Republicans say Bush's arrogance is his downfall

[dogday]

Sit down with a Republican member of Congress, party leader or political strategist and you hear a recurring theme: President George W. Bush has gotten too big for his britches and needs to be taken down a notch or two.

"The White House has been non-responsive and arrogant," admits South Carolina GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, who adds that he and fellow Republicans "put up with it when things are going well" but says "problems rear their heads when things are not going well."

And things are not going well for the troops at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Public opinion polls show Bush's job approval and popularity ratings in free fall, especially among Republicans. A new poll by Pew Research says 70 percent of Americans feel the President went into the Iraq war without a clear plan. More than half feel he lied about his reasons for invading the country.

"This President has a political tin ear," says Minnesota Republican Senator Norm Coleman, normally one of Bush's strongest supporters. "He needs to shake up his staff and those around him."



http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8275.shtml

[RufusEarl]

1. Then they should sign the Feingold Censure Resolution.

[IsItJustMe]

2. Arrogance hell, I don't believe he has a clue. Don't ask me why.

[bluerum]

3. It has not benefitted the country that much either. Iraq got screwed

too.

Now he is looking to fuck even more of the middle east.

[wisteria]

4. Bullsh*t, Bush hasn't changed, he was always this way, it is the

Congressional Republican's who have changed, they now see a lame duck President with low ratings right before mid-term elections and they now "grow a backbone".

[tanyev]

5. And they only had to be smacked with that 2x4 for five years until they

figured it out! Somebody give them a pat on the head and a couple treats to make them feel better.

[msgadget]

6. Gee, I thought 'stay the course' showed strength... n/t

[Doctor_J]

7. Downfall?

He still gets every disastrous idea/judge/budget rammed through Congress. What downfall?

[bowens43]

8. That and his stupidity.

[sonsera]

11. Saw this on BartCop - -

I think someone must have taken the morons test for him
because he's not that smart. If my memory serves me well,
anything below an 80 is a moron.

Subject: Presidents and their IQ
F.D.R. (D) (number didn't come thru)
132 Harry Truman (D)
122 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
174 John F. Kennedy (D)
126 Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
155 Richard M. Nixon (R)
121 Gerald Ford (R)
175 James E. Carter (D)
105 Ronald Reagan (R)
098 George HW Bush (R)
182 William J. Clinton (D)
091 George W. Bush (R)

The six Republican presidents of the past 50 years had an
average IQ of 115.5, with Nixon having the highest at 155.

Clarence Swinney
Presidential Historian

[MindPilot]

12. Not true according to Snopes

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/presiq.htm

And welcome to DU!!! :hi:

[MindPilot]

9. Well, I guess give them credit for noticing

It took them six years to figure out what we knew somewhere in the middle of 2000. Even a stopped clock...

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Well, Look Who Just Caught Up!

Attribution: A League Of Their Own.
The Professor