Bob Casey will be asked about his position on the South Dakota abortion law. He had better say he's against it.
Posted by dole4pineapple at March 7, 2006 01:39 AMThe sad story of Katrina continues. What I want to know is what in the hell do they mean "funding ran out?"
The official door-to-door search of New Orleans ended on 3 October with a death toll of 972.
Since then, 131 more bodies have been found. Some by officials, some by horror-struck friends and family members, some by insurance inspectors.
Firefighters continued to search homes for a few more months but had to stop in December when funding ran out.
Thousands missing
Meanwhile, state officials continued to slog through the thousands of reports of missing people.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F85C4A15-F5BB-4A5A-BD97-4D94CED63C24.htm
Posted by Judith at March 7, 2006 01:59 AMJust thought I'd throw out a reminder about how desperately we need rain in the desert southwest, prayers, rain dances and any one else we have to beg from accepted. Thanks.
Today will be 140 striaght days without. This is our rainy season folks!
Stem cell issue is causing headaches for GOP and for one Jim Talent, Republican Senator from Missouri. Seems Talent has now decided he likes stem cell research and has modified his position. He is also in a dead heat for re-election. So much for your convictions hey Jim.
I suggest that Republicans are in a tough spot. Some are beginning to worry they will be hurt in November's elections if they don't pass a stem cell bill. Bush has promised to veto any bill expanding federal funding for it, but Specter thinks he has enough votes to override Bush's veto. I certainly hope so.
By-the-way, since the SD decision, 10 other states are now considering limiting or banning a woman's right to abortion.
Posted by Judith at March 7, 2006 02:59 AM
Why are we enduring this ignoble, incompetent, and rather crazy administration?
Why are we tolerating the lies(Iraq, et al), thefts(Federal Pensions raided),sodomies(Gannon/Guckert exposed),and assorted idiocies(9/11, dogs in Ghandi Shrine, nuclear India, snubbing allies, Guantanemo, Abu Ghraib, Bagram, et ux, ad nauseum)?
A complete investigation of this administration is not only needed, but urgently!
Let there be an accounting of the failures, lies, deceits, and disasters, let the public know
Posted by boilerman10 at March 7, 2006 04:50 AMOkay, skimming headlines this morning before hitting the salt mines (as pess likes to say)....THIS ONE just pisses me off! @#!@*-you Junior and all of his apologists and enablers! This is the type of society that republicons and Bushco envision and what we have become ....preying on the least among us so the wealthiest can have another goddamn tax cut....arrrrrghhhhh!!!!! I hope you are happy muck cuz god knows we can't "afford" to take care of these types of people, they should fend for themselves right!
Okay venting over.
Have a nice day everyone and reflect upon the type of society we have become under these most greedy, selfish,uncaring, and unchristian sociopaths.
Posted by emal at March 7, 2006 04:56 AMIt took 3 hours yesterday at the VA satellite clinic for them to draw my blood. It was all older vets there.
Satellite clinics are maxed out with older Vets and the Iraqi Vets have to go to the main VA hospitals.
Needless to say, Vetterans are pissed. I have not heard that much chatter on how mad they are at the B/C cabal for lies about VA funding and medicare/medicaid.
The GOP can kiss the Disabled Veteran vote goodbye.
The GOP can kiss the Disabled Veteran vote goodbye.
I'm amazed any veteran would vote for him - but I've also been listening to you, btbb, and as much I'd like to think all vets are good guys like you are, reality is much different.
Welcome back!
Posted by Christopher at March 7, 2006 06:26 AM"The GOP can kiss the Disabled Veteran vote goodbye."
Bbtb, I don't know a lot of veterans, but the one in my own family (WWII) hates Bush with a passion. I have spoken with a couple of others, and they will not vote for Bush because he lied to get us into a war, and that to them, is unforgivable.
Who is the guy that is running on an Impeachment platform, saying that if elected he will introduce Impeachment Articles? By-the-way, what is happening with the spying scandal? Remember this?
STEPHANOPOULOS: You know, if the president did break the law or circumvent the law, what’s the remedy?
SPECTER: Well, the remedy could be a variety of things. A president — and I’m not suggesting remotely that there’s any basis, but you’re asking, really, theory, what’s the remedy? Impeachment is a remedy. After impeachment, you could have a criminal prosecution, but the principal remedy, George, under our society is to pay a political price.
