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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No, we cannot oppose him. But, we can VOTE the IMPIRE out, if they do count the paper ballots.

Research how to get an absentee ballot in your state. Maybe this site could put up a list of States and how to do it.

Then you can mail it in and not deal with all of the road blocks on voting day.

JUST VOTE AND VOTE ON PAPER!!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:50 PM on 10/01/2007
- Thalia I'm a Fan of Thalia 162 fans permalink

When a child or employee fucks up this bad, parents/bosses make THEM pay for it.

Tell Bush to cough it up if he wants it so bad for HIS folly. This is a personal war for Bush. He should have been paying for it all along.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:48 PM on 10/01/2007
- Chubbster I'm a Fan of Chubbster 36 fans permalink

$190,000,000,000 here, $190,000,000,000 there. Jesus. Good thing we have printing presses, huh?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:48 PM on 10/01/2007
- Thalia I'm a Fan of Thalia 162 fans permalink

Are we even allowed to oppose Bush any longer?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:47 PM on 10/01/2007

Crazy Ann Coulter said today on Hannity that anyone who opposed Bush is a traitor. She also defended Rush saying any soldier that does not
support Bush is a "phoney soldier".

She went on to say there is a left wing conspiracy
to discredit right wing talk radio. I guess we are making O'Reilly and Rush say stupid things.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:25 AM on 10/02/2007
- bluesnot I'm a Fan of bluesnot 13 fans permalink

Crazy Annie said it, therefore it must be true.

The old Republicans eat that stuff up. They sit in their living rooms half-comatose and rely on the outrageous comments to keep their hearts pumping.

The Greatest Generation was the greatest. Now they prefer to be spoon fed the kind of drivel O'Reilly and Coulter offer.

They LOVE it! It's so exciting to be OUTRAGED!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:53 AM on 10/02/2007
- TLV I'm a Fan of TLV 123 fans permalink

The majority oppose everything about Bush...period.

My father just brought me something from a local newspaper. People were asked whom they think could portray Bush in a movie about the Iraq War. Here are their answers:

One woman, obviously trying to be funny, said Warren Beatty. Another woman said Jim Carey because he could carry off the weird facial expressions and the bumbling. The four men answered it should be Harrison Ford because it would have to be a good liar, Robin Williams because he has the ability to act like a dimwit, Don Knotts if he were alive because his Barney Fife character was as efficient as Bush, and the best...."I don't think anybody can be that damn dumb."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:46 PM on 10/01/2007
- HBeachbum I'm a Fan of HBeachbum 11 fans permalink

Wow! They got a whole six people to answer that question? That paper must have a heck of a circulation! Is this your "majority" TLV?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:08 PM on 10/01/2007
- TLV I'm a Fan of TLV 123 fans permalink

How many people did they ask? If it's six, then almost a majority of them answered as most people would.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:18 PM on 10/01/2007

Jim Carrey could reprise his dumb and dumber character. The dumbest thing in that movie was Carrey thinking the Austrian woman was Australian.

He could do the Bush line, "Do you have any black people in Brazil?"

Bush really said that to the Brazilian ambassador.
I guess he never met Michael Dukakis' campaign manager, Donna Brazile.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:29 AM on 10/02/2007

Pelosi should have her driver's license revoked. She ran the 2007 model Congress -- and a clear public mandate -- into a ditch of irrelevance.

Congress's numbers are lower than El Busho's because of the dissapointment out there. El Busho is what we expect, which ain't much. Congress is LESS than we expected, and less than 3,600+ Americans deserve.

Ms. Pelosi, step aside and let someone else take the wheel. Someone with drive. We're sick of being taken for a ride by Mad King George.

Next stop, Iran.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:46 PM on 10/01/2007

Congress lost most of its relevance when Nancy took Impeachment "off the table". Well that and the Dems reverted to spineless wafflers.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:49 PM on 10/01/2007
- GarsLuber I'm a Fan of GarsLuber 12 fans permalink

and the Republicans get no blame.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:28 PM on 10/01/2007
- Paul I'm a Fan of Paul 32 fans permalink

Impeachment is off the table because the Dems want to run on Iraq again in 2008.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:50 PM on 10/01/2007

The democratic animal may be changed from the Donkey to the Octopus. But the Republicans are Lemmings following Bush to destruction. The Republicans should be impeaching Bush at this point.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:32 AM on 10/02/2007
- loki I'm a Fan of loki 138 fans permalink
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All the democrats ran on a pack of lies. And all of us idiots fell for it. So instead of seeing America ripped from the hands of the anti Christ, democrats are serving up steak , wine and caviar to him while they massage his feet and suck his you know what.
Democrats cant be trusted anymore than a republican. At least with a republican you know you are going to get screwed. Democrats pretend like they are not, but sneak in from behind and get you just as good as any Rethuglican could.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:26 AM on 10/02/2007

Let us begin. Remember to vote on a paper ballot only. If you cannot go in person call ahead and ask for an absentee ballot. Research the reasons that you can receive an absentee ballot for.
DO NOT USE THE ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES, THEY ARE CONTROLLED BY THE EMPIRE.
Remember: VOTE and vote on paper

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:45 PM on 10/01/2007

I think you may not be aware that they also own Optical Scanning Machines that count the votes (e.g. absentee ballots). Our country has been taken by Coup d’eta via Diebold Corporation (newly named Premiere Elections)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:55 PM on 10/01/2007
- TLV I'm a Fan of TLV 123 fans permalink

In the last election in Summit County, Ohio, a few hundred absentee ballots got "lost" and were not eligible to be counted.

