 1:10 amTo the 37% that approves of Bush all I have to say to you is… let go of your fear. Renounce the propaganda. Learn to be honest and true, the ultimate of human traits.
How much more will you let them steal from you? How much more of your future will you let them sell you out of? Trading death for shares, $$$$$$$$$! Is this the world you really want?
April 1st, 2006 at 1:16 amGo Brand W!
April 1st, 2006 at 1:28 amTo #16 S.L.A.B.
April 1st, 2006 at 3:06 amRumours speak of war
all the nations
Turmoil in the streets
tribulations.
Wilfred Owen (1893 – 1918)
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The Parable of the Old Man and the Young
So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,
And took the fire with him, and a knife.
And as they sojourned both of them together,
Isaac the first-born spake and said, My Father,
Behold the preparations, fire and iron,
But where the lamb for this burnt-offering?
Then Abram bound the youth with belts and straps,
And builded parapets and trenches there,
And stretched forth the knife to slay his son.
When lo! an angel called him out of heaven,
Saying, Lay not thy hand upon the lad,
Neither do anything to him. Behold,
A ram, caught in a thicket by its horns;
Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him.
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,
April 1st, 2006 at 3:11 amAnd half the seed of Europe, one by one.
With prose like that,Bruce,it’s no wonder ole Wilfred Owen didn’t live longer.
April 1st, 2006 at 3:47 amBush Accosted By Angry Citizens
April 1st, 2006 at 8:19 amHow many of these 37% would actualy , if faced , would admit to supporting him , I’m guessing not many , remember these are the same people who have the guts to march on an abortion clinic but not sign up for the army .
Comment by Michdem — March 31, 2006 @ 9:25 pm
These people live in rural areas where Keith Olbermann does not air and you cannot rent The Corporation at the video store. I know from personal experience. They are so detached from the reality that they still drive around with the ironic juxtaposition of their Jesus fish and their Pro-War bumperstickers, and have no problem telling you that they support Bush because he is preventing Iraq from blowing us up again. And all this occurs in the suburbs of a very liberal city.
April 1st, 2006 at 8:22 amBush is continuing to flounder in his own myriad crises. Even with people forgetting about Iraq his numbers are low. There are so many other blunders from this administration that you have quite a choice of issues to be concerned with. And yet W’s blindly rolling on, oblivious to everything. Maybe he’ll take the far-right up on their “deport all immigrants” stance and expand it to” deport all those who disapprove of W”. That’s the only way to get his numbers up.
http://www.lcoliberal.blogspot.com
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April 1st, 2006 at 8:45 amSSA: Full list of progressive news and events
#25-
unbelievable,
I remember you saying something about leaving Ga. Consider checking out Madison Wi. -I think you’d love it. (I’m a quite a bit north but visit often.) I don’t think any polling is done there though- Bush would be lucky to get 2% approval. Then again- maybe they do and that offsets the suburban/rural high approval numbers in the red states.
BTW- In the mid-80’s, I lived for a very brief time outside of Chattanooga working for the TVA. (Lookout Mountain area- a stone throw from Rosselville Ga.) Decent job and I loved the topography and weather- but the locals couldn’t accept a “yankee†in their mist. Can’t tell you how many times I was told to take my yankee a$$ back to where it came from. Detroit- must be a ni—er lover. I went out of my way to be polite even when being insulted. You previously mentioned “still fighting the warâ€- I found that to be true in my case. I left as soon as another job came available. All I can say is good luck- hope you don’t get beat up for being a “liberalâ€.
April 1st, 2006 at 9:42 amI left as soon as another job came available. All I can say is good luck- hope you don’t get beat up for being a “liberalâ€.
Comment by WiscoDuk — April 1, 2006 @ 9:42 am
Chattanooga is really ice. I guess you know that it was one of the cities that was renovated under a very liberal architectural modle that some would call communistic? Where they planned communities to include a diversity of socio-economic groups, provided strong pedestrian access and located amenities and groceries so that people could walk to them, therefore meeting their neighbors. Has turned out to be extremely successful putting people first and cars last.
But, the locals can be another issue for sure. I can empathize with your experiences. We moved here when I was 6 – from New Jersey. Was definitely teased and stigmatized. I grew up here, and only came back to make a career change because it was easier. Never planned to stick around. I don’t fit in here. But, fortunately, I still have friends in Atlanta that I see often enough to make up for the fact that I am surrounded by Bible thumpers. :)
Don’t you guys get brutal winters?
