Bush is incapable of turning his slump around

[WI_DEM]

This morning I watched both NBC and ABC morning shows and both reported on Bush's slump in the polls and released their poll numbers. But of course the big question they had was, "Can Bush turn it around?" because the media cares for nothing more than "the horse race" which is why they spend so much times on polls during election years rather than examining issues.

But ABC actually went out and asked real people what Bush needs to do to "turn it around" and some of the responses were, "He needs to clean house", "He needs to speak honestly with the American people", "He needs to bring the troops home.", ect--all good suggestions.

But if we know anything about Bush it is that his ego will not allow him to admit any mistakes.

1) He will not bring troops home--until the mission is done--which could be ten years or more from now.

2) He will never admit that he made a mistake (that was clear in the debates last year).

3) He will not "clean house" if anything he will accept a few resignations, but he won't fire anybody--not even Rove. He will continue to call them "dedicated public servants."

4) As for "speaking honestly with the American people" this is a guy who lied to involve this country into a war--he will never admit that either.

5) The polls indicate that people are mad about gas prices and he is too beholden to the oil companies to take them on.

6) He will not change coarse on his precious tax cuts for the rich to pay down the debt, pay for Katrina rebuilding, or finance important domestic needs. Why? because if he did that his wealthy friends and donors would be upset--and they are the only ones who count.

What will he do?

1) Try to manufacture more "Terrah" alerts, but people are catching on there too

2) More presidential photo-ops which are becoming way too predictable and ridiculous.

The bottom line--Being a Bush means never having to say "I'm Sorry" or admitting mistakes.

[panichol]

1. The only thing Bush can turn around

is his ass so his minions can kiss it!

[Nite Owl]

2. The 'terrah' thing is what has

scared me the most but at this point people could just consider another attack a collasal failure to add on to all the others. People have lost trust in him and that is what is hardest to get back.

[MN ChimpH8R]

3. Bingo

Chimpy is too stupid and too stubborn to do even the minimum necessary to try to turn public perception around. He will cling to his delusions and those who reinforce them until he sinks beneath the waves.

[kstewart33]

4. He won't clean house

because Bush is so dependent on Cheney and his staff, and on Rove. He needs them to essentially tell him what to do. The other staff are sycophants, and Bush psychologically needs them too.

He's stuck. I read a column by Novak today that said that Bush's other top second-term issue, tax reform is dead in the water. So what is he going to do?

[longship]

5. "We're goin' to stay the course."

Good for you, Shrub. Keep on keepin' on. That's the best way to help our cause to bring the Republican party to shambles. They are going to fracture because of you and the fascist threat to our country will be over.

[Christa]

7. He should've said: "we're staying the curse". nt.

[Toots]

6. Pandemic Pandemic Pandemic Pandemic Pandemic Pandemic Pandemic Pandemic

Are you scared yet, no well how about Pandemic Pandemic Pandemic 72 times. That is how many times he said Pandemic in his last Speech..

[chaumont58]

8. I don't see how he can either

His reputation was built by the beltway whores that he was a firm, decisive 'leader.' It was all smoke and mirrors. He didn't do anything positive, even after 9/11. He catered to the very rich with his tax cut in his first year and of course, he kisses a lot of fundie Christian ass. The Iraq War turned into a quagmire, as some said it would. Katrina showed the incompetence of his cronyism way of selected department heads. Rove's viscousness was there for all to see, witness the South Carolina primary. The beltway whores didn't want to see it; Bush is a real insider, the son of a president, and the grandson of a US Senator. Does anyone remember the White House press corps allowing Bush to have a scripted press conference in prime time? Clinton would have been hanged in the Rose Garden is he had tried such an act.
Bush just doesn't have the personality to make ordinary people like him, let alone admire him. To repeat, I don't see how he can turn anything around. He's fucked. No president in history deserves it more than him.

PS: The son of a bitch really should be tried as a war criminal.

[CJCRANE]

9. True, he isn't known for flexibility or

adaptability. His USP is his stubbornness, that he'll make a decision and stick to it no matter what.

However, once people realise that nearly all of his decisions have been the wrong ones, his "resolve" and "decisiveness" won't seem so attractive anymore.

[snippy]

10. It is not a slump. It is just a continuation of the trend since 9/11/01.

[texpatriot2004]

11. kick nm

[DistressedAmerican]

12. Kicker And Nomination. Could Not Agree More!