Bush approval drops.
By on Oct 5th, 2006 at 4:10 pm
Bush approval drops.
President Bush’s approval rating is at 38 percent in a new AP-Ipsos poll, and 37 percent in a new Pew poll. (HT: Atrios)
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Bush sucks. Most people know it now. Too bad some people couldn’t figure it out sooner.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:10 pmAw. Say tain’t so.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:13 pmWhatever, its a good talking point, but other than that, its always been this way and hasn’t seemed to make a dent in that thick head of his.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:17 pmIf the resident trolls at TP are any indication of the 37%ers, they are braindead dittoheads that sit in front of Faux Snewze drooling onto their bibs.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:18 pmHe’s not been out of the 30’s in quite a while, and even then, only to hit the low 40’s. If theneocons wanna keep talking about Clinton – let’s talk about how his ratings dropped out of the high 50’s even during Monica-gate…
Oh, but that’s right – they don’t read polls (yeah, sure).
October 5th, 2006 at 4:18 pm“I hate-sez him soo much” Golum
October 5th, 2006 at 4:19 pmFrat boy, man-child George W Bush always had a rating of 0 in my book. Bush-boy is sick Rick “Rooster” Santorum’s favorite photo buddy. This will be part of Ricky’s fall in the Fall.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:20 pmWake me when it gets to 29% – I need a short nap.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:23 pmbush is a bitch
October 5th, 2006 at 4:23 pmRubber Biscuits!
October 5th, 2006 at 4:26 pmLet’s stand by to hear how the trolls want to demonize 60-odd% of the American people – it’ll be good.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:27 pm“A New AP-Ipsos and Pew poll show 37-38% of Americans are brain-dead.”
October 5th, 2006 at 4:27 pmA wish sandwich. Two peices of bread, and you wish you had some meat.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:28 pmIt gives us cheaper gas.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:30 pmStill not low enough…
October 5th, 2006 at 4:31 pmAP….our friends who put ‘Foley (D-FL)…sure..anything you say….how about a REAL 25% are sheep dead heads.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:33 pmYeah # 14, until the day after the elections. And watch the interest rate too. And the stock market – put options just like the day before 9/11…
October 5th, 2006 at 4:34 pmStill waiting around for that thread on the interrogation bill. hmmmmm.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:37 pm37% is still too high!!
October 5th, 2006 at 4:39 pmFrom TMPMuckraker:
Fox reporting massive turnover if Hastert remains. With Fox’s historical plays and distortion with statistics, the numbers will probably 100 seat loss.
ROFLMAO!!!!
Yeah Denny, don’t resign. Keep up the bulldooky.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:39 pmYou have to know that 30% will always approve of Bush because these people truly believe that god chose Bush and therefore Bush is they’re only hope to have christian laws pushed down the throat of the nation. Until his approval goes below 30% or the dems take back both houses, nothing will change.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:42 pmWhich way does W’s approval rating spin as it goes down the toilet?
October 5th, 2006 at 4:42 pmI love how bush isn’t running for another term, yet he defends Hastert and says nothing because he is too ill-eloquent. What a scumbag! Hey bush, you don’t have a comment on young boys being stalked by REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN? Uh, no…..DA… ]
October 5th, 2006 at 4:43 pmBy the way, why did they allow him to be the chairman of the’ Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus’ after knowing of his ‘issues’?
You have to go to a different zip code to bail on this guy.
He so big, when he jumps up, he gets stuck.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:48 pmIt is actually pretty amazing that 37% still think he is doing a good job. I suppose when you have your head buried in the sand it is probably easier to support him than think for yourself. As far as the Stock Market goes, you know that he will be touting that as a great achievement during the run-up to the elections. My observation is this… I have about $1,000 in stock in a few different companies. My life is not changing in the least because the Market is breaking records, and my guess is that it is not helping 70% of families in America. Once again the rich get richer and the poor and middle class are forgotten. In that sense, the Republicans are still winning.
http://www.getsomejosh.com – A liberal Blog from the Heartland
October 5th, 2006 at 4:51 pm#20 – that’s Fox’s tactic to scare their viewers of the Dem/Lib boogeyman…up til now they’ve been using the “they’ll impeach Bush if they take control” boogeyman, and of course the “Pelosi is bad because we like to insult her” boogeywoman. Too bad we don’t have a mass media outlet for our own demagoguery…..what’s that? we don’t practice demagoguery? – well there’s why we can’t get elecetd any more…..somebody call Howard and Harry right away!!
October 5th, 2006 at 4:51 pmNeocons and BushCo. A loosing combination.
They love power and control, but can’t handle it. Their pervs and kinkyness gets ‘um every time.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:51 pmBush needs to admit he paid Jeff Gannon for sex, then his approval rating will drop to under 20% > lol.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:53 pm…AND THUS BEGINS THE SLIPPERY SLOPE ONCE AGAIN…I HOPE HE SLIDES TO 15 PERCENT THIS TIME.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:54 pmOff topic-The MSM keeps reporting “record Dow” closing. Funny, during Clinton years there was a new Dow high almost every week and it was not “Breaking News”. The MSM $ucks.
October 5th, 2006 at 4:58 pmStill waiting around for that thread on the interrogation bill. hmmmmm.
Comment by ForTruth
Me too, dammit.
Ok, ok, Hastert’s the biggest ninny of the Grand Old Perverts, ok! We got it! Just make him talk to Rita Cosby, and he’ll commit public seppuku. Be done with it!
October 5th, 2006 at 5:11 pmJoeFriday- well, if you were desperately trying to report anything but relevant news, you would scoop one of the FEW positive stories out there and LATCH ON, wouldn’t you?
October 5th, 2006 at 5:12 pmHi Zooey!
October 5th, 2006 at 5:14 pmYou always have really well thought-out posts.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:14 pmThe MSM keeps reporting “record Dow†closing. Funny, during Clinton years there was a new Dow high almost every week and it was not “Breaking Newsâ€. The MSM $ucks.