Posted by Judith at March 7, 2006 06:37 AM
2008 Democratic National Convention Cities Announced
Eleven cities have received requests for proposals to host the 2008 Democratic convention.
The cities are: Anaheim, CA; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Detroit, MI; Las Vegas, NV; Minneapolis, MN; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Orlando, FL; Phoenix, AZ; and San Antonio, TX.
After the proposals are returned to the DNC by May 19, the technical advisory committee begins the process of reviewing the applications and visiting the cities this summer. The convention is scheduled for Aug. 25-28, 2008.
I think New Orleans -- a blue city, is great choice. Hosting the Democratic National Convention would provide a huge financial windfall the Crescent City. Not to mention, help show the world that New Orleans is still on the map and worth of a visit.
Posted by Christopher at March 7, 2006 07:15 AMChristopher, you are absolutely correct and for all the reasons you mentioned. NO is the right City, in fact, I won't consider any other city. I don't think the Democrats should hold a Democratic Convention in any city in Texas, period.
Posted by Judith at March 7, 2006 08:17 AM2008 Democratic National Convention Cities Announced
I know Denver's name has been bantered about. It would be a decent choice since both houses at the state level were taken back in the last election and Governer Owens job is up. To show that a former red state turning blue is also good for a national audience.
Of course, having lived in CO for 14 years I have my own reasons for wanting it to be there and it would be just to stuff it into Dr. James Dobson's face!
Christopher, NOLA would be a fine choice.
Posted by bbtb at March 7, 2006 08:30 AMbbtb,
I doubt you will see relief anytime soon. It is a La Niña year and its effects are expected to last, at least, into the summer (and quite possibly last another year). Click the link and read more about it, then google the latest news on it.
Hey, when's the last time La Nina effects resulted in absolutely no rain whatsoever for 140 straight days?
Any predictions on today's crucial Intel Committe vote on whether we are a republic or not?
I'll only make one: in no circumstances will a purely Democratic "measure" be permitted to succeed or prevail. It is crucial to Rover that everything proposed by Democrats be defeated.
Thus, Rockefeller's proposed motion for an investigation must fail---Hagel and Snowe do not have the strength to do the right thing for the country; they're Republicans first, Americans second, remember. And they're all talk, anyway.
Should the Dems agree to some "compromise" that Hagel and Snowe can vote for? What's the compromise position to having an investigation?
Posted by euzoius at March 7, 2006 09:24 AMI have noticed an extremely interesting trend on CSPAN.
For the longest time about 1/2 of the callers would be the "hide under the bed" type who wanted daddy preznit to protect them. The type who would just allow anything the preznit wanted to occur.
Something has changed.
Now, about 80-90% of the callers are saying that the preznit has waaaay toooo much unchecked power. That he needs no more power. That he must be held accountable. AND about 10-30% are just plain saying "IMPEACH".
The climate is changing guys. It is changing fast.
My only question is can the climate change fast enough, the Congress flow with the winds of the change, action actually occur, before America is lost forever?
The contradiction of the SD abortion ban: Take the Fifth - South Dakota's invitation to snuff your embryo.
Not surprisingly, I think this whole attempt to ban abortion isn't about overturning Roe v. Wade at all. I think it's just a cleverly designed "rally the base" campaign ploy. Get it into the minds of voters before the midterms, they forget about GOP corruption and incompentence and focus on "saving little babies." If it goes into huge court battles, all the better because then it'll still be kicking around in 2008.
Posted by ann at March 7, 2006 09:44 AMeuzoius, the hearing today is closed; I have no idea how long it will take for the public to get information on what has really occured behind those doors.
What cannot happen is a roll-over and a retroactive law passed which gives this preznit a pass on his law breaking.
They (Repukes) really want to do this.
It is very hard to not give up today on this whole interest in governmental affairs. It is hard to not just say 'fuck it - it does not matter what I do, they are going to do whatever they want anyway' (the Congress).
However, I cannot afford to give up on being a citizen. It is tempting. It is tempting to just deal with what I have to deal with (believe me, it is enough.)
So, I am in need of the pep-talk today. I am in need of the push to keep going in educating myself, educating others and fighting for what is good and right. I need to continue to fight and seek to right the wrongs that have been done to America. Every little bit helps.
Today it is difficult.
