Paul Simon
2008-12-22 17:51:44 UTC
Dick Cheney Embraces "Go F*ck Yourself," Historically Low Approval
Numbers
Posted by Blue Texan, at 11:15 AM on December 21, 2008.
Dick appears physically incapable of regret, which, in case you didn't
know, is actually rather common among the Undead.
WALLACE: Did you tell Senator Leahy, "bleep yourself"?
CHENEY: I did.
WALLACE: Any qualms, second thoughts, or embarrassment?
CHENEY: No, I thought he merited it at the time and we've since
patched over that wound.
As revealing as that exchange was, this one's even more illuminating:
Host Chris Wallace also asked Cheney if he was bothered by his
outgoing approval ratings - a dismal 29 percent.
"We didn't set out to achieve the highest level of polls that we could
during this administration," Cheney said. "Eventually you wear out
your welcome in this business."
Is that so?
Let's see -- the last three 2-term presidents were Clinton, Reagan and
Eisenhower. Clinton left with a 66% approval rating, Reagan, 63% and
Eisenhower, 59%. So, no Dick, you only "wear out your welcome" when
you totally wreck the country.
But don't you also love the way Dick equates low popularity with good
governance, as though, in a democratically-elected republic, having a
majority of the electorate think you're doing a good job is somehow
bad. In other words, 70% of the American people are idiots.
Hey, Dick? Go fuck yourself.
Numbers
Posted by Blue Texan, at 11:15 AM on December 21, 2008.
Dick appears physically incapable of regret, which, in case you didn't
know, is actually rather common among the Undead.
WALLACE: Did you tell Senator Leahy, "bleep yourself"?
CHENEY: I did.
WALLACE: Any qualms, second thoughts, or embarrassment?
CHENEY: No, I thought he merited it at the time and we've since
patched over that wound.
As revealing as that exchange was, this one's even more illuminating:
Host Chris Wallace also asked Cheney if he was bothered by his
outgoing approval ratings - a dismal 29 percent.
"We didn't set out to achieve the highest level of polls that we could
during this administration," Cheney said. "Eventually you wear out
your welcome in this business."
Is that so?
Let's see -- the last three 2-term presidents were Clinton, Reagan and
Eisenhower. Clinton left with a 66% approval rating, Reagan, 63% and
Eisenhower, 59%. So, no Dick, you only "wear out your welcome" when
you totally wreck the country.
But don't you also love the way Dick equates low popularity with good
governance, as though, in a democratically-elected republic, having a
majority of the electorate think you're doing a good job is somehow
bad. In other words, 70% of the American people are idiots.
Hey, Dick? Go fuck yourself.