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Richard ,, YOUR "fact" list does not do much better either, Ok , on your budget surplus This is a delicate subject that always looks good on paper that rarely stands up to real numbers. How many times have we seen one presidents legacy in economics fall apart in the first six months of the next presidents term ? I am not a young man but I do still have a working memory,, lol,,, this leads me to your next fact,,, WE wanted Bush to revege 9-11 ,congress went along with it knowing what the president knew, which by the way now seems to be not much,, but never-the-less did so, and by doing so opened the door to a billion dollar a day milatary effort with endless limits that causes recession like difficulties for our nation. This is one of the many costs of war like it or not, in favor or againts the war,,,,,, on to your third fact your comparing apples to oranges,,,,, there are more important implications from clintons second term of office to make comparisons as to the torture debate. so your fact 3 in my oppinion is in-valid due to lack of fairness to the debate,,,,on to fact 4,,,, very well said and debateable,,,,,,, fact 5,,,All through the history of wars presidents have sent messages through speeches and comments to there enemy this in my oppinion was an attempt to tell Bin laden is insignificant in the war againts terror, that he is just one more evil we will rid from the earth,, no fact here at all all innuendo and hearsay,,,,,,,fact 6,,, every president has the right to fire and hire prosecuters ,, you know that ,,and all presidents do for there own reasons and goals,,, you even conceed this to be apparent fact,, once again innuendo and hearsay,, fact 7,, the fact they left is true and the fact that one name was prosecuted is true it would once again be innuendo and hearsay to state the others resigned in shame or left under fire when popular oppinion is these very people have no shame or honor,,,,, so in the end only part of your first fact an all of your 4th fact is clear and of merit of debate in my oppinion,,, my original comment still stands at 80% to 20%

from the north,,, it took decades for the us to be seen in an un-flattering light in the middle east, We have been medaling in there affairs since the early 1950's. Our greatest "PEACE" presidents CIA did more to shape and instill the hatred the middle east has for us than any presidents CIA since then , but that being said,,, they dont believe us and they don't trust us, and they have every reason not to. We should be taking the opportunity now , and I am sure we are, to make the attempt to repair the damage by the example of showing fundamental qualities we share in common,, To convince them that as much as the world changes in the future , they can still hold on to and trust in these fundamental beliefs we share in common. that every thing else is just buissness, for better or worse. These people are not stupid, there not as backward thinking as our leaders think . I believe they have proven that over the last 7 years. Our game plan of sending in negotiators to pay-off bad guys to kill or hold off other bad guys has come full circle. Our dis-respect of there fudamental values and culture for our personal gain since the 50's , our attitude that they will do anything we ask if the price is right of the seventies, our showing up spreading the wealth making promises and then abandoning them time and time again to do the opposit of what we said of the eights and nineties is why there pissed at us, FROM THE NORTH,,, I really don't think president bush could have acomplished all that in the first 8 months of his first term before the trade center bombing,, and as far as being seen strong and just before Bush came to office,, How do you explain the earlier attacks and attempted attacks,, first world trade center bombing attempt , Uss cole, embassy bombing, etc,,

DR "Face it — the surge is working and Iraq is improving. All the lefties wanted us to pull out of Iraq a long time ago because our image on the world stage was suffering. Give me a break. America is about strength and leadership, not weakness and cowardice. If we pulled out, our image around the world would have been completely tarnished. I don't know about the rest of you, but being labled a quitter isn't very flattering or good for the image — agreed?"

I respectfully have to disagree. The surge is not working. The only reason Iraq has improved is due to the fact that the violence moved to Afghanistan. Hence, Bush's plan to send 3,000 more military members to assist the upscale violence in that area. And I don't hold much hope that if Bush sends 3,000 more military members to assist it will have any positive impact on the present situation in Afghanistan. The military are at burn out levels now thanks to Bush. And he's announced this supplement of troops would be on a seven month mission.

As far as America being about strength and leadership. Maybe that's what America was about before Iraq but not anymore. Presently America is about Staying the Course and finding enough man power to do the job void of any or very little Military or Adminstration Leadership. In fact, the military don't have the equipment needed to carry out the mission expected of them. So, to send 3,000 more troops into harm's way without the Military or Administrative support they require is what I would term an Administration void of any logistics, strategy, or foundation. In other words, a last ditch effort by a President who has nothing left on the table.

As far as America's Image around the world being completely tarnished by pulling out and being labeled a quiter – America has surpassed the point where being labeled a quiter would be unflattering. America today is viewed by the world in a much more unflattering light . Being labeled a quiter couldn't possibly surpass being viewed as a Harassing, self-serving, self-righteous, War Monger who has put the security of the whole World at risk and created a level of devastation in the Mid East that will take decades to restore. And most regretable is the fact that it all could have been prevented had President Bush the foresight to realize that his decision to attack Iraq without a legimate cause would ignite an inferno throughout the Mid East and a battle greater than any fought to date.