Comment by Joefriday
Now is a good time to sell, Joe, because it’s a house of cards. I’m telling you, as soon as I’m off the muscle relaxers, I’m on the phone to the guy telling him to sell a lot of my stuff. BTW, you probably shouldn’t take financial advice from me.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:16 pmThank you whiteyfresh. Have we met?
October 5th, 2006 at 5:16 pmNope. But I love thinkprogress and have enjoyed reading your comments. You seem like a pretty cool person. i am just getting around to becoming a ‘poster’ so i will be around a lot more in the future than i have been in the past..
October 5th, 2006 at 5:19 pmBush approval drops. President Bush’s approval rating is at 38 percent in a new AP-Ipsos poll, and 37 percent in a new Pew poll.
Another lie posted by TP and the Soros lefty robots eat it up.
The Pew job approval poll has been showing 37% since August. Factor in the 4% MoE and you have an approval rating that has statistically been unchanged since last year. TP’s post is false and a lie.
As for AP-Ipsos. Changed by 1 pt since last month (no change with a 2.5% MoE), but is up from 33% in August. Bush’s lowest rating of 33% was this past May, but overall the AP poll has statiitically been unchanged since last year. Two lies in one post, TP. Great job.
Now add lying by ommission. Notice how TP picks the two lowest poll numbers. Now we’re up to three lies. Excellent job, TP.
http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob1.htm
October 5th, 2006 at 5:19 pmUh, to the Seixon wannabe posting as Hippie with a Pistol, a 41% approval rating still SUCKS.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:22 pmWelcome whiteyfresh. That’s an interesting name, but you don’t have to tell me about it.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:22 pmI think Bill Clinton’s approval rating at the time of his impeachment was around 70%. :P
October 5th, 2006 at 5:23 pmComment by Hippie with a pistol
Trying to defend a 40% approval. Pathetic.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:26 pmBush approval drops
Are people out there starting to read?
October 5th, 2006 at 5:27 pmSo apparently Jeff Gannon just bailed out on the Randi Rhodes show-scheduled to be on@5:30pm-sent an email to Randi@5pm cancelling-sd he cancelled because she was ‘promoting him wrong’-he wanted to be shown as a member of the white house press corp(which he wasn’t), instead of a former outcall prostitute with unknown clearances-over 100 visits to the west wing- to the W.H.(which he was)
October 5th, 2006 at 5:28 pmit’s really quite funny zooey :P. If you want to know :)
well, it’s neat to me at least…
October 5th, 2006 at 5:30 pmAre people out there starting to read?
Comment by Juan+C
No, they’re just having a knee-jerk reaction to the words “gay” and “Repulican” in the same sentence. Move along, nothing to see here.
:-)
October 5th, 2006 at 5:31 pmI’m amazed that there are still people who support him. HAHA! What the hell am I saying? I live in Idaho, Jesus. I know all the people who support him.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:32 pmDo tell, whiteyfresh. The pain pills will make me forget if I need them to…
October 5th, 2006 at 5:32 pmWhiffleball Tony,
Let me guess, almost all the people you’re related to?
October 5th, 2006 at 5:33 pmOh, hello Zooey, or as I know her “woman I have no relation to”.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:33 pmSmooth, WhiffleballTony.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:35 pmThis will be the lowest it will get since democrats singular focus on the Foley scandal will backfire badly. What the poll leaves out:
Bush approval 37%
October 5th, 2006 at 5:35 pmAny democratic alternative approval: 3%
#39 – How about we go to the source for TP’s info, Hmm???
http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm
AP-Ipsos 10/2-4/06
Approve-38 Disapprove-59 Unsure-0 Difference- Neg-21
Pew 9/21 – 10/4/06
Approve-37 Disapprove-53 Unsure-10 Difference- Neg-16
NBC/Wall Street Journal RV 9/30 – 10/2/06
Approve-39 Disapprove-56 Unsure-5 Difference- Neg-17
CNN 9/29 – 10/2/06
Approve-39 Disapprove-59 Unsure-2 Difference- Neg-20
FOX/Opinion Dynamics LV 9/26-27/06
Approve-42 Disapprove-54 Unsure-4 Difference- Neg-12
Diageo/Hotline RV 9/24-26/06
Approve-42 Disapprove-56 Unsure-2 Difference- Neg-14
CNN 9/22-24/06
Approve-42 Disapprove-55 Unsure-3 Difference- Neg-13
WNBC/Marist RV 9/18-20/06
Approve-41 Disapprove-52 Unsure-7 Difference- Neg-11
L.A. Times/Bloomberg 9/16-19/06
Approve-45 Disapprove-52 Unsure-3 Difference- Neg-7
CBS/New York Times 9/15-19/06
Approve-37 Disapprove-56 Unsure-7 Difference- Neg-19
USA Today/Gallup 9/15-17/06
Approve-44 Disapprove-51 Unsure-5 Difference- Neg-7
FOX/Opinion Dynamics LV 9/12-13/06
Approve-40 Disapprove-49 Unsure-10 Difference- Neg-9
Yup! Sure looks like Pres. Bush has had a big slam in his approval/disapproval ratings! It went from:
40% approve/49% disapprove to
38% approve/59% disapprove
I think you need to work on that “liberal” education of yours that you’ve missed out on, Hippy-with-a-Pistol.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:35 pmand dropping……the longer Hasters “holds his ground” and the longer Bush “stays the course”, the numbers will plummet. Just in time for the November elections. The retro “october surprise”??
October 5th, 2006 at 5:35 pmWELL, I was sitting around watching the Fresh Prince of Bel Air with a group of friends. One of them turned to me and said, “You are like a white fresh price of bel air. white-fresh…hmmmmmm…..Whiteyfresh!!! I am a DJ and that’s been my DJ name for about 3-4 years now….tho i think i might change it soon…..
October 5th, 2006 at 5:36 pmWhiffleball Tony,
Let me guess, almost all the people you’re related to?
Comment by Zooey — October 5, 2006 @ 5:33 pm
What was that?
October 5th, 2006 at 5:37 pmwhiteyfresh,
Thank goodness, I thought it had something to do the your underwear. I’d keep the name. It’s unique.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:38 pmGeez, WhiffleballTony, keep up. Later…
October 5th, 2006 at 5:39 pmBUSH IS NOT RUNNING FOR ANYTHING!
