His political hit-man Karl Rove keeps getting investigated by federal prosecutors for leaking the name of a covert CIA operative for political purposes. (No, this won't go away). His Supreme Court nominee is taking hits from all sides (conservatives are mad because Roberts did pro bono work in favor of gay rights (the SHOCK!); the rest of us are disturbed by the remainder of his right-wing idealogue nutcase leanings.
And more and more Americans finally are waking up to the disingenuousness of the W-imbecile's little macho adventure in Iraq. And how many American lives this macho adventure is costing.
Poll numbers aren't good. According to Associated Press Writer Will Lester Bush's poll numbers are in freefall.
Americans' approval of President Bush's handling of Iraq is at its lowest level yet, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that also found fewer than half now think he's honest.It's beginning to sound like the majority of Americans are finally waking up to what/who the W-imbecile really is.
A solid majority still see Bush as a strong and likable leader, though the president's confidence is seen as arrogance by a growing number.
Approval of Bush's handling of Iraq, which had been hovering in the low- to mid-40s most of the year, dipped to 38 percent. Midwesterners and young women and men with a high school education or less were most likely to abandon Bush on his handling of Iraq in the last six months.
Lester continues:
Continuing worries about Iraq may do more than drag down Bush's standing with the public. They could become a major issue in the 2006 midterm congressional races, and if the war is still going in 2008, they could be a factor in the presidential race.
Bush's overall job approval was at 42 percent, with 55 percent disapproving. That's about where Bush's approval has been all summer but slightly lower than at the beginning of the year.
The portion of people who consider Bush honest has dropped slightly from January, when 53 percent described him that way while 45 percent did not. Now, people are just about evenly split on that issue - with 48 percent saying he's honest and 50 percent saying he's not.
The drop in the number of people who see Bush as honest was strongest among middle-aged Americans as well as suburban women, a key voting group in the 2004 election. A further erosion of trust could make it tougher for Bush to win support for his policies in Congress and internationally.
"The reason that trust is so important has to do with the long-standing belief that you could trust him, even if you don't always agree with him and don't understand what he's doing," said Bruce Buchanan, a political scientist at the University of Texas. "The honesty dip is partly caused by a loss of faith in his credibility on Iraq."
And WHY, you might ask? The toll in Iraq and lack of results in Iraq are becoming more apparent every day. The reason and justification for being there are becoming fuzzier as people start to ask questions.
Check THIS link out. Or THIS. Or THIS.
To date, 1,829 Americans have died in Iraq. Another 15,000 to 38,000 have been wounded (Officially 13,559). And that doesn't count the 26,396 civilian deaths. These aren't numbers. They're people.
It has cost us $185.7 billion so far. Instead, we could have fully funded global anti-hunger efforts for 7 years. How's that for exporting democracy?
And NO weapons of mass destructions have ever been found.
And NO al Quada connection has ever been found.
And NO terrorist camps. (Camps operating prior to the invasion).
And NO plans to spread worldwide terrorism have ever been found.
And, given the price at the pump, the oil isn't even flowing.
One accomplishment, however: while Iraq under Saddam was NOT friendly to terrorists, it's now a major terrorist staging ground since we opened the borders. Even the W-imbecile administration admits that.
Anyone read the Downing Street memo yet?
Why, again, are we there?
And so it goes
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