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SilentPatriot on Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 at 6:42 PM - PDT
It’s official: President Bush is the most unpopular President for the longest stretch of time in American history. Keith reports on the latest poll findings confirming this sad, sad fact, and conservative Republican & former Reagan Deputy AG Bruce Fein talks about why Bush must be impeached.
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What makes this most recent poll incredible is the fact that Bush still has almost* two years left in office (or 544 days). Like they say in a limbo competition, “How low can he go?”
Mr Fein was on Bill Moyers’ Journal a few weeks back making the most persuasive impeachment case I’ve heard thus far. Check it out.
* corrected.
Filed Under: Countdown/Keith Olbermann, George W. Bush, Impeachment
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Worst!
Frist
Um, he has *less* than 2 years left. He’ll be out in January, 2009, barring any sort of Constitutional defiance or crisis.
Not sure how 544 days are more then two years, but otherwise…give em hell!
just keep it coming!
more=less???? Comeon guys. He has “less than two years in office”.
yeah the 544 days and 2 years thing is eating away at me… please correct it..
ahhhhh
how low is Congress?
544 days is “more than two years”? Please, do the math.
Even if he had just one day left, wouldn’t it still seem like at least two years?
Just sayin’…
Fein nails it.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid need to have a sit down with Mr. Fein and hear him out. I watched that special and it left no doubts in my mind what MUST happen, and soon.
And, in actuality, it’s less than 1 1/2 years.
But I could be wrong. I gotta borrow some fingers and toes.
If Bush was a car he would be the Edsel.
What really pisses me off is that Bush and his band of cronies & sycophants are not only americans, they are running this country!
What have we done to deserve this?
phlounder @ 13:
How dare you shame the memory of the Edsel like that.
This is the most irredeamable administration ever. The Iraq war not withstanding, he should be impeached if for nothing else for at least boldly saying that he’s not going to allow the US attorneys to prosecute any congressional contempt cases. Since when is the Dept. of Justice his own personal law firm?
Sorry - I forgot to add:
Torture? Extraordinary rendition? Gulags? No due process or habeas corpus?
For the first time in my life, I’m ashamed to be an american.
Shades of a Fox News style spin/LIE to magically turn Republicans out of favor into “Democrats” in this Washington Post report.
Check it out.
From the report:
[[And the president’s team takes solace in the fact that the public holds Congress in low esteem, too. More than half disapproved of Congress generally, AND DEMOCRATS IN PARTICULAR, in the latest Post-ABC survey, though their ratings were still better than Bush’s.]]
Uhhhh, NO.
In fact, their very own latest Post-ABC survey shows that the public disapproves of the REPUBLICANS in particular, not the Democrats.
http://www.pollingreport.com/congress.htm
As everyone can see if you click on that link, the Republicans in Congress have a 34% Approval/64% Disapproval rating and the Democrats have a 46% Approval/51% Disapproval rating in the latest Post-ABC survey. That’s right. According to the latest Post-ABC survey referenced in this report, the public disapproves of the REPUBLICANS in particular and NOT the Democrats!
AS A MATTER OF FACT, that 46% Approval and 51% Disapproval for the Democrats is the HIGHEST Approval and LOWEST Disapproval rating the majority Party in Congress has gotten in this particular poll for at least the last 10 years…most of the time that the Republicans were the majority in Congress.
Why does the Washington Post hate the Democrats so much?
I was disappointed that Olbermann let Fein completely dismiss the LIES which took us into an attack on Iraq . . .
and the Downing Street Documents should have been mentioned in regard to “fixing” the intelligence —
I did see him on Bill Moyers and I don’t recall how he handled that part of it at that time.
However, of course, overall he is correct that Bush should be impeached — and I think on Moyers they were saying BOTH Cheney/Bush should be impeached?
[Edited tag. Please don’t post in all bold. Thanks-Sitemonitor]
abarts @ 7:
Once the Dems crush some more GOP-Chickenhawks in ‘08 the approval numbers for congress will start going up again.
EconAtheist @ 15:
Sorry, you’re right (head hanging).
The Edsel was way more popular than President GWChimp.
When was that low point for Truman? I thought at first it would be over MacArthur. But if that point was over giving up control over consumer prices, then including him with Nixon and Bush is not fair.
Anyone who voted for this retard in 2004 needs to have their voting rights rescinded. Couldn’t you just have stayed home and not voted instead of helping keep this asshole in power?
You share responsibility for every death in Iraq, you idiots.
The poll numbers can be looked at not just as evidence of the fact that Americans are fed up with Bush, but that they want a change of priorities in the country.
It is time move beyond the unending debate over the Iraq war. There are other issues which demand attention from conscious Americans, and with an election coming up we are perfectly situated to make sure they are addressed.
Global Poverty is an issue that lies at the core of many of the other issues facing our country, like immigration, national security and terrorism. However, the fight against global poverty is tragically overlooked in all this debate over war and corruption. It is time to direct public attention and political support to this fundamental issue
GOSH! Why would this megalomaniacal mesianic little punk who uses our constitution for toilet paper be unpopular with the ‘murican people? Why would this torture approving un-caring no-empathy little rat who fronts a “crime family” from our White House be thusly so unpopular ? What happened to all the standing O’s for this outstanding creep! Where are all the bloated SUV’s with W stickers I used to see? Dang, that is a tough one!
Ya know what’s worse? I’d give my left boob for either Nixon or Truman as president right now…hell, I’d take Reagan.
