Majority Opposes Bush's $190 Billion War Funding Request

Washington Post   |  Jon Cohen, Dan Balz   |   October 1, 2007 06:31 PM


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Most Americans oppose fully funding President Bush's $190 billion request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a sizeable majority supports an expansion of a children's health insurance bill the president has promised to veto, putting Bush and many congressional Republicans on the wrong side of public opinion on upcoming foreign and domestic policy battles.

The new Washington Post-ABC News poll also shows deep dissatisfaction with the president and Congress. Bush's approval rating stands at 33 percent, equal to his career low in Post-ABC polls. Congressional aproval is even lower: Just 29 percent approve of the job the Congress is doing. That is Congress's lowest approval rating in this poll since November 1995, when Republicans controlled both the House and Senate, and represents a 14-point drop since Democrats took control last January.

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- sofla954 I'm a Fan of sofla954 6 fans permalink

Dear Congress,

Thank you for ignoring our ignorant pleas for the war to end... you guys must obviously know something we don't and we appreciate your efforts to save us from ourselves.

Without you geniuses, we might get into wars that don't make sense or waste billions of dollars on private contractors or fail to provide health care for all Americans.

Thank you, from the bottom of our stomachs.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:24 AM on 10/03/2007
- ceasenake I'm a Fan of ceasenake 8 fans permalink

The Dem controlled Congress doesn't care what the American people want.

Despite all the noise they made during the last election and the noise they are making now to keep the peacenics sending in the money - THEY are funding the occupation.

Ironic, no?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:48 AM on 10/03/2007
- Veleria29 I'm a Fan of Veleria29 4 fans permalink

The democrats do not control congress. There must be 60 congressman to get something done and the republicans will not support the democrats to stop this war. No one wants to cut all of the funding and take a chance of soldiers dying while trying to come home. As stubborn as Bush is and if they do not vote him the war funds he asked for and cut off all funds what would Bush do to get them home safe would he comprimise I doubt it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:37 AM on 10/03/2007
- ROBOT8 I'm a Fan of ROBOT8 18 fans permalink
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THE AUDACITY OF HANNITY & HIS LIFE PARTNER COMBS! BILL O'REALLY,who by the way, only needs a $9 allura wig to look like an old drag queen and GOTTA RUSH TO MY DRUG DEALER LIMBAUGH! TO CRITICIZE ANYONE FOR ANYTHING..­...THESE SCUM SUCKING PROPOGANDISTS ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF HAVING TOKYO ROSE BROADCASTING FROM THE MIDWEST DURING WORK WAR ll........­...WASH OUT YOUR EARS AMERICA THEY'RE FULL OF CRAP IF YOU LISTEN TO THE CORPORATE BITCHES. AND WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ANN "MAN HANDS" COULTER? YOU CAN'T GET RID OF THAT EXTRA MALE CHROMOSONE LIKE YOU DID YOUR EXTRA EYELID SKIN though i do get a kick out of the way only her mouth can move on tv from the perpetual bo-tox overdosing­..SHE'S THE BARRY BONDS OF BOTOX.....­AS FOR SAVAGE? PUSSYS GET PIT BULLS AND TOUGH NAMES SO THEY CAN BE CLOSER TO REAL MEN! how could he be gay with a name like SAVAGE?????????? OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH! YOU SAVAGE BRUTE! I BET HE GOES TO THE GYM IN SPEEDOS

WAKE- UP BRO! NEO CONS LOVE USING OPPORTUNIST MINORITIES TO DO THEIR CRIMES. YOU, ALBERTO GONZALEZ AND CUNDI RICE......­......THEY NEVER RESPECTED YOU FOOLS!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!! AND YOU ARE FOOLS! THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO MUCH GOOD AND NOW YOU'VE ALL JUST FURTHERED THE INTERESTS OF THE WHITE ELITIST FEW!....WH­AT YOU SAY WILLIS???????? THAT'S YOUR PLACE IN HISTORY FOOL

HAD THE PATRIOT ACT which is neither NOT BEEN PUT INTO PLACE, THERE WOULD BE A REVOLUTION TODAY IN THE UNITED STATES....­...WHO KNOWS? PERHAPS A REVOLUTION ALREADY OCURRING..­.......PER­HAPS A GOOD SHOW OF FAITH WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD WE COULD TURN OVER BUSH, HIS CHILDREN, HIS BROTHERS, HIS PARENTS, HIS RELATIVES, HIS FRIENDS, TO THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT. GIVE CHENEY, RUMSFORD, ROVE TO THE INTERNATIONAL WAR TRIBUNAL AS WITH GONZALEZ AND RICE

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:08 AM on 10/03/2007
- jdfast I'm a Fan of jdfast 3 fans permalink
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But no matter what, the chicken shit bastards of both parties voted to approve the money. Does this finally tell you that this congress is simply the biggest hog trough that ever existed. No one wants to piss off someone else so that the gravey train will keep rolling and the people keep getting fuc---. Throw them all out in 08 and get some real leaders in congress that will tell lobbiests, politicans and bureaucrats to go fuc- themselves and do things right

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:50 PM on 10/02/2007

Nothing that Bush does will be stopped by Dems! They do not have the fortitude, nor do they have any desire to do anything except get re-elected. The blogs have some understanding, but there is nothing that will be done. No politician is afraid of the Net anymore, since the vote against moveon.org. So Lets see if the electorate will speak out by voting for Cindy Sheehan, and any other alternate. The only way to stop the nonsense, is never to vote for anyone who does not do the will of the voters!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:28 PM on 10/02/2007
- ejbr I'm a Fan of ejbr permalink

Excellent! Now that the polls are out Bush and Congress can go forward in cowtowing to the minority opinion!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:25 PM on 10/02/2007

CALL
YOUR
CONGRESSPERSON
AND
YOUR
TWO
SENATORS,
AND
D-E-M-A-N-D
THEY
DE-FUND
THE
BUSH/CHENEY
IRAQ
DEBACLE
AND
FUND
MORE
CHILDREN'S
HEALTH
CARE
INSTEAD!!!

