We'd win Congress if the election was today. The last time we had a president with an approval rating that low, their party lost Congress. The Republicans are going down. Say hello to Minority Leader Hastert and Minority Leader McConnell.

Here's how low our elections can sink:

SUGAR LAND, Texas (April 7) - Supporters of U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay protested at an event Thursday held by the Democratic candidate for the congressman's seat, and the event quickly dissolved into a shouting and shoving match. Police were called, but made no arrests.

"I got pushed. I got hit. I got a sign wadded up in my face and my hat pulled down over my eyes," said Marsha Rovai, 69, a supporter of Nick Lampson. "They just did it to be nasty."

DeLay campaign manager Chris Homan said he organized the protest but DeLay, a Republican, didn't know about it.

Trolls, now tell me again how we are the party of hate.

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060406192009990006&cid=771

How did the Secret Service let this guy get in?

Q You never stop talking about freedom, and I appreciate that. But while I listen to you talk about freedom, I see you assert your right to tap my telephone, to arrest me and hold me without charges, to try to preclude me from breathing clean air and drinking clean water and eating safe food. If I were a woman, you'd like to restrict my opportunity to make a choice and decision about whether I can abort a pregnancy on my own behalf. You are --

THE PRESIDENT: I'm not your favorite guy. Go ahead. (Laughter and applause.) Go on, what's your question?

Q Okay, I don't have a question. What I wanted to say to you is that I -- in my lifetime, I have never felt more ashamed of, nor more frightened by my leadership in Washington, including the presidency, by the Senate, and --

AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Booo!

THE PRESIDENT: No, wait a sec -- let him speak.

Q And I would hope -- I feel like despite your rhetoric, that compassion and common sense have been left far behind during your administration, and I would hope from time to time that you have the humility and the grace to be ashamed of yourself inside yourself. And I also want to say I really appreciate the courtesy of allowing me to speak what I'm saying to you right now. That is part of what this country is about.

THE PRESIDENT: It is, yes. (Applause.)

Q And I know that this doesn't come welcome to most of the people in this room, but I do appreciate that.

THE PRESIDENT: Appreciate --

Q I don't have a question, but I just wanted to make that comment to you.

President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, North Carolina

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/04/20060406-3.html

Well, I guess after sowing the wind for fifty years, the Republicans are about to reap the whirlwind. I would hope that the Democratic politicans who might get swept into Washington this time, unlike the last two times this happened, realize that their Republican colleagues aren't just political opposition but are true vermin and deserve to be stamped out of the body politic. How many more incidents like McCarthy, Nixon, and Bush does the nation need to endure before the party which specializes in their brand of politics gets consigned to the dump. It's time to fumigate Washington. Leave no Republican behind.

If we bankrupted the country to get to this point how the fuck could we be headed in the right direction?

There is a point at which a gerrymander goes into reverse. Gerrymanders work by dispersing voters from the favoured party and concentrating voters from the disfavoured party. The cube rule predicts that the the ratio of seats won will be the ratio of votes to the power of between 2 and 3. A 16 point spread is a cataclysmic shift that will make gerrymanders like Texas go into reverse and favour the Democrats.

Democratic supporters at republican events get arrested if they have an political t-shirt on. Republican agitators start fist fights at a democratic event, and no one gets arrested. Yeah, I get it.

1,000,000 thank yous for Harry Taylor

I woke up this morning to a very large headline in my red state reading "Bush authorized Leak". Now Rove/Bush has these options: Call Libby a liar (good, since we know he is), just don't comment (probable), blame everthing on Cheney (force him out and replace him with either an elder statesman placeholder or an heir apparent). The fourth, which has already taken place, is argue that the President can declassify whatever he wants. This option is problematic because of the political context and because it tacitly admits Bush leaked it. I don't think Bush will get much of a poll boost out of any of these. Why won't the Dem leadership just run a bunch of commercials showing Bush claiming he know's nothing of the leak, and will "deal with" anyone he catches???? Come on Dems, lets play hardball. The guy is on the ropes.

Vtng Dmcrt: Hmlck fr hdch.

"The guy is on the ropes."

The democratic strategey is: let's spar for 15 rounds and see if he falls down on his own. They don't even know what a knock out is.

Wilson should file a civil suit against Bush. We KNOW that it can be done.

Scott McLellan, September 29, 2003: "No one would be authorized to do such a thing."

So, after the GOP wins in 2006, will the Dems finally invest in a REAL investigation of the $&^##@^#ing vote-fixing machines?

