Dubya hoped to gain ground after his big speech -- which lasted just 28 minutes instead of the scheduled 40, because the expected applause (from a military audience!) did not materialize. Instead, his approval rating actually dropped, according to Zogby.
Zogby further reports that 42 percent of Americans would support impeachment. Wow! Just when I had lost faith in the American public!
Suddenly, I find myself acknowledging the wisdom of the impeachment movement. Will we actually get proceedings? No. Not while the Republicans control congress and the press. But if we can get the pro-impeachment number to top 50% -- and that's only eight points away! -- we will have accomplished something grand. Bush will be the world's laughingstock.
He already is, in a sense. But soon, they will laugh openly. When he ventures overseas, the crowds won't just give him a "standing boo" of the sort Schwarzenegger received when he spoke at Santa Monica City College. The mob will laugh and laugh and laugh at the very sight of this plutocratic souse trying to form a coherent thought. Heads of state will mock him.
Increased international revulsion toward Bush will eventually have an impact on the foreign investors who fund our debt. And when they start to snub us, we will finally see a political sea-change within this nation. The monied will finally understand the simple fact that Republicans are bad for business.
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