In polls of close Senate races, Republicans are pulling away – MO, VA. If this keeps up, FL could become competitive…
October 5th, 2006 at 5:40 pmGeez, WhiffleballTony, keep up. Later…
Comment by Zooey — October 5, 2006 @ 5:39 pm
Alright, well, I’ll see you in hell Zooey. Just jokin’
October 5th, 2006 at 5:41 pmNope. But I love thinkprogress and have enjoyed reading your comments. You seem like a pretty cool person. i am just getting around to becoming a ‘poster’ so i will be around a lot more in the future than i have been in the past.. – - Most snowjobs melt. So will this one.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:42 pm#39: are you saying Bush’s numbers are actually LOWER than 37%? Wow, that’s incredible considering he’s around where Nixon was during impeachment, but you’re probably right. I mean, surely not even 1 out of 3 people in the country could think he’s doing a decent job, considering just how awful his record is. Thanks for pointing this out. Good stuff.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:43 pm#31 – Still waiting around for that thread on the interrogation bill. hmmmmm. – Comment by ForTruth
:: Me too, dammit.
Me too!
Too many kids raised on “entertainment news” to know an important issue when it smacks them between the eyes?
October 5th, 2006 at 5:45 pm#60 – I’m more than happy to let Republican’ts continue to represent (screw) the citizens of Outer Redneckistan. With the kind of headway Harris and Foley are making in FL though, yours is certainly a point well taken. Congratulations on all the spectacular successes your party has achieved.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:46 pmAlright, well, I’ll see you in hell Zooey. Just jokin’
Comment by WhiffleballTony
Yeah? I’ll save you a seat.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:47 pmOne time, everybody!! Yea!! for the Backwash!!! you’re so much gosh-darned clever than the (let’s be generous and call it 60) percent of the rest of us!! Ya-hooo! for you, ya big ol examples of fair play and goodness.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:48 pmYeah? I’ll save you a seat.
Comment by Zooey — October 5, 2006 @ 5:47 pm
Nice! Could you keep it nice and cold with your frigid sensibilities?
October 5th, 2006 at 5:50 pmUnique,eh? I like that-I’ve been called lots of things…;)
October 5th, 2006 at 5:50 pmI think Bill Clinton’s approval rating at the time of his impeachment was around 70%. :P
Comment by Zooey — October 5, 2006
No, it briefly went up after Clinton bombed Iraq because he was a threat with his WMD. It plummeted about 10pts after impeachment until then end of his presidency.
It also went up to around 70 after Clinton bombed al-Shifa and the al-Qaeda camp. Remember? Clinton’s Iraq-OBL WMD connection? Clinton had us so worried about Saddam and OBL that everyone got excited that Clinton might finally be doing something to get rid of the threat.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/stories/attack121798.htm
“Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons,” Clinton said, adding: “Instead of the [U.N. weapons] inspectors disarming Saddam, Saddam has disarmed the inspectors. This situation presents a clear and present danger to the stability of the Persian Gulf and the safety of people everywhere.”
October 5th, 2006 at 5:52 pmCould you keep it nice and cold with your frigid sensibilities?
Comment by WhiffleballTony
You’re heading for the troll list, pissant. Bye.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:52 pmJust pulled this from Fox news so take it with a grain of salt (or buck shot)
“The data suggests Americans have bailed on the speaker,” a Republican source briefed on the polling data told FOX News. “And the difference could be between a 20-seat loss and 50-seat loss.”
So where’s that big gain for the republican’s?
October 5th, 2006 at 5:54 pmCould you keep it nice and cold with your frigid sensibilities?
Comment by WhiffleballTony
You’re heading for the troll list, pissant. Bye.
Comment by Zooey
He’s already an a**hole with me, Zooey.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:57 pmwhoop WHOOP!! time to leave the BOne Marrow Transplant CLinic!!!!! Back on later.. I look for ya Zooey!!!
Peace…..and chickin grease…
October 5th, 2006 at 5:58 pmYou forget Hippie, no one was concerned about any WMD, except those found in Clinton’s pants. They neutered any attempt he ever made to kill OBL, by dismissing it as wag the dog.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:59 pmHe’s already an a**hole with me, Zooey.
Comment by trueblue
Heh.
October 5th, 2006 at 5:59 pmYeah, I LOVED the presidents ONLY VETO..what an ass…
October 5th, 2006 at 6:00 pmIn polls of close Senate races, Republicans are pulling away – MO, VA. If this keeps up, FL could become competitive…
Comment by Jason+M.+Hendler
I got to hand it to you, Jason. You and repugs are getting ready to get your asses handed to you, and you still have enough humor left to post a funny.
Say, it sure is a travesty how that fat-assed old Hastert is continuing to bring down any credibility the GOP has left, don’t you think? I mean, what a frigging prick, huh?
October 5th, 2006 at 6:01 pm“The data suggests Americans have bailed on the speaker,†a Republican source briefed on the polling data told FOX News. “And the difference could be between a 20-seat loss and 50-seat loss.â€
So where’s that big gain for the republican’s?
Comment by hellinabucket —
Aaaahhhhhhhhhh.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:01 pmI think you just popped JMH’s special little balloon…
Later, whitey.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:01 pm“Predator/Gate” crosses all political lines which means that the longer Hastert, the predator enabler, hangs onto his job, the more GOP damage it will do…you can see it occurring all over the country. I predict that by the time the GOP self-implosion is over and it’s nearing November, W’s numbers will be down to 28%. Predatorgate is doing more damage to the GOP than Watergate since it involves america’s children. Certainly all parents can relate to it with total disgust and adults were all children themselves so I would guess that it will touch everyone’s hearts & souls – more than any singular campaign issue could.
