In a perfect world, with Bush’s polls in the toilet and the country realizing he, the religious right and the fascistic neocons took them for a ride, any normal, sane opposition would be working like crazy to capitalize on all of this. Instead, we live in this world where we’ve got these guys.
The Three Stooges – Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Howard Dean
According to the latest CBS News poll, George W. Bush’s approval rating hit a personal worst of 34 percent in February, making him the most unpopular president since Nixon during Watergate. Thanks to the Abramoff scandal, confidence in the Republican-run Congress is only two points higher. Such numbers naturally provoke Democratic fantasies about doing in 2006 what Republicans did in 1994, taking both houses in a historic sweep. Conditions seem ripe in many ways. But Democrats do not have a charismatic schemer like Newt Gingrich to lead the way. Instead, they have Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Howard Dean.
Since assuming their positions, the three of them have shown themselves to be somewhere between useless and disastrous as party leaders. Individually, they lack substance and policy smarts (Pelosi); coherence and force (Reid); and steadiness and mainstream appeal (Dean). Collectively, they convey an image of liberal elitism, disarray, and crabbiness.
Chris,
Ouch – I’m hurt. I’m going to cry now.
You are correct i didn’t check my figures. Indeed the number of abortions in 10 years exceeds the number of deaths in Iraq.
How about we just compare the number of abortions from 2003 to 2006 to the number of deaths in Iraq? Still a culture of “life”?
Sounds
While I think your numbers might be a little out of wack you did raise a great point. To refine it however, an abortion is an induced miscarriage. Easily done and not illegal. Iraq civilians are collateral damage. Easily overlooked but not illegal.
I actually posted in my origional stat (”In the US according to the CDC, there are on average 1 to 1.5 million abortions every year”) which is an average of CDC stats.
Where did you cite the CDC saying 1.5 million? You claim the CDC stated that. However, if you check out the actual CDC figures, they are substantially less. How about 850,000 reported abortions / yr.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5407a1.htm
but since most people will never actually check stats they induced to making false claims. (Actually 54.5% of quoted statistics are false…. and that one is too
OK, I get it now. If YOU don’t agree, then the statistics are bogus, but it is fine for you to pop any off the top of your head without backing them up.
“Roe Effect to Democratic Voters”, comes from a Wall Street Journal http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110005277
An opinion piece in a neo-con slanted rag. But you did admit it was slanted. Your error is using opinion to back up a factual claim. It won’t work. Even if you believe it deep down in your heart.
Why name call me a Rush Limbaugh wannabe.
Here is why.
I actually have very little compassion for people like you, who condescend upon other people because of their beliefs. Evidently you must be a liberal leftist, since you act like Pelosi, Reid, & Dean? They don’t like people with hard facts either. Did you ever hear my show, or know of my politics?
Your statements either give you away or you are in drag, which I doubt.