The Enlightenment
Dan Drezner notes that some former Bush loyalists are starting to open their eyes to the magnificent failures of the administration. Why not? No harm in taking potshots at a lame duck after you've helped put him in the pond. Bang! Fiscally irresponsible! Corrupt! Overly moralistic! Loyalty fetish! Incompetent! Where were these folks in November of last year when we were trying to change all this?
I've been wondering lately... where will Bush bottom out? He's hovered around 40% in his approval ratings for a while. But will that ever drop? My guess -- there are 30% of Americans who would support Bush if he took a dump on the American flag, freed Saddam, and banged an intern on a raft in New Orleans. Unless the intern was male, of course.
The 30% Club aren't fiscal conservatives or libertarians (although you can bet some will try to paint themselves with those brushes). They don't believe in merit-based rewards. They aren't concerned with malfeasance of any sort. They just support Bush. That's all they know.
posted by Abe at 9/21/2005 04:54:00 PM
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Well, Clinton didn't suffer when he was banging an intern so I think you can take out the banging the intern comment. It's not original. While banging her on a raft in N.O. might be different, we must remember that we do notknow where Clinton actually banged Lewinsky. I would guess that maybe 2% of America would agree with Bush if he did the things you mentioned. Exaggeration I know, but some people's views are just different than yours and you have to understand it sometime. You can make fun of those people and berate them all you want but they will believe in what they want. If you think we'll ever have a politician that has 100% of the public agreeing in something than I guess you can beat down on Bush. I am not saying I agree with everything he has done, I just agree with some. What can I do? Sit around and bitch and NOTHING will change... or at least see the things I like that he's done and NOTHING will change. Buck up.
One more thing: Prayers are with the people in TX and the surrounding Gulf area. Hopefully Rita isn't as fucked as Katrina.
RP -- Take a few deep breaths, have a brownie, and let the buzz wear off. Then please try again to string together some coherent thoughts. We're waiting.
Make sure it's not the brownie that gave the buzz in the first place.
i love you johnny piano, you are the man!
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