So, after everything we have learned about this adminstration and this P and VP, are any of you ready to admit that it is at least conceiveable that these bastards knew about the September 11 2001 attacks in advance and yet did nothing to stop them?

Is there anything that would surprise you anymore?
Would this surprise you?

There is an interesting (and probably more relevant poll) posted on RCP this morning... Keep in mind that there is few things less useful than generic congressional polling.

Anyways... this poll talks about approval for 'your' representative -

Bottom line: 57% approve of their own rep and only 21% disapprove. So there goes the idea that there is a widespread panic in the masses to replace their own representative.

I think people want change... but they want someone else to do it for them. As in
"my guy is alright, but you need to vote out yours".

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/RCP_PDF/FOX223%20release.pdf

Voting Democrat: Hemlock for a headache.
Posted by Bendito at April 7, 2006 06:10 AM

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Why don't you try some Hemlock and let us know how it goes.

You're a fucking waste of vital organs, you piece of sewage.

And yes, cynic, you are correct. As long as they've got Diebold et al., we ain't got shit.

So, after everything we have learned about this adminstration and this P and VP, are any of you ready to admit that it is at least conceiveable that these bastards knew about the September 11 2001 attacks in advance and yet did nothing to stop them?

I have always believed this. Not that they knew planes were going to be flown into the WTC but that an attack was coming and they just let it happen on purpose.

On Real Time last week, Dana Rorhrabacher said he knew we were going to be attacked on 9/11 (because a leader in Afghanistan had been murdered) and called the WH the day before.

Well I guess the left has slung enough mud but remeber its easier to critize than to do. if the dems win it will be them in the hot seat and they won't be able to claim "no power". So it should be interesting.

Too bad about the whole gerrymandering thing, eh? Of the 35 seats up for grabs in the House, most of them are already held by Democrats.

ROTFLMAO

It doesn't matter much what folks think about Bush's foreign policy, because Democrats are viewed as weak on defense. In addition, most folks vote their pocketbooks. And this economy is rip-roarin' strong... One easy way to know how the middle class is doing is to look at the stock of Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Smokey Bones, etc.) Another good stock to look at to check on the middle class is Best Buy.

If folks are loading up on iPods and big screen TVs, and filling up their bellies with lobster, shrimp, and pasta, then things are going pretty good.

from Wiki:

Massoud was the victim of a suicide attack which occurred at Khvajeh Ba Odin on September 9, 2001, two days before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in the United States, a timing considered significant by some commentators who believe Osama bin Laden ordered the assassination to ensure he would have the Taliban's protection and cooperation in Afghanistan.

I think that they might be a little afraid the Diebold is not going to work for them as well this time.

In the hearing with the House Judiciary Committee and Abu Gonzales yesterday I learned of several irregularities with the VRA.

Apparently the lack of enforcement of the VRA is a lot more widespread than previously acknowledged.

We know about TX redistricting and the GA poll tax and the CA loss of 46% of Dem voter approval...but apparently the only lawsuits that the DOJ filed on behalf of people denied the right to vote in the last couple of years have been 3; one of them was in MS where white voters claimed discrimination in a primarily black district.

In addition, Katrina victims not allowed satellite voting - Iraqis were.

They are also attempting to pass a Constitutional Amendment repealing representation based on "the number of persons" and changing it to "US citizens". This would change the make-up of Representatives substantially.

Also, House voted last week to regulate "527" orgs (Move On, etc) which benefit primarily progressive voters.

They are scared and are doing everything in their power to deny the vote to to progressive voters. This scrambling and desperation says to me that they may not be able to depend on Diebold et al as much as they did in 2004.

Our goal should be to make sure that as many people as possible are registered to vote and that we target "suburban" voters. As I said in an earlier post rural will go primarily to Pukes, Urban primarily to Dems - although both of these groups are voting less now...it is the suburban voters who will determine the election. Also important is to get out as many urban voters as possible.

If folks are loading up on iPods and big screen TVs, and filling up their bellies with lobster, shrimp, and pasta, then things are going pretty good.

Nah, it just means their Visa bills and home equity loans are maxed out.

muckdog, you are a pathetic excuse for a human being.
Are you just obtuse or are you generally not paying attention?

yeah, I bet alot of us Americans have been eating alot of lobster and shrimp lately and somehow that's all that matters.

It is all that matters to you republican pieces of trash. Apres moi, le deluge being your motto and all...

