Bush is famously going on about how he doesn't listen to polls. That's all well and good, that "being his own man" thing - geez, how much crap did he get for being a spoiled mama's boy when he was younger? - but not when pretty much EVERYBODY thinks you are a blithering idiot. He's screwed up more things than I even imagined he was capable of, and he seems to be utterly unaware of his stupidity. In any case, here's what your fellow citizens are actually wising up to.
Hell, many Republicans are getting tired of Bush's crap. Americans at large give Bush a mere 34 percent approval rating. What's this mean to you? It means a good third of our fellow citizens are utter friggin' idiots without any concept of reality.
Despite Bush's best efforts at blatantly lying in this instance, 80 percent of Americans are pretty sure Iraq is heading into a civil war, with our troops caught in the middle. As for said troops, 72 percent of them want the war to end this year. Then again, 77 percent of troops actually believe their mission is “to stop Saddam from protecting al Qaeda in Iraq.” Bush's lies DO work; which makes it just that much harder to discredit the man.
Our opinion in the region is so bad that even Syrian opposition groups are turning down millions in US funding rather being linked to Bush and America at large.
Then again, maybe they SHOULD question our commitment to democracy. Only 22 percent of Americans can name every member of the Simpsons family, but only 1 in a thousand can name all five freedoms granted by the First Amendment. Depressing, and despicable.
I know I've been belated in posting, but I hope to do some catching up this week. Stick around as I catch up on some scary evangelical news, begin to do more favorite books entries, and generating just rant my irritating ass off.
Have a good one folks.
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