Bush shrugs off plummeting international reputation.
By on Jan 31st, 2008 at 9:55 am
Bush shrugs off plummeting international reputation.
In an interview with Roll Call’s Mort Kondracke, President Bush “utterly dismissed international opinion polls showing declining approval of the United States.” “When it comes to, where do you want to live, many people [say], ‘I’d like to live in the United States,’” Bush proclaimed. A reality check for the President:
Bush also told Kondracke, “absolutely, we are stronger” now than in 2001. Kondracke added that Bush said “even in areas where he failed to get what he wanted — as in Social Security and immigration reform — his ideas eventually will prevail.”
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hmmm, yep, Ronald went senile at the end of his last term too…
January 31st, 2008 at 9:59 am“Live is comfortable inside the bubble.” - dumbass
January 31st, 2008 at 10:01 amBush is not senile. Hes just cronically delusional
January 31st, 2008 at 10:04 amIn an interview with Roll Call’s Mort Kondracke, President Bush “utterly dismissed international opinion polls showing declining approval of the United States.†“When it comes to, where do you want to live, many people [say], ‘I’d like to live in the United States,’†Bush proclaimed
See? When you live in a “bubble”, you are impervious to the outside.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:05 amOf course, as a leader of a free nation, you run the country like &hit, but hey, less than 1 year!!!
“When it comes to, where do you want to live, many people [say], ‘I’d like to live in the United States,’†Bush proclaimed.
Which is the answer to a completely different question, dumbass! They don’t dislike the American people, they don’t dislike the American way of life, and they don’t “hate us for our freedoms,” whatever that even means.
The people in these polls hate YOU and your boneheaded warmongering foreign policy, you moron!
January 31st, 2008 at 10:06 amThat looks like a 400% increase in negative perception of us to the rest of the World. Great job, W!
Will Rummney pick Condi for VP to try & offset McCain’s ’surge’?
January 31st, 2008 at 10:06 amToo bad for Bush and the Republicans that after 9-11 they chose political gain rather than combatting terrorism. America knows that it was Osama bin Laden and not Saddam Hussein who killed Americans on US soil. Our plummeting international reputation is due in large part to the failed neocon policies embraced by “conservatives” who will plug their noses and endorse the very liberal McCain.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:08 amZimzone; neither. One or the other will pick mr 9/11 for the #2 spot.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:09 amZimzone; neither. One or the other will pick mr 9/11 for the #2 spot.
Comment by Uncle Ho — January 31, 2008 @ 10:09 am
Ugh. You’re probably right, but ugh.
Oh well - at least I won’t have to retire my “9iu11ani” joke.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:11 amAnd Christ wasn’t very popular in his day either, was he Georgie? All those Americans hating you, all the world hating you, just ignore them and keep telling yourself you are doing the Lord’s work. Eventually the 75%ers will come around and see that you really were a President like Abe.
Or not. Maybe the 25%ers will wake up and realize that their God Bush really is an incompetent and delusional chimp born with a silver spoon.
Worst President ever. Top ten worst human ever.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:11 amOne or the other will pick mr 9/11 for the #2 spot. -Uncle Ho
You may be right; I see it more likely as Rotten Rudy as AG, but that’s just as bad as VP, or even worse.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:12 amIn all sincerity, this is just one more indication of Bu$h’s active alcoholism. He is a legend in his own mind and has totally broken with reality. He is the perfect example of “self-will run rampant” and we will suffer the consequences of his addiction for decades to come.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:13 amla La la La LA LA LA! I’m not listening! Nothing to see here! The USA is doing a Heckuva Job! Our international image is staying the course! Mission accomplished!
January 31st, 2008 at 10:15 amAmerica knows that it was Osama bin Laden and not Saddam Hussein who killed Americans on US soil.
WRONG! 9-11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:19 amFor years Bush took his advice from people like Rumsfeld, Perle, Rove, Cheney, and Libby and he now has to answer questions about our “plummeting international reputation?”
January 31st, 2008 at 10:20 amSo when the toilet has flushed, and we’re spinning our way down the sewer, Dubya’s the kind of turd that’s thinking “weeee!”