Yes mike I am debating the Accuracy ,, and pardon my lack of typing skills,, when an opponent in debate sinks to grammar mistakes it leads one to believe there a little short on substance,,, if you would like to debate that statement line by line I would be happy to show you where I see" innuendo" and "hearsay" ( is that better mike),,,,,,,,,,,,,, WORSTPREZEVER,,, I am not defending Bush or war with Iraq. I am defend OUR countries right to respond to terrorist attacks,,,and any other countries right to live dream and persue there right to exist without the fear of terrorist attacks,, (hope I spelled all that right, mike will be all over me ) from outside there borders or inside there borders. As I wrote in my original comment. To use in-accurate data or political talking points to argue ones point or throw out hate based comments every time a story or picture of our president is posted is not helpful. WE have BIG problems ahead of us in the years to come,, 20 some years of the way politics have gone through the CLINTON/BUSH years is enough for me. I am fully ready to work with ,debate, and come up with mutually satisfactory answers to our nations problems with any and all parties. Thats why I am here, a republican,, commenting on a left leaning site. Take the time to go through some older blogs and look for my comments and you will see I try very hard to not comment in hate. In my oppinion ,, the most brilliant millatary stratedgy would be how to avoid war,,,,, But that being said any terrorist's that even think of touching our homeland need to know we will "NOT" be stopped by borders ,politics, or fear in finding them and killing every last one of them if thats what it takes to end terror in our country, It may sound selfish to you,, But I feel it is a necessary tool or fact that should be established and maintained as we go into the future and find ways to co exist with the middle east or other countries or areas of the world we currently have problems with. super powers will rise and fall and if we are not careful we will fall and all we are used to in this country,, then we will all be sorry

mark wilkes barre pa

Mike birmingham AL,, I said 80% was talking points filled with inuendo and here say ,,,, dont put words in my mouth ,,,,

So you're not debating the accuracy of the statements? (by the way mark, the words are spelled "innuendo" and "hearsay")

DR: " I don't know about the rest of you, but being labled a quitter isn't very flattering or good for the image — agreed?"

Not really, unless you find it more flattering for America to be labeled as a Harassing, War Mongering, Callous, Deceptive, egotistical, self-serving, self-motivated Nation. To each his own I guess.

These are the same 32% defending a trillion dollar war against the WRONG enemy and probably the same 32% against health care for children.

Bush and Cheney are habitual liars hiding behind the veil of "executive privilege." Is this a similar privilege they had hiding away from military action in Vietnam?

True cowards and truly disgraceful!

I have read quite a few posts defending Bush because we are "AT WAR".
We are not at war, our troops do not receive war time pay or benefits, they receive
"combat pay". The "war" was officially declared over by Bush under a sign reading
"Mission Accomplished". I would also like to point out that Bush recently vetoed the 70 Billion that he asked for, so our troops are now without the benefits and bonuses they were promised when they enlisted.

For you people who think we would tarnish our image if we left Iraq before we win.
What exactly is it you think we are winning? What is the goal? All the surge accomplished was to bring levels of violence back down to where they were a year earlier. If you think this is success and this is "winning" no wonder you think Bush is a good president. I hate to think what you consider bad.

John G,
You imply that Bush looks bad because the "democrat" controlled congess won't work with him. He has had a democratic-controlled congress for exactly 1 year and 10 days. What about the 4 years he had with a republican congress? He was not very popular then either.

anonymous,,, democrats think congress is doing a horrible job republicans believe congress secretly believe in the president and thats why they keep bending for him,,, he,he,he, ,,, theres a new conspiracy story for you to spread anonymous,,,,shhhhh and dont tell any one your name

Sue ,,, and when your hard data personally impeaches Bush I will publically conceed that I was wrong on this and you were right,,, that I should have read " the end of America " and change my political affiliation to your liking

Mike birmingham AL,, I said 80% was talking points filled with inuendo and here say ,,,, dont put words in my mouth ,,,,and to sue's hard data,,, if you can do that you will be famous because YOU will have impeached BUSH

Sue ,Ive heard you plug the book before ,,you need to read ghost wars and decide for yourself what you believe

Yeah, Mark,
I agree with every one of Phil's list, and I bet we can find hard data on each of them. You need to read "The End of America" and see how Bush is turning the USA into a fascist state-you MIGHT see the light!

Tom Masters January 13, 2008 2:13 pm ET

It's a shame, the public is against the war because they are brain washed by the same media that helped the Dems take Congress, who has a lower approval than King George

Tom, the last poll I saw had approval of the Democrat party at 56% so I'd say your Republicans bring the average down quite a bit. Maybe if they tried to govern instead of obstruct they could bring their numbers up.

"Phil memphis TN your " list " is 80% manufactured Talking points riddled with here-say and inuendo"
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80% of 11 would indicate that approximately only 2 are not manufactured. Unquestionably, some are debateable, which does NOT necessarily make them "manufactured".

-Squandered a budget surplus, turning it into a record budget deficit. FACT: Bush inherited the largest budget surplus in history, fought Democrats to use less of it to reduce debt, and has increased national debt by 50%.

-Moved our economy from prosperity into a recession (the major financial publications just officially announced it, look it up) FACT: the housing market is awful, the U.S. dollar keeps dropping compared to others, gasoline and heating oil costs have doubled under Bush, and many economists say we are in the start of a recession.

-While Clinton debated the word "is" in reference to a sex act, Bush administration debates whether waterboarding is torture. Which is more dangerous? FACT: waterboarding.

-failed to help thousands and thousands of Americans after Katrina FACT: with one phone call Bush could have sent any of our military equipment to aid the people. He chose to ignor them.

-went from "We will get bin Laden dead or alive" to "bin Laden? I really don't spend much time thinking about him". FACT that is well-documented

-fired federal prosecutors who refused to base their prosecutions on Republican politics (a.k.a. prosecute dems and block prosecution of GOP) Apparent fact.

