Be proud, Utah! 60+% of you are lemmings!

[helderheid]

** note, I AM a Utahn - I'm not trying to start a flame war!! **

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3130055

Bush is most popular in Utah
Poll: More than 60 percent of the Beehive state approves of the president, but most other Americans do not
By Matt Canham
The Salt Lake Tribune



Americans at large are not pleased with their president. But Utahns still love him more than any other state.
The Iraq war, the unstable economy, the much-criticized federal response to Hurricane Katrina and the ongoing probe into White House leaks that may have unmasked a CIA agent all have contributed to President Bush's image problems.
Only 38 percent of Americans give Bush the thumbs up, the lowest approval ratings of his presidency, according to a SurveyUSA report released Tuesday
Utah is the only state to provide Bush with an approval rating above 60 percent. While 18 states give Bush a disapproval rating of at least 60 percent.
"The people of Utah have a long-term vision of what this president stands for," said Ron Fox, who was the vice chairman of Bush's 2004 campaign effort in Utah. "The people of Utah understand the president's agenda and his focus, the necessity of a war on terror."
But Democratic state Rep. Pat Jones, of Holladay, said a lengthy examination of Bush's agenda should result in negative opinion polls.
"In looking at the long-term, I can say that most people's lives are not better today than they were before his administration."

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[lilymidnite]

1. Oh but the 39% of us who hate him

more than make up the difference in *passionate* hate for him.

[helderheid]

2. high five!

[Neocondriac]

8. Thx

There are little slices of sanity everywhere these days.

[SammyBlue]

3. Give me that old time cultist religion, give me that old time cultist

religion. Give me that old time cultist religion. It's good enough for bigots.

Wooo. . .give me that old time theocracy. Give me that right wing theocracy. Give me that Utah Freedom. Freeper love it more!!!

Woo. . .give me that cultist religion. Give me a fake religion started by a town drunk. Give me hypocritical cultist religion (mormon). It's good enough for blind sheep who lick Bush's ass!

My apologies to "Inherit the Wind."

[PurityOfEssence]

5. The religion with the extra "m"

Cain slew Abel, so god made him a negro and cast him out of paradise, making sure that no darkly complected folks could EVER get to heaven. Mormonism is as weird as it is dangerous.

[helderheid]

12. There are mormons against Bush

Also, the Vice Chair of the Dem party here is LDS. But they are the exceptions.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

37. Those must be some seriously anomalous LDS's, then. n/t

[Gildor Inglorion]

29. Now, think...NONE of Cain's lineage survived Noah's flood...

so whatever "marked" Cain and his line is long since extinct. The new curse, laid on by Noah, was to his grandson Canaan and his descendants. The reason for the curse was that Canaan's father had seen HIS father, Noah, drunken and naked. Lovely story, what? Highly moral and ispirational.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

20. LOL!

I love that play I was SO thinking of Matt Brady when I saw that

For those of you who haven't read Inherit the Wind---WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR??

[SammyBlue]

23. I acutally played Henry Drummond on stage. Best role I ever had.

Though I wanted E.K. Hornbeck.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

38. Hornbeck is freaking hilarious.

Congrats on playing Drummond. He and Hornbeck are my fav. characters from that play. Simply terrific bit of literature there.

[RaleighNCDUer]

46. Hornbeck = Menken.

Love that show.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

55. Yup.

[Ignacio Upton]

61. Mencken was ahead of his time with regard to fundies

Puritanism: "The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."

[SammyBlue]

68. 2 best Mencken quotes ever:

1: In a democracy, the two major parties spend the majority of their time and energy trying to inform an ignorant electorate that the other party is unfit to rule. And both do that admirably. And both are right.

2: Reporter: If there is so much in America you don't like, why do you stay here?
Mencken: Why do people go to zoos?

[RobertSeattle]

4. Would this make them MorAni's ?

?

[SammyBlue]

7. Angel Moroni. . .one letter short of what it is.

[DBoon]

19. What about the Angel Macaroni?

Does this Angel sit at the right hand of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

[SammyBlue]

26. I was thining the Angel moroniC

[Neocondriac]

6. Good

A bounty for recruiting. All Mormon men have to serve a two year mission. Make it Mosul.

[Hobarticus]

9. Why is Utah concerned about a War on Terra?

Could anyone be possibly further away from any potential terrorist targets?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

21. ROFL n/t

[helderheid]

25. not true! We have Tooele - bio weapons, baby!

[Hobarticus]

39. Whoops, self-delete...

Just so happy to be here.

[Hobarticus]

40. Jes' kiddin'...

I love my Beehive DUers.

[grateful581]

10. I'm a Utahan too

And this poll pissed me off! It make us look like a bunch of idiots that don't know what the hell is going on. On KSL they had quotes from Utahans, One said

"I voted for President Bush but I think there's a lot of controversy going on. But without being too informed I can't really make an opinion about it."

Want another

"I would say he's doing pretty good, especially with all the stuff that's happened. He's handling it pretty well."

Ksl Story Link: http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=119788

What the hell is wrong with these people. do they pay attention to anything!

We have a long way to go utah democrats!

[helderheid]

14. you bet we do

It's a tough state to be blue in. *sigh*

[WritingIsMyReligion]

24. Heads in the sand...

Good luck Utah Dems!

[TK421]

11. Never mind them....what does Strongbad think of Bush?

[helderheid]

15. I think he'd sick Trogdor on him.

[TK421]

18. Yes! The Burninator!!!!

[MisterP]

22. my avatar can stand in online!

outside of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming, does anyone know the states with the next-highest approval for the Stuffed Monkey?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

27. No...

How much does Texas drool over their brush-clearer these days??

