We should impeach him. Start an new investigation into 9/11 not allowing any of bush's friends or anyone in skull and bones to be involved in investigation. In fact anyone in skull and bones to be fired from the whitehouse. I truely feel they all are involved in this. Bush want the power to do as he wishes as a dictator and he gave himself this power. The north american union wow he has thrown our rights out the window.
I voted for this liar satanist and was fooled becauce I listen to Pat Robertson. I never will listen to that liar again as well. Check out 700 club news and you wont see anything about Bush and skull and bones. Uhmmm is that wired? the watch dog for christian didnt alert them to the one they ask us to vote for is in skull and bones,

Impeach Cheney, Impeach Bush, and then Impeach Pelosi.

Aaron Smithsburg, Maryland – All your talk of violence appears to attached itself to you too. Listen to yourself for a minute.

The 15% who strongly approve of Bush proves that you can fool some of the people all of the time.
History will record Bush as the worse president in our history and it will take generations of good, hardworking Americans to overcome the damage.

'P' tampa fl,
No, I am not family, and dont' have any interest in the oil, but I am part of the 15% even though we all know these polls are so put on!

The Bush Administration, now almost universally excoriated, has set us on a path difficult to reverse.

First, the world believes WE are the enemy now. Due to the unconscionable meddling in areas we did not understand, Mr Bush et al. haqve brought us to the precipice of attempting to police the entire world. The Iraq fiasco – an unjust war, if ever there was one – will be an albatross to us for some time to come.

Second,. pandering to the most ignorant know-nothings, it has sponsored doublespeak and hucksterism.
Thinking folk have been relegated to the edges of action unless they bought into the blatant partisanism of the day.

Third, they have expanded without accountability the very areas of government most resistant to reversal, the defense establishment and the political lobby.

Fourth, they have bruised us by tampering with the freedoms we hold dear, especially as to the rights of the citizenry to freedom from government prying.

These things this administration did from its first days, not only after 9/11. Woe is us…… The end is near, hallelulah!

Hmmm, Actually I am surprised that Bush's approval rating is that high. Amazing how folks blame the Democrats for the mess in Washington but please remember folks, The Democrats have only a slim margin in the Senate and not all that great of a margin in the House. Even so, folks posting that the President's poll numbers are higher than the Democrats in Congress either are drinking the hard stuff or they are not truth tellers. All this House and Senate problems show us, (even this Republican, that to save our nation we must SEND A FAR GREATER NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS TO CONGRESS SO THEY CAN CLEAN HOUSE IN DC!!!!!

Polls always give the numbers for the president,the congress as a whole and the Democrats in Congress. Ever wonder why they don't poll the numbers for the Republicans in Congress since they are essentially the stumbling block preventing anything substantive from even getting to the President?

This gets my Blood Boiling. First of all I am a very strong democrat.I hate
Bush..yes Hate him. I can see his rating where it is because he is a very
bad President. I can't wait until 01-20-09.. Now as far as the Democratic Congress goes it is very hard to get any thing done when you have a Republican President.. I could care less what the Democratic Congress ratings are. I am just glad we have a Democratic Congress. I love every democrat we have in Washington. What we need is a Democrat President to go along with a Democratic Congress…then
we will see washington work like it should.. Some of us do want out of Iraq
but that will not happen until a D is next to the next President.

I have to pay President Bush my respect for being the role model for recovering alcoholics from around the country.

It's not easy. If you think you are smarter than he is, you should be able to quit "all that".

Bush said anyone who disagreed with him was anti-American. I did and am not anti-American but I am anti-Bush and loathe him and his family and everything the GOP stands for. A year from now we won't have to see this dreadful "leader" again… he won't travel outside of Texas because for the first time in his life he will be facing nothing but BOOS!!!!!!!!

Bush with a RepubliCON block has held America hostage, while war drags on, wages fall, energy skyrockets, Bush vetos ANYTHING not to his liking WITHOUT compromise – nice touch, vetos Child Health Care, then sends Laura and the Dogs to visit the hospital – sell'm out for a photo-op – SOP Bush Admin . . . Katrina, Osama, 9/11, Mission to Mars . . . et al WORST EVER!!!!

Jesus wept.
Posted By H. Woodall

What does a long dead Jewish preacher have to do with our Government?

Where, exactly, is this Jesus fellow mentioned in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence??