-Has had to have most his top level positions (e.g. gonzo) resign i shame FACT: under fire, these people have also left: Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Libby, Miers, and "Helluva Job Brownie". George Tenet, blamed for the Iraq invasion, remained and Bush gave him the highest award any private citizen can receive.

Phil's list was far from "80% manufactured".

Sam in Texas –

Hahahahaahh!! That was the best parody of a Republican I ever read!!!!

Wait...that was a joke, right? If it wasn't, it's still pretty funny – just in a more tragic way.

Mark in PA – which of Phil's comments is false? Sounds like he hit the nail on the head.

you know, 33% sounds low...but when you think about it – if you get 10 random people in a room, at least 3 of them think that schmuck is still doing a bang-up job. Oh yeah – all you people who keep bringing up congress' low approval rating, I'm a Democrat and I disapprove of the job they are doing. We elected them into power to end the war and restore the Constitution and Bill of Rights that Bush has trampled all over – instead they keep laying down and let Bush get his way. So which is it? Does Bush deserve the low ratings for his job performance, or congress for continuing to let Bush run rampant? You can't have it both ways neo-cons.

you know, 33% sounds low...but when you think about it – if you get 10 random people in a room, at least 3 of them think that schmuck is still doing a bang-up job. Oh yeah – all you people who keep bringing up congress' low approval rating, I'm a Democrat and I disapprove of the job they are doing. We elected them into power to end the war and restore the Constitution and Bill of Rights that Bush has trampled all over – instead they keep laying down and let Bush get his way. So which is it? Does Bush deserve the low ratings for his job performance, or congress for continuing to let Bush run rampant? You can't have it both ways neo-cons.

Bush's numbers will never go lower. The 32% are the hard-core Bushies who would forgive him killing a baby on the Capital steps.
Eventually the damage that man has done will be repaired, but how long it will take is another matter.
With only about a year to go in his term, it seems that we are coming out of a long dark tunnel and can a glimmer of light at the end.
Go Kucinich!

Gregg history repeats it self over and over . we can learn from the mistakes of letting politics run a war like viet nam,,,or learn from what happens when you dont commit to help your allies and only cherry pick your efforts to stop war like we did before the pearl harbor attack in the hope that the enemy would not bother us. these historical events of war are real and sound strikingly familiar to what is going on now,,,, the same can be said for economic events and situations that go hand in hand with costly wars. Every spotted piece of information that was presented to the president and his advisors and the commissioners (some of who were democrats) seemed to indicate that there were WMD's in the days before the decision to hit Iraq . It was not untill we got there that we found the empty wharehouses and bunkers. as I agree with your comment on how could we think these people would come running to us with open arms welcomming us into there lives was about the most opposit thinking than what actually happened ,, it was a mistake due to not having feet on the ground in the way of secret opperatives long before we got there,, you know the old way of doing things a practice that has been proven to save lives time and time again and certainly would of helped if not for being cut from the cia budgets over the last 20 something years considered un neccessary after the collapse of the soviet Union

Phil memphis TN your " list " is 80% manufactured Talking points riddled with here-say and inuendo , the other 20% I would love to see debated by two rational thinking representitives of both parties sworn to an oath of fair play

Cnn monitor I am still waiting for my comment to sam and my question to you to be moderated and posted I see you posted a comment a 3:07 Pm. mine was left in your hands at 7:51 and 10:56 AM you have no right to say my comments were offensive after you posted sam from texas

Well, Sam,
If MICK Huckabee were running, I might consider it. Since it is MIKE Huckabee, however, I just can't vote for someone who thinks war in Iraq is OK. It is not, was not, and never will be seen as OK. We invaded a sovereign nation, have killed 150,000 innocent people, are responsible for the millions more who have left their homes, have allowed AlQuaida to truly have a home, and have distanced ourselves from the rest of the world.
Meanwhile, back at home, we have lost our privacy, given up the right to an attorney if Bush decides on his own that we are some kind of threat, can be imprisoned on that notion without contact, without a hearing, and we can be tortured by other Americans without redress. That is not America!
And you have such a compassionate world view, too, of all the other "worthless" countries. Were it not by the grace of God (or some other quirk of fate) you might live in one of those worthless places, and would you not then look to the great USA to help your homeland? We are getting to the point where we cannot even help ourselves as the dollar falls, a recession begins, and Bush is spending $3000/SECOND in Iraq.
It is patriotic and a duty to question authority! Only in a fascist state are people punished for questioning their government. Is that what you really want-blind obedience to a dictator?
So maybe there are other things to worry about than your misspellings and rants about gays and illegal aliens.

I would just like to point out a few things:

1. Congress HISTORICALLY has lower approval ratings than the president because of the inherent gridlock from being a bipartisan legislative body.

2. To Woody Hamilton: The enemy has no regard for human life? What about the untold number of Iraqis who have perished in the past five years? Human life is human life, the cost is the same no matter what nationality a person is.

3. To Rafael in Richmond: "upserd" is spelt absurd.

-A student who's looking forward to voting Republicans out of the White House in her first election

Bush doesn't care about his approval ratings on the Iraq war, he's looking for support to go to war with Iran.

It's a shame, the public is against the war because they are brain washed by the same media that helped the Dems take Congress, who has a lower approval than King George.