PredatorGate is the virtual end of the GOP as we’ve known it. The “fallout” from this will be felt for the next two years and into the election of 08. No doubt about it from the way it’s festering before our very eyes right now.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:01 pm#67
lol, good point. Why is it that the media only represents the idiots who screwed our great country.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:02 pm54: The approval rating is not surprising. That probably won’t get any lower. However the disapproval rating has gone up 10 points. That’s a HUGH deal.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:02 pmProgressives are sad and despicable for constantly criticizing the President. They’re not perfect and pure themselves. Doesn’t everybody understand that we haven’t had a terrorist attack since 9/11? President Bush has handled his billet stupendously. The problem is that liberals continue to disparage his faults instead of acknowleding his accomplishments. In reality, his accomplishments overshadow his faults. You guys just can’t distinguish the two categories. BRAVOOOO MR. PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! progressives, groW UP.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:03 pmHe’s already an a**hole with me, Zooey.
Comment by trueblue
Score!
October 5th, 2006 at 6:04 pmI think you just popped JMH’s special little balloon…
Comment by trueblue
If only it were that easy. But if Jason had a balloon it would be special.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:05 pmDaryll,
Tell that to the people of New Orleans. You know, the ones dying of heatstroke while Georgie was in his big big airplane.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:07 pmDaryll, I’m trying to be objective about this, but I have to admit, Bush may be the best president we have ever had.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:13 pmDaryll,
You’re kidding, right?
October 5th, 2006 at 6:16 pmThat was some funny stuff. Terrorist attacks…
Hey, when was the last time the World Trade Centers were attacked? Wait, though, didn’t they actually catch the perps and convict them? Yeah, that’s right, it was Clinton. Hey – wasn’t that really early into his Presidency? He didn’t blame anyone else though, did he? Huh. No. Go figure.
Wow. Weren’t we safe after that?
No war. Just prosperity.
Daryll the troll…
OK maybe we didn’t have another terrorist attack. But answer me this. Is it true that we were never attacked under Clinton’s presidency?
October 5th, 2006 at 6:18 pmThanks Paul, at least we have a few individuals in this blog room who think logically. Thank you, Jesus.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:21 pm84 + 88 = aHAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH – are you guys actually writers for the Colbert Report??
October 5th, 2006 at 6:23 pm#39: are you saying Bush’s numbers are actually LOWER than 37%? Wow, that’s incredible considering he’s around where Nixon was during impeachment…
Comment by Hastert+Hearts+Pedophiles — October 5, 2006 @ 5:43 pm
False. During the Whitehouse investigation Nixon made a brief stop in the high 30’s in during the summer of 73 (plummeting from 60+/- %) on it’s way down to 30%. Impeachment hearings began in the spring of 74. By that time Nixons’s ratings were around 30% and continued downward to about 24%.
Another liberal myth debunked.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:24 pmWhere is the thread on Habeas Corpus trampled by the Senate? Where is the outrage?
http://www.getsomejosh.com
October 5th, 2006 at 6:25 pmThank you, Jesus.
Comment by Daryll
Now paul is Jesus? Does god know….?
October 5th, 2006 at 6:25 pmNow is a good time to sell, Joe, because it’s a house of cards. I’m telling you, as soon as I’m off the muscle relaxers, I’m on the phone to the guy telling him to sell a lot of my stuff. BTW, you probably shouldn’t take financial advice from me.
Comment by Zooey — October 5, 2006 @ 5:16 pm
Very true, I sold all my stocks in 2000 and bought real estate. I saw “the house of cards ” coming.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:25 pmOh Daryll, Our president will be remembered for being a divider not a uniter. He’ll be remembered for having more vacations than any president in the history of the United States. We’ll remember he snorted cocaine and dissapeared when he should have been in the Army Reserves. We’ll remember him flying 10,000 ft over Katrina bypassing it and “heck of a job Brownie”. I’ll remember him saying “wanted dead or alive” and then “I really don’t think about OBL that much”. I will also remember the deer in headlights look he had in the debates with Kerry when Kerry kicked his ass.
He’ll be remember allright. We’ll be paying for his legacy for a looong time.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:25 pmcome on – seriously, this has to be some kind of joke/parody thing right? this is too weird, i’m getting a creepy feeling all over – is it the rapture? Daryll and Paul, come on, quit kiddin around – you’re giving me the weebie-jeebies -
October 5th, 2006 at 6:26 pmAaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh…being off work is nice..\
October 5th, 2006 at 6:26 pmif i worked as much as Bushie I’dve been home hours ago..
Darryl-we didn’t have a major attack(on American soil) since Pearl Harbor before 9/11- I give ALL the credit to-oh,lets say President Carter.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:29 pm:)
oh Josh, don’t you understand that, in a post-9/11 world, it’s impossible to have things like that, or the Constitution, or Bill of Rights, or any of those things that real patriots fight and die for. The new Patriotism means dying for hate and money, and lying full-time, instead of just occasionally, and doing away with science, and maybe, if we’re lucky, burning witches in the town square. The logical among us, like Daryll and Paul and me, we’re hip to this new program, and we’re saving up rocks and matches for that glorious day to come, praise jeebus.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:30 pmHippie,
I grew up in one of the most liberal places in I dare say all America, Cambridge, MA.
I can tell you with quite certainty that no hippie would condone guns.
None.
You might consider a name change.
I am not buying it.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:30 pmkudos to you trueblue…
October 5th, 2006 at 6:34 pmNewProg, Clinton didn’t make a valid attempt either, but only you progressives believe he did because of his defensive act during the interview with the polite, Mr. Wallace.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:37 pmAnother liberal myth debunked.
Comment by Hippie with a pistol
It doesn’t make a bit of difference, Hippie. Liberal myth or whatever—-the repugnicans are getting ready to get their asses handed to them and I feel mythically jubilant!!
(_!_)
October 5th, 2006 at 6:37 pm104, whiteyfresh,
October 5th, 2006 at 6:38 pmummm, for what?
Did I do something I don’t know about?
the repugnicans are getting ready to get their asses handed to them and I feel mythically jubilant!!
(_!_)
Comment by Joe+Sixpack —
That made my night, truly. I probably didn’t smile once today. :(
Awesome.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:41 pmWhat 9/11/05?
Don’t you remember the Anthrax attacks against the Democrats?
I sure do. That was terrorism. Anthrax is a biological weapon. That classifies it as a WMD.