How can we fix this "problem" when it takes so many forms and can be manipulated in so many ways?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:21 PM on 10/01/2007
- loki I'm a Fan of loki 138 fans permalink
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And who do you think will counts those paper votes??

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:28 AM on 10/02/2007
- oneseye I'm a Fan of oneseye 8 fans permalink

Awesome eh.

Bush wants 190 billion dollars to kill people but America can't afford to extend S-Chips.

I hope youse people are all keepin' track of who votes for what in the Congress.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:44 PM on 10/01/2007

Bush plans to take away 1,000,000 S-Chip health insurance policies from poor children.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:34 AM on 10/02/2007
- loki I'm a Fan of loki 138 fans permalink
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Does it really matter. If your always given the same choices, and both are bad, what can you do?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:29 AM on 10/02/2007

Okay dems, do your job the way you should. Tell Bush to go to hell, and refuse to fund this goddamn mess.

If you fold again, I'll kick your ass.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:44 PM on 10/01/2007

The Democratic controlled congress will pass the Presidents funding request virtually unchanged. They will throw up a lot of dust and make some smoke for cover. And the might even pick an issue or two to stand their ground on and "force Bush to compromise". But, in the end the war will be funded.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:54 PM on 10/01/2007

With you there, old pal. It's time for them to make a stand.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:15 PM on 10/01/2007
- MI6troll I'm a Fan of MI6troll 25 fans permalink

Bush is really screwing over whoever the Republican nominee is.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:43 PM on 10/01/2007

Only if the Dems in congress don't screw over the Dem nominee harder.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:51 PM on 10/01/2007

Both parties may split like in the 1948 election.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:35 AM on 10/02/2007
- springsm I'm a Fan of springsm 56 fans permalink

Bush does NOT care what happens to the Republican party. He is a party of bush. He has his war and can be the big national bully. He is "the commander guy" and is still playing those games one plays between ages 6-9 yrs of age. The republican party be damned..just like he does to the democratic party. Or the party of democrats.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:23 PM on 10/01/2007

Who cares what we think. The Dems will cave like they always do. If "most Americans" would vote these jackasses out of office, there would be no issue. Lets send all our $$$ to Iraq and screw our uninsured kids. It's the right thing to do.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:42 PM on 10/01/2007
- MI6troll I'm a Fan of MI6troll 25 fans permalink

The Dems, aided by Republicans, passed the child care bill.

Bush has threatened to veto.

The issues are being dealt with seperately.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:44 PM on 10/01/2007
- GarsLuber I'm a Fan of GarsLuber 12 fans permalink

aided by a handful of republicans, and only because they are in vulnerable seats.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:29 PM on 10/01/2007
- KRANKY I'm a Fan of KRANKY 14 fans permalink

We have to vote with bullets or bombs.
Anything less would be called "weak" or like little cats. These reprobates do not respect reason or intelligence...they despise it.
The Repukes are totalitarian bullies that exist as long as civilized society pretends to ignore them.
IF...
If we would continue as a civilized society, we must confront these enemies of civilization and utterly destroy them.
They have no qualms to kill us and usurp power.
They are ruthless.
They are soul-less.
They are without human feeling.
They are sociopaths, bereft of any sympathy.
They are KILLERS.
They are complete solipcists.

They are REPUBLICANS!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:24 PM on 10/01/2007

Don't give the deceiver "decider" one more damn nickle to prolong his screw up. END OF STORY!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:42 PM on 10/01/2007
- Ginzaman I'm a Fan of Ginzaman 12 fans permalink

Now reality. The neocons and Democrats could care less what we think. All that matters is winning in 2008 at all costs.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:41 PM on 10/01/2007
- oneseye I'm a Fan of oneseye 8 fans permalink

They couldn't care less 'cause voters everywhere have very short memories to match their very short attention spans.

The fact tha Newt the American OBL is considering a run for the REPIG nomination says all you need to know about America and Americans.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:48 PM on 10/01/2007

Newt was the guy who wanted to take children away from single mothers and put them in orphanages.
That put him on the cover of time as the GinGrinch.

"For pianos and parsleys, peanuts and pajamas/Why he'd even take kiddies away from their mamas/The Gingrich said things that Whos thought were shocking/He'd take back each present and empty each stocking." -- CBS's Charles Osgood, December 11, 1994.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:40 AM on 10/02/2007
- mommadona I'm a Fan of mommadona 185 fans permalink
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Good point.
Let's fool them
and all write in
"None of the Above"
on every ballot.....

*heh

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:56 PM on 10/01/2007

Isn't the perception that Florida voted "none of the above" how we got our current disaster-in-chief? I say VOTE...then SCREAM. Obviously, the last elections didn't resonate enough, but I believe we can do better. I believe we must do better, or we shall "be" no more as we wish to "be."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:30 PM on 10/01/2007

Stop the machine.

*** TROOPS OUT or BUSH OUT ***

It's just that simple.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:41 PM on 10/01/2007
- Paul I'm a Fan of Paul 32 fans permalink

Doubt it.

Look at the Dem front runners. None of them will remove all American troops from Iraq.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:53 PM on 10/01/2007
- KRANKY I'm a Fan of KRANKY 14 fans permalink

Richardson has made this the centerpiece of his campaign.
So has Kucinich.
Ditto Gravel.

The rest are suckling pigs.

Forget the DLC wafflers and apologists.

Richardson/Kucinich/Gravel the only ones standing up for America.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:08 PM on 10/01/2007
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