January 31st, 2008 at 10:22 amA little more than seven years ago the US not only had prestige, but real influence (not at a gun point). I wonder why?
January 31st, 2008 at 10:22 amBush sure does seem to have alot of time on his hands for puff piece interviews on Fox “News” lately.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:29 amAren’t we fighting two wars and having an economic meltdown, while the North Pole is disappearing?
I know Presidentin’ is hard werk, but we need someone with some leadership capabilities right now, not some stupid sap who is worrying about his legacy.
in this sense, Bush is nothing more than a politician. He will quickly proclaim any miniscule number which favors him while simultaneously dismissing anything which is critical.
Bush knows what he has destroyed America’s reputation, though we all know Bush is not man enough to admit it.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:32 amBush sure does seem to have alot of time on his hands for puff piece interviews on Fox “News†lately.
Comment by OxyCon — January 31, 2008 @ 10:29 am
I know! Shouldn’t he be clearing brush in Crawford? It’s not gonna clear itself!
January 31st, 2008 at 10:35 amWRONG! 9-11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB.
Comment by Fan of Man — January 31, 2008 @ 10:19 am
But…But…But…..George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Amy Goodman, and Noam Chomsky say it was Osama Bin “Emmanuel” Goldstein who directed 19 Arabs remotely from a cave to do it, so it must be true……….
Only these “crackpots” question the Left-Right lockdown on reality. /sarcasm
http://patriotsquestion911.com/
January 31st, 2008 at 10:40 amBubble is filled with koolaide…WHAT AN IDIOT!
January 31st, 2008 at 10:41 amLittle George is being dissed! Could somebody please leap to his defense?
Ahhhh, here comes the good Captain to defend his God Bush from reality. Is it hard to maintain the delusion or to just have to pray to not let those thoughts that Bush really is a pathetic clown enter your tiny mind?
January 31st, 2008 at 10:42 amThis is just comedy gold! Every time this dink opens his mouth, a turd tumbles out.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:43 amQuick, who’s more out of touch with reality: Bush or Brittney?
January 31st, 2008 at 10:43 am“Moreover, many publics think their country’s relations with the United States are improving.â€
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 10:36 am
Nice cherrypick. Fun fact - the only countries in which 50% or more people believed relations with the United States are improving are China, India, and Australia. As the prime recipients of our manufacturing industry, technology industry, and conservative wingnut industry, respectively, this is unsurprising.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:45 amAnd most countries are hoping that their relationship with the United States will improve because in 11 short months, there will be real leadership in Washington again.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:47 amBush Kool-Aiders are always all over the reality map. Back in the run up to the war when there were problems getting Russia, China, France and Germany on board we heard the mantra ‘who cares’ what other nations think about us?
Now they are saying that it is important what other nations think about us.
Back then they were actually advocating labeling France as an enemy and hated all things French. Then Sarkozy gets elected and he’s pro-American and the Bush Zombies are all giddy about the approval of a a serial adulterer like Sarkozy.
Can these Bush Zombies ever be consistent?
-GSD
January 31st, 2008 at 10:51 amThe reality check on Bush’s speech is that just about everything he said was a lie. Even the clean coal initiative was scrapped within 24 hours of touting it. He has no shame.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:53 amIt’s difficult to get through to a sociopath.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:00 amSociopaths do not care what other people think.
Bush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09
Buck Fush
January 31st, 2008 at 11:00 amMr. Bush, I live in and want to continue to live in this country, just like those who wish to immigrate into our country. I also would like it if YOU didn’t live in this country, or at least had zero power or influence over how it operates.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:00 amIf Chimpy decides (only if he and Deadeye Dick feel like doing so) to vacate the Oval Office in January, 2009, what are the odds that he moves with the tribe to Paraguay, probably onto an estate formerly harboring Nazis who fled Germany after WWII?
Perhaps the Bush twins were scouting out a place to live in exile when this story surfaced some time ago.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:05 amThe delusions will last all the way to the death bed. Then the big surprise! No afterlife!
