Poll: Bush Ratings At All-Time Low

[merwin]

Poll: Bush Ratings At All-Time Low

(CBS) The latest CBS News poll finds President Bush's approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent, while pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a new high.

Americans are also overwhelmingly opposed to the Bush-backed deal giving a Dubai-owned company operational control over six major U.S. ports. Seven in 10 Americans, including 58 percent of Republicans, say they're opposed to the agreement.

The troubling results for the Bush administration come amid reminders about the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina and negative assessments of how the government and the president have handled it for six months.

In a separate poll, two out of three Americans said they do not think President Bush has responded adequately to the needs of Katrina victims. Only 32 percent approve of the way President Bush is responding to those needs, a drop of 12 points from last September’s poll, taken just two weeks after the storm made landfall.

[WI_DEM]

1. What Republican would be stupid enough to want W to campaign

for him this fall?

[Missy M]

2. Hopefully there are some stupid enough to want him to campaign..

and it will help the Democrats to win more seats.

[Divine Discontent]

34. but remember, they'll be spinning....

and spinning so badly this time I think they're going to break the wash cycle! :puke:
he's still popular in the "hills" if anyone understands that, but it's below 50% approval, the hillbillies I live by are finally making fun of him.



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[mediaman007]

41. Just wait until the public gets a look at him in India!

I mean tailors working on call, clothes created on 24 hours notice! The public won't stand for this showboating when New Orleans sits unaddressed, Medicare is a jumble, Iraq is in disarray and our government is aimless. This guy and his team are toast.

[DBoon]

17. Ones that are stupid enough to need his campaign funds

and need to do as Bush says to keep their campaign going.


or maybe ones that Bush has "the goods" on, who will fall in line to prevent potentially damaging information from seeing the light of day.

[AndyTiedye]

65. That Would Be.... ALL Of Them

ones that Bush has "the goods" on, who will fall in line to prevent potentially damaging information from seeing the light of day.

[beltanefauve]

121. You mean like

John McCain, perhaps?

[demosincebirth]

Bush has a 20% base of hard core fundies and rift raft .

[Seabiscuit]

80. So who are the other 12%?

Just the common ignorant morons addicted to the crack pipe of Fox News? Or are they included as "rift raft"?

[demosincebirth]

82. Included.

[Fovea]

174. They are the future lottery winners of Murika

who don't want to pay taxes on the millions they are going to win playing powerball.

[brer cat]

93. That's why every dem candidate needs a billboard

with GOP opponent pictured with * and Dead-Eye Dick. Keep them connected to this down-hill runaway train!

I'm in a red state and AMAZED at some of the people who are now turning. We must capitalize on this and take 2006! Diebold can't produce victory when the numbers are this low.

[smtpgirl]

98. Hopefully

Robert Erlich does from MD.

[NYC Liberal]

3. Poll: Bush Ratings At All-Time Low (34%!!)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/27/opinion/polls/main1350874.shtml

(CBS) The latest CBS News poll finds President Bush's approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent, while pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a new high.

Americans are also overwhelmingly opposed to the Bush-backed deal giving a Dubai-owned company operational control over six major U.S. ports. Seven in 10 Americans, including 58 percent of Republicans, say they're opposed to the agreement.

The troubling results for the Bush administration come amid reminders about the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina and negative assessments of how the government and the president have handled it for six months.

In a separate poll, two out of three Americans said they do not think President Bush has responded adequately to the needs of Katrina victims. Only 32 percent approve of the way President Bush is responding to those needs, a drop of 12 points from last September’s poll, taken just two weeks after the storm made landfall.

[PurpleChez]

8. Damn, that's a scary picture. They look like Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin

at the end of Beetlejuice, after Otho has screwed up summoning the Maitlands' ghosts.

[Drum]

32. heh heh heh! nt

[louis c]

46. When I Heard About This Port Deal

I immediately posted here on DU that this could push Bush into the 20's. This is the issue to break his base, and that's what needs to be done to impeach.

[smtpgirl]

100. More like the crypt keeper & ??

Babs being the crypt keeper, maybe poppy should be the levithan

[RebelOne]

4. I can't wait until his ratings go into the teens or single digit numbers.

[merwin]

7. Teens maybe... won't go single digit

There's always enough freaks out there who blindly trust him.

Even Cheney has a double digit approval.

[coalition_unwilling]

16. Nixon was at about 27% when he resigned, if memory serves

Cheney's ratings are currently at about 24%, according to Ed Schulz, altho I've heard they go as low as 19% (lower if margin of error is factored in).

[EVDebs]

22. They will be held accountable in '06

The Case for Impeachment
By Lewis H. Lapham
Harper's Magazine

Monday 27 February 2006

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022706C.shtml

"""To take away the excuse," he said, "that we didn't know." So that two or four or ten years from now, if somebody should ask, "Where were you, Conyers, and where was the United States Congress?" when the Bush Administration declared the Constitution inoperative and revoked the license of parliamentary government, none of the company now present can plead ignorance or temporary insanity, can say that "somehow it escaped our notice" that the President was setting himself up as a supreme leader exempt from the rule of law.""