Stop believing everything you are told. It makes you look dumb.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:41 pmi have hippie parents-they own no guns
October 5th, 2006 at 6:42 pmalways found different ways to have lots of fun.
doing thing the government says you shouldn’t do,
but the Prfesident does them so i think I’LL do them too!
Oh Mr. President why do you act this way?
Maybe it is cause of all that blow you did those days,
Just cause Cheney says you should why are idiots rewarded?
your momma has a word for you, it’s mildly re-tarded.
A poem by WhiteyfresH
10/5/2006
somebody is eager to make friends….
October 5th, 2006 at 6:42 pmtrueblue for putting ‘hippie’ in its place.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:42 pmThis IS a joke. Nobody would think that but a looney.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:44 pm105
Did I ever in my post defend Clinton? No because I realize he made mistakes. However he was not the president during 9-11 and if you and your right wing “moralists” would understand that you would quit blaming him for everything. I respect your critism of me and other liberals only if you use facts for your allegations. If that is to hard for you than I am done speaking to you…
October 5th, 2006 at 6:44 pmby the way who aside from myself first came up with “Repungantcans”? I came up with it this past year, late 2005 I think.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:45 pmWrong, we knew he did as much as he could long before he put that jerk Wallace in his place.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:48 pmClinton didn’t make a valid attempt either, but only you progressives believe he did because of his defensive act during the interview with the polite, Mr. Wallace.
Comment by Daryll
Yeah, I bet it just pissed you off watching Bubba tear a huge chunk out of Wallace’s ass, huh?
I mean, you really had to laugh watching Wallace and Faux News try and weasel around it and underplay it for the next few days, you know?
October 5th, 2006 at 6:49 pmalright, I have to ask. WTF is ROTFL?
October 5th, 2006 at 6:50 pm(Haters, if you got no one to hate, then hate on me playa)
#115 – zen,
October 5th, 2006 at 6:53 pmI prefer Republican’ts
whiteyfresh
good question…I still don’t even know…lol
October 5th, 2006 at 6:57 pmRolling On The Floor Laughing
October 5th, 2006 at 6:59 pm#120 Really/ Only/ Trolls/ Frequent/ Lefties.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:59 pm#121 That is sweet… for congress…
Use decoder ring, F=Floor.
October 5th, 2006 at 7:00 pmDictators generally aren’t well loved by the populace, no surprise there.
By the way Think Progress, are you EVER going to post about the dictoral powers Congress issued to Bush September 28th?
Just askin…
October 5th, 2006 at 7:01 pmThat made my night, truly. I probably didn’t smile once today. Awesome.
Comment by trueblue
trueblue, aren’t you a school teacher on Long Island? You have something to smile about: just think of Bush’s “No Child Left Behind Act.”
Rumor has it that Foley wanted to rewrite it, calling it “No Childs Behind Left Behind Act,” but Hastert wouldn’t hear it.
October 5th, 2006 at 7:03 pm#128 – A close cousin to
October 5th, 2006 at 7:04 pmROFPMP
Please to translate…
No, it’s Rolling on Floor Praying my Psalms!
October 5th, 2006 at 7:05 pmJoe Sixpack,
I’m a Physical Therapist Assistant, living on the soon to be under water Cape Cod Penninsula.
(I called it “The God-Forsaken Rock, myself.)
Rumor has it that Foley wanted to rewrite it, calling it “No Childs Behind Left Behind Act,†but Hastert wouldn’t hear it.
Second laugh of the night….. Thanks.
October 5th, 2006 at 7:09 pmHouse Republicans are desperate to put the Foley scandal behind them. Perhaps they’ll turn another page.
October 5th, 2006 at 7:12 pmZooey,
OoH! I know that one!
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My “Floosey” A** Off!
Right?………
October 5th, 2006 at 7:19 pmrolling on the floor laughing my f*ckin ass off
October 5th, 2006 at 7:21 pmdang it trueble, ya beat me! i dont type very fast….
October 5th, 2006 at 7:21 pmoops i said a$$.
October 5th, 2006 at 7:23 pmwell,typed it.
Glad to hear it – when the Dems take over and investigations begin, it will be easier to convince Americans that prosecuting Bush is right.
October 5th, 2006 at 7:24 pmyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup. :D
October 5th, 2006 at 7:25 pmThis reminds me of being back in high school and any girl would come around and some of my geek friends would see her and just because she would reciprocate conversation they would surround her like leaves upon a tree. This site is becoming such the chat room…..
October 5th, 2006 at 7:26 pmHey Bob, do you like Tv? Mary
Yea, I like Tv but not on tuesdays cause I work late. BOB
Wow, That’s great that you like tv… Mary
WTF
I posted on another thread too, but just to get a bit of insight….
I went to the organized rally (www.worldcaontwait.net, that I posted here a bunch) here in Bmore….and I was the only one.
I came home with my “Silence Is Complicity” sign between my legs. I thought this would be the day people would speak up. No one did.
At least in my neck. Does anyone know if they turned out in DC?
October 5th, 2006 at 7:31 pmsorry, http://www.worldcantwait.net
Moot point now.
October 5th, 2006 at 7:35 pmRolling On The Floor Laughing My “Floosey†A** Off!
Comment by trueblue
You, my dear, may laugh your “floosey” ass off, but I laugh my f*cking ass off. :)
October 5th, 2006 at 7:37 pmMoot point now.
Comment by SouthPaw
I’m sorry, SouthPaw, I wonder what happened?
October 5th, 2006 at 7:38 pm#144 that was hardly funny……Maf54: I miss you
October 5th, 2006 at 7:38 pmTeen: ya me too
Maf54: we are still voting
Maf54: you miss me too
The exchange continues in which Foley and the teen both appear to describe having sexual orgasms.
Maf54: ok..i better go vote..did you know you would have this effect on me
Teen: lol I guessed
Teen: ya go vote…I don’t want to keep you from doing our job
Maf54: can I have a good kiss goodnight
Teen: :-*
Teen:
Ahhhh, Ren, poor baby.
You were always picked laast, weren’t you?
Those comments were in NO WAY ‘chat room’ banter.
October 5th, 2006 at 7:40 pmA person asked what it meant.
