First Door on the Left

There are some on the right still operating under the delusion that their views represent the views of most Americans. Pity them, for they are sad, sad people.

AP Poll: Congressional Democrats Favored

WASHINGTON Jan 6, 2006 — In an ominous election-year sign for Republicans, Americans are leaning sharply toward wanting Democrats to take control of Congress, an AP-Ipsos poll finds. Democrats are favored 49 percent to 36 percent.

The poll was taken this week as Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to tax evasion, fraud and corruption charges and agreed to aid a federal investigation of members of Congress and other government officials.

President Bush’s job approval remains low 40 percent in the AP-Ipsos poll. About as many approve of his handling of Iraq, where violence against Iraqis and U.S. troops has been surging.

Those on the right insist that if you disagree with any of the policies of the Republican party or the Bush administration, you are a “Bush hater.” If you mention anything about the incompetence or ignorance of George W. Bush himself, you are a “Bush basher.” I myself have been accused of being both many, many times.

There is an article on Pensito Review that you should read. It is entitled Confessions of a ‘Bush Hater’. Here’s a snippet:

“Bush hater” is a term invented by people who didn’t like being called “Clinton haters” because it was true. I don’t mind being called a Bush hater because it is not.

My antipathy for George Bush is a thousand miles wide and a micro-millimeter deep. Underneath that thin veneer of dislike lurks one million metric tons of couldn’t-care-less.

On that glorious day when he goes back to Crawford for good - and the world once again becomes safe for democracy - before the sun sets, I will have forgotten him. Seriously. George who?

(For Mr. Bush, I predict the transition from Worst President Ever to Worst Ex-President Ever will be seamless. He’ll be content, finally, to have nothing on his schedule but working on his abs. We won’t be hearing much from him. I mean, it’s not like he going to write a book.)