He’s Number 1!

We knew our George would amount to something one day. After years of getting closer and closer, he's finally beaten his long-time rival Richard Nixon for the public's contempt. In a USAToday/Gallup poll released yesterday, 50 percent of respondents--yes, that's right, half--stated that they "strongly disapprove" of the president. Nixon, before impeachment efforts were underway in the House of Representatives, had polled at 48 percent strong disapproval. By that point--as I remember it, anyway--there was pretty relentless media drumbeat against him and his Watergate wrongdoing. Nowadays, although there's a lot of negative talk toward Bush on the Internet, big media is not so focused on the anti-Bush sentiment. They can't ignore it completely, anymore, but it's far from overwhelming. That means that the people who strongly disapprove have figured their position out for themselves. Interestingly, only another 14 percent fall into what is likely the "somewhat disapprove" category, as the total disapproval numbers just reach 64 percent. Fortunately for George, though, 31 percent still approve. Unfortunately for us, however, that 31 percent appears to contain the Democratic Congress, who still can't seem to find the spine to stand up to the administration effectively. If anybody knows exactly what number the "strongly disapprove" has to reach before it will get Congress's attention, please let us know so we can start working on it.