April 1st, 2006 at 10:10 amYou know what? George Bush doesn’t really care what his ‘approval rating’ is. Nobody likes Exxon/Mobil either, but their stock is rising.
As old Cornelius Vanderbuilt quipped: “The public be damned.â€
Comment by Ron #10
Ron,
…you may want to add Halliburton’s name to that post…
I agree whole heartedly…
…Bushiva could care less WHAT we all think of him and his criminal regime…
…all he cares about is that his cronies, and his people are literally MAKING A KILLING…
…profiteering in Iraq, Afghanistan, and by neutering the IRS and raiding the US treasury…
…hell if the heat get’s too hot he’ll go to Cancun, or China, or some tropical locale for a WORTHLESS a*s “SUMMIT”…
…that doesn’t accomplish a damn thing…
…and the feckless, weasly sycophants in the MSM will tag along beaming his worthless lies and reporting less than worthless bullsh*t and propaganda…
…America needs to resolve our Bushite problem once and for all…
…or allow the Chinese, Venezuelans, Iranians, Russians, and all of the other anti-Bushite countries currently forming alliances to destroy America economically to do the heavy lifting…
…because THEY HATE and DESPISE these lying , mass murdering, thieving, TREASONOUS sacks of dogsh*t- George W. Bush and his sidekick L’il Dick…
…and all of their al Cracker cult members…
…even more than “thinking” Progressives do…
April 1st, 2006 at 10:12 am(it is April fools day) ‘Bush resigns, appoints Russ Fiengold to serve out his term!’
April 1st, 2006 at 10:13 amDon’t forget to put out your IMPEACH signs today…
April 1st, 2006 at 10:21 amhttp://www.avengingangels.org/images/AA%20MIsc./VR_WP_400.gif
April 1st, 2006 at 10:25 amYes! (My home state of Michigan isn’t much better though)
If business doesn’t pick up soon I’ll be forced to close the doors- My wife and I are taking a serious look at the south-west. Primarily to escape the 6 months of cold weather!
April 1st, 2006 at 10:27 amIf business doesn’t pick up soon I’ll be forced to close the doors- My wife and I are taking a serious look at the south-west. Primarily to escape the 6 months of cold weather!
Comment by WiscoDuk — April 1, 2006 @ 10:27 am
I heard that things weren’t improving in your area even less than some other parts. Sad really.
Southwest, eh? I liked Santa Fe, New Mexico when I visited there. Was liberal and friendly. Not too big, and close to a lot of natural wonders. Cold winters though. I didn’t like Arizona very much.
April 1st, 2006 at 10:35 amBush was rushed to the hospital this morning. Limbaugh’s doctors were called in to assist. It was found that Bush is afflicted with the same problem as Limbaugh, 2 butts on his back side. Doctors suggested the problem was caused by in breeding and the cure was constant bathing in a large swimming pool . a water to clorine mix of half and half. There is no cure, total isolation from all public contact will decrease the spread of this disease……Happy April 1st all…..
April 1st, 2006 at 10:45 am“Will you still have a song to sing
April 1st, 2006 at 10:48 amwhen the Razor Boy comes and takes your fancy things away?
Will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day?
#27 Wiscoduck; You’re right. Them folks down south ARE still fighting the civil war. I did part of my active duty in the service at NAS(Naval Air Station) Memphis, TN. (Actually at a red-neck small Navy town 20 miles from Memphis proper- Millington). Those people are card-carrying members of the KKK, and they DON’T like Yankees.
April 1st, 2006 at 10:53 amHere in Texas – and not even the good part – Austin – I am seeing less W stickers.
The people at work who used to insultingly call me the liberal do not even say a word anymore. Although I do not see as much as I would like of what I consider progressive signs, I do see a lot of Kinky Feideman stickers.
Take progress where you can find it – especially down here!
April 1st, 2006 at 10:59 am# 37 Ho Chi:I concur;my time at Ole Miss showed me that.
April 1st, 2006 at 11:01 amNext RoveCo will say Chimpy’s approval #s are higher than the average of any president during the 70s,80s and 90s.
April 1st, 2006 at 11:09 amI live in rural Florida, Levy County to be exact, where Bush got something like 65-70% of the vote in 04. People definetly give me some interseting gestures and looks when they see the stickers on my car.
