October 19, 2005

  • I don't know why the media spent most of the day covering the fact that the "talk" between Bush and some troops last Thursday was rehearsed.


    After all, if you just listened to it, you could tell that there was only one person who didn't rehearse for this conference...Bush.  He was more stumbly with his words then he's ever been.  The only difference is that this time we have proof.  The Daily Show tied this to many of the other fake photo-ops in its episode on Monday (partial transcript).


    On another political note, I've just heard that estimates from the Iraq vote is that 99% of registered voters actually went and voted, and 90% of them voted for the constitution.  I'll wait until I make my judgements, but this seems suspiciously high numbers...expecially knowing that almost all of the Suni's were planning to vote against it.  Though I really don't think it matters if the vote was fixed (like Ohio) because if the constitution passes, we get an Iran-like theocricy in Iraq - great.  And if the vote was fixed, we get an official civil-war in Iraq, instead of the unofficial civil-war that has ben going on for years there.


    On yet another political note, it seems like the inditments from the ratting out of the CIA covert agent may be coming really soon, and may go as high as Vice President Darth Dick Cheney.  And that Ambassador Joe Wilson and his wife (the CIA agent) are considering bring up a civil charge against Bush and Cheney using the Supreme Court ruling that let the Paula Jones case go through (during Clinton's sexual harrassment scandal that was summarily dismissed as groundless). 


    UPDATE: I got a good reminder from Frank_The_Fish (a very humorous writer)


    He reminded me that Bush's approval ratings are at 2% among black people polled in a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.  I think they must have polled Rice for that 2% though.  And furthermore, that poll had a 3.4% margin of error, so theoretically it is possible that a negative 1.4% of blacks approve of Bush's job as president.  That would mean that more blacks disapprove of Bush then there are blacks in the country.  Before you say that this is impossible, if we are actually nearing the end times, blacks can be coming back from the dead to disapprove of Bush... Or with the pervailence of pro-lifers around, maybe they've determined that pre-born black zygotes could be disapproving of Bush.  (Tips to Stephanie Miller for the last two remarks)

Comments (5)

  • I'm a bit shaky on the effects of the Constitution. I know it was revised but some still do not like it.

  • Word to all that. I didn't know Democrats came out of Texas, that's amazing! I just wanted to comment on how funny it is you kinda use The Daily Show as a news source (I do the same thing sometimes), it's strange because someone will be talking about some news story and it will be something I saw on The Daily Show proving that it isn't just pointless comedy. I'm excited for the inditments, it will be this generations Watergate (from last nights Daily Show). Anyways saw you on the Christian Democrats ring, I'm not a stalker or anything.

    Peace,
    Tim

  • Did you hear that Bush's black approval rating is at the record low for any US President... at 2%?

  • Tim, I agree that it's a bit funny that sometimes we have to use the Daily Show as a news source, but so many of the real news sources fail to make the connections that the Daily Show does.  However, to defend myself and others, the Daily Show wouldn't be funny if you didn't keep yourself informed about the news through other sources.  Just like the Colbert Report isn't funny if you haven't seen Bill O'Reilly and other shows like that.

  • do you now talk about yourself anymore?  kind of wondering how YOU are doing....

    -dianna

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