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Ian_rd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:32 AM Original message |
Bush's approval is not "low," it's high. And it's bad news for 2006. |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Democrats need to take over Diebold. |
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Ian_rd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Diebold is definitely a serious problem, but Diebold ... |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I have a feeling the opinion polls are as accurate as Diebold. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
69. BINGO! |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Good idea . . . |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Do they have public stock? |
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BigYawn (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Yes, Diebold stock trades on the NY Stock Exchange |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 10:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
65. Beg to differ... (buying opportunity or dog?) |
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BigYawn (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. DBD was in lower 20's in 2000, and I remember it was in 50's |
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electropop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Soros. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's insane, isn't it? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Someone posted something about Bush eating a kid and 15% would still |
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rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Look! He's devised a way to feed the starving millions and |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 10:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
60. Oh of course |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. sadly, history is not on our side |
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afdip (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. i understand the rant, but you already know the answer. |
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rkc3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. It lends credence to the old stand-by... |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. You're exactly right here. |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. As long as Fox News and Rush Limbaugh exist |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. I agree. Fox is making pod people |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. eh... |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. Arghh!!! |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. Because it is lower than it ever has been before. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 06:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. ...and blind nationality. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. You're very naive if you believe the polls. |
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lastknowngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Your more naive not to I work with these A__holes everyday they |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. 32% or so is as low as he can go |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. Great one warrens! 100% on the money. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. You summed up my opinion too. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 07:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
51. The same group that caused the Civil War caused the Bush disaster. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. That 40%, I think, consists mostly of the following: |
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BigYawn (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. and those 40% probably vote in large numbers |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. In any population |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. This is negativity that I can do without. Bush is beginning to |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 10:09 AM Response to Reply #21 |
61. So a conservative that is mad at Bush is going to vote Liberal???? |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Yes. They need a choice. And look at the numbers. Bush is even behind in |
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Ian_rd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. So what do you honestly think Bush's approval would drop to ... |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. I liked the way Tina Fey looked at it, on SNL. |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. Ah, thanks! |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. An alternative view is that the Democrats are smart to mostly sit back... |
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toymachines (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. You're not wrong. |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. Nonsense! |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. You may be correct. Sadly, it may take more bad news for people awaken |
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grrl62 (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 07:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
50. you are correct |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
33. yeah, but they disapprove of gays marrying... |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
34. Look at the polls differently, you make like it. |
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Griffy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
35. Disagree in one important way! they don't support those things.. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. There are days when I fantasize about |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
37. This is low as it generally represents the percentage of votes. |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. "the very large and ignorant base" |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
39. The constant RW ELEVATOR-MUSIC NEWS on local TV. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. To support W, you have to support all this and so much more: we're f*cked |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
42. 39 percent is the way it is NOW. The indictments are going to have their |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. yes and more... |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
44. I think you have to wonder |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-05 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. I'm fully of the opinion that a third of this country |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
49. bottom line: since BushCo STILL owns the voting machines . . . |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #49 |
66. THANK YOU!! That's what some of us have been SCREAMING for 5 years. |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
52. What can possibly make them lose faith? Well, for starters... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
53. You have no sense of history. 40% vote for a major party regardless |
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Ian_rd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. I realize the historical record of approval polls, but ... |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
54. It is a Cult with Cult mentality |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
55. No, they approve of stopping gay couples from marrying |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 10:04 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Most voters are against gay marriage too. |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. My post was about reasons Republicans vote Republican |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 10:10 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. OK. Thanks. NT |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
57. Exactly. Right on. You nailed it |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
58. I agree. |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
63. Well, if it makes you feel better |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
70. having trouble with the math and the history |
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