Bush Down 6% in One Month

… 29% think Mr. Bush is doing an “excellent or pretty good” job as president, down from 35% in April and 43% in January. Roughly one-quarter of U.S. adults say “things in the country are going in the right direction,” while 69% say “things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track.” Some 28% of Americans said they consider Iraq to be one of the top two most important issues the government should address, up from 23% in April. Interest has faded slightly in the immigration issue. Bush Approval Rating Hits the 20s for First Time

No wonder Bush is looking so poorly lately. These numbers would scare Stalin.
But seriously, have you taken a close look at his photos lately? His hair not even gray anymore, but almost the color of dust, disappearing before
our eyes. His face puffy, bulging, beedie eyes that don't quite focus on anything, as he states into the camera trying to sum up another slogan.

If people realized what was happening to returning troops Bush's numbers would
go even lower than 29%. This story will make you ill.

A civilian spokesman at the fort, Jon Long, said an investigation had substantiated “misbehavior” by a drill sergeant who, soldiers say, kicked a trainee with stitches in his knee. Mr. Long said the sergeant had been suspended and reassigned, along with another drill sergeant who, soldiers complained, had repeatedly awakened injured trainees throughout the night for uniform changes and formations. The events, after a drill sergeant's bribery scandal last year and a drug sting that ensnared 12 soldiers, have thrown a cloud over Fort Sill, one of the centers for nine weeks of basic training where volunteers first report on the way to Iraq or elsewhere. G.I.'s who fall prey to sprains and fractures and cannot complete the often grueling passage to “warrior” are sent to the Physical Training and Rehabilitation Program, where a motto reads “Heal and Ship.” (snip) Soldiers in the 40-member unit said their injuries often went unattended in stays that exceeded six months and worsened while they waited to see specialists in short supply because of medical needs in Iraq. “I don't want to say cruel and unusual punishment, but that's what it was,” said Tom Nugent of Candor, N.Y., near Ithaca. His son Pvt. Justin Nugent has had two operations since a shoulder “popped out” after push-ups in July. … … Army Acts to Curb Abuses of Injured Recruits

But by all means let's extend
the tax cuts for fat cuts, because if we don't our economy will collapse and then where would we be? Wounded soldiers can just wait in line or do without. After all, we've got another
war on the ramp.

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