18 percent:
By on Mar 13th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
18 percent:
Dick Cheney’s favorability rating. Ana Marie Cox responds: “If he had feelings, I’m sure they’d be hurt by this.”
UPDATE: Tom DeFrank writes in the NY Daily News, “Cheney may be an overall net political minus, but he’s a huge asset where it counts most for Bush: the Republican base, which adores Cheney. Bush’s approval numbers are at 30%, roughly the same size as his base. If Cheney left, this weakened President couldn’t absorb the backlash. They’re all he has left.”
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But he doesn’t, so he won’t.
March 13th, 2007 at 12:39 pmI can just hear his mechanical voice,
“The 82% can just Go F*ck themselves”
It just makes him more angry!
March 13th, 2007 at 12:40 pmIf Cheney had feelings, perhaps he wouldn’t have earned such low approval ratings.
March 13th, 2007 at 12:41 pmCheney probably celebrates his low rating in his black heart.
March 13th, 2007 at 12:42 pmTuna fish sandwiches have higher polling numbers. With onions.
March 13th, 2007 at 12:43 pmWho are these 18%ers and why are they not on a short bus to hell?
March 13th, 2007 at 12:43 pm…the exact same 18 percent who think global warming is a hoax….
March 13th, 2007 at 12:44 pmI wonder if Dick will shake General Peter Pace’s hand next time he sees him. Seeing that Pace said Mary Cheney is immoral.
-GSD
March 13th, 2007 at 12:44 pmRichard the Blackheart.
-GSD
March 13th, 2007 at 12:44 pmHe couldn’t care less . . . he’s moving to Dubai with the rest of the Halliburton crooks soon.
March 13th, 2007 at 12:45 pmquack quack qaaaaacck!!
March 13th, 2007 at 12:45 pmJon stewart is really right, he does sound like a constipated duck
What is the percentage of Americans who have direct employment with the oil, gas, chemical and those related service industries?
March 13th, 2007 at 12:47 pmRough guesses accepted…
Ana Marie Cox responds: “If he had feelings, I’m sure they’d be hurt by this.â€
That is frickin’ hilarious.
March 13th, 2007 at 12:47 pmTurns out saying that Dick Cheney is less popular than torture is like saying slugs are less popular than ice cream. — Ana Marie Cox, from link above
ROFLMAO!!!!!
March 13th, 2007 at 12:47 pmWOW! Cheney’s rating FINALLY matches Bush’s IQ!
March 13th, 2007 at 12:48 pmThe same 18% that Andrea Mitchell believes is the majority of Americans who want Irving Lewis Libby pardoned.
-GSD
March 13th, 2007 at 12:51 pm“Bush’ approval rating is at 30%, the same as his base…” So, 30% minus Dick Chainee’s 18% equals 12%…
March 13th, 2007 at 12:55 pm…is this therefore, the actual approval rating for the chimp?
I mean, it’s not like Dubious is really in charge or anything…
He can keep cheney and we can use it for all we can in the 08 routing of the
GOP Adultery ticket.
It is going to be ugly for them in 08. thats for sure.
March 13th, 2007 at 12:56 pm“… the majority of right thinking people are wrong…” (monty python)
March 13th, 2007 at 12:57 pmThe grinch would be so proud.
March 13th, 2007 at 1:00 pm*sniff*
If Cheney left, this weakened President couldn’t absorb the backlash. They’re all he has left.
These same rock-ribbed conservatives are the ones who can’t decide on an ‘08 candidate. Who will Dick tap as his political successor? My money is on Duncan Hunter. Now there’s a real Kiss of Political Death for ‘ya: with Cheney’s nod, you’d do great in the primaries, and get pounded in the general election.
March 13th, 2007 at 1:04 pmI am willing to bet that, in Cheney’s view of the world, his low approval rate serves as a vindication of his job.
Orwellian ’til the end.
March 13th, 2007 at 1:11 pmWho cares? Truman had low approval ratings, in the 20’s and history vindicated him. Dick will be vindicated for his aggresive stance on terror and all the good he has done.
