Archive for February 28th, 2006

• The Continuing Downward Trend That Is Bush’s Presidency

  The New York Times published this handy graphic that further defines the downward trend of Bush’s presidency. Image: New York Times

• Sierra Mist, Mr. President?

  As the violence continued today, as Jake Tapper is witnessing first-hand, the president simplified the situation, saying “that the time has come for Iraqis to choose between ‘chaos or unity.’“ I attempted satire as I commented on Tapper’s blog… It is always one or the other with the president. There’s always choice A or B, [...]

• In the News

  - The New York Times is suing the Pentagon to get access to “a list of documents including all internal memos and e-mails about the program of monitoring phone calls without court approval [and] the names of the people or groups identified.“ – Those sounded like “hurricane-force winds” last night. And hail (or was it [...]

• Bush Political Free Fall Joke

  One for Letterman (or, more likely, Leno, as he has such a low standard for humor)… A president Bush hasn’t had a free fall this steep and of this magnitude since the first President Bush jumped out of a plane with a parachute for his eightieth birthday. What? Not funny? (Not even a little? Okay, [...]

• Bush’s Free Fall

  President Bush is in the midst of a political free fall as his approval ratings have dropped by a stunning eight percentage points in one month. What has obviously affected his poll numbers is the uncertainity of Iraq’s future and the escalating violence there, the lingering Katrina news and information, the coverup that wasn’t when [...]