Very amusing.
32%
Further proof that rearranging the deck chairs won’t stop the Titanic from sinking. Only two modern presidents have had lower ratings: Jimmy Carter fell into the high 20’s, and Nixon, just before he resigned, was in the low 20’s. Clinton, by the way, never went below 43%. That was his lowest approval rating, and it happened briefly and early in … Read More
“The Past Is Over”
A group of schoolchildren, ages 7-10, wrote speeches for Bush, and a Bush impersonator recorded them. Hilarity ensues.
Uh, Come Again?
Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) writes a response letter to one of her constituents. Take a close look (click graphic to enlarge): Via Wonkette.
Gas UP; Bush DOWN
Pollkatz plots the graphs (click on them to enlarge, and remember, UP means CHEAPER in these graphs): For a detailed look: And here’s the bad news for Bush: The price of crude oil climbed higher into record territory Wednesday, topping $72 a barrel. The high cost of crude oil, along with seasonal refinery outages, is driving up prices at the … Read More
Bush Hearts Science
Bush went to a magnet school in Maryland and told the students there that science was totally rad. Well, he didn’t say that, but he said: "We saw two scientists who are here from NASA. These are good, hard-working folks who said, ‘I kind of want to lend my expertise to try to convince a child that science is cool.’ … Read More
Scotty: Beam Me Outta Here
Just breaking: We won’t have McClellan to kick around anymore
Maureen Down on Rumsfeld
Good stuff: He suggested invading Iraq the day after 9/11. He didn’t want to invade Iraq because it was connected to 9/11. That was the part his neocon aides at the Pentagon, Wolfie and Doug Feith, had to concoct. Rummy wanted to invade Iraq because he thought it would be easy, compared with Iran or North Korea, or compared with … Read More
Worse Than Watergate
Carl Bernstein, who knows a little bit about White House scandals, has written a piece for Vanity Fair calling for investigation into the Bush presidency: How much evidence is there to justify such action? Certainly enough to form a consensus around a national imperative: to learn what this president and his vice president knew and when they knew it; to … Read More
“I’m The Decider”
Yeah? Well, you’re making me the vomiter. Seriously, this guy should never have been allowed to be within 100 feet of the White House, a Segway, a pretzel, or the English language.
Katrina Kids Sing Praises Of Bush, FEMA
From the Wall Street Journal: At the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, children from the stricken Gulf Coast region serenaded First Lady Laura Bush with a song praising the beleaguered Federal Emergency Management Agency. To the tune of “Hey Look Me Over,” about 100 young children from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama sang: “Our country’s stood beside usPeople have sent … Read More
New Orleans, Disney — Same Difference
It seems to me — and I’m just spitballin’ here — that if you are going to run for the Mayor of New Orleans, your website should have a picture of you standing in the actual New Orleans, and not the "New Orleans Square" exhibit re-created at Disneyland. Actual photo from the website of NOLA mayorial candidate Kimberly Butler (yes, … Read More
Mr. Less-Than-Forty
For the first time, Bush drops below 40% in Rasmussen’s daily tracking poll: Bush Job Approval Approve Disapprove Today 39 60 Apr 15 42 57 Apr 14 44 54 Apr 13 45 53 Apr 12 45 53 Apr 11 43 55 Apr 10 42 56 Apr 9 43 55 Apr 8 44 55 Apr 7 45 54 Apr 6 43 … Read More
Second Verse, Same As The First
Press Conference with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, yesterday: Q: What planning, if any, has the Pentagon been undertaken for the possibility of military action involving Iran? And has the nuclear strike option been ruled out? RUMSFELD: You know, someone comes up with an idea, runs it in a magazine or a paper; other papers pick it up and reprint … Read More
NH Phone-Jamming Scandal Goes To White House
Last August, we noted the scandal in which James Tobin, the RNC’s regional political director in 2002, was on trial for his part in orchestrating a scheme to jam Democrats’ get-out-the-vote phone lines on Election Day 2002, in New Hampshire. Tobin and his colleagues retained an Idaho-based call center (named GOP Marketplace) to call Democratic phone lines and hang up … Read More