ALMOST HALF THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA STILL DON'T REALIZE BUSH IS A LYING SACK OF SHIT INCAPABLE OF TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT ANYTHING-- AMAZING!

Both Reuters and the Associated Press ran the big news today that everyone is talking about: "Bush's Approval Rating on Iraq Drops in Poll-- Six Out of Ten Believe Country Is on Wrong Track." Bush's overall approval rating is pretty much unchanged-- 42% of our countrymen are still not convinced that Bush is an incompetent, lying jackass who should be impeached. However, the news is that, finally, a majority of Americans realize he's a liar and Americans' approval of his bungling in Iraq is at its lowest level yet. The poll also points out that although a majority has been hoodwinked into seeing Bush as "strong" and "likable," (see why he won't fire Rove?), his apparent "confidence" is seen as arrogance by a growing number. Approval of Bush's handling of Iraq, which had been hovering in the low- to mid-40s most of the year, dipped to 38 percent. Young people are particularly abandoning Bush and his disastrous policies in droves.

Overall, his job approval was at 42 percent, with 55 percent disapproving. Only 48% of the country now see him as honest. 50% now realize he's a liar. (As recently as January, 53% were still willing to be deceived into thinking Bush is an honest man despite overwhelming evidence showing what he really is.) According to AP, the drop in the number of people who see Bush as honest was strongest among middle-aged Americans as well as suburban women, a key voting group in the 2004 election. A further erosion of trust could make it tougher for Bush to win support for his policies in Congress, where Republicans are growing more and more concerned about their own chances for re-election in 2006. ''The reason that trust is so important has to do with the long-standing belief that you could
trust him, even if you don't always agree with him and don't understand what he's doing,'' said Bruce Buchanan, a political scientist at the University of Texas. ''The honesty dip is partly caused by a loss of faith in his credibility on Iraq.'' While more educated Americans may scratch their heads over ideas like this, it is the dominant sentiment in The South. Many of the people who still believe him are people with primitive and childish religious beliefs, unable to grasp what Christ had to say but very much comforted by someone claiming to be getting messages directly from "God." Associated Press interviewed one uninformed imbecile in Cumming, Georgia, a Cheryl Cheyney, who-- with a straight face-- claims that ''He's a man of character. He's very honest in the things he says. I agree with his belief system, the way he believes in God and is not afraid to show it. That's very important to me.'' Although people that delusional are entitled to vote, even in the Old Confederacy of slave-holding states, the portion of people who view his confidence as arrogance has increased. Most Americans now just see him as arrogant. Charles Nuutinen, a 62-year-old independent from Greenville, Wisconsin sums it up nicely: ''This country is a monarchy. He's turning this country into Saudi Arabia. He does what he wants. He doesn't care what the people want.'' Six in 10 said they think the country is headed down the wrong track. And the 2006 midterm elections are just around the corner, elections that DNC Chairman Howard Dean has every intention of vigorously contesting. If Democrats can do as well in the rest of the country as Paul Hackett did this week in Ohio (increasing the Democratic percentage by nearly 20 points), the Republicans will be swept out of power and crooks like Tom DeLay will be in prison a lot sooner than anyone thought.