These people really must take us for idiots! For 7 years, GW has his way with a Republican dominated legislative branch of government, and look at the pile we find ourselves in after all the rubber stamping that went on. In 2006, the Dems were given a majority, albeit weak, to bring about some changes. There is something still not working and that is our government to get things done for the good of the American people. We need to be very demandng of those that have been hired to do the work of the people. At times I wonder, if we are not to blame for this mess.

As an old timer [always democrat] i am beginning to believe that the winning of the house and senate has been the worst victory this country has had in my life time of 78years. I can not believe the disaster that speaker Pelosi and majority leader Reid have brought to the Democratic party. They have been made into absolute fools by the minority GOP. The best thing that can happen now is for them to resign there positions and try to hold there seats in there respective states.They have proved that they are incapable of any type of management of the congress.For the country's sake give it up so we have a chance at retaining the majority for what that is worth. The Repubs are making you two look like absolute fools.You two could not run anything succesfully.What a dissapointment.

One simple fact for all you Bush lovers…. He has voilated the Constitution, in some cases destroyed the Constitution, and has broken international law. Bush is a criminal. I could go on for days more about the rest of his crap performance, but the above is simply a fact without dispute.

THERE IS A FEW IN HERE THAT HAS FORGOTTEN WW2 AND WHAT OUR BOYS WENT THRU!! NO ELECTRIC AT ALL, NO WATER , NO FOOD!! HEY I THINK WE WON THAT WAR!!

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.
But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.
Proverbs 29:2

Per Reuters, International:

Bush approval rating overseas is at 6%!

Having a dim view of Democrats is naive. They may have more in numbers in Congress but enough to get anything done with the "bi-partisan claiming GOP."

And as long as Jet-Pilot can veto, no Democratic programs will go anywhere.

The GOP does for bi-partisan politics and cooperation what joe Hazelwood did for inland waterway navigation skills.

Bush repeatedly insinuated that anyone who disagreed with his Iraq policy (and later his immigration policy) are traitors who hate America.

Maybe that wasn't such a smart strategy for a man who has killed more Americans than Bin Laden.

You have to remember that while Bush was a 'selected' president the first time, the second election he won (not with my help). Which means that some of the people who no longer like him, voted for him. It is too ad that the people who supported him could not see what the rest of us, who did not support him, have seen all along; an empty suit. 2009 can not come fast enough.

Mr. Bush has done something that few would ever have thought possible. By comparison, he has made his Father, Bush SR. look like a
fair president.

"26 million free Iraqis and 31 million free Afgani's approve of the way Bush is doing his job..

Posted By RightyTighty

GOOD FOR THEM….what about us????
why don't you, and Bushbaby join them
over there, and you can all be happy together…..

You reich wingers that support the bush crime family need to be in Iraq. And to the idiot that says Irai's think the bush crime family is doing a good job must live in the green zone. Imagine 2 hours of electricity per day and no clean water YET!!!

Reich wingers should all sign up for the oil war in Iraq. Otherwise, we don't care what you say since you are not all there if you believe the bush crime family is helping America. We may never recover from the criminals currently in the White House and the RepubliCONs in Congress. What a sad time for America!

Posted By M Mcadams – Columbus, Ms : December 13, 2007 10:32 pm

If you are so embarrassed to be an American. You can always leave it.
some place like Iran.

Wrong M McAdams. That poster has every right to be embarassed, just as you have every right to disagree with his/her reasoning to be embarassed. You however, have NO right to suggest, or insist, that he/she leave. That's where YOUR understanding of what it is to be an American falls down. My country, right or wrong. I may think, like the MAJORITY of Americans, that right now, with this President, and this polarization of my country, my country is truly heading in the WRONG direction. And, I may be embarassed by all the errors, miscalculations and scandals brought about by this administration. But you, my dear, if you were a true American first, and not a neocon or theocrat, would know that dissent is a privilege of this fine country. And my dear, if YOU can't accept that, then it is YOU who may want to think about moving to a country more in tune with your philosophy – my way or the highway. I can think of a few.

A Dim view? More than half the country wants his head on a stick!

49% strongly disapproved. That's less than 50%

For somebody who wants to claim others are "uneducated" in my generation, you sure sound ignorant. I recieved a great education, multiple degrees, worked for my country, and now work in private business. The economy has never looked stronger for most of us leaving college. The view on a campus, other than the drunken idiots, is that the 60s and 70s generations have no responsibility, loyalty, or sense of duty. You sure fit that bill.