January 31st, 2008 at 11:06 am“When it comes to, where do you want to live, many people [say], ‘I’d like to live in the United States,’†Bush proclaimed.
—————————————————–
Who are these “many people”? Are they people who live here already, or are they people living in other countries? Are they people who are attempting to immigrate here, or are they random people in random countries contacted by pollsters? Or is this just anecdotal information extrapolated by Bush based on a few people he has encountered in his travels who wanted to say something nice about the United States to him?
No matter how you slice it, it appears that Bush is far more comfortable with his own manufactured reality than the actual one. He reminds me of the person who counters all the evidence that smoking is bad for you by pointing out that George Burns lived to be 100 — or the person who counters all the evidence that seat belts save lives by citing the friend of a friend of a friend’s uncle who was miraculously thrown from his car and lived, where a seat belt would have killed him.
Dubya — the world doesn’t think much of the job you are doing. They resent your occupation of Iraq. They are sick of your obvious greed for the natural resources of other countries. And they are weary of the United States being the world’s policeman turned bully. The fact that some people still want to move here doesn’t change the feelings of the majority.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:14 am#35 hate to throw in the monkey wrench but do you really think he’s planning to leave in Jan. 09?
January 31st, 2008 at 11:16 amIt must be the side effects of years o cocaine and alcohool abuse…
January 31st, 2008 at 11:18 am“When it comes to, where do you want to live, many people [say], ‘I’d like to live in the United States,’†Bush proclaimed.
Yeah you retarded simian ; it shows everyone how wonderful the United States of America is , even with your useless presence here.
You ARE NOT the entire country , no matter how often a mindless jock sniffing simp like CrapstainManPlastic might stupidly claim you are.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:20 amRe: #38 — I qualified that by stating “only if he and Deadeye Dick feel like doing so.”
If Hillary or Obama win in November, 2008, I would think that the odds of his declaring an “emergency” and assuming dictatorial powers is extremely high. If McCain or Romney wins in November, perhaps the odds are reduced to 2 to 1 or maybe even 50-50 that he will do this, since the country will be remaining in “safe hands.”
And if he does this, who will try to stop him? The bootlicking Congress? The subservient court system, that has been packed with disciples of Ray-gun, H. W. and Chimpy?
If he decides to turn this country into a dictatorship, at some point, when the destruction of this country reaches the point that it might be more comfortable for him and his cronies to live abroad, only then might have display a willingness to leave office.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:26 am29% too High , Reality is its 9% , I was just abroad and I know Americans are not welcome anywhere now except Romania
even the dollars not welcome , I was in India and not a good word to say about America , distrusted everywhere
January 31st, 2008 at 11:28 am“even in areas where he failed to get what he wanted — as in Social Security and immigration reform — his ideas eventually will prevail.â€
Privatizing Social Security” is not Dinkledorf’s idea. It is the wet dream of ideologues at the Heritage Foundation and the AEI.
The next original idea Dinkledorf gets will be his first!
January 31st, 2008 at 11:31 amREAL Americans know that Bush is a TRAITOR to the USA.
America’s reputation will improve after Bush and Cheney are ARRESTED FOR TREASON and sent to the Hague for WAR CRIME TRIALS.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:32 amRe: Post #42 –
People in foreign countries, in many respects, probably know more about what is really going on in this country than most of our own citizens. Even CNN has both international and domestic versions of the news, at times scrubbing articles which are critical of the United States in the domestic but not the international version.
For a quick and easy reality check, take a look at the Asia Times (Hong Kong) website, and ask yourself if you’ve seen any similar headlines from domestic news sources. The site — http://www.atimes.com
January 31st, 2008 at 11:36 amOooooooh, crap. I simply can’t string together enough obscenities to express just exactly how deeply I loathe that petulant, smirking little monster.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:45 amWow, it’s sounds like you only consider what you want to consider.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 11:43 am
January 31st, 2008 at 11:50 amYeah , they might even be confused with being a Chimpy apologist stooge if they keep that up……..