Hey-up, StrawBB - I don’t know if I’d give my left boob (I don’t have enough to sacrifice as it is), but I’d certainly would like to have the Congress we had with Nixon or Truman or Nixon. As happy as I am that the rubberstamping Republicans are in the minority now, I can’t say as I’ve been overly impressed with the sets of cajones the present Democratic majority have been exhibiting lately, either. A balance of power is desirable, and right now, we’ve got a few pebbles on one side trying to balance out the millstone on the other. Guess who’s still winning…
Whoops. Should have been a Reagan in there instead of two Nixons. The mind shudders in horror…
Something from about 2 years ago, Bush Limbo Party
Thing Fish @ 22:
Wish I could tell ya exactly. HST had a 36% approval ratin’ in the Spring of ‘48, and only a 22% approval ratin’ in early ‘52. MacArthur was canned in April of ‘51. My guess is that it’s a reference to HST’s ‘52 numbers, but I haven’t found the disapproval numbers yet.
Amazing, I can recall this guy towing the Republicanazi party line on TV some time in the past. It is impossible to forget his distinct voice. To this this from him gives me some hope.
It is also my view that the Republican party should at this time be the one more motivated to impeach try & get convictions of this administration. If they don’t, their party likely will be in shambles for many years. It would also be a brilliant turning of tables on the spineless democrats who cans seem to even grow some peach fuzz on their balls when it comes to doing the constitutional jobs as legislators against the Republicanazis.
All in all, this video is a hopeful sign.
544 days? We won’t have much of a Constitution left by then. Habeas corpus is gone … with Bush’s recent executive order stating he can seize the property of those he believes are detrimental to the war in Iraq, there goes our Fourth Amendment down the toilet … with his “executive privilege” gambit and his directive to Justice NOT to pursue contempt charges against presidential employees the legislative branch is effectively neutered …
Sorry, but this country we love won’t be the same place in 544 days. And unless “we the people” stand up and speak up, write and call our congressmen demanding that impeachment proceedings begin and begin NOW, we might as well scrap the Constitution altogether.
Bush is the cancer
Impeachment is the cure.
So, nonny, what time is it in NZ? Gotta say that it’s odd to see ya here just as I’m goin’ to bed. Usually I see ya early in my day.
BTW- cleavage mentions in yer travelogue and boob talk on this thread….Yer just askin’ fer the snarky comments! ;)
GNA!
Never has such a president nor such an administration put Godwin’s Law to such stress. They’ve even raised the benchmark.
On the other hand, this is heartening:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200.....s_contempt
House Democrats pass contempt citation
Dubya and Cheney restored dignity, ethics, and morals to the White House.
HAHA
Does impeachment smell like peaches? If so, I smell peaches. Lots of them.
Andy K - it’s 14:40 here in Auckland. I’m almost completely 12 hours difference from the UK, so I’ve changed time slots, so to speak. Also, I’ve traded the cold wet floodwaters of the British summer for a relatively mild, sunny winter in NZ. Everything is upside down now. (A bit literally; Orion apparently only shows up in the southern constellations upside down, unnerving that.)
Impeach for the children.
Roket @ 40:
Millions of impeachments, impeachments for free…
Polls mean nothing unless the Congress is going to Impeach the two SOBs. It just seems they don’t have the cajones to do it. Maybe we should Impeach Congress in 2008, while we are at it.
Third party anyone?
Wes @ 42:
Good LORD! Why didn’t we think of that before-I mean “It’s for the kids” has been the key that’s unlocked many a bullshit door.
“Impeachment:
It’s for the kids”
Spread it far and wide….
nonny mouse @ 38:
I hate to be the turd in the punchbowl, but DOJ ever so swiftly informed Congress they would not prosecute these.
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003779.php
Anything short of impeachment (i.e. indictments, contempt citations) is akin to bringing a knife to a gun fight. Pardons (assuming prosecutions can even get off the ground in DOJ) await everybody except those removed from office via impeachment.
phlounder @ 13:
Better yet, a Yugo or Trabant since most of them are in the junkyard. Edsels are actually valuable today. George of the Bungle will never be worth anything, ever, and will join his washed up automotive counterparts in the junkyard of history.
I hate to be the turd in the punchbowl, but DOJ ever so swiftly informed Congress they would not prosecute these.
I’m hardly surprised, but better the Gonzo-ized DOJ looks like obstructionists than the Congress (of course, it could be that Congress knows that, so there wasn’t much soul-searching to pass the citations… but then I’m starting to sound a bit too paranoid even to myself…)
Andy K: A handy world map with real-time time zones:
http://www.timezonecheck.com/
Sorry to be the wet blanket, but the impeachment run has been left a bit late. Its like closing the barn doors after the horse has bolted.
What can be done is that we can start to clean up the mess left behind & make sure the next president, Rethug or Democrat can’t ride roughshod over the Constitution & the country like Bush has.
Then, become a signatory to the ICC & hand Bush & Cheney over to the Hague for war crimes.
PS. Looking at the glass as half full, Bush also takes the most holidays of any president, so he might only be around for 1/2 of those 544 days :)
=my2c
BC
The Republican house of cards is beginning to tumble. It’s not going to be pretty but as the Republicans implode and begin turning on themselves the country will cheer and breath a sigh of relief.
To even suggest that the next President could be a Republican is ludicrous. They have proven themselves to be nothing more than a criminal conspiracy deserving of being investigated under the RICO statutes. That goes for every Republican in the Executive, Congressional and Judicial branches. The chef and staff in the Whitehouse not included.
BC @ 49:
Screw the Hague today. Our Constitution spells out what Congress needs to do, we, through Congress must do it. We can bring justice to our own.