Posted by Anjha at March 7, 2006 09:46 AMOMG, Rumsfeld is giving a press conference stating that all of the reports of Iraqi violence after the mosque bombing are "Mis-reported and exaggerated." They are saying that it never happened. Not as much violence. Not as many deaths. That the media hyped it.
These motherfuckers truly want the Orwellian world...they say it so it is so. Double speak all the way. Good god this is spooky.
I wish that I had a real media report, from there, to know what is going on.
How much of America is going to believe his bullshit?!?!?
It is Al Queada media propagandist who are making these false reports. Same claim about the torture victims, they have been "trained" to have claimed to have been tortured.
Do I believe my lying eyes?
Motherfuckers!
Posted by Anjha at March 7, 2006 09:59 AMRemember when everyone was worried about an inverted yield curve? Now that long term rates are rising, folks are worried about that. Always something to worry about I guess.
One thought is that if the long term bond yields 5%, that folks might see that as an alternative to stocks. It could mean that foreign countries are taking a beating holding their lower-yielding bonds, and might want to dump them.
Or, it all could be normal pre-options week weakness and folks are scouring the headlines looking for a reason...
Posted by muckdog at March 7, 2006 10:17 AMoozo: Republicans first, anti-liberal second, anti-abortion third, pro-corporate fourth, anti-poor fifth, anti-stemcell sixth, anti-healthcare seventh, Christains eighth, AMERICANS NINTH.
bb: I sprinkled some flying rats with aluminum sulfide, and have built an ark which holds 3 bisexual members of each species.
Posted by TIKI AL at March 7, 2006 10:43 AMGood laws, bad laws and the media
Posted by Joseph at March 7, 2006 10:59 AMWent in for my Dr. Appt. at the VA, she was out sick so it got pushed back to June 11th. No call, they told me when I reported. Fucking pissed!
euzoius, This is the first time in history that Phoenix has never had rain from Nov. to Feb. We might get some in a couple of days though. But TIKI and I have heard that one before!
TIKI, I drove through Tempe the other day, I thought that they were new condos. Now I understand it was an Ark! "You're doing a hec'kuva job TIKI!"
Posted by bbtb at March 7, 2006 11:06 AMThe contradiction of the SD abortion ban: Take the Fifth - South Dakota's invitation to snuff your embryo.
Not surprisingly, I think this whole attempt to ban abortion isn't about overturning Roe v. Wade at all. I think it's just a cleverly designed "rally the base" campaign ploy. Get it into the minds of voters before the midterms, they forget about GOP corruption and incompentence and focus on "saving little babies." If it goes into huge court battles, all the better because then it'll still be kicking around in 2008.
Good point--I do think it's partly to rally the base. It's ironic that they put the language in to allow for the morning-after pillwhen these nutters are trying to prevent people from even taking that. And many of them don't want birth control to be available to unmarried women either. Sheesh.
Another thing the "loophole" does is allowe people to destroy embryos that are "extra" and stored in a lab from in vitro fertilization. After all, if life begins at fertilization, then you can't destroy these embryos. But since you can take measures to get rid of an embryo until pregnancy can be determined by a pregnancy test, you can toss those extra embryos. You can kill them, but don't dare take the stem cells and use them for research!
Posted by CG at March 7, 2006 11:08 AMOk, why doesn't the italics tag work over multiple paragraphs?
Posted by CG at March 7, 2006 11:09 AMCheney warns Iran about Nuclear choices, threatens to shoot them in the face if they don't comply!
Posted by bbtb at March 7, 2006 11:31 AMBbtb, why do I get this discernment that Bush/Cheney are just itching to use a nuclear bomb?
Posted by Judith at March 7, 2006 11:51 AMThom Hartmann just played a clip of one of the SD Leglislators. He stated that in the case of "a Christian Virgin who was raped, someone who was saving herself for marraige, then carrying that child would be life threatening."
OK, so, if you are not a virgin and not a Christian then its not really rape?!?!?!?
Posted by Anjha at March 7, 2006 12:05 PMYes, Anjha, the "sodomized virgin" exemption. BUT.....only if she doesn't know she's having an abortion. Sweet, isn't it? Think Progress has a good entry on it:
Right-Wing ‘Compassion’: Rape, Incest Victims Can Have Abortions If They’re Religious Virgins
Make sure you check out all their linked articles as well. This is too twisted to believe.
