What I've Learned So Far... Today
Your Daily (Almost) Dose of Satire
May 13, 2006
One of the most common bumper stickers seen on the road in the past year or so reads, "Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry." Well, now it's official! According to a Harris Poll reported today in the Wall Street Journal, George W. Bush has finally passed Richard Nixon to grab the coveted title of "Most Unpopular President Ever."
Your Daily (Almost) Dose of Satire
May 13, 2006
One of the most common bumper stickers seen on the road in the past year or so reads, "Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry." Well, now it's official! According to a Harris Poll reported today in the Wall Street Journal, George W. Bush has finally passed Richard Nixon to grab the coveted title of "Most Unpopular President Ever."
The road to this milestone has not been an easy one for the president. In a non-partisan survey conducted among 451 professional historians back in early 2004, an 81% majority found that Bush had compiled one the worst records in office in U.S. history. Significantly, this was even before Katrina, the revelation of the illegal NSA wiretaps and the classic grand-slam public statement, "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the secretary of defense."
Yet despite this brilliantly awful performance, Bush has had what should have been his meteoric climb to unprecedented levels of unpopularity thwarted by an incessant stream of anti-failure propaganda from Fox News, conservative talk show hosts and right-wing bloggers.
After being told of his breakthrough in the latest poll results, Bush was "filosofikul" about his accomplishment; "Well," he said, "there's been a lot of real great bad presidents out there - Hoover, Harding, even Ol' Andy Johnson. I'm just proud to be standin' in there among 'em. Besides, records is great, but I gotta stay focused on the task under hand."
Asked if he thought he could achieve even greater new lows with the American people, Bush winked, smirked, and said, "All's I can do is try."
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Comments: 29
- mike
- mike
This guy has been a comedian's dream. I don't do a lot of politics in my column, but some things I just can't resist.
- mike
- mike
- mike
Seriously, Mike -- how could you *not* write about something like this? Isn't it the American way to find a joke in everything? Well, we found a joke in the Oval Office... too bad all the laughter over his inarticulate leaderliness is the only big response successfully generated.
Think he'll be a tough act to follow?
To quote Will Rogers, "I am a member of no organized political party. I am a member of the Democratic party.
- mike
Not only did I not vote for him--I begged other prople not to do so--an oilman in the White House--you're voting for war, I said.
Sometimes you just wish you were wrong. NO ONE wanted him to be good for Amercia anymore than I did!
An apathetic electorate taking anything they saw on tv at face value, and a bunch of reformers under the spell of globalists who wanted America dissolved in order to promote their agenda---well, his poll #s are laughable, but things are proceeding as planned, imho.
I actually had more fun with Clinton, because thousands of people weren't dying from his gaffes. Somethimes it's hard to avoid sounding angry.
- mike
- mike
At first I just thought we were just in for four really funny years, Ironically, I believed going in that Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rice and Powell were going to be the bright spots in this administration.
So they made Colin Powell into a dancing bear then dumped him, while the other three turned out to be the real Axis of Evil. This would all be a lot funnier if people weren't dying.
Guess I had it figured wrong...
- mike
I'd like to create a bumper sticker: "Vote Agnostic - Blind Unreasoning Faith Kills"
And we have a large and fairly powerful movement in this country aimed at establishing a theocracy.
I truly hope the American people soon come to realize that spirituality and religious dogma are two very different things, and begin voting accordingly. Otherwise, we're in for a lot of trouble.
- mike
- mike
Magi
- mike
- mike
- mike