No excuses. Congress in '06 must change hands.

[Warren Stupidity]

30. The shredders are working overtime.

So here is the puzzle piece that I can't get to fit.

1) I am convinced that this administration has committed very serious crimes, crimes that range from murder and torture of detainees to the LIHOP/MIHOP event of 9-11.

2) How can they possible allow the opposition party to have subpoena power?

[EVDebs]

55. How do they live with themselves is the appropriate question

Giving them a choice, they love 'choices'--they're freemarketeers

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2135837&mesg_id=2135897

Impeach or Resign.

[klook]

116. Those are two good choices. (eom)

[anitar1]

136. They live with themselves because they are a covey of

sociopaths who are without conscience.

[coalition_unwilling]

188. "covey of"? I think "coven of" is more apt and, besides,

don't insult quail (which, Cheney's best attempts notwithstanding) come in covey(s) or covies (not sure of plural spelling).

However, "coven of" may do a dis-service to witches and pagans, who tend to associate in covens.

"Gaggle of sociopaths"?

[w4rma]

59. "Just 18 percent said they had a favorable view of the vice president …"

"Just 18 percent said they had a favorable view of the vice president, down from 23 percent in January.

Americans were evenly split on whether or not Cheney's explanation of why there was a delay in reporting the accident was satisfactory."

[Higans]

70. Dick Cheney = Elmer fudd

http://www.bobrivers.com/audiovault/downloads/cheneyvid_med.asp

[July]

160. Weird favorable/unfavorable numbers.

Bush favorable -- 29
Bush unfavorable -- 53
Bush can't say/haven't heard enough -- 17

Cheney favorable -- 18
Cheney unfavorable -- 46
Cheney can't say/haven't heard enough -- 35

What's weird to me is that, while Cheney's favorable no. is significantly lower than Bush's, Bush has the higher UNfavorable. What's up with that? I will enjoy using this fact in conversation with Republicans, though I don't quite get it.

[Texacrat]

178. Carter and Bush I also went down that low

In the 20s.

[coalition_unwilling]

13. How about negative numbers? :)

If his approval rating gets down below 5%, wouldn't the margin of error put him possibly into negative-land?

[druidity33]

148. isn't *'s number negative?

With African American voters? Something like 3% approval with a 5% margin of error?

heh, heh, ...

[roguevalley]

5. can there be a better post all day than this one? Thank you.

[VP505]

21. One that says

Bu$h and Cheney are being impeached or indicted would be better.

[President Kerry]

44. yes. Breaking News: Bush impeached. n/t

[Nimrod2005]

6. I feel like saying I told you so....!!!

[HockeyMom]

9. Couple more points and he'll rival Nixon

[merwin]

14. Nixon went down to the mid 20's I believe

[EFerrari]

10. Don't more people believe in flying saucers?

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

52. LOL!

Same 34% according to Opinion Dynamics Corporation. The number is an average of women who believe (30%) and men who believe (39%). You have just identitfied the Bush voter! Do you think they'd let the aliens probe without a warrant? Should we ask the little green men to secure our ports?

:thumbsup: Best laugh of the day!

[EFerrari]

85. OMG! LOL!

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

90. You're a genius.

We've all been trying to figure this out for so long. Now the phrase "All your votes are belong to us!" makes so much more sense!

:hi:

[Mythsaje]

138. Hey now...

I'm more likely to believe in flying saucers than I am anything this administration or its lackeys say.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

11. Nixonian levels. BWAAAAAAAAAAA

HAHAA

[patricia92243]

12. I am amazed that it is high as 34%. Don't some of the other polls come ou

out tomorrow? I was polled on-line by Zogby. Have not heard results yet.

[Faygo Kid]

35. One out of every three people you meet still support this buffoon.

It is hard to believe. Bush could molest children on live TV and he would still poll a 25% approval rating, cheered on by Rush and O'Reilly. So, he is down to nearly only his core base. And remember, of that 34%, half have never heard of the ports issue or anything else in the news.

[connecticut yankee]

154. Yes, but

he's against abortion and gay marriage. That's more important than anything else, dontcha know?

[emald]

163. this is true...

I have a sister who adamantly supports *shit regardless what he lies about. I asked her how she could support someone who so obviously lies and she just said that she wasn't going to talk about it, that he was a man of god and no amount of "bad" news was going to change her mind. I've only seen her once in the last twenty years and probably never will again but I was amazed at the inconsistency. A man of god, can you believe that? Deranged confused and illogical but still supporting the fool. Stupid. Can't choose family I guess.

[calimary]

181. So was I. Did you see the question that asked "are you proud or ashamed

that bush is prez of the United States?" Of course, my answer was "ashamed." I've never seen such strong word options applied to him before. I'm guessing that there are people who've weighed in (I certainly did, myself) asking why - in the job performance category, with "excellent," "good," "fair," or "poor," there wasn't also an option for "abysmal." That may have motivated somebody there. Just a guess. But saying he's done a "poor" job doesn't even begin to describe how bad it is. "Poor" is damning with faint praise.