It is time to change the way a president is being elected, to make sure we won't end up with another Bush. An IQ test may help.

People are against the war because the are brain washed by the media. It's a shame.

Funny though that the Dem Congress has a way lower approval hahaha.

Total proof that the public has been duped!

Anyone who thinks that George Bush has done any kind of decent job as president is seriously delusional. This guy is at the very bottom of the barrel and these kids who have died in this Iraq debacle have paid the ultimate price for his ignorance, incompetence and arrogance. I am the mother of a soildier. I KNOW what I am talking about as opposed to you Bush lovers. History will speak the truth and this idiot will get his just deserve. If it weren't so tragic, it would be almost comical that someone so inept could acually be president of the United States of America. Saturday Night Live would have a field day with this bubba!

Bush's approval ratings are way too high for what he done to our nation and to Iraq. Unfortunately he will never be held accountable for his actions. Hopefully God will show US mercy in spite of what our government has done to the people of Iraq.

Just WHAT are those 33% THINKING? Do they even have a clue about the state of America and the world thanks to this unelected regime?

There are multi-billion dollars being spent for war materials. Why aren't these materials being produced in the United States, i.e Detroit, Michigan?

TO: WOODY HAMILITON

You cannot support the war and the troops at the same time since it is the war that is killing our brave young people. Every war is an expression of failure.
Logic 101.

Thank you CNN for opening my eyes to this surprising truth...People don't like war-that one is going to be tough to remember I'll have to write it down.

Ask them if they would prefer to be dodging road side bombs or IEDs on the roads here in America. Ask them if they would prefer to be learning Arabic right now. Ask them if they would like to see the Statue of Liberty or Mt Rushmore or the White House or any other national landmark destroyed when a plane carrying one insane religious fanatic and a few hundred innocent bystanders crashes into it.

As far as Bushes approval rating, he's the sitting President during a war. He doesn't have the luxury of cutting defense spending (like Clinton did) to make it look like the economy is doing well. He is constantly at odds with a democrat controlled Congress who (with the help of the liberal media-I won't name names) makes it look like Bush is the reason they have accomplished absolutely nothing since they "took power". Of course the guys approval ratings are low...

32%. This just proves that you can fool some of the people some of the time but not 68% of the people now. Bush is a loser. Period. And now he's ranting on and on about Iran. Another endless war? The US should look back and try very hard to understand what caused these people, these "terroists" to hate us so. It didn't come out of a vacuum.

Let's see a poll on what percent of Americans want Cheney and Bush impeached for treason and war crimes.

Send the results to weak-sister Nancy Pelosi.

How could you be surprised, with the mentality of the above, and to think he protected their yellow walfalled behinds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a bunch of cowards!
God Bless our troops and their Commander in Chief, that protect
even lefties!

Cnn monitor,,,,,,,,, You may want to re-read your own comment policy You delete much less offensive comments than the one posted by sam from texas. makes me wonder what YOUR thought process was in allowing his comment. Its been three hours since you last released a comment. CARE TO EXPLAIN WHY ?,,,,,,,,,,, wether he was for real or had other motives the result was the same,,, sick and twisted is sick and twisted

So many of the people who have responded to the article use conditions and ideas from the past instead of reality. This is a war that should never have been. This president lied to he American people in his all-out effort to go into Iraq. Why not Saudi Arabia (since 15 of the 19 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia) or why not Syria? His group could have used the same data (unfounded and falsified) to set up the same regimes. We have entered an area of the world that can't find peace with itself; so how did these people come up with the Cheney-esque ideas that the people would come running into the streets to greet their liberators. Nothing that CNN prints or that the news covers can explain away the mistakes that this administration has made. The ostrich-like followers of Bush think that the man has done something great, and yet I can think of nearly 4000 reasons why we should never have entered Iraq. As for Hillary, let's give her a chance. No one could do worse.

When we look back after this Presidency is over, we will see a President who was tough and stood his ground, not giving in to the liberal loons on the left who think they know better. He is a much better President than he has been given credit for.
On top of that, the press has had a lot to do with the perception that Mr. Bush has been a bad President.

Face it - the surge is working and Iraq is improving. All the lefties wanted us to pull out of Iraq a long time ago because our image on the world stage was suffering. Give me a break. America is about strength and leadership, not weakness and cowardice. If we pulled out, our image around the world would have been completely tarnished. I don't know about the rest of you, but being labled a quitter isn't very flattering or good for the image - agreed?

I supported the war because I believed Colin Powell when he said there were 2,000 TONS of biological and chemical warfare materials in Iraq. I figured they would not have made that much if they did not have definite plans to use it, presumably against Israel. It turns out that they were wrong, so I was wrong and most of you were wrong too.

Not only was the administration wrong in their decision to invade, they pursued the war badly, making many mistakes and pouring many lives down the rathole – Iraqi and American. The recent surge strategy seems to have actually improved life in Iraq considerably for the unfortunate citizens of that unfortunate place.

Iraqi leadership is failing Iraqis and us. They have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity. The purpose of the surge was to give the Iraqi govenment some breathing room so they could begin to function normally, repair the devastated infrastructure, and begin policing the nation. Instead, they are busy arguing at lunch time over whether the last piece of pie should go to a Sunni or a Shiite.

