Don't you wonder what the Bushies are saying about their ever decreasing poll numbers? There are some new poll numbers and Raw Story found the USA Today/Gallup results: 34% job approval for Bush. A CBS News Poll puts Bush's approval at 33%. Ouch!
Are you surprised that Tom Cruise is not popular among women? Cruise's attack on Brooke Shields and his promotion of a "quiet birth" for his girlfriend, Katie Holmes, are not winning him female fans. We women should vote not to go to this latest Cruise movie. Media Bistro has information on Cruise's low Q scores.
And....From the Democratic Underground: The Republicans are hurting the troops again! Why do Republicans hate our troops? Bob Geiger has some insight---
...The latest smackdown came this week when Senate Republicans voted to take $1.9 billion from President Bush's funding request for the Iraq war and use that money to boost border security. S.Amdt. 3594, sponsored by Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) was intended to pay for new aircraft, patrol boats, and land vehicles and to bolster checkpoints and a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border crossing near San Diego.
The problem and the bald-faced hypocrisy comes in Gregg's amendment, which passed 59-39, funding border security by grabbing money that would have provided body armor, tools to defeat improvised explosive devices for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and money for training the Iraqi security forces....
These GOP people have no shame!
Did you hear that Republican Rep. Hastert met with the CEO of EXXON today? Did you also know that Hastert got $92,000 from people and PACs associated with the oil and gas industry? That $92,000 is just for the 2005-2006 campaign cycle, according to Open Secrets.
Coincidence? Don't you think they'd be a little too friendly to take the average consumer into consideration?
