http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/us/politics/21poll.html?hp&ex=1158897600&en=ef00c357f1e7980c&ei=5094&partner=homepage

Think about it, Exley. They’re saying that they know what the Republicans’ plan is and that they want to vote for Democrats. What can you interpret from that about their opinion of the Republicans’ “plan”?

For the benefit of Jason M. Hendler, who was getting a woodie over the Gallup Poll numbers, you should have mentioned what the Times Poll gave Bush for an approval rating: 37%.

Which columnist wrote it? David Brooks? If you ask a non-partisan analyst like Charlie Cook, you’ll hear that conditions are even more ripe for a turnover than they were in ‘94 and have been for a lot longer. Cook said that the Republicans aren’t likely to turn these numbers around. As he put it, “This cake has been baked.”

The Republicans’ only hope is massive negative campaigning, lots and lots of lying (nothing new there), and an all out campaign of voter suppression.

New York Times, 9/21/2006

Comment by Exley — September 21, 2006 @ 2:46

The problem for republicans is that their “clear plan” has left America stuck in a ditch politically. So the question becomes, do you trust the guys who arrogantly put you in the ditch, or try something new?

“Strong and Wrong” hasn’t worked for the last six years.

New York Times, 9/21/2006

Comment by Exley

Was there an active, two-front war in ‘94, with Clinton threatening to start another?

Was there a failed emergency response, showing how inept Clinton was?

Was there a demonstrable democratic “culture of corruption” so great that the Feds had to triple the number of investigators just to keep up?

Was there a “Terri Schaivo moment” in ‘94 when democrats exposed their hypocrisy by jettisoning their belief in the “sanctity of marriage” to pander to a political subset?

In ‘94, were there a large number of republican war vets running for congress, fresh from serving in a war the democrats started?

Were there 2,600 + dead soldiers, twenty thousand wounded, and thousands of Iraqis killed in a war the democrats started in the election of ‘94?

Were we shipping $4 billion tax dollars a month to a quagmire in ‘94?

Were we being ruled by a president in ‘94 that acknowledged no restaints on presidential power?

Were Americans being wire-tapped illegally in’94?

Were democrats in the House rubberstamps for Clinton’s policies in’94?

Did we have a company like Halliburton, providing substandard services to our soldiers at a time of war, while overcharging the taxpayer in ‘94? Was that company tied to Al Gore?

Who was the democrats’ Jack Abramoff in’94?

The sleaze bucket is full, Exley, and starting to stink. The American public will be looking for someone to take the trash out – and as democrats have always had to clean up republican messes in the past, who do you think they’ll pick this time?

CBSNews, 9/21/2006

[T]heTimes/CBS News poll found a slight increase in the percentage of Americans who said they approved of the way Mr. Bush had handled the war in Iraq, to 36 percent from 30 percent. The results also suggest that after bottoming out this spring, Mr. Bush’s approval ratings on the economy and foreign policy have returned to their levels of about a year ago, both at 37 percent. The number of people who called terrorism the most important issue facing the country doubled to 14 percent, from 7 percent in July

[T]he poll found that Democrats continued to struggle to offer a strong case for turning government control over to them; only 38 percent said the Democrats had a clear plan for how they would run the country, compared with 45 percent who said the Republicans had offered a clear plan.”

New York Times, 9/21/2006

New York Times, 9/21/2006

Keep telling yourself that.

and Dem candidates are already taking very desparate measures.

Desperate measures? Like declaring that they’re putting all of their money into negative advertising? Like robo-calling and push-polling by the Swift Boat Liars? Like pushing an unnecessary voter ID bill in the last two months before the election in the hopes of suppressing voter turnout? You mean those kind of desperate measures?

My god, Jason, you’re a freakin’ joke.

Go find out what rumors Rove was spreading about Ann Richards in the Texas governor’s race. I won’t spoil it for you.

You espouse policies that lead to the deaths of 100’s of millions of people in the great communist experiments in the last 100 years.

Do you drink a lot? I can’t think of any other explanation for that statement. You seem to be slurring your thoughts.

You espouse abortion,

That’s silly. There’s a huge difference between espousing abortion and wanting women to be allowed to make their own medical decisions when it involves their own bodies. You might not like the decisions they make, but it’s none of your goddam business.

euthenasia (yank those feeding tubes)

Oh yeah, you’re right about that. Nobody should be allowed to carry out the wishes of their spouse and let them die in a dignified manner. The all important thing is the symbolism of life, not the quality of life. Jason, I’m sure you’ll want your vegetative body to lie around in a bed for 30 or 40 years if necessary as long as it pleases the right-wing bible-thumpers. If it costs your family every last penny of their insurance and retirement income to keep you there, it’ll be well worth it. Right? You’re just the picture of compassion, aren’t you.

and destruction of embryos to serve the all powerful state.

Currently, “the state” is solely owned and managed by the Republican party. Remember?

You can only be destroyed.

Huh?

FDL!

We met up a couple nights ago.

Who was on Keith Olbermann tonight?
Jane H. – FDL.

I’d stay with TP, but you are too darned SLOW!

Please fix it.
Thanks.

I’ll be @ Late Night FDL.

TRex is a riot, and you can actually (GASP!) say Hello to each other without retribution!

When you post is when it comes up!
How about that!!!!!

He only posts a couple of things to get us all worked up, anyway.

I for one would love to have the absence of his name for the rest of the night.
The rest of my life was not available, so I’ll settle for this!
;)