[Ecumenist]

15. No kiddin...

With a mother who's an outspoken, ignorant bigot, ( and looks like a bronx cabbie) and the history of colossally spectacular failures rivalled only by Schleprock, it ain't rocket science fellas. :crazy:

[Jane Austin]

19. First out-loud laugh of the day!! Thanks!!

"With a mother who's an outspoken, ignorant bigot, ( and looks like a bronx cabbie) . . . ."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


(Edited to correct smilies)

[Ecumenist]

131. Anytime, Janeaustin...

Anytime... The truth speaks for itself, I always say:hi:

[Infomaniac]

175. Oh! My word. I'm dying over here.

"...looks like a Bronx cabbie..."

:yourock:


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[CrazyOrangeCat]

23. ;~)

:spray:

[Divine Discontent]

126. hey!!

my brother calls me schleprock.... don't make me feel like bush by tying the two! lol...


and COLIN (SOB) POWELL was on LENO tonight telling millions that the ports deal is good and people are just not understanding it's a brave new world and we gotta understand differences... he got pretty good applause... SICKENING SOB :puke:

[Ecumenist]

130. Most people aren't that stupid..Martyred

You don't have to set them on fire for them to understand that fire is hot. They don't buy the port crap. I apologise for the Schleprock connection.:shrug: :hi:

[Divine Discontent]

182. no one probably knows what we're talkin bout haha n/t

[anitar1]

137. Don't they hold up applause prompts on TV shows? n/t

[u2spirit]

151. Don't insult Bronx Cabbies!

NM

[Ecumenist]

184. Forgive me, U2Spirit....

Would it help if I said that she's a reasonable facsimile of a bronx cabbie? Whispering---(if you can keep a secret, I've always thought she looked like Yogi Berra in drag myself but he's sucha sweet heart and I never wanted to cast aspertions), but you didn't hear it from me.:evilgrin:

[eppur_se_muova]

18. YYYYYEEEEESSSSSS!!!! C'MON BABY! WE CAN BREAK 30!! nt

[goforit]

43. But I can't stand anymore high crimes delivered to us on his silver plate

There seems to be new crimes every day while all
of Congress/S.Court just watches!!!

We need an arrest and conviction.

[mconvente]

92. YES! lets do it!! < 30 nt

[rateyes]

20. Now, let's make Bush and national security,

smaller government, fiscal responsibility, crime prevention, education, health care, the environment, minimum wage and homeland security DEMOCRATIC ISSUES (which they are)---and, RUN IN 2006, not against a particular opponent, but against BUSH---morph EVERY republican candidate's face in TV ads with Bush, Cheney, Abramoff, DeLay, bin Laden, and whoever is the head of the UAE govt.

Nationalize it, and make it about OUR ISSUES as opposed to Bush's cronies!

[EVDebs]

24. Impeachment in '06, the only way to hold them accountable !

Repeat after me, Ptech, Ptech, Ptech, Ptech

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2481878&mesg_id=2482256

[rateyes]

27. We've got to get the people of this country used to the

idea...and we need Dems to lead the way....Impeach or Resignation of the whole administration....make it part of every sound bite...get everybody thinking of the possibility of real change....starting with cleaning up the administration.

Every post I write from now on until it happens will be signed in the following way:

To BUSH: RESIGN or GET IMPEACHED--YOUR CHOICE!

[rambler_american]

87. Posting Labels

I made a bunch of mailing labels that say "Impeach Cheney First" and I stick them everywhere I go to get people thinking about impeachment. Everytime I fill up with gas one goes on the gas pump, When I go shopping I stick one on the shopping cart handle. Car wash, laundromat, store shelves..... Endless list.:dem:

[rateyes]

173. Good for you!

Cheney and Bush deserve a fair trial!

[FormerRepublican]

25. Poor Barney now has a vet visit in his near future. Bushie just won't...

...be able to resist kicking the dog over this...

LOL! And Cheney has an 18% approval rating - if he were any lower, he'd be in negative territory.

These idiots don't listen to anyone, they just proceed with their personal agenda at the expense of the American public. And the American public is getting more and more angry. Look out, elections 2006!

[truthisfreedom]

26. i wonder if they'll allow it to break 30% or if they'll engineer something

to stop the free-fall. i'm so intensely cynical about everything they do and say that i'm ready to believe they'd engineer an "event" to boost polls and they have several such possibilities waiting in the wings, ready to "deploy."

[Higans]

28. isn't it 25 ports and not just the 6 that the MSM seems to keep preaching?

[fooj]

31. I believe that it is 21.

Peace.

[Higans]

36. so why the MSM keep saying 6?

[fooj]

54. Compliant liars.

Peace.

[Canuckistanian]

78. There are 6 MAJOR ports

The others are um, not so major.

[superconnected]

45. This survey is probably before friday when it was 6 ports.

Wonder what his approval rating is now.

[Submariner]

29. I smell a Terra-lert comin' any day now

Time to haul out another bag of fear-mongering for AWOL-boy.

[Arugula Latte]

47. Terra! Terra! Terra! Everywhere! ... Um, except in our ports.

Ya don't need ta worry 'bout that, see?