Mucktroll, lets see how the King of Gerrymandering Tom DeLay does in his district come November.....oh yeah, he quit the race because he was afraid of losing to a Dem. You need to remember that gerrymandering doesn't mean only GOPer candidates will be on the ballot. Dems are allowed to run candidates also.

If folks are loading up on iPods and big screen TVs, and filling up their bellies with lobster, shrimp, and pasta, then things are going pretty good.
Posted by muckdog at April 7, 2006 08:28 AM

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Have some of Benditoveritos's Hemlock.

You too are a waste of vital organs.

Better yet... might I suggest that you drive to the nearest organ transplant facility and suck on the business end of a shotgun? The world would be a better place for it.

I see folks here are in denial and don't even understand what gerrymandering is or how it affects the House races. Just do a google look up on gerrymandering. Read it and weep. LMAO.

Ann repeats what the naysayers have been saying for YEARS now Nah, it just means their Visa bills and home equity loans are maxed out.

I think this is wrong-headed thinking. Unemployment is down to 4.7%, wages are growing faster than inflation (incomes are up over $2000 including inflation since 2001), etc.

I guess the Democrats can run on Iraq in November if they can come up with a plan (LOL), but they won't be able to run against Bush's economic record.

Okay, muck, please provide proof that people are paying in cash or paying off their Visas and home equity loans every month. What is the current debt to income ratio for average Americans these days?

Ann, people are finding money to spend. All this noise about how the consumer is "tapped out" is a bunch of nonsense. The doom and gloomers have been saying this for YEARS. And the evidence is in: The doom and gloomers have been wrong, wrong, and wrong again.

Ann repeats what the naysayers have been saying for YEARS now Nah, it just means their Visa bills and home equity loans are maxed out.

I think this is wrong-headed thinking. Unemployment is down to 4.7%, wages are growing faster than inflation (incomes are up over $2000 including inflation since 2001), etc.

*****

You're a baldfaced liar, you fucking shill.

Provide a link for your assertion that wages have outpaced inflation by 2K, you lying piece of trash. The economic data released earlier this week (cbs marketwatch has it) disproves your lie.

Goddamn. Today, some little kid will die because of organ failure, and a fucking worthless lying piece of shit like you will continue to walk this earth. Just ain't right.

Ann, people are finding money to spend.

Yes, they are borrowing it. Now, please answer the question about the current household debt. What is the average American's net worth? You're always soooo worried about people not saving and not investing, but they you're giddy that people are willing to go into debt for a really bad lobster dinner. The debt is not sustainable.

Ann, people are finding money to spend. All this noise about how the consumer is "tapped out" is a bunch of nonsense. The doom and gloomers have been saying this for YEARS. And the evidence is in: The doom and gloomers have been wrong, wrong, and wrong again.
Posted by muckdog at April 7, 2006 09:52 AM

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Yeah, waste of vital organs, that's why consumer credit is at historic highs and the savings rate is NEGATIVE.

Maybe folks are using more credit because they are wealthier than ever, and can manage the monthly payments.

The savings rate doesn't include capital gains on real estate or stocks/mutual funds. As my links above show, more people than ever own their homes. And the majority of folks own stocks/mutual funds.

muckdog wrote :
"If folks are loading up on iPods and big screen TVs, and filling up their bellies with lobster, shrimp, and pasta, then things are going pretty good."

unless they are adding to their already substantial credit card debt

Maybe people are using more credit because they simply don't have the cash since wages have been stagnant for so long. I'd say that's more likely.

And stop with the "more people than ever own their homes," bullshit. People are mortgaged to the hilt, they own nothing. People were able to buy with no down payments, interest only mortgages and ARMs that are going up every time the Feds raise the interest rate. And if someone has to sell and they have no equity, more than likely they'll lose money on their home.

Ann, I know you have to jump through all kinds of hoops to rationalize your opinions. But this is getting ridiculous. Just accept the facts and quit with the spin. Good grief.

You're the one with the spin, muck: Maybe folks are using more credit because they are wealthier than ever, and can manage the monthly payments.

Maybe, but doubtful. People are borrowing because they aren't wealthy and they need to go to the doctor, buy groceries, etc.

And btw, I don't have to rationalize my beliefs. I know how people struggle in this economy, but since you rarely travel outside your own little bubble, you have no idea.

Ann, I know you have to jump through all kinds of hoops to rationalize your opinions. But this is getting ridiculous. Just accept the facts and quit with the spin. Good grief.
Posted by muckdog at April 7, 2006 10:26 AM

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Says the cocksucker extraordinaire who provides ZERO evidence for any of his specious claims.