We were employing humor to illustrate the answer.
And a person is entitled in America to say, “Wow, beat me to
it.” The exchange you gave does not a chat room make.
#
sorry, http://www.worldcantwait.net
Moot point now.
Comment by SouthPaw — October 5, 2006 @ 7:35 pm
#
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My “Floosey†A** Off!
Comment by trueblue
You, my dear, may laugh your “floosey†ass off, but I laugh my f*cking ass off. :)
Comment by Zooey — October 5, 2006 @ 7:37 pm
#
Moot point now.
Comment by SouthPaw
I’m sorry, SouthPaw, I wonder what happened?
Comment by Zooey — October 5, 2006 @ 7:38 pm
October 5th, 2006 at 7:41 pmRolling On The Floor Laughing My “Floosey†A** Off!
Comment by trueblue
You, my dear, may laugh your “floosey†ass off, but I laugh my f*cking ass off. :)
Comment by Zooey —
October 5th, 2006 at 7:43 pmSemantically, is there a difference?
;)
Oops. Don’t piss of ren (or that “stimpy” guy!)
ren is confusing me.
October 5th, 2006 at 7:46 pmoff. I meant OFF…
Like I’m getting the F**k OFF line!
The kid like “Survivor”, so I’ll watch it with her.
October 5th, 2006 at 7:49 pmThen The taped “The Office”
Then, *maybe* I’ll be back.
If Ren asks nicely.
;)
Maybe I just don’t get it I guess….
October 5th, 2006 at 7:49 pmZooey, I’m not sure. The premise was to create an economical blackout by not buying anything, and if possible not working or going to school, although I knew that wouldn’t happen (had to beg my fiance to humor me and go to Home Depo tomorrow) but I had hoped that by taking it to the streets, at least those that are as pissed off as we are about what is going on would see that they are not alone and that they, too, have a voice to be heard.
Alas, no one was protesting, but there was a sh!tload of food shopping going down. Perhaps I mis-read the site.
GROCERIES FOR PEACE!! Damn, I knew I should have taken an extra peice of posterboard…
October 5th, 2006 at 7:51 pmMaybe I just don’t get it I guess….
Comment by ren
Me too. Head spinning.
October 5th, 2006 at 7:51 pmI don’t know what my problem is honestly…
October 5th, 2006 at 7:54 pmGROCERIES FOR PEACE!! Damn, I knew I should have taken an extra peice of posterboard…
Comment by SouthPaw
That’s really disappointing. Do you know if anyone showed up anywhere?
October 5th, 2006 at 7:57 pmI think that there are so few people here sometimes that we could actually have a discussion and yet we chat in a ways…. Not that, that is bad but, I get cranky that things I want to do aren’t getting done. I go to other blogs and its worse. In general there is no conceptualizing on ideas, working them out and progression….I need to relax sometimes…
October 5th, 2006 at 7:59 pmren,
My excuse — today — is that I’m on pain pills. Other days, no excuse.
Some of us have been commenting here for over a year, and we get to know each other, and start joking around.
Sorry you got caught up in the confusion. This is one of those threads that dies quickly.
October 5th, 2006 at 8:01 pm161 — No, I don’t. No clue, Zooey. But it’s that time here on the east coast to watch Mr. Olbermann, so I’m signing off for now.
I will find out though….
October 5th, 2006 at 8:02 pmCountdown w/ keith is on east coast time 800 pm at end he’s going to have one of his slam sessions of “bush on telling the truth”, should be swwweet.
October 5th, 2006 at 8:03 pmSouthPaw,
Thanks for the reminder.
October 5th, 2006 at 8:04 pmThanks Zooey, by the way I made some responses to someone else’s comments and they were not nice towards you and someone else and I want to apologize. My apologies…. Thanks for breaking it down. -ren
October 5th, 2006 at 8:06 pmBush only as 5 weeks to catch Bin Laden or invade Iran if he wants to save his party from disaster!!!
October 5th, 2006 at 8:17 pmExcept then, everyone will KNOW he’s wagging the dog –
Exactly and that is the point, I remember not so long ago when bush forced everyone before congress to vote on the Iraq war. This time it will be an emergency strike and there will be no accountability politically because it will be too late.
As long as the voting machines are not rigged, we should do quite well in November. The problem is that they probably are rigged. Thom Hartmann was talking about an e-mail he received from Ken (closet case) Mehlman telling Republicans to get their absentee ballots in Vermont. It is kind of a stretch, but this might be an effort to make absentee ballots mirror the rigged machines more closely. If the machines say 55% R – 45% D then the absentee ballots would have to be close to that percentage. Having more republicans vote absentee would be a way to get the machines to match the absentee ballots… Scary, but possibly an ingenious diversionary tactic to stall criticism of the electronic machines…
http://www.getsomejosh.com – A liberal blog from the Heartland
October 5th, 2006 at 8:25 pmThanks for breaking it down. -ren
No problem, ren. I enjoy your comments.
BTW, you should know that when you first started commenting here, a truly vile troll hijacked your name, and, sadly enough, that may be coloring some the responses to you.
October 5th, 2006 at 8:25 pmI posted the names, phone numbers, and E-mail of all the Democrats that voted in favor of S 3930 (the interrogation bill) on my personal Blog (www.getsomejosh.com). I e-mailed every one of them and if every one in here did the same it could ruffle some feathers… Here is the e-mail I sent to all of them:
The last time Habeas Corpus was suspended was during the Civil War. I am not convinced that it was right to do then, and am certainly not convinced that it is right to do now. Regardless, on September 29th, 2006 the Senate approved a bill that would suspend Habeas Corpus if you are determined to be †an unlawful enemy combatantâ€.
Is this some kind of sick joke? It is entirely possible now that you could say the wrong thing, protest the wrong politician, or post the wrong thing on your blog, and end up being an “enemy combatantâ€. This is not America. This is not Democracy. This is a Theocratic Police State. How do you sleep at night?
—-
I hope the black helicopters don’t take me away to the Halliburton detainee camps… :-(
http://www.getsomejosh.com
October 5th, 2006 at 8:33 pmStick a fork in Bush…he’s done.
