1. you are an idiot. the bush admin. is bad, but the democratic congress is 10x worse. what do you think that pelosi is doing with the armenian thing, ruin any chance we have to win there, which is what needs to happen for our security, and to prevent genocide there. that is undermining america.

botis at 1:40PM on Oct 18th 2007

2. I'd love to know where you got your poll info from Cenk. All the major respected polls show his rating from 30%-35% for the month of October, 2007. Now, the do-nothing congress is probably at its lowest point ever with ratings from 22%-27%.

Sources:
President: http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm
Congress: http://www.pollingreport.com/CongJob.htm

Please Cenk, learn to quote respected sources for information. A rating of 24% shows that the people polled were obviously more biased against Bush, and a rating of 35% shows they are more biased for Bush.

clud at 1:46PM on Oct 18th 2007

3. I agree with the writer. Yesterday, that "great American" Sean Hannity was ranting and raving about how the democrats were going to be making deals with terrorist countries and on and on with his usual anti-liberal rant.

It seems he forgot about the Arms for Hostages fiasco under his holiness Ronald Reagan. How convinent.

Its to bad congress can't seem to get the nerve to start empeachment hearings on Bush and Cheney. If they don't look out. Because if you loved Iraq you'll adore Iran.

NAM VET 68 at 1:52PM on Oct 18th 2007

4. Cenk Uygur stated, "Every minute Bush is in office we are on the precipice of disaster." More people need to wake up to this reality which I've been trying to inform people about since before the 2000 election. Those who don't realize this are "allowing themselves to be deluded and manipulated by the system," as the most quoted living author, Professor Noam Chomsky has said. For example, Bush's first words in response to the September 11 Attacks were, "Well there's one terrible pilot." Does anyone recall seeing that in the mainstream media? It was there, on page B-7 column 6 of The New York Times in early December of 2001. As Chomsky has said one can find the "occasional nugget," in the mainstream media if one reads from a variety of sources carefully. By the way, if anyone doesn't believe me about what Bush said, you can hear him say it for yourself in "Your Movie," posted freely at http://majormediabypass.com. Great post, Mr. Uygur. Don't take what your critics say seriously, after all, they're "deluded and manipulated," yet will one day, hopefully soon, wake up and realize whose side they're on and that they're fighting against themselves and their loved ones. As Noam Chomsky has stated, using his full quote to help people better put things into perspective: "The most important thing for me and for you is to think about the consequences of your actions. What can you affect? These are the things to keep in mind. These are not just academic exercises. We’re not analyzing the media on Mars or in the 18th century or something like that. We’re dealing with real human beings who are suffering and dying and being tortured and starving because of policies that we are involved in. We as citizens of a democratic societies are directly involved in and are responsible for and what the media are doing is ensuring that we do not act on our responsibilities and that the interests of power are served, not the needs of the suffering people and not even the needs of the American people who would be horrified if they realized the blood that’s dripping from their hands because of the way they’re allowing themselves to be deluded and manipulated by the system." - Dr. Kenneth J. Hildebrandt - http://majormediabypass.com

Dr. Ken Hildebrandt at 2:09PM on Oct 18th 2007

5. Bush deserves his poll numbers. He also deserves to be impeached, tried for treason and convicted of war crimes.

Pelosi should never have taken impeachment off the table. For that she should be removed from office.

DaleF at 2:17PM on Oct 18th 2007

6. ARe presdent GGEoirge E BUShsy is a reel smart boy and he nos we got to infade them places like BUlova and Aran cause them folks are bad folks and GEorogeE Bushy dont want thtm to do that no more so dont say no bad thinks about GEorogeE BuHSSY who is a reel genus to

Alan Lantzer at 2:21PM on Oct 18th 2007

7. From the Reuters article cited:
"There is a real question among Americans now about how relevant this government is to them," pollster John Zogby said. "They tell us they want action on health care, education, the war and immigration, but they don't believe they are going to get it."
There was another poll done recently by the Washington Post that breaks down exactly why the congressional numbers are so bad. It seems to be because they can't stop Bush. Tough for the neocons to tout those dismal congressional numbers when they really just seem to be saying that people hate Bush.
The country seems to be ripe for a third party candidate, but who would that be? How would all of that play out? Very intersting.

tom at 2:27PM on Oct 18th 2007

8. Oh and don't forget, we are now on the verge of invading Iran. Oh Bush and his cronies sao NO we are not, but I think they said the same thing about Afganistan (sp) and Iraq.

strike1463 at 2:59PM on Oct 18th 2007

9. #6 Alan is trying to be the clever idiot. Learn to use your spell check genius. Our President graduated from Yale and also attended Harvard. He was and is our twice elected President of the most powerful, and greatest nation on the face of the earth. Did you even graduate from high school? The jealousy and hyprocicy on this blog is laughable.