LET'S GET OUR AMERICAN PRIORITIES STRAIGHT, BY PUTTING AMERICANS FIRST AND IRAQIS SECOND, FAR SECOND....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:23 PM on 10/02/2007

The Senate caved and gave that thug his money last night.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:23 AM on 10/02/2007
- hugs4u I'm a Fan of hugs4u 11 fans permalink

Hopefully the house will not give in and not fund the war in Iraq.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:19 AM on 10/03/2007
- andyboy I'm a Fan of andyboy 72 fans permalink

There's a problem this year people.

It's with Halloween.

Some schumbage is selling Osama masks!

I saw a news story on it the other day.

One of the townsfolk was interviewed. I think he may have been a Republican. He told the newslady: " I don't think that shit's very funny. If I catch some little liberal wearing one I'll kick his little Islamo ass".

It's thought to be a new condition which has been tentatively named Obamaparoxyma Hysterium. Be on the lookout for enraged defenders of the sanctity of Halloween this fall.

There is cure Thank god.....

Enlistment.

God Bless the Troops.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:40 AM on 10/02/2007
- NotMyPrez I'm a Fan of NotMyPrez 4 fans permalink

They have every right to sell Osama masks, just like they sell Saddam Masks and Clinton and Bush masks. But there's an even bigger question to answer- who's going to watch Brit's kids now....OJ?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:25 AM on 10/02/2007
- Earl I'm a Fan of Earl 90 fans permalink
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$190 billion divided by 300 million Americans. That's $2,533.33 per family of four. Added to the approximately $10,000 already borrowed on behalf of this family of four for the war, times 9%, and the annual bill for each citizen (not each taxpayer) to service this debt (without paying any principal back to China) is $1,128 FOREVER. That means for those two-income families with two kids, with each spouse earning the average US wage of around $37,000 per year ($185 gross per workday), that if they begin devoting 100% of their gross pay to pay this debt on the first work day of 2008, then they will finish paying for their family's 2008 share of the Iraq War burden on January 17th, 12 work days into 2008. At this rate, it will take each of these two working Americans one MORE work day each year just to SERVICE THE DEBT on the war. Or you can look at it this way: each day, the entire first half-hour you are at work, you are working for the war, every workday of the entire year. And the Bush administration is taking this money from you and pissing it away on palettes of $100 bills delivered to Baghdad and handed out willy-nilly. It is spent on Blackwater mercenaries and KBR sandwich makers. It is spent on boosting the value of Dick Cheney's stock options. It is stolen from you and stolen from your children. Now, either get to work and shut up, or get to work and do something about it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:39 AM on 10/02/2007

Amen . Earl I have been saying for a long time that very thing. Too bad most people are concrete skulls with no courage.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:17 PM on 10/02/2007
- andyboy I'm a Fan of andyboy 72 fans permalink

I like Fred so far.

He's a good old rich white boy #1.

Conservative. That means you don't mind spending $10 gajillion a month on war but desperately want to rein in children's healthcare costs. Those little ingrates and their parent's want more than just emergency room care. How dare they!

He's a good liar. Being an actor and all it's just second nature by now. Of course there were WMD in Iraq are you kidding? That lunch cart roach coach really was a whole Manhatten Project. Anyone could see that.

The egg salad sandwiches were covering the uranium fuel rods. Colin Powell pointed this out masterfully.

I can't wait until Fred starts bringing back the good old Reagan years. He's bound to be in the early stages of Alzheimer's about now so he should be perfect!

Has anyone called Ollie North and ex-President Bush (George's daddy) to see if they can reprise their roles?

Could you imagine those fucking stumble-bums tripping up the White House stairs? Falling all over each other to get to the door first?

High camp comedy for shure.

Let's elect them just for comic relief. I say they don't deserve a break from power. Let's make them finish what they started for once. I want to see them begging to be voted out of office. These serial fuck ups are already placing the responsibility for the war on the next administration.

I'll lay you ten to one the Republicans would be there in 2013 saying, "No one knows when we'll be able to leave Iraq. The Iraqi police force is not ready yet. May we have $300 billion for next year please?" (inflation).

Of course it would be great fun to watch Fred fall asleep at his desk just like the old days. Old Ollie sneaking down the basement stairs to his old office, revving up the international wire.....I can see ole 41 back at the helm of the CIA now. Trading arms for drugs just like the old days!

Now that's the way to run a fucking government people

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:15 AM on 10/02/2007
- geobushono I'm a Fan of geobushono 15 fans permalink

I want to know about the spice girls-brit­ney-madonn­a-sting-ka­bbala-tom cruise or oprah because I know Congress is going to give gw his $$ and there isn't ANY story here.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:04 AM on 10/02/2007
- andyboy I'm a Fan of andyboy 72 fans permalink

"Despite discontent with Congress this year, the public rates congressional Republicans (29 percent approve) lower than congressional Democrats (38 percent approve)."

Well! At least now we know what has been dragging the approval rating of CONGRESS down.

Thank Goodness!

There are a bunch of bloggers on HuffPo who constantly crow about the low rating as if it's the Democrats fault.

Like the delusional lindamart60.

I guess she (he) can STFU now.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:51 AM on 10/02/2007

That's more money than the total European Union 2008 budget.

http://ec.europa.eu/budget/index_en.htm

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:48 AM on 10/02/2007

Don't worry, the feeble dumbocrats will make certain the Bush Crime Family gets their money for more war.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:30 AM on 10/02/2007
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