[Kierkegaard]

61. I'm waiting for them to take the fake alerts to the next level.

People aren't buying the "Holy shit! Look over there!" stuff anymore. The next logical escalation is for them to actually blow some shit up to back their play.

[reprobate]

132. They did that already. In September of 2001. And we're still scared.

[angryxyouth]

167. You beat me to this point.

I would say you can almost count on it. These guys scare the shit out of me. Rummy is probably working on it right now, twisting the wires himself. Get ready for marshal law everyone.:nuke:

[Canuck55]

68. I'm sure Rove would love to go to the well yet again...

...except this time there's an 800 lb gorilla wearing a D.P.W. t-shirt in the way.

[Julius Civitatus]

33. Worst... President... Ever!!!!

[Faygo Kid]

37. Richard Nixon is smiling somewhere.

It may be warm where he is, but he is no longer worst in my book. Bush wins this honor so easily, it is almost a pleasure not to have to even consider it. Almost.

[Lisa]

74. yeah, it must warm the old dude's heart ...

(assuming he isn't already warm enough!)

... to hear people criticizing Dubya for beating up on the EPA and the Endangered Species Act (both of which Nixon introduced).

[Julius Civitatus]

106. Nixon was a hippy compared to this bunch

These neocons have literally made Nixon look good in comparison, and that's a lot to say!

[Divine Discontent]

127. I say that often! n/t

[Mythsaje]

139. Hell, Nixon WAS good compared to this bunch...

He might've been a paranoid nutjob, but he did some good things. I honestly think he was mentally ill.

He was a Repug. It goes with the territory, sure. But he was REALLY mentally ill.

[Ilsa]

38. Make it 100% of people living near any one of the 21 ports

that disapprove of the Dubai deal.

[unschooler]

39. The question is whether we can translate this into victories in 06 and 08.

If the Bush-hating doesn't hurt the rest of the republicans sufficiently, well, it's just Bush-hating.

[VirginiaDem]

40. I predicted on some Port thread that he'd drop below 35%

He previously has a 38 or 39 % floor that he couldn't fall below but this port foul-up was such a momumental political blunder that he stomped a whole in the floor. It turns out that at least some of the Bush-forever crowd were serious about the whole War on Terra and were willing to at least temporarily jump ship when it turned out that their Great Leader was clueless on the one issue that the Repubs beat the Dems in the polls.

[reprobate]

134. I'm wondering if we're approaching the free fall point yet.

In mass opinion situations it's my feeling that it can reach a critical mass such that those in the minority find that they are nearly alone, and suddenly they find themselves agreeing with the majority. At that point there cam be a 'free fall' until you really can find only single digits that approve.

It would be so satisfying to see that happen to this bunch of criminals.

[VirginiaDem]

146. I expect there's a new floor of 28% or something like that. n/t

[VirginiaDem]

147. Here's his problem with the port deal and public opinion

Now that every right-wing talk radio wingnut except Limbaugh have come out against the port deal, it will be very hard for them to get in line with the new talking points that it's racist to oppose this innocuous deal. This would include Michael Savage, Neil Boortz, Sean Hannity at the least. This is a large combined market.

[0007]

150. So did fifty million other's! Wasn't that a no brainier?

[alarcojon]

42. Great!

This will set the tone for the next few news cycles. Hard to spin away 34%. Although, of course, if he gets back up to the upper 30's, they'll be clamoring about how the pretzeldent is winning back the hearts of the American people.

Impeach his ass!

[jayfish]

48. It's Just A Darn Good Thing He Found His Floor Last Year.

Cheerleader Story

By Marcus Mabry
Newsweek
Updated: 1:03 a.m. ET Oct. 2, 2005

Oct. 1, 2005 - It had to happen. Just as a declining stock finds its “floor,” the point where the faith of hard-core supporters buttresses the price from falling any farther, President George W. Bush had to find his. And the new NEWSWEEK poll suggests he has.

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Jay

[Arugula Latte]

49. His low ratings must mean he's a big Success! Just like in Iraq

where lots of people dyin' and stuff blowin' up and civil war means the U.S. is gettin' the job done, see?

(Republican/Fox News logic) :eyes:

[Jack Rabbit]

50. That's LESS than what would be expected of any major-party candidate

That's LESS than what would be expected of any major-party candidate in a two-way presidential race just for showing up.

Mondale got about 38% in 1984.

Of course, given Bush's performance in office -- and the fact he did not come to the office honestly in 2000 -- it's still far more than he deserves. The only thing that prevents him from being the worst president ever is that he is not actually president.

[Stephanie]

51. THIRTY FOUR PERCENT!!!

That is kind of SHOCKING. If we had a parliament he would be out on his ass.

Let's have a vote of NO CONFIDENCE!

[file83]

99. Good point. "Bush, step into my office.....YOU"RE FIRED!!!" n/t

[mnhtnbb]

53. Just goes to show you how many brain dead voters

there were in 2004.