You're as pathetic as the traitors you shill for, wasted vital organs dog.

it is impossible to have any sort of rational interaction with a scumbag like muck fuck...

"Maybe folks are using more credit because they are wealthier than ever, and can manage the monthly payments."

Muck, It looks to me like your the one who is spinning. If they are weather they would not need to use Credit cards!

Weather=wealthier

Every man woman and child in America, including newborn babies, owe $28K each to pay the National Debt.

PDF explaining the truth about today's economy and the personal debt of all persons. Most "jobs created" are govt jobs, dumb ass. This means we are paying for them. Private sector job creation is way down and limited to low paying, no benefit, service jobs.

The number of jobs created by this admin have not kept up normal job creation just to cover new people entering the workforce.

Unemployment "figures" are bogus because they do not include people who have fallen off the rolls or those underemployed.

PDF showing just how dissatisfied Americans are with the economy.

"Maybe folks are using more credit because they are wealthier than ever, and can manage the monthly payments."

Muck, It looks to me like your the one who is spinning. If they are weather they would not need to use Credit cards!
Posted by goose1 at April 7, 2006 10:35 AM

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The ONLY exception being to pile up frequent flier miles or some other bonus, in which case the vast majority would pay off the balance every month anyway.

Muckyfuckhog would fail an elementary logic course.

Mucktroll - Gerrymander refers to the drawing of boundaries of legislative districts to benefit one party or group and handicap another.That is what Tom DeLay did in Texas, and you 36% trolls are fools.

I see the paid trolls are out in force in across the internet in droves today.

So, after everything we have learned about this adminstration and this P and VP, are any of you ready to admit that it is at least conceiveable that these bastards knew about the September 11 2001 attacks in advance and yet did nothing to stop them?

Count me skeptical. However, until someone can come up with a rational explanation for why Cheney ordered a downgrading of longstanding air force interceptor protocols 3 months before 9/11, I consider this a plausible theory.

As usual, the press corpse has ignored this issue.

goose1: Wilson should file a civil suit against Bush. We KNOW that it can be done.

No, we don't. We know that a sitting president may be sued, while in office, for things he did before s/he was president. But for activities a president undertakes in his/her official capacity, s/he is immune from damages liability, unless the actions violated "clearly established" law. It's not at all clearly established that a president cannot selectively declassify information, so Bush is almost certainly in the clear.

Wilson can only sue for injunctive relief—as opposed to damages—if he can show that Bush et al. would likely release classified information in retaliation again. Los Angeles v. Lyons, 461 US 95 (1983). That seems unlikely in the extreme.

The only remedy that we have to stop this shit is impeachment, and we probably won't even have that if we get a turnover in Congress.

Bummer, huh?

I post links here everyday. You folks must not be able to read or comprehend. Or you spend too much time reading *opinions* from op-eds and liberal blogs instead of looking at data and facts.

ROTFLMAO

I post links here everyday.

Right, and everything *you* post is completely unbiased and totally objective. Like a link to the Heritage Foundation......or the Cato Institute....or the WSJ....

John B, I'll go one step further. I'm not so sure Bush&Friends didn't aid in the planning.

I wonder if anybody else actually clicked through to the .pdf of the poll results -- if so, it's surprising that nobody has mentioned a very interesting fact.

Yes, the overall approve/disapprove numbers are as given -- but the strong approvers are only at 18%, and the strong disapprovers are at 42%.

This suggests that the Republicans are not just facing a disapproval problem; they are going to have a serious turnout problem as well.

So, after everything we have learned about this administration and this P and VP, are any of you ready to admit that it is at least conceivable that these bastards knew about the September 11 2001 attacks in advance and yet did nothing to stop them?

Is there anything that would surprise you anymore?
Would this surprise you?"
Posted by John B

John, not at all, and I am ex-Air Force. The current administration is completely corrupt, to the detriment of both our civilian and military citizens. As humans, we are failing the grade, and descending a very slippery slope.

Oh, and Muckpuppy: you get a A+ certification as a money-bound, totally sociopathic hound. I do hope the girls like the expensive drinks you buy them, as they would not give you the time of day if you didn't.

Congrats,.. you just set new Wall Street numbers as "Most Likely Never To Get Laid."

Voting Democrat: Hemlock for a headache.

Yeah! What do doctors know anyway? They believe in silly things like science, for crying out loud! It's just a little headache.

Voting Republican: Snake oil cure for a brain tumor.