Posted by ann at March 7, 2006 12:15 PMThe South Dakota freaks' abortion law is nothing but an assault on women. If I were a woman in South Dakota, I'd seriously entertain notions of hunting down these women-loathing legislators and their enabling fuck of a governor and doling out some frontier, Deadwoodesque justice...Al Swearengen-style.
They want women to be second class citizens...they don't give a shit about embryos. See it for what it is.
Posted by God Of War at March 7, 2006 12:24 PMThom Hartmann just played a clip of one of the SD Leglislators. He stated that in the case of "a Christian Virgin who was raped, someone who was saving herself for marraige, then carrying that child would be life threatening."
That must be the guy I posted about seeing on the News Hour the other night. Unbelievable. How, exactly, would carrying that child be life threatening? Did he explain that? The other day he went into great detail about the brutal rape, sodomy and beating that this potential case might involve. But if it was a "religious girl" and a virgin.... Makes me sick. I want someone to corner him and get him to explain how that threatens her life, because really what he's saying is that it harmss her mental health (which all rape does).
Posted by CG at March 7, 2006 12:26 PMThat sickfuck SD legislator who spoke of the virgin rape was entertain a fantasy of such as he described it.
These people are sickfuck GOP Taliban, and should be treated as such: With utter contempt and zero respect.
Posted by God Of War at March 7, 2006 12:33 PMCG - every pregnancy takes its toll on a woman's body, more so the younger the girl is. But you're being sidetracked by the salacious bits, just as these so-called xtians are obsessing about every delicious detail over and over. As with gay issues, the fundies get hard talking about it; it's the only way they get to indulge in porn without the guilt. These xtians think that suffering is close to godliness, so a girl who sufficiently suffers with the appropriate piety is exempt from guilt for "murder" of a "baby," in their eyes. And yes, they're sick fucks framing the issue on their terms yet again.
GoW, please don't try to help. First of all, what's the difference between a freak who advocates bombing abortion clinics and a freak who advocates the murder of the enablers of said abortion clinic bomber?
Secondly, Al Swearingen - a fictional character, remember - isn't an indescriminate killer dealing out "frontier justice." When the character kills, it's more out of greed and expedience, rather than ideology, but we understand nuance is not your strong suit. It is kinda funny, though, that you would hold up a character that refers to women as "whores" and "cunts" as a bringer of justice for women today.
Posted by iamcoyote at March 7, 2006 01:28 PMCalifornia is one of 7 states that does not allow a tax break on Health Savings Accounts (HSA). While folks do get a tax break at the federal level, no such break in CA. This could show up as thousands of additional dollars (up to $5450) on folks' W-2 forms.
why do I get this discernment that Bush/Cheney are just itching to use a nuclear bomb?
It is funny that you should say this as the March date for Iran to switch over to the Euro for Oil comes closer.
Cheney scary is what it is!
Here is some more Right-Wing propaganda that can be easily debunked. The claim now is that opposition to the Patriot Act indicates 'an absence of common sense.'
Please go out-debate these idiots, if you have time.
Posted by Tester at March 7, 2006 02:12 PMIs Tester a spammer, or a blogwhore, you decide.
Posted by iamcoyote at March 7, 2006 02:17 PMAll I want is to get progressives to go and win debates with conservatives, and humilate them.
Posted by Tester at March 7, 2006 02:29 PMWould someone point out to me where in the Bible it even mentions abortion, never mind forbidding it. In the Old Testament, babies, children and pregnant women were skewered with swords without a blink of an eye.
Secondly, the simple fact is that humanity is overpopulating the Earth, and in an attempt to eek out an existence, the very environment the people exist in is destroyed, turning a disaster into a nightmare.
Lastly, sheep skins and various toxic elixirs have been used for thousands of years by virtually ever culture. There is no more miserable existence for a child than to be an unwanted mouth to feed. But I guess the anti-abortionist don’t consider that in their argument.
California is one of 7 states that does not allow a tax break on Health Savings Accounts (HSA). While folks do get a tax break at the federal level, no such break in CA. This could show up as thousands of additional dollars (up to $5450) on folks' W-2 forms.
HSAs are nothing but tax shelters for the wealthy - you just proved it with your post! Who has enough extra cash to put into a tax shelter that could put over 5K back in their pockets?