[Divine Discontent]

62. tsk tsk....

you know you're assuming that many people voted for shrub...

they didn't. it's not a conspiracy. it's the truth!

thousands of votes were scared away by the short period allowed to vote and massive lines in urban areas, and the electronic vote theft like in Central Ohio where Bush was given thousands more votes than were cast, but, since it was easily caught, they had to admit an error. the other systems counted Kerry votes as Bush votes... nearly ALL the Bush stickers I've seen lately, (and I'm a non church attending Christian) PULL into churches along my drive with them, I SHIT you not... over 2/3 of them, it's weird and I laugh, but then I get ticked, because I know that's the base that's supporting the idiot, and they're just buying into his "MORAL authority given him by God"... yeah, right.



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[twaddler01]

56. IMPEACH HIM NOW!

Get rid of this sicko!

[godai]

57. BWAHAHAHAHA!! I want 29!!

How low can he go?? What is amazing is that the numbers are as high as they are. More than half the repubs still support this dreadful loser.

[NJCher]

112. how low can you go?

This low:


The Dubya-Mobile




Cher

[Seen the light]

58. Does Tweety still think he's a popular president?

:)

[Hardrada]

110. Tweetums have a crush on Bushie!

[yorkiemommie1]

60. i have only one thing to say....

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

i was in the card section of RED Target and had lots of fun reading thru the cards mocking bush, condi and rice! there was only one featuring hillary and it wasn't that bad.

[IntravenousDemilo]

63. Does anyone else hear that flushing sound...? n/m

[MADem]

122. I sure do!!!!!!

[leesfirstalso]

171. LATELT EGG ON THEIR FACE; THE "JOLKS" ON THEM

THE “JOLKS” ON THEM!



“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
couldn’t put Humpty together again!”


Bush’s approval rating falls to 34%, Karl Rove and all the King’s men are trying to pick up the pieces of the “shells” of the Bush Administrations blunders, but there are too many! This egghead of a leader and his cronies and all the king’s men are fighting fires that are breaking out everywhere. Public Awareness is catching up and recognizing false claims when they see and hear evidence to the contrary! The “JOLKS” on the NeoCons, George, and the Republicans as all their hens are coming home to roost!



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11597322/


“Grisly attacks and other sectarian violence unleashed by last week's bombing of a Shiite shrine have killed more than 1,300 Iraqis, making the past few days the deadliest of the war outside of major U.S. offensives, according to Baghdad's main morgue. The toll was more than three times higher than the figure previously reported by the U.S. military and the news media”



Our soldiers’ death toll is just short of 2300 with 16653 maimed. Iraqis are dying in huge numbers everyday as Iraq teeters on the brink of civil war giving a lie to the loose lips of Bush, Cheney, and others of control or progress being made. Murtha is right; we need to get out now.



The Domestic Spy Issue and Bush’s/Republicans misuse of power won’t go away, and will be one more Achilles Heel in the 2006 and 2008 elections. All indications are the country trusts the Democrats more in running the government though they need to work on their message and need cooperation from the MSM in getting it out, which is a challenge! The accurate recording of votes moves to the first position. We need to keep an eye on today’s meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting today on the NSA scandal and the results on the Patriot Act. The Bush Administration has been working overtime with favors and pressure on the Congressmen.

In the name of the “National Security” that Bush uses as his excuse to gain power, well-grounded fears and the many chinks in the Administration’s arguments about the deal ought to come back on them. The UAE Port debacle shows a huge majority of Americans are against the proposal, and are not fooled by Bush’s attempt to save face by putting pressure on the Dubai Company to ask for a delay! Postponing it for 45 days and hoping for short memories won’t work this time!


Torture and Rendition won’t go away, despite the US’s position, as the UN and most of the world disagree with Bush! Ditto on Global Warming!


Hillary is right on the money with her quote, "What they're hoping is that all of their missteps, which are now numbering in the hundreds, are going to somehow be overlooked because people, instead of focusing on the '06 election, will jump ahead and think about the next one," said Clinton, D-N.Y.


THE “JOLKS” ON THEM, Humpty Dumpty, George, the NeoCons, and the Republicans with their agenda of blunders are in big trouble! Lets hope all the king’s men and their rhetoric have taken a big fall from the wall, and won’t be able to be put together again in the coming elections!

[liberal N proud]

64. Ice Berg right ahead

Yahoooooooooooooooooooooo!

[johnnyrocket]

66. The saddest part is, Bush really hasn't changed...

...but I suppose the learning curve with the American people is very very loooong. He's always been a corrupt, corpotate whore...are the folks finally getting it?

[anotherdrew]

67. it's 21 ports, not 6 damn it. stupid stupid stupid media... n/t

[Higans]

75. Where did you get that info? I want to send the link to Mom...

[anotherdrew]

104. here's more info...

They are buing out P&O North American Ports, which operats 21 ports in the US. Look at their own map of US operations right here: http://portal.pohub.com/portal/page?_pageid=169,1,169_82863&_dad=pogprtl&_schema=POGPRTL">P&O Map

"
We should also oppose the deal because former Treasury Secretary Snow and the Bush administration have made millions of dollars personally and billions of dollars for their respective companies in these sales.
http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/06/02/ana06011.html
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022206Z.shtml

The individual named by the White House to run security for all major US ports under Maritime Administration, David Sanborn (pictured above), is the current number two man at Dubai Ports World and head of their European and Latin American operations. http://www.dpiterminals.com/fullnews.asp?NewsID=39

So when Neo-Cons defend Bush by saying that UAE won't be running security at the ports involved in the deal, they are deliberately ignoring the fact that DP World's number two is already in charge of all major US ports by appointment of Bush.