March 13th, 2007 at 1:21 pm@23 – “Dick will be vindicated for his aggresive stance on terror and all the good he has done.” Comment by firehead — March 13, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
And all the good things he has done are. . . . . What? Lying the US into war? Oh, maybe it’s increasing the debt at an unheard of rate? Ohhh! It’s got to be his refusal to be accountable for anything at all!
That’s it, right? Unaccountability from the Presidency! Ding!
March 13th, 2007 at 1:28 pmDick will be vindicated for his aggresive stance on terror and all the good he has done.
Comment by firehead — March 13, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
Thanks, dick.
March 13th, 2007 at 1:30 pmIs your clot getting any better? I hope not. Hurry up and have your stroke, Dick. The news media needs a new lead-in, since Anna Nicole is already in the ground and tired, ‘ole Britney is still in rehab.
March 13th, 2007 at 1:36 pm“If he had feelings, I’m sure they’d be hurt by this.â€
If he had feelings, he wouldn’t have sent our brave young men and women into an unjust war!
Just saying…
and TP, this is my third post today, yet my other two have not surfaced. Have I been banned?
March 13th, 2007 at 1:37 pmJust asking….
#22 meet #23
LOL!!
March 13th, 2007 at 1:54 pmWho are these 18%ers and why are they not on a short bus to hell?
Comment by Ty Hutchinson — March 13, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
They obviously took the short bus to school, does that count?
March 13th, 2007 at 2:04 pmWhat is the percentage of Americans who have direct employment with the oil, gas, chemical and those related service industries?
Rough guesses accepted…
Comment by Raven — March 13, 2007 @ 12:47 pm
Oooh, ooh I know this one – What is 18%.
March 13th, 2007 at 2:06 pmWho cares? Truman had low approval ratings, in the 20’s and history vindicated him. Dick will be vindicated for his aggresive stance on terror and all the good he has done.
Comment by firehead — March 13, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
Too bad he didn’t take that stand before 9/11 huh. Where exactly were all those fighter jets that didn’t scramble when those jets were off course?
March 13th, 2007 at 2:10 pmGet back to me on that would you.
Cheney probably celebrates his low rating in his black heart.
Comment by VerbalKint #4
BTW, what color IS that pacemaker?
March 13th, 2007 at 2:53 pmHmmmm. They make you turn off your cell phones in hospitals because they interfere with the sensitive equipment.
March 13th, 2007 at 2:57 pmDoes anybody have Darth’s cell phone number?
I guess Bush won’t be re-elected.
March 13th, 2007 at 3:09 pmguess not
March 13th, 2007 at 3:26 pmDick’ll be laughing…
…all the way to the Banque d’ Credit Suisse…
March 13th, 2007 at 3:30 pm“If he had feelings, I’m sure they’d be hurt by this.â€
Ouch. If the poll didn’t sting, that sure did.
March 13th, 2007 at 4:45 pmI guess Bush won’t be re-elected.
Comment by Patrick1 — March 13, 2007 @ 3:09 pm
You say that as though you believe he was *elected* in the first place! Now that’s funny!
March 13th, 2007 at 6:29 pm#34 And neither will any Regressive…for decades.
March 13th, 2007 at 10:22 pmIf “the base” (al-quaeda, in Arabic) nets you only an 18% favorable rating, it’s time to re-evaluate your base.
March 13th, 2007 at 10:48 pmSTRANGE how even 18% of DIEHARD STALWART repugnant-repub rightwingnut crank fudge-pachyderms CAN SO SLAVISHLY ADORE a FRANKENSTEINIAN Evil Brainiac Tick-Tock-Tin-Man, Torticola DICK-less B(ugger) Cheney, WHO LIVES ONLY BECAUSE HIS Titanium Heart-Sprocket Keeps on Ticking Away–UNTIL IT BLOWS A GASKET AND SENDS Cheney TO HELL WHERE HE BELONGS, HOPEFULLY SOONER THAN LATER!!!!!
March 13th, 2007 at 11:49 pm