The people who actually need health insurance can't afford the high deductible insurance policy, let alone have a few extra thousand to hide away each year.
Posted by ann at March 7, 2006 03:03 PMtempus, abortion only became an issue when women started getting some rights of their own. It is not about the babies, it is about keeping women in their place by nailing their uterus to the kitchen floor between their bare feet. Dems need to start reframing this! This is a civil rights issue not a "baby" issue.
Posted by iamcoyote at March 7, 2006 03:05 PMiamcoyote:
You are of course, entirely correct.
Posted by tempus at March 7, 2006 03:35 PMAnn, HSAs are very popular. And encouraging folks to save and plan for medical expenses is a good thing.
You want a giveaway for the middle and upper class? Howabout CA's proposition 82, Universal Preschool? 62% of kids currently enroll in private preschool, paid for by their parents. Prop 82 would put private preschools out of business and create a public preschool, hoping for a goal of 70% enrollment. Parents would then quit paying for private preschool, and enroll the kids in public preschool. It'd be great for the middle and upper class, as they currently have to pay out of pocket for preschool. They could spend that money on plasma TVs and SUVs. Fun things instead of spending it on private preschool.
Public preschool would be funded by increasing the top tax bracket to 11%. Probably not high enough to make you folks happy. And that would exclude raising taxes for other infrastructure needs and social programs.
Posted by muckdog at March 7, 2006 04:21 PMEven though a simple search will offer innumerable evidence about the lasting benefits of preschool, it will matter little, Muck.
Although you attempted to hijack the thread with your continued talk about a booming economy and how we will all benefit from the great job that this administration is doing and how $8 Trillion in National Debt matters not - you inadvertently brought us back to the real topic here: control of women.
Do not worry. Even if preschool is free, it won't last long, because there will be multiple families living in single residences attempting to make ends meet and not end up on the streets in the tent cities.
Single family residences housing several families where the women - who no longer have control of their uteruses - and are instead just baby making machines, will attempt to put food into the mouths of all of those hundreds and thousands of children that they were forced to give birth to.
There will be no time or energy left to worry about education. This is perfect for the coming oligarchy. Leave the masses uneducated, poor, surviving. Leave the masses unable to take the time to study politics, write congress, write the papers.
Leave the masses - especially the women - at the mercy of those with power and money.
I know that you like to think that you are one of them, one of those with power and money and that you bless us with your money saving tips and investment advice.
You are a wannabe. It'll never happen. You are not in the right "class" with the rulers.
Don't worry Muck, when all is lost and I walk by you on the street, I will drop a nickle in your cup.
Posted by Anjha at March 7, 2006 06:19 PMDon't worry Muck, when all is lost and I walk by you on the street, I will drop a nickle in your cup.
Remember to invest 15% of that nickel, muck. You have your old age under a bridge to think about.
Never trust white people in South Dakota. Ask the Sioux, they'll tell you.
Yeah, those leftist are sure abusing their power, aren't they. Someone should put this guy out of his misery once and for all, and defeat this lying arrogant bastard.
"While DeLay was widely expected to win, a close race could foretell a tough contest for the congressman in the fall. For his part, DeLay said he was confident his constituents would see the campaign-finance case against him for what it is: "a leftist abuse of power."
Posted by Judith at March 7, 2006 06:58 PMAnjha, you said it all and quite well I might add.
Muck, this is not an investment blog in case you haven't noticed.
Posted by Judith at March 7, 2006 07:14 PMAnn, HSAs are very popular.
With the wealthy, yes. The people who would benefit from Bush's silly plan already have health insurance. The problem that needs to be solved is making health insurance affordable for everyone, not just the wealthy elite.
And encouraging folks to save and plan for medical expenses is a good thing.
Find a way to do that so that middle and lower income people can reap the same benefit. But a middle class family of four simply cannot afford to pay 100% of a high deductible health insurance plan as well as save enough to recognize anywhere near the tax savings that you boast of over 5K.