The New York Daily News pointed out Snow's connection to the sweetheart deal in pointing out that Snow headed, "the federal panel that signed off on the $6.8 billion sale of an English company to government-owned Dubai Ports World - giving it control of Manhattan's cruise ship terminal and Newark's container port.

"Snow was chairman of the CSX rail firm that sold its own international port operations to DP World for $1.15 billion in 2004, the year after Snow left for President Bush's cabinet."

The deal has already violated federal law in its failure to undergo a 45 day review procedure. That alone should bring criminal charges of espionage for those involved who profited from breaking federal law.
"

They're trying to only call it 6 because 6 are "bigger" than others. They'll also be getting 10 to 15 in Canada, not a peep out of Canada on this as far as I know.

[klook]

117. P&O Map link took me to Microsoft.com - what gives?? (eom)

[anotherdrew]

140. it had an extra http in it, here is corrected...

http://portal.pohub.com/portal/page?_pageid=169,1,169_82863&_dad=pogprtl&_schema=POGPRTL

[klook]

149. Thanks! (eom)

[RDANGELO]

69. and the biggest news is this

Even on fighting terrorism, which has long been a strong suit for Mr. Bush, his ratings dropped lower than ever. Half of Americans say they disapprove of how he's handling the war on terror, while 43 percent approve.

His ratting for terrorism is substantially below 50%. This is the only reason he was competitive in the last election.

[Robeson]

71. You're doin' a heckuva job, Georgie...

...:rofl:

[lonestarnot]

72. Turdteen and a Turd! Heh heh heh!

[tinfoilinfor2005]

73. Just read the poll numbers to hubby, who said,

"Oh, Cheney's numbers have come up!"
:rofl:

[stumblnrose]

76. Who cares about Bush

I gotta worry about William Makar. Now he's an issue!

[Mr_Spock]

77. DIck Cheney

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[neuvocat]

79. HEY BOYS AND GIRLS ITS TIME FOR A TERRA-LERT!!!

WHOO-HOO!!!!

Sorry.

:evilgrin:

[liberal N proud]

81. I thought they were trying that this week end with the ricin incident

but that didn't even work any more.

[rambler_american]

89. Breaking News

http://www.borowitzreport.com/

Breaking News
BUSH VOWS TO ALIENATE REMAINING POCKETS OF SUPPORT
President Determined to Drive Approval Rating Down to Zero

In a nationally televised address from the White House last night, President George W. Bush announced several bold new initiatives designed specifically to alienate his remaining pockets of support.

Acknowledging that his approval rating currently hovers around forty percent, the president told his national television audience, "I will not rest until I have driven that number down to zero."

Mr. Bush said that his recent decision to let a company based in the United Arab Emirates take control of key American ports was "an important step" in alienating the few Americans who still support him.

But the president said he began implementing his plan to drive away millions of supporters three years ago, with the invasion of Iraq: "Based on the approval numbers I now have, all I can say is, mission accomplished."

He added that naming Michael Brown to head up the Federal Emergency Management Agency was another crucial decision in his plan to alienate supporters: "When it comes to driving down your approval rating, Brownie did in fact do a heck of a job."

The president said that he was considering several new initiatives to alienate his remaining pockets of support, such as naming outgoing Harvard University President Larry Summers to a new Cabinet post, Secretary of Alienation.

"When it comes to alienating people, Larry Summers makes me look like a rank amateur," Mr. Bush said.

http://www.borowitzreport.com/

[murray hill farm]

103. No..there wont be any terror alert right now!

That would backfire for them. The most scary thing about this whole port give away, it that the bush admin knew, in advance, what this would do...and they have made it most clear, that they no longer care. What they are saying is the "agenda" must move on...and that they do not give a rats ass about who they step on to do it...not even their own party....it is the agenda now..and that is all there is for them.

[Hardrada]

111. It flopped like the remake of "The Producers"

[marmar]

83. This presidency is officially a disaster...

Time for some housecleaning....

[Zynx]

84. He's really reaching for the bottom there.

[drdtroit]

86. Now it really doesn't matter, does it?

Because we all know who counts the damned votes.

IMPEACHMENT => DEN HAGUE !!!!

:patriot:

[mitchum]

88. DO NOT LET THE OTHER REPUGS DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM HIM...

he is their party leader. They came to the dance with that toad and they can leave with him.

[Burried News]

91. PULL Dick PULL

[Nickster]

94. Nixon was at about 34% between August and Sept of 1973. Jan of 74 looks to

be the lowest point of Nixon's ratings, looks like about 22 or 23%, according to Gallup. Got some work to do yet Dubya.

