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Wed Mar-07-07 04:54 PM
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Poll question: If Bush pardons Libby his approval rating will? |
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Wed Mar-07-07 04:54 PM
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1. Bush's approval rating is no longer relevant in this country. |
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Wed Mar-07-07 05:00 PM
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9. Besides, does anybody really think his poll numbers are actually |
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what they report them to be?
Monkeynut's numbers are in the plausible deniability range.
Gotta prop up the monkey for the good of the GOPigs.
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Wed Mar-07-07 05:08 PM
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Wed Mar-07-07 05:08 PM
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15. And the FACTS are no longer relevant to his rating. The backwash will support him no matter what. |
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Anyone who hasn't figured him out yet either never will... or actively approves of his evil asshattery.
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Wed Mar-07-07 05:31 PM
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Wed Mar-07-07 04:55 PM
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2. I think it will uptick slightly. The nitwits who like that "decisive" shit |
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(he may be dead wrong, he usually is, but doggone it, he's '''decisive'''') will look approvingly at him, spitting in the eye of the nation and the justice system.
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Wed Mar-07-07 04:56 PM
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3. I agree, slight up tick. n/t |
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Wed Mar-07-07 05:02 PM
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11. I'm with you on the "decisive" dimwits . . . |
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But I think a larger number of bitter-enders will throw up their hands in disgust. A pardon (especially now, while the issue is fairly hot) would be thoroughly dishonorable, and Bush's "honorable character" (I know, a complete fiction) is one thing the bitter-enders have been hanging onto.
The purely political animals would also disapprove because the 'Lican party would take another lickin' from the press if Bushie whips out his pardon pen.
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Thu Mar-08-07 04:39 AM
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28. Oh, but the spin has already started. "Overzealous prosecutor" |
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"Case should never have been tried."
"They're being mean to likeable Scooter..."
"He has little KIDS, ya know! Poor Scooter, the FALL GUY..."
It will be twisted as BushCo sparing poor little Scooter; an act of KINDNESS...not an act of a man who needs to shut a guy up so he doesn't rat the rest of the crew out.
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Thu Mar-08-07 09:21 AM
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29. That spin won't turn for very long. |
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And the "fall guy" meme is very destructive of the White House's facade. After all, who's he taking the fall for?
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Thu Mar-08-07 07:38 PM
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30. Hey, bomb a nuke facility in Iran, and pardon him on the same day. |
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That's the ticket!!!!!!! NT
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Fri Mar-09-07 03:31 PM
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31. That would be preposterous . . . |
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Wed Mar-07-07 04:56 PM
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4. I hope Dubya tries it because it will be the end of his presidency |
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....and he will be impeached.
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Wed Mar-07-07 04:58 PM
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8. He won't do it until after the 2008 election. |
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Wed Mar-07-07 05:02 PM
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12. Exactly. They remember Ford's punishment in 1976 for Nixon. n/t |
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Wed Mar-07-07 04:57 PM
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5. His approval rating will slip another few points to maybe the mid-20s, |
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but his influence in the House and Senate will have evaporated.
Already he's only a faint echo of the blowhard he came off as after the 2004 stolen election in Ohio, after which he claimed he had political capital to spend.
I believe those checks are now bouncing.
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Wed Mar-07-07 04:58 PM
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7. He won't pardon him until a week b4 he leaves office |
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so approval rating won't matter. come on...why would he pardon him while he still has legal wiggle room. libby will play the courts till bush leqves office then right b4 he'z pardon his ass
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Wed Mar-07-07 05:01 PM
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10. Xactly, xultar! Bill Clinton didn't pardon |
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Edited on Wed Mar-07-07 05:03 PM by DemBones DemBones
Susan McDougall until the last week of his second term, by which time she'd served her prison time and been out for some time.
I saw her on TV last night and she said Scooter Libby is not going to have an easy time in prison. He's not going to a country club prison.
Edit: She seemed to understand and accept why Clinton didn't pardon her earlier. You gotta admire someone who'd go to prison rather than lie to please Ken Starr! I hope she has a great life now.
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Wed Mar-07-07 05:02 PM
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13. Other...His approval rating will be completely ignored by himself and everyone in the WH |
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I hope no one thinks that the BEEFEE really gives a shit what the country thinks.
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Wed Mar-07-07 05:05 PM
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14. Oh, it may get a little blurb somewhere on some "nooz" programs, but |
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if the pardon isn't played up on teevee, no one will care because they won't notice.
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Wed Mar-07-07 05:36 PM
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18. It doesn't matter because 1) Bush doesn't give a shit |
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what anyone thinks. and 2) The Republican Party will be destroyed in the next few years.
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Wed Mar-07-07 05:37 PM
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19. He'll wait until after the next election. |
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Wed Mar-07-07 10:41 PM
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20. I think deep down he doesn't want to pardon Libby or anyone else. |
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I think bush enjoys having the power to make people suffer, regardless the reason.
But I think he will, eventually, because Libby knows where the bodies are buried, and bush has no intention of letting himself get hurt by anyone.
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Wed Mar-07-07 10:42 PM
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21. The country is tired of Bush |
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That won't change no matter what he does.
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Wed Mar-07-07 10:55 PM
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22. Rating will not be polled for |
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he'll pardon on the way out the door in January 2009
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Wed Mar-07-07 11:13 PM
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Most conservatives I know are mad due to his stance on immigration reform, they think he is pro-illegal alien. If he pardons Libby I don't think he can anywhere but up a few points since 90% of Americans probably have no idea who Libby is in the first place.
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Wed Mar-07-07 11:32 PM
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24. What? Going up is not an option. |
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It should be, just to be complete.
I think it will drop. It isn't possible for it to take a real dive any more.
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Wed Mar-07-07 11:45 PM
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25. bush has reached his absolute floor |
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Edited on Wed Mar-07-07 11:46 PM by leftofthedial
his poll numbers, still inflated by the repuke media, reflect the "backwash" hardcore. he could begin spending his days randomly machine-gunning people on the street and flinging feces at white house passersby and the same 30-ish percent will still "approve"
plus his ratings are irrelevant now
the worry is that his actions will harm repuke candidates in 2008, forcing the repuke party to run away from its fascist policies of the last decade.
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Thu Mar-08-07 12:23 AM
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26. They may drop into the mid 20's. He has probably reached his floor. |
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Thu Mar-08-07 03:03 AM
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27. Drop to the LOW TEENS...maybe 12 or so.... |
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This will KILL THE GOP CROP
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