Violent, headstrong, undereducated, and oversexed…certainly not the people I know. Hating on television and digital media seems an entertaining suggestion. How we get entertainment really doesn't have much impact. Colleges are having to build new athletic facilities every year to keep up with the demand as colleges grow in attendance as well. Where do you get these ideas? I know in Ohio and Texas your "state of the union" certainly doesn't exist, maybe this is a problem in blue states only?

Bush stinks.

and is is totally unbelievable that there is still any support for him. If you looked at who these supporters are, you woul see that they are the Rush Limbaugh ditto heads. Religious evangelicals, wealthy americans who are enjoying tax cuts at the expense of our budget deficit, business executives who have a "friend" who denies global warming because is shields greedy corporations from expensive remediation actions….

You know the list….

Bush is selfish, his adamant supporters are self agenda driven pals. It is a sick equation, but America is bringing out the disinfectant…. Looki out cockroaches. We know who you are!

26 million free Iraqis and 31 million free Afgani's approve of the way Bush is doing his job.. Posted By RightyTighty : December 13, 2007 8:56 pm

Are your numbers off? Do your numbers include the dead Iraqis and the dead Afghanis? Did your numbers include Iraqi children with no legs, arms, blind–better 'free' and blind than not free and sighted. Did those numbers include Iraqis killed by Blackwater? I think you need to review your numbers.

Actually I think the 15% are the people who are paying attention, just paying attention to the wrong sources (*cough* CNN *cough*)

The 15% that approve of Bush's job haven't been paying attention. I believe that the Congress has been trying to do the job that Congress is supposed to do: budget and oversite. The problem is that Bush was used to a Congress that was controlled by friends and didn't care how much they spent. Now that he doesn't like anyone in Congress that is in charge, he finally thinks that he can control them with enough vetoes. I just don't think Bush understands how to deal with a Congress that is coming from the other side of the isle.

A Dim view? More than half the country wants his head on a stick! I hope Americans learned there lesson with electing corporate bootlickers. Less freedom for us, more profit for them, bigger government, less education. The generation that grew up under Bush are the ones that are dim. They're violent, headstrong, over-sexed, and most of all undereducated. Television has brainwashed our citizenry. I can't have a conversation with an average person about a life experience, without them equating something or other with a movie or a sitcom, or something they saw on T.V.? We have substituted reality for convenient truths and well versed advertising slogans. God gave us freewill, freewill to be lazy, overmedicated, couch potatoes.

catch Osama, and cut the price of gas back to .35 a gallon,

Catch Osama – larger military, more deployment, better funding, torture prisoners

cut price of oil – tap reserves in Alaska, Atlantic and Pacific coasts, allow refiners to build 10 more 75,000 bpd refineries, 3 in California, 1 in Texas, 1 in Kansas, 1 in Florida, 1 in North Carolina, 1 in Ohio, 3 in New England

There are THE solutions to these problems. How many of you would vote for them? Well then you don't really want those things because that is the only way to get it done.

I honestly believe that the reason Congress can't get anything done is because Bush keeps veto-ing everything that comes across his desk. I don't know who to blame anymore. This country is in shambles over bickering, money, politics as usual, blah blah blah. Can't people just work together for resolution? Why does one party try to get one up on the other party? I say we kick all these a**holes out of Washington. AHHHHHHHHH!! I couldn't be more frustrated with how things are going in the "Great" America.

Haugan – are you a fiction writer?

Does anyone really believe that any of these people have your interests or well being in mind when they do the things they do? All of this rhetoric on both sides of the political spectrum is nothing more than a tool to keep Americans at war with eachother. While these canidates posture on stage about who is morally superior and has God on their side, the actual problems we are facing go unattended. Currency that is depreciating at an alarming rate, an educational system that is in the toilet and the "in plain sight" unchecked distruction of the constitution and the system of checks and balances! These men and women WE have put in these positions don't care about your family, they care about their own. These people, regardless of their political affiliation, all have one thing in common….GREED!!! If you really want to know why they do the things they do, FOLLOW THE MONEY!!!

Since these polls really only reflect the views of people who have the time/inclination to answer the phone for telemarketers, I don't put much stock in any of them. Gee, people don't like a President who thinks it's a bad idea to tax cigarettes so children can get vaccinated. What a shocker. Shame on the Republicans who didn't overturn this veto. They should be flogged.