[Amonester]

95. Now go tee yee mummy, dumbai, an cryee...

}(

[SammyBlue]

96. I'm so happy, cause today people woke up and realized

That this phony piece of shit is full of lies!

I couldn't be fucking happier! Let's see if he can sink to below 30%

[opihimoimoi]

97. What do we expect? He is ilmannered, inconsiderate, inept, clueless,

visionless, alliterate, ignorant, arrogant, skilless, lazy, ill bred, etc etc.

[file83]

101. 34% of Americans are BRAIN DEAD. Pull the plug.

[Betty]

102. no, frist will put a feeding tube in for them

the culture of "life"

[huskerlaw]

105. Approval rating limbo....

how low *can* he go??

:evilgrin:

[sonias]

107. He's lower than that with me

He never even broke 5% approval rating with me. I'm glad to see more of the country wake up. Now can we hurry up and impeach the liar! (And Cheney too!)

Sonia

[osaMABUSh]

108. I called him The Worst President Ever four years ago

I remember clearly it was my wife's 40th Birthday party back in Feb 2002 and my repuke brother-in-law scoffed that I would dare call Bush the Worst. I stood firm on the declaration and, now, would like to hear any repuke defend this POS.

[hyphenate]

109. Can you hear me now?

Good! (It's about damned time!!)

[libbygurl]

113. Keep getting the same headlines, and still no consequences...

...for the atrocious acts of this admin. When will W's numbers plummet to the teens? When is the nightmare going to end? Polls don't move me anymore. Let's see what the mid-term elections bring us.

[bigworld]

114. Dems -- time to report for service!

If I'm reading the numbers right, I see Bush's numbers sinking without much of a rise in Democrats' poll numbers. We gotta capitalize on this folks and hammer away ceaslessly at the basic memes here: corruption & incompetence. I hope the good Dr Dean is ready to pounce on all this.

[lovuian]

115. 34% in other words 13% His base is abandoning him

in droves!!!

[RedSock]

118. but the voting machines ...

... but the voting machines support him 106%.

and THAT'S our problem.




(yeah 34 is way too high if you ask me. i'd say 19-22.)

[Az_lefty]

119. Terra alert or fake attempt on his life...

isn't he visiting Pakistan soon? Perfect play from some sympathy. Wouldn't put it past Rove to engineer something like this.

[mitchum]

180. I've been betting on a "thwarted" fake attempt on his life which...

"came about as the result of an internet conspiracy"
If Karl Rove is as a brilliant AKA cunning as many people seem to think, this will come to pass.

[npincus]

120. ASSault -N-Peppa March to Oblivion

[Brothaman2k]

123. LOL

:D

[Texacrat]

124. Great, too bad this poll doesn't matter

The election was 2 years ago. :(

[GOTV]

166. You got it!

Wish more people did.

[threadkillaz]

125. Happy Mardi Gras!

Laissez le bon temps rouler!

[TexasLawyer]

128. a picture on bradblog.

gotta love it.

[The Straight Story]

129. I won't vote for him next election....

Oh wait, he isn't running...

[eppur_se_muova]

189. You just might -- better check with Diebold! nt

[fearnobush]

133. Oh that look of 34%. Gotta love it, love it more at 24.

<>

[RebelOne]

156. I'd love it even more at 14%. n/t

[darkism]

135. HAHAHA that picture is AWESOME.

Not something I would expect from the cowardly American media.

Simply awesome.

[libodem]

141. Wait until gas prices rise before the summer vacation season

everyone will hate him...but he won't care...poll numbers mean nothing to him. He doesn't listen to the news, read books or wipe his own ass.

[chelsea0011]

142. So when a new poll shows him at 35%, the media will discuss

how he is rebounding? This Presidency is a disaster and the media are the only ones left still spreading the good word about Bush.

[Puglover]

143. Time to raise the Terror alert level! n/t

[tirechewer]

144. Not only is it a great poll.....

The pictures are really scary. One makes it look like he is trying to swallow his chin there in front of the flag, and the still from the video looks like the he has been dipped in wax. Real winner of a day for the shrub.

[NNadir]

145. My wife is unimpressed. She points out he and his cronies still hold

power.

They have a stacked congress and a stacked Supreme Court.

[wordpix2]

152. CBS needs to do a poll re: how many want BushCheney impeached

[DUBYASCREWEDUS]

153. Don't know what is scarier -

The fact that the Moron has 3 years to go or the fact that there are 34% who still think he is doing a good job. Who are these people? What planet are they living on? I would think by now he would at least be in the single digits or negative numbers.

[IronLionZion]

155. Drudge has Cheney down to 10%

Raw story is fantasizing about Cheney quitting after November.

[sofa king]

157. In the Revolutionary War...

It is thought that one third of the population in the Colonies was loyalist, one third was for revolution, and one third was too ignorant or apathetic to care.

I fear that the country is reaching a critical point. I fear for my country.

[PurpleChez]

158. Waiter! Two swords, please! No, we're just gonna fall on them!

And please let there be a film crew on site.