Wow, it’s sounds like you only consider what you want to consider.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 11:43 am
“I have NO FAITH in the National Intelligence Estimate, since it says that I don’t have CAUSE to attack Iran.”
George aWolboy Bush, TRAITOR to the USA.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:53 amIndia:
Improving 58% Worsening 18% About Same 17% Not Sure 7%
I starting to get the feeling that the Bush bashing is more partisan demogogary than reality.
Comment by CaptainMantastic
Yea diaper boy,
January 31st, 2008 at 11:57 amAnd maybe, JUST MAYBE that view has something to do with outsourcing. Or are you ignoring the amount of labor contracts we’ve made with India, at the expense of the American worker, IDIOT?
I starting to get the feeling that the Bush bashing is more partisan demogogary than reality.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 11:54 am
January 31st, 2008 at 11:58 amClaims the moron who continues to worship the worst president and administration in US history without being able to point to even one(1) success as to why he adores them …………
I starting to get the feeling that the Bush bashing is more partisan demogogary than reality.
Comment by CaptainMantastic
Thankfully, that feeling passed after your Jeff Gannon 8×10″ glossy got all sticky and stuck to your cardboard cut-out of Dumbya, complete with glory hole.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:58 am“I starting to get the feeling that the Bush bashing is more partisan demogogary than reality.”
You’d have slightly more credibility if you’d take the time to look up the correct spelling of your 25c words. Seriously. I’m not snarking: you’re on a computer - it has a spelling checker on it, I’m fairly confident in saying.
If you aren’t willing to do that, perhaps you should avoid using them.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:02 pmI starting to get the feeling that the Bush bashing is more partisan demogogary than reality.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 11:54 am
I took all of your posts seriously until you dropped this little stink bomb.
You seriously think Bush’s critics are fueled by partisan demagoguery, and not by simple observation of the state of our nation and the actions of its leaders?
Cap’n, I’m starting to think that your comments here are more contrarian entertainment than reality.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:04 pm#55 I think it’s more about entertainment than substance with him too.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:12 pmWhatever , I seen many polls putting Bush popularity at 9 % worldwide
I still have to find a person who likes bush ……… which equals 0% popularity in 6 years
January 31st, 2008 at 12:15 pmIndians much prefer russia to America anyway -
Russians were putting Indian cosmanauts into space in 1982
Russia has been helping India where as the US has been supporting Pakistan for years
Chello pakistan
January 31st, 2008 at 12:18 pmWhen Bush and Cheney DROP DEAD and go to hell with their MASTER Satan, the reputation of the US will once again be restored.
AFTER the WORLDWIDE CELEBRATIONS of the DEMISE of the EVIL ones, of course…
January 31st, 2008 at 12:26 pmWell, let’s see 58% of a billion people. That must be 580,000,000 outsourced jobs. Double the entire amount of the current U.S. population.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 12:12 pm
There’s some sound reasoning, Cap’n — if employment of Indian citizens by US firms is a primary reason for a 58% positive rating, then that means that EVERY ONE of the citizens of India who rated — no, not even — EVERY ONE of the citizens that 58% REPRESENTS who WOULD rate the US positively, was employed by a US firm.
Outstanding.
Now I see how you come up with some of the conclusions you publish here.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:26 pmAnd Bush policies have strained some in the world as he addressed difficult circumstances.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 12:25 pm
He himself created those “difficult circumstances” you Chimpy jock sniffing clod……..
Get your nose from out of Chimpy’s sweaty , stinky ass cheeks before he stops short and you can view what he had for lunch today.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:28 pmMy point is simple. The degree of our economic difficulties and the degree of world dissatisfaction with the U.S. is vastly overstated here.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 12:25 pm
Based on what? The only evidence you’ve offered is an isolated survey from a nation positively affected by US economic activity. And toasterhead pointed out in post 27 that India was one of only three nations in which more than half the people felt relations with the US were improving.
Virtually every survey of world opinion published in the last five years has shown a worldwide decline in reputation and favorability for this nation and its role in world affairs.
