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February 20, 2008 at 13:56:54

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19 Percent Approve of Bush

by David Swanson     Page 1 of 1 page(s)

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George W. Bush has set a record for unpopularity that may stand for all time: He now has a 19 percent approval rating. And, remember that Cheney has always polled LOWER than Bush. Imagine if the Democrats were to do something we care about (preserving the Constitution) by doing something they care about (winning elections) by forcing John McCain to choose between supporting impeachment and supporting these characters who may soon be less popular than the flu. Remember, Congress moved to impeach Nixon and STILL nobody liked him, but he was more pupular than Bush or Cheney: He stayed at around 25 percent through the process. Clinton climbed from about 60 to 65 percent as a reaction to Congress prying into his personal life and attacking him for a non-impeachable offense. Which scenario do YOU think is more like the current one, Clinton's impeachment or Nixon's? Truman's popularity sank as Congress moved to impeach him too, but it never sank as low as Bush's and Cheney's.

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DAVID SWANSON is a co-founder of After Downing Street, a writer and activist, and the Washington Director of Democrats.com. He is a board member of Progressive Democrats of America, and serves on the Executive Council of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, TNG-CWA. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, with jobs including Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, Media Coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as Communications Coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Swanson obtained a Master's degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia in 1997.

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Ed Martin is an unindicted curmudgeon. He is not a Democrat, Republican, conservative, liberal, deist, atheist, or a member of any -ism.
Ed MartinEd Martin is an unindicted curmudgeon. He is not a Democrat, Republican, conservative, liberal, deist, atheist, or a member of any -ism.

Unbelievable

Its hard to believe that Bush's approval rating is 19%.  Two out of ten people approve of murder, lying, ignorance, delusion, illiteracy, arrogance, graft, corruption, cronyism,swaggering, strutting, smirking and looking like a doofus.  That Bush has such a high approval rating is unbelievable.

by Ed Martin (104 articles, 0 quicklinks, 30 diaries, 109 comments) on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 3:29:59 PM
 


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Harold SmithElectrical Engineer

Moreover...

I'll bet that some of the 81% that "disapprove" do so because he hasn't yet "nuked" Iran, or because the market value of their house went down, etc., or for some other ridiculous or purely selfish reason.

by Harold Smith (0 articles, 2 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 384 comments) on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 5:12:22 PM
 


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Linda InveninatoI'm just a married, Polish Grandmother with a degree in mathematics.

Democrats won't impeach without serious pressure

The Democrats won't impeach without serious pressure. Neither Clinton nor Obama are anti-war. They require the existing "tyranny toolbox" intact.

See the following Council on Foreign Relations website:

http://www.cfr.org/publication/15505/

US foreign policy is already being written by the CFR by the same people that are advisers to Clinton (Strobe Talbot and Sandy Berger) and Obama (Brzezinski). Our next president/vice president is already chosen, folks...McCain is the stooge that makes everybody run for the Dems...

 Also, http://www.cfr.org/thinktank/tanusmes/index.html Notice here that neither Iraq nor Iran are off the table for the Dems.

MUCH more pressure to impeach is needed if we want to stop the wars in the Middle East.

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by Linda Inveninato (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 12 comments) on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 3:43:48 PM
 


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Bob Gormleyelectronic technician, truth seeker

I Fear...

I fear that the only thing that will make things change is a radical revolution.

We need to first understand the root problem. The problem is deeper than Bush and

BushCo. They are just puppets. We need to find out who is pulling the strings.

If you pull out a weed and don't get the roots, the weed comes back. Once we know who is pulling the strings no mercy should be shown. They are diabolical, and no mercy should be shown for the devils they are.

by Bob Gormley (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 863 comments) on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 5:31:54 PM
 


August Adams is a CPA and holds a Masters Degree in Psychology. He is an activist striving to create a fair and just world for all.
August AdamsAugust Adams is a CPA and holds a Masters Degree in Psychology. He is an activist striving to create a fair and just world for all.

Holding Politicians Accountable

There are no mechanisms in our current system of government to truly give the people to hold their politicians accountable.  They easily can parrot centrist buzz phrases - and then once in office - do whatever they please.

We vote once every four years - then they sell us out, give corporations everything they want, wiping out the national treasury on the Military Industrial complex.  

It's time we become more people and planet centered.

How can we have an impact on our government on an ongoing basis? Corporations lobby 24/7/365 - spending money they have robbed from the people.  They hide everything they do behind the corporate veil and have no accountability.  They are supposed to serve people, and instead, they rob us blind and use our governmental processes against the people.  

How do we make corporations accountable and transparent - piercing and destroying the corporate veil and all the corruption that hides behind it?

We have to hold our politicians accountable to the people and not corporate interests - but the system is stacked against human beings. 

by August Adams (10 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 387 comments) on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 9:39:27 PM
 


Mark A. Adams earned his BA in business administration with a major in finance and a minor in economics at the University of South Florida. He earned his law degree and his master of business administration at the University of Florida where he also worked as a teaching assistant in the Economics Department.

Mark practiced law in Florida. In 2006, Mark represented Max Linn, the Reform Party candidate for Governor of Florida, in successful lawsuits brought against the media to re...

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Mark AdamsMark A. Adams earned his BA in business administration with a major in finance and a minor in economics at the University of South Florida. He earned his law degree and his master of business administration at the University of Florida where he also worked as a teaching assistant in the Economics Department.

Mark practiced law in Florida. In 2006, Mark represented Max Linn, the Reform Party candidate for Governor of Florida, in successful lawsuits brought against the media to re...

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Secret Vote Counting Only Has an 8% Approval Rating

A Zogby poll shows that 92% of Americans are intelligent enough to understand that counting votes in secret is dangerous. Of course, this poll shows that 8% of Americans either don’t know what to think about secret vote counting or are actually in favor of it. That explains half of Bush’s support in the polls.

To see the Zogby poll and other important information about voting, go to Project Vote Count’s FAQ page http://www.projectvotecount.com/faq.aspx

Ohio and Texas are two very important states with a lot of delegates at stake in the Presidential primaries. The primary elections in both of these states are on March 4, 2008. Curiously, even though there is overwhelming public support for election reform and for restoring peace, Congressional leaders in the peace movement and the election reform movement are facing challengers in these primaries. If they lose, who in Congress would dare speak out against the war or the dangers of secret vote counting after that?

For more about these crucial elections, see Help Keep the Election Reform Movement and the Peace Movement Alive http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mark_ada_080215_help_keep_the_electi.htm

Learn how you can help, and take action! For information about action being taken in Texas and Ohio to make sure that our votes are counted accurately, see Project Vote Count www.ProjectVoteCount.com

For more election news that you didn’t hear about from the corporate media cartel or all of those organizations which claim that they are looking out for your rights, see Project Vote Count’s Election News http://www.projectvotecount.com/ElectionNews.aspx

by Mark Adams (10 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 74 comments) on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 11:08:21 PM
 


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Politicians Wont face Impeachment Issues on Bush

Impeachment of Bush is and always has been highly unlikely because the reasons for it in this case have to do with government power and no politician really wants to decrease this - even if currently being extended by a president. Having power - and even more of it - is what virtually *all* politicians want from their very first flirtation with "public service".

Impeachment issues on Nixon and Clinton were simple for politicians to debate and even vote on. It didn't really have any effect on the nature of government itself - this time it does. And that's an issue none of the politicians around want to face. They just want people to get tired of it or the elections to replace Bush with some other face.

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by Kitty Antonik Wakfer (12 articles, 3 quicklinks, 5 diaries, 86 comments) on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 1:19:06 AM
 

 

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