October 5th, 2006 at 8:41 pmIf Keith Olbermann is not detained as a treasonist and tortured indefinitely, then please, let him run for office and reresent me. Us. Man, he’s a brave soul.
But watch them do a segment on how his glasses were crooked. “What a travesty!”
October 5th, 2006 at 9:01 pmI see Jason and his cohort trolls had lobotomies today.
(It’s the most logical conclusion for why anyone would still be supporting the neocriminals who want to have sex with underage children).
October 5th, 2006 at 9:15 pmKeith Olbermann is the only newsman with any credibility. I hope he doesn’t disappear.
October 5th, 2006 at 9:18 pmThey seem to me to be more like trepanners. Bwhahahaaa.
October 5th, 2006 at 9:25 pm
http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/04/29/trepanation/print.html
October 5th, 2006 at 9:26 pmYah it’s true (R-FL) Jason M Hendler trepanated himself with a 12 volt makita and a hole saw..
October 5th, 2006 at 9:33 pm
#171 No problem, ren.
October 5th, 2006 at 9:40 pmBTW, you should know that when you first started commenting here, a truly vile troll hijacked your name
No Sh*t. thanks for the heads up, but maybe it was myself, I have gone off on other dems for being weak or illtollerent of others and then I get heated. Along with the chat room comments i’ve made in the past. My apologies to all whome iv’e offended. Like i’ve said I dont mean to bash or blame….. I’m not trying to sound sad or anything, just right up, I’m good to go…..
#182 that was smooth….
October 5th, 2006 at 9:42 pm#96. Zooey. Holy shit, I’m Jesus. Okay, everybody, quit F-ing around and love thy neighbor.
October 5th, 2006 at 9:51 pmHannibal has a hole saw.
October 5th, 2006 at 9:52 pmHannibal has a hole saw.
October 5th, 2006 at 9:53 pmsorry about the double comment, I will blame the server.
October 5th, 2006 at 9:55 pmOkay, everybody, quit F-ing around and love thy neighbor.
Comment by paul
We already do — your turn.
October 5th, 2006 at 9:56 pmTruth,
I’m seeing double…
October 5th, 2006 at 9:57 pmI see Jason and his cohort trolls had lobotomies today.
(It’s the most logical conclusion for why anyone would still be supporting the neocriminals who want to have sex with underage children).
Comment by unbelievable — October 5, 2006 @ 9:15 pm
Maybe this is a common troll thing and they are all like Foley?? Question mark news -You decide.
October 5th, 2006 at 9:57 pmZooey,
I’m hiting the hizzle, and likely won’t see a response, but I hope whatever the pills you’re on are not for something awful. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Good night, and good luck……
I thank the good Lord (I do believe) for all of you here at TP. And I’m not a CRAZY CHRISTIAN…..
October 5th, 2006 at 10:04 pmI am back now. Hello.
October 5th, 2006 at 10:09 pmSouthPaw,
Whatever the hizzle is, I hope it’s safe and legal. The pills are for a nasty pulled muscle in my chest. Thanks for the concern, I appreciate it. If I saything totally whacked for the next six months, I’m blaming the pills. :)
Thank goodness you’re not a crazy christian. :)
October 5th, 2006 at 10:13 pmHello
October 5th, 2006 at 10:17 pmThis hizzle is the hay. My pillow top bed. With my doggie. Unlike our service-persons.
If you want me to punch you in the chest, it might help. A little hollistic remedy…
Jokes before bedtime. Sweet dreams…
Be well….
October 5th, 2006 at 10:21 pm“If I saything totally whacked for the next six months, I’m blaming the pills.”
Doesn’t Rush Limbaugh own the copyright to that statement?
October 5th, 2006 at 10:22 pmSouthPaw,
You like to hit girls!? :)
Republicans Are The Fear And Smear Party,
Shit, I better send him a check.
October 5th, 2006 at 10:25 pmJoke…
What I meant was,…you can punch me back, in the back. With a back hoe. Or wiwth a ho, in the back yard,
October 5th, 2006 at 10:29 pmWahddayknow….another tyyyyeeeee-pooooo.
October 5th, 2006 at 10:32 pmSouthPaw,
Oh, don’t worry, the punch back was gonna happen either way! As soon as I could move my arm….
Don’t worry about typos. Shit happens.
October 5th, 2006 at 10:34 pmGeorge Bush has really given a bad name to the term bush.
I actually approve of bush, it should have a higher rating.
October 5th, 2006 at 10:34 pmDoesn’t Rush Limbaugh own the copyright to that statement?
Comment by Republicans Are The Fear And Smear Party — October 5, 2006 @ 10:22 pm
Hilarious!
October 5th, 2006 at 10:38 pmZoo-
Save that arm for the real deal…..
Punch the GOP out of office….
October 5th, 2006 at 10:41 pmSouthPaw,
First I’d like to cave in its head, then they can leave. I’ll save my arm for important things like hugs.
Everyone all together: Ahhhh, that’s soooo sweet….!
October 5th, 2006 at 10:53 pmAAAAAAAAWwwwwwwwwwweeee…….
Bechtel has a suite waiting for your pitty party right now. I’ve got the cake!!
Ummm, no candles, please. Fire hazzard.
Am I still up?
All jokes aside, I hope you feel better.
October 5th, 2006 at 10:58 pmSome people like physical pain, I personally don’t. Being in pain really sucks.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:03 pmWe really have been missing a lot of our dear freinds from the other side of the aisle lately. What happened?
October 5th, 2006 at 11:05 pm#189. I love everyone on this site. (and not just the way Bill loves Monica).
October 5th, 2006 at 11:08 pmI did not have relations with that refigerator.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:11 pmPaul,
That wasn’t love, it was lust. Big difference. Also, it was between Bill and Hillary, in my humble opinion.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:20 pmWe really have been missing a lot of our dear freinds from the other side of the aisle lately. What happened?
Comment by ForTruth
If you are speaking of genus troll, I believe they are being re-programmed for tomorrow. Takes a while to upload….download…whatever.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:22 pm#209. ForTruth. If I am the last conservative here, I’ll take a parting shot before my 14 year old sister/wife makes me come to bed in 10 minutes.
