death

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debt

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destruction

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix

Let's see if what the Dems make of this.

I was thinking about Clinton's impeachment today.  Were his numbers as low as this even during the height of sexgate?  The Repubs didn't worry about alienate Clinton's supporters.  They saw a weaknesss and exploited it.

If you want things to get better, be prepared to deal with change.

The American people do (did) not want to admit that we went to war in Iraq based on a pack of lies. The majority of Americans supported the war in the beginning, and to learn that they were snookered was just too much for their egos to admit.

But as more and more shit comes down, it starts to pile up; one little pebble won't cave the roof in, but a giant mountain will. The secrecy around what exactly happened on the ranch in Texas reminds people of the secret meetings Cheney held with energy executives. And I wonder how much of the indignation in people's minds has to do with port security and how much has to do with the Bush misAdministration being in the back pocket of the Middle East oil cartels?

In the long run, it all adds up: the lies, the inefficiencies, the backbiting against "enemies", the us-vs-them mentality, the special favors for special friends...eventually even the densest American gets fed up.

What worries me though is if this misAdministration looks at the ratings and says, "Fuck it, we've got nothing to lose," what might they do next?


Not one dollar more...

I love Pollkatz.

Though he doesn't have these CBS poll numbers included yet, his latest creation tells the tale: watch the spiral.

He also has a Dubya/Clinton/Nixon comparison chart

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead

Wow

I bet someone a few months ago that he could slide as low as 33 and that would be his base.  But maybe (oh please) I'll be on the high side.  

and stop whining about effort.  Just enjoy.

It seems were getting closer to that answer to the question.."what will it take for you (repug) to lose faith in W."

in Harper's is so on the money: A country is not only what it does--it is also what it puts up with, what it tolerates. --Kurt Tucholskya

Is America through putting up with Bush and Cheney and the Neocon contract on America?  Will we get our Nation back from their grip and free it from the corrupt military-industrial greed fest?  Can the vituperative Christycons be driven back into the hate-filled holes they crawled out of and be made to stay?

This is like an Arthurian Legend.  Will the People return?  For the People and Land are one.  Will the light of liberty shine once more and freedom ring again?

If only this were a movie instead of contemporary history, I'd feel much more confident in having faith in my fellow citizens to do the right thing.

Since it isn't a movie, I echo the sentiment -- can't somebody find me a blue dress so we can impeach this SOB?

They burn our children in their wars and grow rich beyond the dreams of avarice

Poll numbers are no longer as important as they once were. Dictators are not always popular, fascist governments are not always popular.
We are living under a fascist government. Sorry.

Bush doesn't care about poll numbers right now. He will bother with them in August and Septmeber for the November elections when Republicans will go up against their mirror image Democrats who still won't oppose the war and in fact will call FOR MORE TROOPS! So if Democrats get elected they will do what their sponsors want....fight terrorism.

That's right!

Democrats will complain BUSH IS TOO SOFT! We NEED MORE TROOPS!

The democratic message being we are stronger than the Republicans.
THere's no difference between the parties, so no....Americans cannot have their country back or whatever.....

Nothing is going to change. Don't get your hopes up. America has crossed the line and it's a long long way back.

IF you want the country back you better get into the streets and tell Move on and Air America to call for demonstrations.

American people are too medicated, too apthetic,  too drowned in propoganda to ever wake up I'm afraid.

Cheney will not step down. Tha'ts a rumour being started by some Republicans like Peggy Noonan who don't like him. Bush doesn't give a shit what they think. He won't ask Cheney to step down and Cheney will remain. CHeney could decide to step down and would if he feels he's being focused on too much. He doesn't like the glare, the attention be it good or bad. He's likes being in the shadows where he can be as stupid as anyone can be who imposes his lessons learned from Jackson Hole Wyoming on the grand stage of Planet Earth.

As the Booman says:

"I thought that maybe the public would get upset by evidence that we are fighting a war under false pretenses or that the government is spying on us without a court order or some one of 10,000 other issues that have been reported on in the news or in the papers. But apparently shooting people in the face and engaging in normal negotiations about corporate takeovers are more important. So be it."

I am upset that more people aren't upset about the spying without a warrant issue.  I mean this is important, people!  Or is all this respecting the principles our country was founded on, blah, blah, blah, a bunch of horseshit to most people?