The people who would benefit from Bush's silly plan already have health insurance. Here's a list (Think Progress) of just a few problems with HSAs:
FACT — HSA USERS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE DIFFICULTY PAYING MEDICAL BILLS: Individuals with high-deductible insurance plans (HDHPs), which are mandatory with health savings accounts, are “more likely than those with traditional medical coverage to have difficulty paying their medical bills. Forty-nine percent of consumers with deductibles above $500 per year wound up with outstanding medical debt, vs. 32% with regular coverage.” [WebMD Medical News, 1/27/05]
FACT — HSA COST SAVINGS ARE ILLUSORY: HSAs are supposed to save costs by discouraging people from obtaining unnecessary health care. But about 70 percent of costs in the U.S. health system are for the top 10 percent most expensive people. These people’s costs are well above the deductible, and they usually require hospitalization or are chronically ill. A high deductible won’t change their behavior. [New Yorker, 8/29/05]
FACT — HSA USERS PAY MORE OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS: According to one study, “more than two-fifths (42 percent) of individuals with HDHPs [high-deductible insurance plans] and 3 in 10 (31 percent) in CDHPs [”consumer-driven” health plans] spent 5 percent or more of their income on out-of-pocket costs plus premiums in the past year, compared with about 1 in 10 (12 percent) in comprehensive health plans.” [Commonwealth Fund/Employee Benefit Research Institute, December 2005]
FACT — HSA USERS MORE LIKELY TO AVOID, SKIP, OR DELAY HEALTH CARE BECAUSE OF COSTS: Individuals in health savings accounts were “significantly more likely to avoid, skip, or delay health care because of costs than were those with comprehensive insurance, with problems particularly pronounced among those with health problems or incomes under $50,000.” Over 30 percent of individuals in these programs “reported delaying or avoiding care, compared with 17 percent of those in comprehensive health plans.” [Commonwealth Fund/Employee Benefit Research Institute, December 2005]
Posted by ann at March 7, 2006 07:28 PMmuck's definition of very popular:
"More than 3 million individuals now have health savings accounts.."
compared with
"The number of Americans without health insurance rose by 800,000 last year, reaching a record high of nearly 46 million, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday."
Sounds like it's more popular to not have health insurance at all! And everybody wants to be popular, right?
Posted by ann at March 7, 2006 07:45 PMDid your Rep vote yea or nay on the UNPatriot Act? Let them know how you feel about their vote.
They were only 2 votes away from the 2/3 majority that would have killed it.
"The vote was 280-138, just two more than needed under special rules that required a two-thirds majority."
Posted by Anjha at March 7, 2006 08:28 PMRe: Lizzie Dole's DECEPTIVE Junk Mailer--
Sounds like Ol’ Fossil-Face Lizzie filched some "smarm" from the Original Fat Cow (Amy Ridenour, Abramoff’s Fund-Scammin’ partner & Bitch-in-Crime). Ridenour’s
"College Republicans" cohorts must be proud; after all, those same shady letters—when sent to MILLIONS of gullible (and mostly elderly) recipients—generate MILLIONS of DOLLARS for her—and her fellow PIGS-At-The-TROUGH.
Why oh WHY aren’t the attorneys general of the states to which these extortion attempts are sent doing ANYTHING to INVESTIGATE and PROSECUTE what must surely be VIOLATIONS of the R.I.C.O. statutes? Wait a minute…could this be a potential Blog campaign? A new version of the "Roots" project(s)? Perhaps a petition on behalf of the growing roster of hapless victims of the GOP FRAUD SQUAD—or maybe some well-placed inquiries to state regulators in charge of Revenue Recovery?
Why are Lizzie and Fat Assbite Amy’s "National Center for Public Policy Research"—another fine exemplar of the Wretched Right’s "Money-for-Nothin’" Mantra—even allowed to transmit this trash through our U.S. Mail? Last time I checked, it was ILLEGAL to STEAL through the Postal Service.
I say we DO SOMETHING about it. Lord knows Congress won’t!
Poll: Cheney Less Popular Than OJ, Jacko
In the latest CBS News opinion poll, Vice President Dick Cheney earned an 18 percent approval rating. So how low is 18%?
To put it in perspective, Cheney is less popular than convicted murderer OJ Simpson and accused child molester Michael Jackson who enjoy a 25 percent and 29 percent favorable impression rates, respectively.
Even the late Vice President Spiro Agnew, who was forced to resign over charges of tax fraud enjoyed a 45 percent approval rating in the last poll taken before he left the Nixon administration.
At least Cheney can take comfort knowing he's more popular than bird flu.
Posted by Christopher at March 8, 2006 06:44 AM