Tell ya what, I wouldn't run for office in these times. All this swift-boating and ann coultering gets up my nose. I could pull this country out of its slump in no time, catch Osama, and cut the price of gas back to .35 a gallon, but you bozos will have to do it yourselves this time because I'm not interested.

These numbers are stunning.

After all these years, and after so much has happened, I find it inconceivable that so many Americans actually believe he is doing a good job.

CNN and other slanted secular progressive news agencies push heavily on its readers to hate Bush. Of that, there is no secret. However, mainstream America maintains it's balance against the onslaught of CNN's secular slant. Thank God! Unlike Democrats, America does not eat all that is placed before them, much to the chagrin of CNN. I DARE YOU TO LEAVE THIS COMMENT IN CNN.

HKHaugan Jacksonville, Florida

Sir, your comments about how you love Bush so mush makes me sick. Are you serious? Is that a joke? Hey, how is the weather la-la land?

This is the worst president in recent american history. Maybe in 200 years they might call Bush great, but at least I will not be around to hear that load of @*#&#. I also know that come November the GOP is going to suffer a great defet; surly they will write about that in the history books, not how great King Bush is or was.

PEACE OUT
OBAMA 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a temptation to scream at the top of my lungs in Capitol Hill that Democrats DO NOT control Congress…they have a MAJORITY. Big difference. Control is not 1/2, it's more than 2/3rds. Read the Constitution. Everybody from CNN to Faux News is doing this.

CNN can't spell out the word democratic when there is negative news to report on the democratics!
Just slip in the little dem wrod. Which is the normal far left news reporting for cnn.

Point of information: The best energy bill to come to a vote in many years was scuttled by Obstructionist Republicans and a Republican President: reason? the bill would fairly tax Big Oil's outrageous profits and stop government subsidies for the same BIG OIL!

That is the GOP idea of fiscal responsibility – to their big contributors. You don't mind the $3.35 per gallon, do you?

The Democrats have an uphill battle as Republicans continue, as always, to put party loyalty ahead of what is good for the country.

Tens of millions of people outside of the U.S., including myself, have had a dim view of Bush since 2000. Not cancelling his classroom visit on 9/11 after seeing on TV the first aircraft hit the North Tower (according to Bush), and then sitting in the classroom with a kid's book on his lap staring off into space for 7 minutes after having been told that the U.S. was under attack only reinforced our view that Bush was incompetent. However, despite these facts 38 months later more than 62 million Americans voted for Bush, giving him a second term as president. Nine months after the 2004 election, as Pres. Bush tried to make up his confused mind about how to respond to Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of Americans, maybe even some who voted for him, died as a result of incompetence on his part and other officials in his administration. Furthermore, there's the U.S. national debt that's ballooned 57% to $9.17 trillion since Bush took office, Republican-backed legislation (in 2003) that, if not changed, will force the U.S. government to add $50 trillion to the debt in the next 20 years, bankrupting the country, and of course, the catastrophe of the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq, which has resulted in the violent deaths of tens (and possibly hundreds) of thousands of people, even more who were injured, a quality of life for Iraqis that has been worse than when Saddam was in power, a broken-down U.S. army, a U.S. air force that is going out of business (according to the Air Force Secretary), thousands of suicides of U.S. military personnel, and a total bill of more than $1 trillion, much of it paid for with borrowed funds that generations of Americans will be forced to repay. Given all these facts and so many more, why ANY American approves even minutely of the job that Bush has been doing is completely beyond the comprehension of rational-thinking people, in and outside of the U.S.A.

I believe President Bush is not only a great president but exactly what we needed at this time in our history, a history that will show that to be true. We do not need compromising shallow and weak leadership but one that will stand against the oppressive tendencies of liberalism and its 'cave-in to all hostile comers' philosophy. Now is the time to stand firm and retain what George Bush has courageously done to defend this country and its allies.

Posted By HKHaugan Jacksonville, Florida : December 13, 2007 4:22 pm

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HKHaugan has got to be Jeb Bush or just another neocon sheep. Pathetic.

irrelavant article

As an Independent voter,I havent got a horse in this race yet,at least not this early on.But one thing is clear by the tone of things already,if the Dems do get in its going to get really ugly with paybacks and revenge for the eight years of getting their noses rubbed in it.So much for working together for the good of all Americans.

Maybe we need to get rid of all incumbants regardless of party. I am starting to think they are all worthless!

The day they took the majority, impeachment proceedings should have began. That would have eased the publics mind. But alas, as we with any comon sense know, a Dem is a Repub is a Corporate, war-mongering puppet.

