And I'm freeeee...

Free fallllinnnnn....

A new poll just released lists shrub's overall job approval rating at 34%. That's an all-time low, babycakes.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/27/opinion/polls/main1350874.shtml

Still, I suppose that's to be expected. Shrub was riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave, and now that it's finally broken and rolled back, he's looking for his water-wings. The thing I'm curious about is whether the Dems are going to be able to capitalize on this monstrous downswing in GOP popularity. The scandals are just piling up, one on top of another, and yet there's been no good noise from anyone on the Left.

I mean c'mon, we can do better than Hillary, for chrissake.

Or maybe we can't. Hm.

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Other fun news:

This is just absurd: on Feb. 24, Chris Matthews of MSNBC compared Bush to Atticus Finch.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200602270010

Right. But of course, being a pillar of unbiased reason, I guess he doesn't need to acknowledge that the terms "political" and "strategic" are in many ways identical. This morning, in a news conference held with the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, shrub claimed that he didn't have a "political relationship" with the Italian PM. What he did have, he said, was a "strategic relationship."

Uh-huh. Okay. Thanks for clearing that up, big guy. I can hear Jon Stewart doing his Bush laugh right now.

Anyway, to hell with unbiased news reports. No such thing as fact, anyway, right? I learned that back in undergrad! There is no fact, only different versions of the truth, eh? Arg.

This, though, is a great example of why and how the majority of the American populace has no real idea about what's going on. It takes an unbelievable amount of time and energy to get good solid info about what's going on in the world, and part of the reason it takes a long time is because one has to check multiple sources (preferrably a mix of internet, television, and print), filter out the weak stuff, pick out what's reliable, recognize what's not, and above all, be able to know the difference. And there's the rub.

And this kind of crap, Mr. Matthews, isn't helping the situation. Not if you actually believe that the definition of Democracy is a system by which the people rule themselves. Because if you did believe that, you'd want the people of this country to have the best and most accurate information possible, and not your pathetic starry-eyed drivel.

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This is probably total bunk, but it's interesting to think about:

http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Insight_Mag_Cheney_to_retire_after_0227.html

Insight Magazine, which is owned and run by the Washington Times, claims that Cheney's going to retire in 2007, shortly after the 2006 elections. The article says he's become too much of a "liability" to the administration.

The article referred to both Libby's indictment as well as the recent bang-bang incident with that old lawyer guy. And the new poll I mentioned above does list Cheney's approval rating at only 18%. Perhaps shrub thinks he can do the party a favor by retiring Halliburtonman and replacing him with, oh, I dunno, someone even crazier. How about Rick Santorum? That'd be hilarious. Tragic, perhaps, but still hilarious.

I can't see the grizzled old bastard stepping down, though. He's too damn stubborn. We'll see.

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How about some biscuits 'n gravy? With scrambled eggs. I feel like a good down-home kinda meal today. Yeehaw.