Now that we've broken that miserable nation, I think we need to stay until its fixed. I was involved in the decision to go to war, as we all were. The vast majority of us were flying flags on our front lawns and pasting "Support our troops" stickers (made in China) on our bumpers. The flags are gone and the bumper stickers are old and faded, but we screwed up and we need to unscrew the situation.

Get rid of Bush
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OMG, the polls look right, because unbelievably one of 3 posters on here is still preaching what a great job the criminal Bush administration ahs done. yes, they have done all of this:

-Manufactured false evidence of WMD's in Iraq
-Used that evidence to lie us into a war that has murdered thousands
-Squandered a budget surplus, turning it into a record budget deficit.
-Moved our economy from prosperity into a recession (the major financial publications just officially announced it, look it up)
-Performed illegal surveillance on american citizens
-While Clinton debated the word "is" in reference to a sex act, Bush administration debates whether waterboarding is torture. Which is more dangerous?
-failed to help thousands and thousands of Americans after Katrina
-went from "We will get bin Laden dead or alive" to "bin Laden? I really don't spend much time thinking about him"
-Taking the first steps to privatize our military, which would then allow a dictator type to use it against the people of this country.
-fired federal prosecutors who refused to base their prosecutions on Republican politics (a.k.a. prosecute dems and block prosecution of GOP)
-Has had to have most his top level positions (e.g. gonzo) resign i shame

Should I go on? Because I can...

Geo. Bush on Iraq and Iran; because of his affliliation to the PNAC and Personal Ignorance, Bush has to be the most Dangerous Person within any Government! Impeachment is the best solution! Others Die because of total lack of Intelligence.

z in st louis you hit it on the head, there sheep,going to the slaughter house and telling jokes as there walking towards the gate, you are however correct,100%

This must be the weekly trash bush blog,,, worstprezever,,, you ever notice how every time a story on bush comes along you and Z,ST, Louis, and from the north are right there leaving long winded comments , Your hate for me a registered republican I do not understand. I dont know you people and I would not care to from your blind rage comments ! You three would and have been the first to scream out how polls mean nothing ,,, who did they poll to get these results ? Any one can get any percentage they want in a poll if the question is asked in the right way,,,, You just did when you were gloating about how the polls were wrong about hillary when she won at the NH primaries in your comment days ago on that story,, People who apprieciate bush and his attempt at handling the worst terror attack on america since Pearl harbor and the first successful major attack on the main land " IS " because of his consistant un waivering approach to terror. How ever right or wrong or whatever mistakes were made in that approach can and will be debated for ever,, But that being said myself and the other 32% , give or take 3% for error,,, felt at that time and still do that there is only one way to make terrorist think before they act,,, that is through the fact that there opponent ( Insert "America here" ) Will not be detired ,confused , or stopped by fear or political pressure in killing every last one of THEM if necessary to continue OUR way of life and very existance president Roosevelts all consuming and personal mission after pearl harbor was to bomb Tokyo, against his own advisers oppinions and in the face of 70 some % of americans being against the US going to war. I know you three will say Yeah but we had support of our allies then,,,,,Our allies were being slaughtered,,,,, long before we joined in that war. thousands died as we sat back and did not help,,, 32% give or take 3% of americans Knew that then and know that now

Mr. Woody Hamilton, I can not believe that there is still someone out to believe this propaganda nonsense, that we have to beat the 'enemy' on their soil instead on ours, to justify the Iraq invasion. No, the insurgents would not board planes to fight in New Jersey. For heaven's sake, Bush policy MADE Iraq the terror hotbed that it was not before the US attack!
Have you ever wondered how the Iraqis feel about the US luring Al Qaida into their formerly terrorist – free country and unleashing mayhem?
And you really believe Bush has some secret information that convinced him that Iraq is an imminent threat?
Dream on.

At last we know what percentage of Americans got to school on the short bus.

Bush is going down in history as the very worst President America has ever had.

where is good old Dennis to start HOWLING about the Senate polls being 'rigged'

Now that the American taxpayer is paying 70,000 insurgents 330dollars a month not to fight things seem a bit better. Problem is they have already stated when the money stops, they start again. The Bush, Cheney , smoke and mirrors melodrama continues.

Industrial Military Complex = 32%

anybody believe the polls????? come on 32%.

mr. president, when you get caught systematically lying to the american people and continue to support an unpopular war... maybe it's time to resign?

All questionairs were filled out by Government White House Personnel. Why not ask the general public?

Had Enough yet????... VOTE DEMOCRAT!!!

Re: Obama's church comment

We have religious segregation/racial division in America, and there are problems in both black and white traditions that both need to acknowledge. Politics won't solve this issue. We all need a change of heart.

"The Church Enslaved: A Spirituality of Racial Reconciliation" by Compolo and Battle is a good read. It is important to gain this understanding now!

How's CONGRESS'S APPROVAL RATINGS in these "polls"? Uh, huh.
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Congress's approval rating is awful. It could be a little BETTER, but the ratings for Republicans make it lower. Republicans always fail to mention that they rate EVEN LOWER than Democrats in Congressional approval ratings.

