Greg Hartnett

In early August, a friend of mine, Sumo Rob, told me that he had heard a poll reporting more than a third of Americans believed that Bush and company may have had a hand in the 9/11 attacks. While I had heard some of the “inside job” arguments before, the number seemed abusrdly high, and I wrote it off as bad information. Most of the people I know, and I run with a fairly liberal crowd, would scoff at the notion.

Last week, I heard Bill Maher reference the same poll, citing the same results. I decided to look a little further, and indeed they were correct. According to a recent Scripps Howard/Ohio University poll 36% of respondents replied that

it is “very likely” or “somewhat likely” that federal officials either participated in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon or took no action to stop them “because they wanted the United States to go to war in the Middle East.”

The entire article is worth a read. Of additional interest is the role that the web has taken in the dissemination of alternative views, and how the rival philosophies reside on opposite sides of the technological divide. But that’s for another post.

Things aren’t looking good for GW. His approval ratings are abysmal, currently hovering anywhere between 30 - 40%, depending upon which poll you look at. Even his loyal supporters are beginning to run for the exit. I knew back when right-wing mouthpiece Anne Coulter slammed him for his nomination of Harriet Miers that there was trouble in paradise.

With the November elections approaching quickly, expect the Bush-bashing to reach new heights. Republicans seeking election will try to distance themselves from the Cheney-Bush junta, and Democrats will sling more mud than ever. Grassroots organizations and liberal bloggers will continue to prop up their candidate of choice, with increasing fervor as November approaches. But where will these naysayers be when Bush is gone? I wonder if DailyKos and Salon will report of the deception and chicanery of a Democratic leader if/when one is in office? What will all the “crazy liberals” do when they can no longer blame everything on GW?

Only time will tell, but if history is any indicator, I would imagine these outlets will gloss over the misgivings and misdeeds of a Democratic leader, probably resorting to pointing the finger at a hostile Senate or Congress. Complicitly playing their role in the polarizing of the American populace in an effort to advance their own agendas. A song and dance, getting you talking and thinking about issues that are not really important, in the guise that your officials are actually concerned about your well being. They are not. The system is broken, and spiraling ever more out of control.

So now that it is socially acceptable, you can hop on the bandwagon and let the world know that you think GW is a bumbling fool - truly redefining incompetence. But you had better start planning on what card you are going to play next. GW day’s are numbered, and you can’t afford to be a one-trick pony.