Tim at 3:25PM on Oct 18th 2007

10. Ahh, stank and the young tards are at it again... This time it's a (conveniently unsourced) approval poll story about, you guessed it, George Bush.

I'll go ahead and assume that this "story" was written by the same air america bimbo that still has birds flying around her head after she couldn't figure out how to walk her dog and herself without hitting the sidewalk... resulting in the usual right wing conspiracies of course.

For those that can actually use their minds, they can look at a complete polling trend on Presidential approval here: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/archive/?poll_id=19 And you won't find the elusive "24%" anywhere. While you're at it, take a look at the congressional Approval ratings trends here: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/archive/?poll_id=18 Be proud as you look at the impressive performance of your "leaders" like pelosi and reid...

Once again, air america shows why they're irrelevant to all but the facts-be-damned haters.

BirdmanJones at 3:44PM on Oct 18th 2007

11. So, I guess that would make Bush twice as popular as your democrat congress?

Clue: Only idiots rely on polls to know what they believe.

Harry Truman left office with his approval rating at 22% and today is seen as one of our great presidents.
Should Afghanistan and Iraq turn into stable democracies, Bush will go down in history as a great president despite what his contemporary crtics spew today.

Thomas J Gassett at 3:44PM on Oct 18th 2007

12. Alan is trying to be the clever idiot. Learn to use your spell check genius. Our President graduated from Yale and also attended Harvard. >>>

Bush graduated from Yale with better grades than that Lefty Einstien John Kerry.
Bush earned a Harvard MBA, while young Alvin Gore and Teddy Kennedy were both asked to leave Harvard empty handed. (I guess their daddies couldn't afford to buy them a degree.)
Alvin later dropped out of Divinity school, but he did manage to graduate from high school.

Thomas J Gassett at 3:49PM on Oct 18th 2007

13. Its to bad congress can't seem to get the nerve to start empeachment hearings on Bush and Cheney. If they don't look out. Because if you loved Iraq you'll adore Iran.>>>

The reason democrat leadership in Congress won't impeach Bush is becuase they did all the lying and the last thing they want are impeachment hearings that prove it.
If you believe they have another reason ... you're a drone that needs better programing.

Thomas J Gassett at 3:53PM on Oct 18th 2007

14. W. do monumentally stupid things? LMAO....

You people who voted for him deserve what you got. However, I feel pretty cheated out of six years of say, actual governing.

The only reason Congress's ratings are lower than Eggplant MAN, and I do mean ONLY reason, is because some jackasses pretending to be elephants are still in office obstructing the House agenda. There are still a few reasonable moderates in the Senate that know and understand this. But, I can't wait until voting season, ola Senior Craig (he's a real beaut, right.....ola Senior Hastert (whats the matter, Cheney tell you to go home?) ola Ted Stevens ( Alaskan corrupt guy taking bribes and whatnot) LOL

You GOPers just can't take what you've dished out over the years. Go wallow in China with your ideological soul mates.

Suzanne at 4:02PM on Oct 18th 2007

15. Are we talking about the same George Bush that has cleaned up Clintons mess that he made with the Koreans? The same Bush that beat a man for the presidency that now has a "the sky is falling" climate theory.. and another one that met secretly with the communist delegates at the paris peace talks during the vietnam war and called the american troops killers and terriorists? Are we talking about that Bush? Are we talking about the President that brought a devistated nation together after the worse attack our country has ever experienced? That Bush? The same President that has a susceeding General leading our troops in battle against Islamic terriorists that have been plotting against us since the carter administration and want to kill americans and destroy our country? That Bush? The same president who just honored the Dali Lama, a beloved man of peace, in Washington? That terrible President Bush? I could go on and on but like our President has said "I will leave that to the historians, they will get it right." I'm not saying he is perfect but he is no Carter or Clinton and we should all be happy about that!

Tim at 4:16PM on Oct 18th 2007