I don't understand how these pitiful fools can still support president idiot and
can buy this absurd concept that somehow in the far future he'll be
vindicated for all he's done..Thats such a gigantic pile of bull that the
late Sir Edmund Hillary couldn't climb it. Even the other day he used
this same crap in a speech to troops in Kuwait.This grand predicition comes from
the same people that sold you all these lias about WMD and Al Quada tied to
9/11 in Iraq and being "Greeted as Liberators". This is just more bull on top
of the bull..And you party zombies buy every bit of it..You buy the religious
subtexts and the phoney "support the troops" jingoism and all of it..It's
disgusting..Your sheep, yet you claim to be the "Real Americans". Real
Americans question authority and anything thats presented by
government.This bozo called Bush (Sadly thats an insult to Bozo's) has been
an utter and total failure his whole life, and i predict that he will be seen as such
in the history books..Unless of course they are the ones for the religious kook
schools that are written by "Think Tanks"..

** Vote for "NONE OF THE ABOVE" ** Political parties are corrupt and useless

I'm appalled that 33% are in favor of the war in Iraq. Why? It should have never been started, there was never any justification for it.
I cannot wait until Bush is gone.

Watch the movie Zeitgeist on Youtube if you want an interesting theory on why we actually went to war with Iraq. Apparently they threatened to sell their oil in Euro's thus threatening the U.S. dollar. Supposedly Iran is saying the same thing.

Bush sucks. The margin of error is undoubtedly on the negative side which is more like 10%. Everyone I speak with has a very negative opinion of Bush-Cheney, and I live in a RED State. Here in the United States his approval rating is probably more like 20% and World Wide it probably drops to 10%. I don't know who is more stupid BUSH or the retards who who approve of him.

Who is President Bush? Isn't he gone yet??

Ted January 12, 2008 9:05 pm ET

This talk of Bush being a war monger is ridiculous. Face it, we thought Iraq was a legitimate threat in the wake or 9/11, and so did other countries. Congress voted for it based on the information known, and this included the likes of Hillary as well. We know the information was flawed..NOW, but it was credible and real then. There was nothing good in it for Bush, as half the country did not want to invade Iraq, and it was not a popular decision. He did what Clinton would not, because Billy Boy was too worried about polls, and had his own agenda. The alternative was to sit idly by and listen to the spineless world community tell us to wait for inspections, which we had already done!! Enough is enough. I truly believe Bush thought it was best for our country, so quit with the criminal and war monger accusations.

Ted, that is quite the revision of history there, dude. At the time of the Iraq invasion the country was still wrapped in 911 fever and your moron presidents approval was around 70%, approval for invasion to relieve Sadaam of WMDs ( the excuse of the moment) was likewise about 70%. Put down the kool aid and try to think rationally ok?

Anyone notice that a majority of these comments who support bush are full of spelling mistakes and nonsensical ramblings. Tyler I can tell you are a kid still so I am going to give you the benefit of your youth, but America is not great because of capitalism. America is great because our government is sworn to protect its citizens freedom and civil liberties from tyrants. Bush has suspended many of these basic rights, broken many of our laws, and has broken many international laws under the guise of acting on our behalf. This is unacceptable. We owe it to our great Patriots to hold him accountable for his and his cabinet's transgressions against the citizens of this country and the peoples of the world, so that we never allow a tyrant to rule this great country again.

McCain is All WAR when you need a RAMBO call McCain.

Hillary is just as nutty, pull out of Iraq and leave the middle east to Iran.

Romeny is not polling well yet, but he seems to have what everyone else is lacking.

who is supporting this man who turned his back on his country in favor of the corporate illegals that he magnets here...

Who in heck are these people in the 32% and 33% groups?

It seems to me that tens of millions of Americans must be stuck in a permanent intellectual haze if they approve of a President leading us into recession, neglecting our needs, and stumbling around the world like a clueless bully.

And although reasonable people can disagree on our next move in Iraq - how can any thinking American "approve" of this enormously wasteful adventure?

Maybe this phenomenon exists on both the left and right - I don't know . But thank goodness the so-called "bases" of the parties cannot rule alone. These stubborn, mule-headed folks appear to be unswayable in the face of any reality.

take heed of this rating.

32% of americans still think the guy did a good job. All it means is that there is fierce loyalty to the party.

When most Americans wanted the troops out of Iran last year, Bush responded by sending in more troops (the "surge"). The public still disapproves of the Iraq war, in roughly the same diwsapproval percentages as last year. Bush now responds by indicating that he won't object to keeping 130,000 troops there indefinitely, if that's what is needed. Is there any connection between what the public wants and what the President wants to deliver? Is something wrong here? Or is this a way for Bush to build a legacy for himself as he prepares to leave the presidency, knowing that nobody can stop him in the short few months left of his presidency?

Gee. After the latest "polls" were SoooOOOOoo ..um..wrong? In New Hampshire....kinda like they were in 2004's Presidential election.....kinda like these VERY SAME "polls" from these VERY SAME groups (all leftist operated/financed)...were wrong in 2000...and very seldom accurate...they still can't get one even remotely based in reality.

How's CONGRESS'S APPROVAL RATINGS in these "polls"? Uh, huh.

Guess what? As has always been the case since the foreign financed LEFT began commissioning "polls" (French/Candian funded Madelaine Albright-PEW anyone??? – DUH...) they all have stated the same things over and over and over...that the LEFTIST candidates were winning a landslide victory in every election/opinion poll/survey/issue/cause...uhhh...and as susal the ONLY people who bought into it were the brain-dead internet zomboid children and tech-phreaks..you know the type..sorta like the Ron Paul groupies...and Canadians...al alike.

