To The 30%

This post is directed at the roughly 30% who still say The President is doing a good job.

What exactly do you still support? I am having trouble understanding here.

Is it the way the war in Iraq is going? Or how about the way the war in Afghanistan is going, keeping in mind that the Taliban is still there. Maybe not in power right now, but they are still there. And nothing is rebuilt. Military deaths are adding up, and anywhere from 17,000 - 25,000, depending on which source you believe, are injured. And there is no end in sight.

Maybe you like the way Bush protects freedom in the USA by ignoring federal law and an established legal process to wiretap anyone? Lets not forget that even at the height of the Cold War, President Reagan managed to follow these laws. Are the "terrorists" more dangerous than the Russians who had nukes AND the means to send them over here by the hundreds?

Maybe you like his fiscal policy of tax cuts for people with incomes in the top 5%, and soaring debt for everyone else. Lets not forget that Bush Sr. once called the trickle down theory voodoo economics - before he was tapped to be Reagan's VP. The idea is that the people at the top use their tax cuts to invest and create new jobs. The problem is that in these times the investment usually happens overseas. Jobs ARE created - but in China and India.

But surely you must like the way Bush is making America safe from those who would do harm. By not securing our borders I suppose. You know, amnesty for anyone who gets into America illegally - so long as they agree to work for cheap. And how about all that intelligence collected that keeps the free world safe? OOPS! Forgot about the bombings in Madrid and London! I guess those little plots slipped through. If they can slip through, what else can?

Ah - but Bush is Mr. Homeland Security! He put all the agencies responsible for keeping us safe under one roof so they can communicate better! And it worked great for FEMA! Oh wait - it did not work at all for FEMA. And it does not work for anyone else either. Nobody is talking to anyone else. FEMA could not even communicate with the Coast Guard to confirm that New Orleans was flooding. Both FEMA and the USCG are under Homeland Security - but neither agency has cell phone numbers for anyone outside their organization.

And how about the growing number of people Bush has appointed to jobs, only to have to leave in total disgrace? Why anyone would want to take a Bush appointed job at this point is beyond me.

The latest victims of Bush are the former CIA director and none other than Florida's own Katherine Harris. In 2000, Harris could not certify the Florida vote fast enough in favor of Bush. And she got her way, happily handing the State's 25 electoral votes to Bush. Later she would win a seat in Congress, in the House. But today Jeb Bush, the man who appointed her and his brother George will not even be seen with the woman. Her senate race is doomed to fail. When Bush came to FL recently Harris was there to meet him - uninvited. Bush's own staff said that Harris spoke to Bush for only 5 minutes, about the weather. And she did most of the talking.

Poor stooge. She was used up and then discarded like so much trash. Now she had no other choice but to sulk away in disgrace - like so many before her.

I must be leaving stuff out. So this is your chance, if you are in the 30% that still supports the man. What do you support?