I haven’t found any real scary righties yet, but there are some places in the Co. where they still have huge KKK meetings and the like. You just don’t go there unless you have a shotgun. Thank God for Gainesville, that bastion of progressive thinking, which is only 30 miles away.
If anybody wants to really get threatened, go to southwest Georgia. That place is stuck in about 1860. Some businesses still have seperate black/white restrooms. I’m not dissing the entire place, but there are some areas that if don’t have a southern accent or a W sticker, they don’t like you.
April 1st, 2006 at 11:40 amhttp://www.lcoliberal.blogspot.com
April 1st, 2006 at 11:41 amDefending Jill Carroll: Right Now on LCL
I have a W bumper sticker – it says:
April 1st, 2006 at 11:45 amLike a rock…
only dumber
Saddam Hussein is bad man. As a 22 year old he worked with the CIA on a botched effort to assassinate Iraqi President Abd al-Karim Qasim. The CIA and Egyptian intelligence got him out of Iraq and to Lebanon, where the CIA paid for his Beirut apartment, and then to Cairo. In 1963, under the new government headed by President ‘Abd as-Salam ‘Arif, he was placed in charge of the interrogation, torture and execution of communists whose names the CIA happily provided the new regime. He rose in the Baathist party ranks, and although jailed between 1964 and 1966, grabbed power in 1979. The Reagan administration cozied up to him after he attacked Iran; Donald Rumsfeld met with him twice and provided his regime with invaluable intelligence abetting his aggressive war on Iran in the ’80s, which took a million lives.
April 1st, 2006 at 12:03 pmHellI live in the South, those Damn Ninnies don’t even know the North [Bush Liberal Harvard] is the ones they support.
The Fools actually think Bush is a Southerner, Hes Not.
Kick his ass you Kountry Fried Georgia Fecks, Wake da hell up.
April 1st, 2006 at 12:06 pmThat sort of flaw goes with a whole bunch of others. Generally xenophobia coupled with a clannish love of nationalism and groupism. Why groupism? Because what these guys worship isn’t the highly flexible idealogy which we call culture, it isn’t that fluid, what they worship is the set in stone traditions which they can grasp and call their culture.
Culture is there whether we like it or not, groups can be destroyed. Culture comes in stories, groups come in codes. Culture spreads, and changes, adapting into newer and stronger forms over time, groups need protecting.
When you hear about someone wanting to protect their culture, they don’t give a damn about their culture, they only care about their group and the fact that they can exclude you from it.
I got one heckuva overdose of that sort of crap from all sides growing up in South Africa, so bare with me if I seem a bit irritated by the fact that judging by America’s example my country isn’t going to be free of it for a long while yet.
April 1st, 2006 at 12:46 pm37%
Will there be a contest – how low can he go and still remain president?
I heard Blitzer on CNN yesterday as he was going to comment on the upcoming news of the latest poll, he dismissed it as saying something like not much to report there.
April 1st, 2006 at 12:58 pmAlso, except for liberal blogs and the NYT last week, I haven’t heard/read any coverage on the additional memo that surfaced describing Bush’s plan where he had penciled in the date of 3/10 as the start of the war regardless of whatever else may occur.
Jon Stewart made fun of it, and Keith Olbermann noted it on his show, but the msm has not touched it.
So sliding poll numbers, more evidence of a war of choice without cause, and no one but a few staunch liberals know about it.
Yesterday I was driving back from the market and saw a big black on white bumper sticker that read “BUSH IS POOPY” I looked at the other cars around me and everyone was laughing.
April 1st, 2006 at 1:38 pmAnother “new low”. Funny how Bush always has a “new low” and it just gets higher and higher! First his “new low” was 35%. Then it was 34%. Then it was 33%. Then it was 35%. Then it was 36%. Now it’s 37%. It’s got to be fun to always have a “new low”.
April 2nd, 2006 at 7:03 amHeh, heh!
April 2nd, 2006 at 9:10 amI, like Mr. Bush may be living in a fantasy world, but I think he has made SINGLE-DIGIT screw ups, not double-digit,”I can sense his favorable numbers going up again”‘mistakes.
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:34 pm37 percent. That high huh. I would have thunk he was at about 27 percent. Wait until the next poll.
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:19 pmIt doesn’t matter how low his #s go;This is a dangerous man!
April 4th, 2006 at 10:59 am