How many times when the phone has rung while you were busy with your life, eating dinner, or doing ANYTHING for that matter...and it was a pollster did YOU camp out on the phone with them and answer all their "questions"? Probably no more than I have or anyone ELSE who is sane for that matter. And as well, you know as well as I do that nobody sits around all the time filling out internet questionaires. SO the type who DO engage/participate in these laughable entreatises are usually..well..the RON PAUL types...yeah. And do YOU think these kinds of misfits speak for and represent ALL AMERICANS? Answer that honestly folks, lol...and you always seem sooOOOOoOOOoooo disappointed when after a REAL VOTE is taken and REAL PEOPLE (the average Americans) show up and let their voice be heard for a change...it NEVER happens to turn out like those "polls" do (that only reflect opinions of you know who's 'net troll army Ron Pollites...and people who's thumbs are in constant motion on the vid game du jour..and usually encrusted orange cheetos...and...you know the type...)

LONG LIVE THE POLLS!?!?!?!? He he he...see you in November when we compare the real world to the polls..yet again. Toodles all.

THOMPSON/ROMNEY in 2008!!

it's now apparent that GWB has turned out to be our best president perhaps for defending us all while the foreign E.U.French/Canadien-financed Leftistas sought to sell us all out to our enemies.

GWB did what was right (not left) even if it WASN'T "popular" with Canada/France/Russia/China/Iran/Syria/Venezuela/North Korea/Al Gore/Nancy Pelosi/Dennis Kucinich/Harry Reid/Joe Biden/Putin/Chavez/Ah'madatdad/Chirac/Schroeder/Chretien/Communist/Jihadist coalition of "peace-activists" and internet trolls. Dur. Duh. EH??? Oui...oui...

Dubya's a failed HAM actor. RE: His top Gun act-...... Mission Acomplished- His take your jacket off and roll up your sleeves Juan Peron act- ......Your doing a bang up job Brownie and his latest Roman emperor act which no doubt would of have made Nero sob........Why!! sob, sob Connie Why!! sniff,sniff. Bush is an actor without substance .... A modern day Nero constantly fiddling and singing his own praises even though that self praise flies in the face of the actual facts. Every time a camera gets pointed in Dubya's direction he starts hamming it up like he is actually fooling people but the sad truth is that in seven years he has fooled no one save his self and his staunch Republican base. Mac is back got it right when he said that a leader has to have followers or he is just out for a walk. Bush has been virtually alone.....and out on that walk or lost at sea during both of his terms in office.

32% of the people also cannot admit mistakes. SOOOOO How many of you Bushies want to pipe up about Bushs buddy in Pakistan ( Mc Cain likes him too) Now after killing the woman who was going to beat him in the elections and after Bush gave him BILLIONS of OUR tax dollars he has FORMALLY rejected the US and has OPENLY Threatned our forces. Bush hasn't even responded.

32% of the people owe the rest of us and the world an apology.

I propose an new law.

IF YOU START A WAR YOU CANNOT JUST QUIT YOU JOB , RETIRE AND GO HOME WHILE OUR KIDS ARE STILL STUCK AND DIEING.

Do you hear me Rummy & Co??? And soon to be BUSH!!

Bush Sr. should have went into Irac, we were two miles from Bagdad. That was before Hussien killed so many supporters of the USA. (The saudies didn't want us to.) The stability of the area was his excuse, well how stable is it now!!!!!!!!!!!!None of the 9/11 hijackers were from IRAC, they were from Saudi Arabia. We worry about the Mexican border, the Hijackers all came thriugh Canada.....

Tyler, let em rant. The same sort disapproved of Truman, who had even lower approval ratings due primarily to the Korea War. Truman's legacy is quite good, so will Bush's should Iraq continue to improve as it is. One thing is certain, Bush's legacy will rise above Clinton's. That may not be saying much, but what really is so significant about the Clinton Presidency? Please don't say the economy....he was fortunate to have a responsible Republican controlled Congress submitting reasonable spending bills for him to sign. Clinton's legacy is one of inaction in the face of a flourishing al Qaeda threat. Not very impressive. Perhaps Clinton can still be charged with negligence and ineptitude in the face of looming threat to national security. No wonder Clinton's been trying to rewrite history for the past 7 years.

Is he still president? What a disappointment.

This administration, Bush and Cheney both need to be impeached. Lies, leaks and oilamobiles. Not to mention all the Bush defectors from Collen Powell to well so many, I can't remember them all.

it appears tyler is one of the "all of the time". We are not safer, we have not enacted hardly any of the recommendations of the 9/11 commision. bush has created the terrorists your children and grandchildren are going to have to deal with. King george bush doesnt want big government so that the president is the ONLY government. You dont want government and think pure captialism is the way – try living in somalia for awhile. Why did he pass a bill he would never fund? If the funding were there for education, it wouldn't be that bad of a program!

How can Bush ignore the numbers? What agenda does he have beside the will of the American people? It boggles the mind to think 50 million people voted for his agenda not theirs.

This talk of Bush being a war monger is ridiculous. Face it, we thought Iraq was a legitimate threat in the wake or 9/11, and so did other countries. Congress voted for it based on the information known, and this included the likes of Hillary as well. We know the information was flawed..NOW, but it was credible and real then. There was nothing good in it for Bush, as half the country did not want to invade Iraq, and it was not a popular decision. He did what Clinton would not, because Billy Boy was too worried about polls, and had his own agenda. The alternative was to sit idly by and listen to the spineless world community tell us to wait for inspections, which we had already done!! Enough is enough. I truly believe Bush thought it was best for our country, so quit with the criminal and war monger accusations.