This Foley thing will die out after tomorrow. The word is getting out that Foley didn’t break any laws. People will say that Foley is a hypocrite, then they will recognize oh, that’s right, he resigned.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:30 pmIt will be good news for everybody, because this world was a better place when liberal’s weren’t as judgemental.
I don’t mind stealing bread
From the mouths of decadence
But I can’t feed on the powerless
When my cup’s already overfilled
But it’s on the table
The fire is cooking
And they’re farming babies
While the slaves are working
The blood is on the table
And their mouths are choking
But I’m growing hungry
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October 5th, 2006 at 11:31 pmOh paul, saying that doesn’t mean you’re a conservative, it means you’re an apologist.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:36 pmSouthPaw,
Excellent Pearl Jam song….
October 5th, 2006 at 11:38 pm#216. Zooey. You’re right. I am an apologist. I’m sorry you don’t have a clue about what you saying.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:45 pmpaul,
You don’t like apologist? How about turd polisher?
October 5th, 2006 at 11:48 pmI’ll stick with apologist. Good Night, everybody. Peace and Love.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:51 pmZooey – 1
October 5th, 2006 at 11:54 pmpaul – 0
This Foley thing will die out after tomorrow. The word is getting out that Foley didn’t break any laws
by paul
Paul the investigation hasn’t even started yet. This will be news for at least a few more days. Then after it dies out in a week, we will hear more news about the actual investigation going on. Sounds like a winner to me.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:55 pmTruth,
I think paul is beginning to like us — much to his dismay.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:57 pmWhere are our friends from the other side of the aisle. Paul don’t go, that was too easy to rebutt.
Oh, well, I can role play argue if needed.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:57 pmI miss Paul already.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:58 pmOk, you be the french maid, and I’ll be the Royal Canadian Mountie.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:59 pmpaul could be Inspector Clouseau
October 6th, 2006 at 12:01 amI really don’t want to be french maid again tonight Zooey, that’ll be 5 nights in a row now.
October 6th, 2006 at 12:02 amEvery night you keep acing like you had never thought of it before. I am tired of being the French Maid. Its your turn to wear that thing too.
October 6th, 2006 at 12:03 amI have no idea what you’re talking about, Truth. You just hate shaving your legs. I thought you liked me in my Mountie outfit. :(
October 6th, 2006 at 12:06 amOk, I’ll be the french maid…..but my french maid likes sweats and a t-shirt. :)
October 6th, 2006 at 12:13 amOk French maid you are then. Cool.
October 6th, 2006 at 12:28 amWhen are the pro-bush folks ever gonna learn that george just can’t keep a promise?
October 6th, 2006 at 2:38 amMy fellow Americans, it’s official now: We live in a fascist nation.
Now, the term “fascist” has been thrown around over the last fifty years in a loose way that has drained it of much of its meaning. If someone wanted to cut 5% off of a leftist professor’s favourite welfare programme, the professor would call his opponent a “fascist.” I’m not using the word like that. I mean honest-to-goodness, old-fashioned, 1930s style fascism, featuring such old favourites as:
Secret prisons – they’re back!
October 6th, 2006 at 4:58 amTorture – we’re doing it.
Spying on all citizens.
Arrests and indefinite imprisonment without trial.
Rampant militarism.
Secret detention.
Enforced disappearance.
Denial and restriction of habeas corpus.
Prolonged incommunicado detention.
Unfair trial procedures.
I knew Bush was a fraud the minute in the 2000 campaign when he proclaimed himself a “compassionate conservative.” As if he was better than a regular conservative. I always wondered if conservatives back then went “Hey, I’m compassionate too. I’d better back Bush otherwise people will think I’m an apathetic conservative.”
Not to alarm anyone, but upper 30 percentile approval proves our country is filled with idiots. 200 years after our Constitution was written and democracy was installed and we are still a country filled with dolts, suggests that democracy doesn’t work, at least our version. Personally, I think America deserves to fall from the top. A country that ended up with someone like Bush in charge, not once but twice, is headed for disintegration. Name an empire that stayed on top forever. Can’t? So why should we be so special? We aren’t! Bush has spent our country toward the fall, thanks to voter stupidity.
October 6th, 2006 at 10:49 amHippie with a pistol? use it, but make sure you’re alone.
October 6th, 2006 at 11:16 amDid Paul argue up there that liberals are judgmental? Don’t conservatives oppose liberals because liberals are not judgmental enough, are too permissive, tolerant, etc.? Or, is it that being judgmental is reserved only for those on the right, who believe themselves to be doing it correctly? Geez, Paul, if you can’t recognize the circularity of the reasoning you’re applying, there’s something more basic than political orientation that you should concern yourself with.
October 6th, 2006 at 1:26 pmtom. I’m sure you are not monolithic. Neither am I. I guess what I’m saying is, there are parts of both parties I disagree with. As an agnostic, and believe it or not self proclaimed social progressive, the thing that has been had to stomach with the republican party, is the hypocrisy, judgementalism, and the lack of tolerance. Those are values, I have admired about the left. I am sincerely submitting, that this incident with Foley is uncovering tendencies in liberals, I had believed were reserved for conservatives. I’m not arguing that reprisal is not fair play, I’m just saying tolerance makes liberals more attractive. Stay the course.
October 6th, 2006 at 3:15 pmConservatives are flag burning America haters.
That is why Bush’s numbers are in the tank.
October 6th, 2006 at 3:33 pm“Al-Qaeda” Does Not Exist
Former Leader of the House of Commons Robin Cook, who admirably resigned in protest of the 2003 Iraq invasion, penned a piece in the London Guardian shortly before his death that shed light on the true genesis of the name.
“Al-Qaida,” states Cook, “literally “the database”, was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians.”
According to the BBC documentary The Power of Nightmares watch this BBC documentary for more amazing facts
Al-Qaeda was a name made up in a manhatton court room in january 2001 as a name for group that attacked the Trade centre and a way of creating a flase name ” bit like using Mafia” basically to scare people
October 6th, 2006 at 4:40 pm