That’s not overstating it.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:31 pmI guess while we are debating the relevance of polls and the acumen of Russians, consider this poll:
“Filippov justifies Stalin as a necessary evil and backs his positive treatment by citing opinion polls giving him a positive approval rating among Russians of 47%.â€
http://blog.kievukraine.info/ 2007/ 11/ praise-and-condemnation-of-stalin.html
The U.S. has it’s issues, but what is often unspoken: the rest of the world is no eden of insight either.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
Oy, Cap’n. Please try to stay on topic.
No one is saying that the US is horrible even when compared to Putin’s Russia. That comparison is a desperate attempt to make Bush look better than somebody.
Anybody.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:37 pmBush has spent his entire Presidency shrugging things off, including the American people. “Shruggin’s fun and it makes my neck tingle, heh heh”
January 31st, 2008 at 12:37 pmComment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
Stalin guided Russia during a WORLD WAR ; the most destructive this planet has witnessed.
And that was 60 friggin’ years ago.
He also built up the USSR to be the US’ ONLY SUPER POWER RIVAL.
Chimpy has single-handedly destroyed our military , economy and respect we had acquired worldwide , and you’re trying to bad-mouth Stalin and Russians ?
You’re an imbecile.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:38 pmThat’s not overstating it.
Comment by ralph the wonder llama — January 31, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
After 2000, legal immigrants to the United States numbered approximately 1,000,000 per year. In 2006, 1.27 million immigrants were granted legal residence. wikipedia.
That’s a 27% jump in immigration during the Bush Administration.
To add to Bush’s point, if things were declining (economically and influencially) in the U.S. under Bush, why has immigration increased significantly.
The reports of demise are premature and overblown. I suggest the reason for the false concensus is basic partisanship.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 12:36 pm
And how many of those immigrants did not come from Mexico , which is our neighbor ?
BTW
A Chimpy leg humping moron such as yourself is beyond foolish for constantly invoking “partisanship” ; as if this administration and the GOP in general over the last decade or 2 , has been so agreeable and/or looking to work together with everyone ?
You’re an ignorant GOP stooge.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:41 pmComment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 12:36 pm
How are those apples stacking up against those oranges today, Cap’n?
You’re confusing a decline in the world opinion with an increase in immigration, and you think you’re making a point.
You DO see, don’t you, that a nation can be attractive to those seeking better opportunities, even if its foreign policy causes turmoil overseas?
To take your awkward comparison further, I guess the fact that thousands of Iraqis seek entry to this country because their efforts on our behalf in their home country put their lives are in danger, means that they think we’re doing a terrific job over there, right?
January 31st, 2008 at 12:43 pmIt’s ridiculous to believe that the positive relations with India can be chalked up to American outsourcing. The numbers are also an attempt to show the sheer amount of people that view relations with the U.S. as improving under Bush (if you believe the survey) or the fallibility of the polls (that are so heavily relied on here) if you don’t.l
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
What exactly are you having trouble understanding ?
Ralph already pointed out to you that the only evidence you’ve offered is an isolated survey from a nation positively affected by US economic activity.
And toasterhead pointed out in post 27 that India was one of only three nations in which more than half the people felt relations with the US were improving.
You’re the one taking a very limited segment of the world , in which only 3 nations in which more than half the people felt relations with the US were improving , and making an invalid claim.
The topic of this thread and the point is that Chimpy the Wonder Monkey has caused countries around the world to view our influence as being a negative…………….
January 31st, 2008 at 12:51 pmIt’s ridiculous to believe that the positive relations with India can be chalked up to American outsourcing. The numbers are also an attempt to show the sheer amount of people that view relations with the U.S. as improving under Bush (if you believe the survey) or the fallibility of the polls (that are so heavily relied on here) if you don’t.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
How is it ridiculous?
American companies who establish call centers in India provide very good jobs and very high wages, relative to the rest of the Indian economy. Outsourcing alone will account for 10 million new jobs. In a population of a billion, that’s a drop in the bucket, sure. But that’s NEW jobs, and good-paying jobs.
As a conservative, you should appreciate the “trickle-down” effects of those jobs on the whole economy.
It’s not ridiculous to claim that this phenomenon will help people to view the source of those jobs favorably.