BUSH DOING A GREAT JOB IN IRAQ!!
HE IS PROTECTING OUR GREAT COUNTRY!!
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!!!!

There is no way Bush is at 32%. Between the economic uncertainty and scandals it has to be much lower. Who are they polling? Is it the same people last time they polled? With scandals seeping out of the White House Bush and his Cohorts might find themseves impeached.

Black Water
Alberto Gonzo
Wasted Tresury
Iraq
Katrina

The list goes on and on.

Congress should spend more time on election fraud than worrying about steroid use. Everyone knows we lied to go to war, it only makes sense to fix the elections to pass the war plan on to other war minded people.

people bring up the No child left behind act...but guess who made that??? A DEMOCRAT. do you people honestly think that the Bush administration could pass that bill by themselves even if they wanted to? no.

Bush is doing the best he can...and hes just sticking to what he thinks is right. This is the safest america has been in a long long time and I think he isn't a bad president at all. He tries to cater to the democrats too, but they CONSTANTLY say that every time Bush does something, its IMMEDIATELY wrong.(i may be exaggerating a bit)....

I've been listening to the bias teachers & media for a while and they are ALL against bush...I was like wait... why??? so when i actually looked at what he did, I noticed that most of the reasons they had against him were stupid. Bush is trying to regulate the government so it doesn't become too strong and america doesn't become a big government country...btw a big government would be TERRIBLE for america... why would you want somebody regulating how much you could sell your own product for?? My philosophy is if you dont like america and capitalism, then get out. Capitalism is why we are the best nation in the world.

I favor Impeachment #1 there's one AMerican

How can anyone approve of the war in Iraq. When soilders are still dying and now we found " weapons of Mass destruction in Iran? I thought that is why we invaded Iraq. Or did we do it without the U.N's Permission? Soilders are dying for a cause they beleive in. Pretty soon this is going to be Vietnam all over again. I myself compare it to that.

As a Republican I've always supported the Republican Presidents and never regreated my voting for them, that is until now. I feel that George W. Bush has done more damage to the conservative cause then any other Republican in history. This is to include the late President Richard Nixon. I'm not one of those rich Republicans, I'm just a normal American. George Bush has only been a good President for those in big business and the one world order croud. He has totally sold Americans out to all the special interest groups. I'm sure if Ronald Reagan were still alive he would be very upset with what Bush has done. Bush has bankrupted our country on this war and the sad thing of it all is that I don't think many at all of Iraqis' could care less about all we have done for them. So you may think that I'll be a cross over voter, well no I won't because although I've really listened to all the Democratic candidates it's obvious that the Democrats just want to pander to all the special interest groups. Look at Clinton and Obama this week, they've been sucking up to the Latino's out west for the next contest. There's no way to fix our illegal immigration problem if we can't even admit that 12 to 20 million illegal aliens are here and breaking U.S. laws. So I will hope that through all the B.S. coming from all the candidates one of them will finally see the real problems we face in America and decide to do what's right. I'm not holding my breath though.

How many Americans favor impeachment?

It's amazing that 32 percent approve of Bush.
It just proves that you can fool some of the people all of the time.

I would like the 33 percent that favor the war in Iraq give their justification when even
the most stubborn war hawk has to admit that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 and did not have WMDs. Do they just want to kill someone or just attack a country they thought they could beat?

If these numbers are true, then why is McCain leading everywhere?
He's a war monger who's soft on immigration just like Bush and I think their IQ's are probably the same.
Someone explain.

This is news??? Flash..... The world and all it's people think Bush is doing a hideous job as President. And that is putting it kindly! Pakistan's Musharrif wants him to back off. You know his Pal who is working with his Administration to keep
a lid on the Terrorists in the Pakistan area! SMIRK He's only a Pal coz he's being paid so well to be one.

I'm more than surprised that 30 per cent had any kind of favourtism for him. They must be Republicans who else could have any positive comments for the Worst President ever to rule America!

Please do the world a favour and keep his face, inane comments, and poll reports off the media. Who Cares except the Repugnants and they already know.

Maybe we should have used nucular weapons against Al Quida heh heh heh.

If president bush would just come out of the closet and endorse Obama, then we could get on with planning for the general election.

GO HILLARY GO.

Sadly more then 33 % of Americans voted this guy into office....We have only begun to feel the effects of this miserable failure.

GWB Could win the war tomorrow give every American a $10,000 cash tax refund, Health Care to everyone, A car, Fix the peace in the middle east anything and still no one will give him credit. No matter what. It's upserd. All I have to say is wait till Hilary gets in the Whit House, you think is bad now? just wait till she is in! God help us!!!!!

Although the poll numbers are low now, history will judge Bush more favourably as a President whose intentions were honorable and courageous in defending the western world from the declared war by the Islamic Extremists. In so doing, he not only upheld the interests of the US, but also that of the whole western civilization, including Canada, Great Britain, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Ito soem extent ndia (not a western society but beneficiary of the fight against terrorisnm nonetheless).

That is probably because news organizations like CNN only reports bad news, while effectively ignoring how the surge has worked, and do everything they can to paint the President in a negative light every chance they get.

Still higher than the democrat controled congress and he war is going good.

That means McCain would be low too!

Should this be a surprise to anyone? The clock is ticking, W.....