The Fall of the Other Unholy Empire

The fog has apparently lifted on American's consciousness. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows that 57% of Americans polled believed they were deliberately misled by the Bush Administration into the War in Iraq. I've always said that once you hit Americans in their wallet, they wake up. The rise in gas prices did the trick, I believe. Americans started to watch the news and the newspapers a little more closely, and once they did, noticed a bogus war and corruption all the way to the top. Given yesterday's voting trend and the incredibly low approval numbers, the 2006 election is being handed to the Democrats. And given the recent Zogby poll, the Democratic majority will have a task at hand. Zogby is reporting that 51% polled want Bush impeached if he misled the country into the Iraq War.

As for the NBC/WSJ poll, approval for Bush's handling of the economy (34%), foreign policy (35%), terrorism (39%), and Iraq (32%) have all hit rock bottom. And one factor helping this snowball accelerate down the mountain is ol' Scooter- 79% believe the indictment of Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, Lewis “Scooter” Libby, is a serious matter.

In addition, 58% are less confident the war will come to a successful conclusion, and 57% say the United States should reduce the number of U.S. troops there. Democratic pollster Jay Campbell of Hart Research notes that Americans are paying attention to this CIA leak investigation. “They think there is something real here,” he says. “This is a really big deal.”

One factor I believe to be the most embarrassing is Bush's absence at Rosa Park's funeral. It has now been reported that Bush instead had lunch and dinner with Prince Charles for fear he would have been jeered at the funeral. What does that say about this administration? The President of the United States of America, the beacon of freedom and democracy, cannot attend the funeral of a civil rights pioneer. This administration has literally destroyed our country, it's reputation, it's poor, it's sick, it's economy, and it's very fabric.