[NoPasaran]

52. Believe it or not, we're down to 42% droolers this month!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

57. Well, better than 60%, I guess. n/t

[TK421]

28. Kansas would be my guess....does the dragon breathe a line of fire

or a cone of acid?

[MisterP]

41. he can just throw up a little--he was trapped by Zeus under a rock

in Nevada.

[helderheid]

44. LMAO!

Just make sure it only hits the red voters ... I'd hate to get caught in the crossfire for a crime I didn't commit!

[MisterP]

54. the conditions for his release are if Ted Nugent comes within 100 miles

Nugent will try to hunt him and subsequently have a small fir tree jammed into a bad place somewhere in the Bernardinos on national TV a la Hiaasen. He will subsequently run for the Gov. of a Western state and Arnold will attempt to feel him up on Oprah.

[yellowcanine]

13. Anybody know what Nixon's poll numbers were in Utah when he resigned?

Maybe a majority of the people of Utah are just incapable of thinking ill of a Republican.

[helderheid]

30. All I know is Utah was a BLUE state in the late 60s

[Arugula Latte]

49. Really? I had no idea.

That's freaky.

But, hey, it just shows you things changed once and they can change again.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

31. Or incapable of thinking at all...

Excuse me, Utahan Dems here. I didn't mean you.

[lilymidnite]

32. I think it was still high

They're taught not to question authority here.

I'm an anomaly =)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

16. Here in Maine, we're down to 33%.

[helderheid]

43. I wish that had been the headline here! That would have been a dream come

true!!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

59. :D :D I really love my state right now.

Hehehe.

[Bonhomme Richard]

17. Not surprising coming from a state whose people are......

typically taught not to question authority.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

34. *coughmormonscough* n/t

[gatorboy]

33. "The necessity of a war on terror."

Please. Like Utah will ever have a terror problem.

It's funny that the states most worried about terrorism will probably never have to worry about it ever coming to their state. It's the sad irony of things. States that did have terror attacks voted against Bush.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

35. Because those states who experienced terror

also had first-hand experiences with Bush's fuck-ups, is why.

[helderheid]

36. well, Salt Lake DID host the olympics and we have a bio weapons lab in

Tooele.

But I see your point.

[BuelahWitch]

42. You never know, one of them thar Osmonds might run amok

[Lone_Star_Dem]

45. Keep the faith and keep spreading the truth

All of you good people in Utah who are Democrats have my respect and support.

If bush* can drop 19 points (down to -12 approval from a +7 point spread) in one month in his "home" state of Texas, there's hope for Utah, too.

[helderheid]

50. Thank you!! And for all the Utah Dems here...

we have some places to gather:

www.udpc.org
http://www.democracyforutah.com /
http://www.ydutah.org /
http://www.utdemocrats.org / <-- check out the new look!
http://www.geocities.com/ldsdemocrats <--- LDS Dems
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
http://www.crossroads-u-c.org
http://soutahdemocrats.com
http://www.democratsofsouthernutah.org
http://www.cachedemocrats.org
http://www.slcdems.org
http://ironcountydemocrats.com /
http://www.davisdemos.org
http://www.livejournal.com/community/progressiveutah /
http://www.utahpeace.org/main.html
http://www.wasatchpeaceandjustice.org /
http://www.healutah.org
http://www.utahhealthalliance.org /
http://www.downwinders.org
http://www.dontamendalliance.com
http://upnet.org
http://www.utahjwj.org
http://www.justpeaceholyland.org/mailman/listinfo/utahn...
http://www.unityutah.org
http://utahlands2004.org


And SUPPORT PETE ASHDOWN FOR SENATE!

www.peteashdown.org

[Touchdown]

47. Beehive State? So THAT is what this is supposed to be...

I drive through Utah once a year, scratching my head saying "What IS THAT?!!!!???!!!"

[helderheid]

56. It's the official Utah hair-do :)

[jrw14125]

48. Read "Under the Banner of Heaven" by John Krakower...

...then you'll understand the 60% approval.

[helderheid]

51. I _just_ got that book

[Starbucks Anarchist]

53. Seriously, how many Osmonds did they poll?

[Snotcicles]

58. They elected Orin Hatch for crying out loud.

If that isn't an insanity plea, then what is?

[helderheid]

60. ANYONE can support his challenger - check out www.peteashdown.org

www.peteashdown.org

[Snotcicles]

66. I have limited funds to contribute but if I see a foe making it a race,

Hatch's ass out is a good value and I will not hesitate to throw a couple bucks in.

[helderheid]

67. THANK YOU! I know Pete and he's a real good egg.

[grateful581]

62. Orin Hatch

Does not care about utah. Lately I think that his lips are stuck to bushes ass. Hatch is the perfect example of Right wing scum.


Go Pete!
http://www.pashdown.org/

[helderheid]

63. Just saw his wife had her baby!

Congrats Pete!

www.peteashdown.org

[LiveWire]

64. Who would be dumb enough...

To have a terror attack in Utah? I mean, its Utah for christ's sake. Who would notice? And with the christian right saying the things that they are, Im sure they'd probably condone a terrorist attack against those heathen Mormons.

[helderheid]

65. You know you're probably right - that's something the members of the

church don't get - the rest of the party despises them. The Mormon Church is a corporation with major holdings all over the world. Of course they'd encourage their members to vote Republican.

I know what you mean about the terror thing but when the olympics came to Salt Lake City, it was a nervous time for many a Utahn.

[WI_DEM]

69. A 61% approval rating in Utah is pathetic

That's a lot of erostion in support in the most conservative of states.

[Nihil]

70. What's the population of Utah please?

*cough*