Honestly, what's really dragging down congress's approval right now is the Republicans who are fillibustering every attempt made by the Democrats to do anything. A majority in the congress is nice, but doesn't mean anything if you don't have a 61% majority.

To Jean in Columbia, Md
If you are so embarrassed to be an American. You can always leave it.
some place like Iran.

The fact that Democrats don't have enough votes to override Bush's vetos says it all.

The reason we're dissatisfied with the Democratic Congress is the fact that Bush & Co are still in office.

A President can only do his job correctly with a backing Congress and House, Senate. Vetos can and have been overidden before.

26 million free Iraqis and 31 million free Afgani's approve of the way Bush is doing his job..

Bush is an idiot puppet to big oil and Pelosi and Reid are cowards. What is to approve of?

while i am disappointed that the dem leadership is not ending the war now or doing enough to investigate criminal activity within the bush administration, i think it's important to remember that the dems only have a razor-thin majority, and that's because two independents are caucusing with them! i think we need to continue to support them until they are powerful enough to actually reverse our course.

Gee, a poll masquerading as "news", and served up to the people as something noteworthy.

The Iowa Debate must have not provided fodder for your cheerleading antics in favor of Democrat candidates.

How 'bout a poll of people who think CNN isn't just another water carrier for yellow journalists everywhere?

Jesus wept.

Well I wonder why. both are leading us down the primrose path. both are bought and paid for and serve their corporate and financial masters.

Comparing these numbers is a mistake. Take them all in together and what are you reading?

Americans have lost faith in their politicians in Washington…and with good reason.

The approval ratings for the democratic controlled House and Senate pale in comparrason to those of Mr. Bush. Yes, Mr. Bushes approval rating is in the toilet. But the approval rating of the Democratic Congress is even LOWER!

Who ARE these people taking the polls ???!!

You got your numbers mixed up CNN. Pitiful…

I think it's pretty foul that the Democratic congressional leadership has to take the rap, for the Bush administration's failure to accept compromise into their ever-failing list of priorities. When last I checked, Congress has worked hard to deliver bills to the president…only to have a presidential veto slapped onto them. Congress can't get to the other side of the wall while the door remains closed.

What leadership in democrats. there is none period. They have done nothing to improve the "human" condition, done nothing but fight, have not won over any republicans, have no guts period. The republicans fight them on every bill which is surprising. You would have thought by now they democrats would have some positive influence but sadly they don't. America, we are in deep deep "stuff" here.

That makes sense: Americans have a dim view of a dimwit president.

The president's approval rating makes perfect sense because he's just a complete idiot. The worst president in American history (followed very closely by Jimmy Carter). But the congress is another matter. Both democrats and republicans need to put down their swords down and work together. The sword fights start during the elections with all of the accusations, name calling and mud slinging. Unfortunately, that continues once they take office. One party always looking to one up the other based on what the polls are telling them. They should instead work together and do what's right for America no matter what the polls are saying. It all seems so simple to say but so very hard for our elected officials to do. Pity!

Granted, Dems haven't been very productive on the job. Why is it so hard to pass simple bills without stuffing them full of earmarks?
Bush, I can't believe 15% think he's doing a good job, they must be relatives! Bush and Cheney will never admit they are wrong about anything, the egos, I can't wait until they're gone! Maybe we can get that endangered fish on the list that the retired Cheney will be fly-fishing for when he retires. See how he likes it when people take what's important to you, away from you.
And another thing, They love to brag about how their legacy will be about protecting the country from another terrorist attack when it took 8 years between the last one and 9/11. What a joke this administation is!!!
It's embarrassing to be an American these days…..

What is fundamentally clear is this: George Bush and his loyal group of conservatives will not find middle ground with Democrats on any issues. It is either US, or the highway. And I agree with Senator Schumer, the Republicans will lose more seats in the Senate and the House – so it may not really matter who is President in 2009, because a veto proof Congress will determine what legislation will be passed.

I believe President Bush is not only a great president but exactly what we needed at this time in our history, a history that will show that to be true. We do not need compromising shallow and weak leadership but one that will stand against the oppressive tendencies of liberalism and its 'cave-in to all hostile comers' philosophy. Now is the time to stand firm and retain what George Bush has courageously done to defend this country and its allies.

The 15% must be family members & oil tycoons…

Congress would have a higher rating if they would do the job they were hired to do and end this war in Iraq that was built on Bush's immoral lies.