It’s ridiculous to claim that it’s meaningless.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:56 pmThe WORLD is gonna CELEBRATE when Bush and Cheney DROP DEAD and go to hell with their MASTER Satan.
Then, maybe we will be viewed as a better nation, AFTER the demise of the EVIL WAR CRIMINALS.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:58 pmIsn’t it great having a president who’s never wrong about anything? I propose that we annoit him as a god.
** roll eyeballs **
January 31st, 2008 at 12:58 pmIf cirmcumstance are so dire here (as most here postulate) why the relative increase in immigration? I suppose you are speculating that Bush has so devastated the rest of the world with his policy that people still chose to immigrate here (even though Bush policy is also ruining the U.S.).
It’s convoluted and overreaching.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 12:53 pm
No, Cap’n, what’s convoulted is your insistence on confusing immigration with global reputation.
I note you conveniently insert “cirmcumstance are so dire here rather than dealing with the actual topic of the thread, which is international reputation. Not the same thing as economic problems (which you implied) at all.
For your comparison to make sense, you would have to assume that people struggle to make their way here because they want to be in a country that other countries admire.
That’s silly. People struggle to make their way here because they can make money. more money than in their homes countries.
But, to answer your question, If cirmcumstance are so dire here (as most here postulate) why the relative increase in immigration?
I have this answer: BECAUSE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE EVEN MORE DIRE IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:05 pmBut REAL Americans and the MAJORITY OF THE WORLD know that Bush and Cheney are LIARS and WAR CRIMINALS.
Who need to be in jail until they DROP DEAD and go to hell with their MASTER Satan.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:13 pmThe plummeting of our international reputation lies squarely on the Bush/PNAC WAR CRIMINALS.
And if 2 Billion believe that relations with the US are improving, then 5 Billion believe that they are deteriorating.
I can’t wait till Bush and Cheney have their Judgement Day by the Almighty God, who SEES their GENOCIDE and HEARS their LIES.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:17 pmAre you sure you want to promote conservative economic policy here?
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 1:13 pm
If it will help you understand my point, sure. If you’re just going to use it as an excuse not to address a point, then no.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:18 pm“People struggle to make their way here because they can make money. more money than in their homes countries.â€
ralph. Maybe that should be a better gauge of successful leadership than international popularity.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 1:11 pm
Please, please PLEASE try to separate the two concepts of economic opportunity and international policy.
You seem to be having a difficult time with it.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:21 pmIf your suggesting it works in India to make your point, I have to ask the question: Wouldn’t it work in the U.S.?
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 1:21 pm
WTF?
Please please PLEASE try to stay on topic.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:22 pmIf Stalin can get 47% approval in a poll after his reign, I’m not sure how much weight we should be giving to similar ratings.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
January 31st, 2008 at 1:22 pmYeah, it makes MURDERER Bush the COXUCKER punk TRAITOR to the USA look pretty BAD at 30%, huh?
That’s over 2 billion people that disagree with your premise. It amazing how quickly those can be discounted on a ‘progressive’ website.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
Your premise is built upon a fictional count ; especially considering the majority of the “people” you have in your fictional poll live in a society where they only know exactly what the government tells them.
China is hardly the bastion of freedom and information sources.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:24 pmMy point about russia and stalin is only that we should all question the relationship between popularity (or approval ratings) and effective policy.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
What’s there to question ?
Shrub has neither ; the only thing he ever had at 1 time was popularity (approval ratings) , which I very clearly recall yourself and the other Chimpy backers here gloating over all the time ……..
Why are they immaterial now ?
Because the numbers aren’t on your boy’s side ?
January 31st, 2008 at 1:28 pmComment by Arn Gunnutes — January 31, 2008 @ 1:17 pm
Arn. Obviously, I have only counted the favorability or neutrality of 3 of the 194 countries. I’m not going to take the time, but obviously you could calculate all those with similar sentiment in the other 191 countries and the total would undoubtedly climb. My guess is probably more than 50%. Check it out and report back.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
Nope. More LIES.