[Beetwasher]

159. CHIMPY'S LOST SUPPORT FOR HIS WAR ON TERROR!!!!

"Even on fighting terrorism, which has long been a strong suit for Mr. Bush, his ratings dropped lower than ever. Half of Americans say they disapprove of how he's handling the war on terror, while 43 percent approve."

That's the kicker, man. That was the ONLY thing holding him up and it's gone and there ain't no gettin' it back.

[sinkingfeeling]

161. I want the polls to go lower yet. However, I think they will try to pull

some spectacular terror attack thing to get his 'base' of cowards back on board.

[blogslut]

162. well well well

It will be interesting to see how the apologists explain this away in the mainstream media.

Will they "find" a competing poll with different, more favorable results? Will they tell us that polls mean nothing? Will they try to discredit CBS...again? Will they ignore this poll and push their fingers in their ears and whine nya nya nya?

:)

[Dragonbreathp9d]

164. When can we see it in the teens?

Common' baby! Keep on fallin'!

[emald]

165. this ugly miss-administration pays no attention to polls

so they say. *shit is still in power, still controlling the "suitcase", still calling the shots (or at least someone pushing him is)and we, as a country, are still in immediate danger from this fool, this "terrasit". *shit is our problem, he is the terror we should all be afraid of. Elections have been stolen, innumerable crimes committed and still this fool flips us all off and walks away. When will something happen to stop this evil?

[gasperc]

168. and to think, Woodward insists, Cheney will get the nomination

2 years can be a milenium in politics, he must know something we don't but I guess I'll hold back from calling him crazy until the GOP certainly does not nominate him. because these days you never fucking know what could happen next. I mean, they convinced the guy he shot in the face to apologize to him!!! yikes!!!

[NVMojo]

169. when I first saw that photo, I thought of Bush in black and white stripes!

[AuntiBush]

170. This Poll is Possibly the Closest to the Truth, thus far.

K/N!

[Quantess]

172. 34 percent seems too high.

Hello. I've been reading D.U. for a couple of months, and learning a lot. I doubt I will post very often, because I don't usually have much to add.
But this one I can chime in, because it's just baffling to me that *s approval rate is as high as it is---in the polls. Because I honestly don't know where they find all these people to say they approve. Where do they find them? Under rocks? I suppose I'm lucky to be surrounded by clear-thinking, aware, SANE, people who almost unanimously disapprove of *. Yes, I do still occasionally see "W" stickers, though they have been disappearing over the past year. Anybody who still supports * is quiet about it, similar to how a mother would be "supportive" of her convicted serial rapist son.
Now, I realize pollsters have to follow statistical guidelines when picking their sample, and such, but these results are making me a teensy skeptical. Just sayin'.

[NYC]

186. Welcome to DU.

:hi:

[lonestarnot]

176. "heh heh heh :shoulder shrug: irrelevant...sob"

[Texacrat]

177. The Cheney favorability poll seems kind of questionable

Especially considering 35% didn't give an answer or hadn't heard enough. Only 46% found Cheney to be unfavorable.

I would say that Cheney's true popularity is in the mid to high 20s though.

[NJCher]

183. huh?

Article says:

Just 18 percent said they had a favorable view of the vice president, down from 23 percent in January.




Cher

[onenote]

179. let's not get complacent

Its not my intention to rain on anyone's parade because I'm as happy as anyone to see these poll results. But its important for Democrats to respond to poll results like this by starting to work even harder to defeat repubs this fall. Sitting back and assuming the public is fed up with chimpy and his gang would be the worst thing to do. Presidential approval ratings can and do change rapidly. Reagan dropped into the mid 30's in 1983, but came back to the mid 60s within a couple of years. Similarly, Clinton bottomed out in 1993 in the mid-30s but rallied into the 70s before he was done. Even Ford, who dropped into the 30s after he pardoned Nixon came back to over 50 percent later in his presidency.

We need to keep up the pressure.

onenote

[Hekate]

185. I don't think he cares: he's STILL the president. Impeachment not likely

For there to be a move to have him resign or be impeached would mean that a sufficient number of Republican congresscritters would have to rediscover their sense of honor, ethics, and concern for the fate of the nation. It would require the same from the MSM. Those were the conditions for Nixon's resignation.

This time around, for Bush that is, it hasn't happened.

Yet.

However, it is lovely to watch him free-fall without a parachute. He's like the man who jumped off a 120-story building. At the 30th floor a friend calls to him from a window "How are you doing?" and the guy answers "So far, so good! No worries!"
:popcorn:

Hekate

[Trevelyan]

187. AOL had Bush's poll numbers on their front page news but I thought

they said that Bush's approval rating were lower than cheney's which have been 19% for a while. Didn't read the article just the headline.

[osaMABUSh]

190. Limpnuts was blowing a gasket over the poll the other day

Rushbag was ballistic about how CBS 'fixed' the poll so that Bunnypants would look bad. He was also in disbelief that Cheney was 18% - he said that it was not mathematically possible.

You know when Rush Limbaugh has to spend his precious time not talking about Hillary but instead dissing a 34% approval of his fearless leader that the whole shithouse has gone up in flames for the repukes.

[opihimoimoi]

191. Another Brownie is in the Oval Office. Has been for 5 years.