Bury Me Broken

Who Cares About Bush's Approval Rating

In a New York Times/CBS News poll among 1,111 adults, Bush's approval rating dropped to 42 percent while 59 percent disapproved of his handling of Iraq.

I don't give a *&%^. 51% of America told the rest of the world that Americans were squarely behind President Bush. They told the Democrats in Congress that they were to be bullied and the filibuster option was partisan whining and that in Britney Spears fashion "we should just trust our president in every decision that he makes and we should just support that. "

America told the world that international cooperation is not necessary, that whether or not there was weapons of mass destruction , we did what we did now shut up and send some troops over here to help us out because these insurgents just will not go away. We told the world that greenhouse gas emissions was 'pie in the sky' theory and that we ain't gotta cooperate. We told the world that we don't have to be accountable to anyone and we refuse to participate in some Kangaroo World Court because what if somebody accused us of something we didn't do (like WMD, aluminum tubes for enriching, uranium from Niger, drones that disseminate biological and chemical weapons, mobile laboratories, the 9/11 tragedy).

America told America that it was okay to change the bankruptcy laws in favor of creditors and against blue collar America. America told America that giving up liberties to fight terrorism was okay even if you have to put Japanese in internment camps (my fault, that was just the Ann Coulters). America told America that it was okay to pass prescription drug legislation favoring drug manufacturers and not allowing the government to collectively bargain for the lowest price. I mean after all, it's just sick and old people. They don't really need a break.

I don't give a *&%^ about Bush's approval numbers because numbers mean nothing. We didn't see pictures of flag draped coffins back from Iraq because that means something. All we get is the number dead. And... that doesn't mean anything any more either. Ask any ten Americans how many Americans are dead from the Iraq war. The economy is slowly looking up say the unemployment numbers. Ask somebody from Dayton, Ohio or Flint, Michigan whether those numbers mean anything. The Army announced that its numbers for June recruiting exceeded its goals. Does anybody believe that fantasy? Shouldn't the government join forces with the tree-hugging, lesbian-loving Hollywood set so that they can wag the dog better?

I don't give a *&%^ about Bush's approval numbers because if you voted for him and now you disapprove of his job performance, you oughta but horsewhipped and confined in that wooden thingy with holes for your hands and head in the town square. That vote said that it was okay to not participate in decelerating nuclear weapon proliferation. That vote said that it was okay for the president to hang out in Crawford while the worst natural disaster in recent history, the tsunami in South Asia, that left 180,000 dead and 50,000 missing in 11 countries but that he should rush back to Washington to sign legislation for 1 person, Terri Schiavo. That vote said that it was okay for the president to cut taxes for the affluent and reneg on promises of economic stimulation and promises of job growth.

I don't give a *&%^ about Bush's approval numbers because his re-election said that it was okay for Osama bin Laden to still be at large and that countries that are still complicit in terrorist activity get a hall pass because they are thumbs up on the war in Iraq and send maybe 500 troops to help our 130,000. My bad, they didn't send any troops. But hey, they're on board and the rest... it's just numbers.

posted by niteskolar @ 3:51 PM