As post 91 clearly points out, your use of China with its large population is fallacious, as the PEOPLE still do not have a say in their government.
I think that MAYBE 1 Billion out of the 7 Billion think relations are improving.
That is, MAYBE 14%.
Check it out and report back, willya PUNK???
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
January 31st, 2008 at 1:30 pmArn. Obviously, I have only counted the favorability or neutrality of 3 of the 194 countries. I’m not going to take the time, but obviously you could calculate all those with similar sentiment in the other 191 countries and the total would undoubtedly climb. My guess is probably more than 50%. Check it out and report back.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
How in the hell can any report done on China be taken even somewhat seriously , given the dishonest and deceptive nature of the Chimpy administration here in the US ?
Are you daft ?
January 31st, 2008 at 1:31 pmThat’s over 2 billion people that disagree with your premise. It amazing how quickly those can be discounted on a ‘progressive’ website.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
Cap’n this is such a lame attempt at a defense that I’m convinced that you’re just fu(king with us here with your line of argument.
I always thought you were sharper than this. Maybe you had a rough night, maybe you’re just out for some giggles, I don’t know. Giggles are cool. But I got work to do. See ya.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:31 pmThe one the “captain” NEVER answers is:
WHY did Bush and Cheney REFUSE to TESTIFY UNDER OATH to the 9/11 Commission?
That is, TELL THE TRUTH to the American public about their involvement with 9/11, the Bin Ladens, and the Saudi financiers of Al Queda?
Come on, “captain”.
Tell us about WHY your TREASONOUS punks Bush and Cheney REFUSE TO TELL THE TRUTH UNDER OATH about 9/11.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:35 pm“Your premise is built upon a fictional count ; especially considering the majority of the “people†you have in your fictional poll live in a society where they only know exactly what the government tells them.â€
If I was attempting to poke holes in the polling data, I think it’s working.
The ‘fictional poll’ that you say I am referring to is at the top of this page. You should click on it and look at the information there.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
You should stop posting and realize you’re an imbecile.
If the numbers were relatively close , your argument might hold some water ; when the disparity is because it’s almost DOUBLE the numbers in favor of the negatory , you’re simply looking for anything to hold onto in regards to your beloved leader……
Face it , man , Chimpy sucks and everyone except you Chimpy nut huggers knows it.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:36 pmSince Bush and Cheney and the PNAC are KNOWN LIARS and WAR CRIMINALS, why would ANY country think that relations were “improving??
January 31st, 2008 at 1:36 pmBush said “even in areas where he failed to get what he wanted — as in Social Security and immigration reform — his ideas eventually will prevail.â€
The he goes again, trying to scare the hell out of us.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:36 pmDo you really think that 29% of the international community support
Murder and torture - No its 9% that like Bush - most of that 9% are republican genociders from America anyway
29% Bullshit - thats like saying 29% of the world is crazy
January 31st, 2008 at 1:38 pmWhat are you trying to say about Jimmy Carter?
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 1:36 pm
January 31st, 2008 at 1:38 pmThat he’s a real Christian unlike the moronic piece of shit you adore ; oh , and he’s about 1000 times more intelligent.
• Carter’s approval plunged to 29 percent in the early summer of 1979 amid economic troubles and news of increasing problems with new Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini.
What are you trying to say about Jimmy Carter?
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 1:36 pm
Actually, nothing. You, the TREASON SUPPORTER, brought it up.
But I WILL say that Carter was an HONEST MAN and a PATRIOTIC American, not a MURDERER coxucker PUNK and a WAR CRIMINAL.
Like Bush and Cheney.
Still, Carter was 30 years ago, and WAR CRIMINAL Bush is NOW!!!
And since the RapeubliNazis cut a DEAL with Iran to keep the hostages there until after Reagan got in,
I AM saying that Ronald Reagan WAS a TRAITOR to the USA, and is NOW BURNING IN HELL.
Bush and Cheney (and Daddy Bush) will be there SOON!!
January 31st, 2008 at 1:41 pmAnd since the RapeubliNazis cut a DEAL with Iran to keep the hostages there until after Reagan got in,
Comment by Arn Gunnutes
We should have realized back then, that the GOP is the party of treason.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:44 pm“The one the “captain†NEVER answers is:â€
Arn, there are a lot of crazy conspiratorial questions that I don’t have the time to address.
Comment by CaptainMantastic — January 31, 2008 @ 1:37 pm
So, to YOU, an azslicker supporter of TRAITORS Bush and Cheney, the TRUTH about Bush and Cheney
REFUSING TO TESTIFY UNDER OATH is “conspiratorial”?
That’s what ALL you DoD PSYOP TRAITORS say!!
So much for YOUR credibility, RapeubliNazi azslicker of MURDERER Bush the COXUCKER punk TRAITOR to the USA.
It was funny chatting with you, rightwing nutjob DoD PSYOP!
BURN IN HELL, TRAITOR Bush and Cheney.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:45 pmAlong with TRAITOR Ronnie Reagan, DECEASED and BURNING!!
And since the RapeubliNazis cut a DEAL with Iran to keep the hostages there until after Reagan got in,
Comment by Arn Gunnutes
We should have realized back then, that the GOP is the party of treason.
Comment by shoeless — January 31, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
Yup. The GHP IS the “Party of TREASON and HATRED”.
Since the Nixon days, and actually since Prescott Bush laundered Nazi money…
January 31st, 2008 at 1:48 pmdo you think 29% of the world is mad - no
the only people supporting bush are christian fundamentalists and the jews
January 31st, 2008 at 1:49 pm“Please please PLEASE try to stay on topic.”
Trolls are unable to do so.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:54 pmdo you think 29% of the world is mad - no
the only people supporting bush are christian fundamentalists and the jews
Comment by Anjuna Laguna — January 31, 2008 @ 1:49 pm
And the mentally unstable ……..
Better known as the GOP
January 31st, 2008 at 1:55 pmthere are a lot of crazy conspiratorial questions that I don’t have the time to address.
Comment by CaptainMantastic
and that’s a wrap folks…….now we know exactly why he’s here.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:59 pmMy point about russia and stalin is only that we should all question the relationship between popularity (or approval ratings) and effective policy.
If Stalin can get 47% approval in a poll after his reign, I’m not sure how much weight we should be giving to similar ratings.
Comment by CaptainMantastic
uh, it’s called democracy. If not undermined it means we are all in this together and we make our decisions together and we live or die by those decisions……..democracy…..it’s risky business.
You might make a mistake which could have been avoided by having a tyrant as a leader such as Stalin……or maybe not……
I guess what I’m trying to say is “Why do you hate Democracy and America Captain?”
January 31st, 2008 at 2:04 pmthere are a lot of crazy conspiratorial questions that I don’t have the time to address.
Comment by CaptainMantastic
and that’s a wrap folks…….now we know exactly why he’s here.
Comment by Fred — January 31, 2008 @ 1:59 pm
Yup. DoD PSYOPS.
The TRAITORS that think they’re PATRIOTS by supporting the EVIL of TRAITORS Bush and Cheney.
TRAITOR Daddy Bush said that the Iran/Contra CRIMINALS he pardoned were “patriots”, too.
LOL!
httpL//www.iwar.org.uk/iwar/
January 31st, 2008 at 2:05 pmBush tops the list of the most unpopular politicians, with disapproval of 87% in France and Germany, and 88% in Spain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush
29% is bullshit its far far far lower then that
January 31st, 2008 at 2:06 pmIn fact Bush has to be the most hated man on the planet - FACT
January 31st, 2008 at 2:11 pm118 so you said…..hmmm naw. Carter was great and intelligent bush is a criminal village idiot.
January 31st, 2008 at 2:27 pmlast word captain…..Why do you hate America and keep bringing up Stalin?
January 31st, 2008 at 2:46 pmoh I read. I just like to be sure what I’m reading.
ps they prolly said that cause they know chimpy is toast along with all of his cronies in the senate and the house. it was almost worth the last 7 years of misery for that to happen…..conservative movement is dead.
January 31st, 2008 at 3:06 pm