CNN: Despite polls, Bush says he has 'capital' (WTF???)

[UpInArms]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/28/bush.interview/

(CNN) -- President Bush said in a Tuesday interview that he wasn't concerned about his low approval ratings, and he discussed how he told Vice President Dick Cheney, who was shaken by his hunting accident earlier this month, to "share it with the American people."

"If I worried about polls, I wouldn't be doing my job," Bush told ABC's Elizabeth Vargas in the interview, which aired on "World News Tonight."

The president's approval rating dropped to 34 percent in a CBS News poll released Monday. CNN/USA Today/Gallup polls taken since October have put his approval ratings in the high 30s to mid-40s.

"I fully understand that when you do hard things, it creates consternation at times," Bush said. "I've been up in the polls, and I've been down in the polls -- it's just part of life in the modern era. I think the American people -- I know the American people want somebody to stand on principle, make decisions and stand by them and lead this world toward a more peaceful tomorrow, and I strongly believe we're doing that. And I enjoy it. It's a fantastic opportunity."

He also said he feels he has "ample capital" despite his sagging polls.

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Can this sack of shit become more out of touch???

[Nickster]

1. Question is, Does he know what having "ample capital" means?

I mean, did he check his word of the day calendar?

[Journeyman]

10. As Inigo Montoya was so fond of saying in "The Princess Bride". . .

"I do not think that word means what (he) thinks it means."

[MissB]

40. There is so much wisdom from that movie that can be applied

to this administration. That quote about a land war in Asia, for instance.

[ginnyinWI]

81. just believe the opposite of everything he says!

It will be much closer to the truth. He's "Georgie through the Looking Glass" after all. Does not live in the same world we do.

[reprobate]

83. That movie is among my very favorites. we watch it about monthly.

[BR_Parkway]

41. Ample Capital in Shrub world is "how big a check can Daddy write"

and after all the war profiteering that's been funneled back to Carlylse Group - Daddy's got 'ample capital' indeed!

[calimary]

49. Maybe he got it mixed up with "Amway Capital."

Maybe "ampule capital"?

Or "ammo capital"? That'd go well with the whole "popular wartime president" shtick he'd surely like to revisit.

[Orsino]

44. C'mon. NO President is going to admit to being a lame duck...

...and * is not there yet--witness his demonstrated ability to bring party dissenters more or less to heel.

But, boy, does that capital appear to be eroding quickly. Cross your fingers.

[unhappycamper]

2. he has plenty of capital

from the BFEE & crony networks. Little of it is political.

[spooked]

28. CAPITAL...He means they haven't had a MARKET CORRECTION for a while

He's got billions on hand for all his schemes when they decide on a "market correction".

[Avalux]

3. Translation: I don't give a shit what the American people think.

Gonna keep doing whatever I want, no matter what they say. He doesn't get it does he???? This is OUR COUNTRY - and it's time he's made to understand that. IMPEACH.

[Castilleja]

71. I think you nailed it right there.........

sadly.

[TayTay]

4. Bubble Boy can't see anything past his own bullshit.

Everyone in the whole friggin world knows that Iraq is falling into civil war and this idiot goes on TV and denies it. He is completely clueless.

Capital? He has 'ample capital' to spend?
Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[Donailin]

5. We're so fucked

Jesus Christ.

</shaking head in disbelief>

[apnu]

25. We've been fucked for 6 years now

This is nothing new. Chimpy McDumbass is just blustering to the press so he can appear 'tough' when everybody knows he's a chicken-shit boy king.

[CTyankee]

6. History has a way to deal with out of touch rulers

I'm sure W thinks he can get away with it. Sure, just look at rulers like George III, Czar Nicholas and Louis XVI. Mussolini and Ceascescu also come to mind...

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. Freepers are eating this up.

They LOVE a man who can't admit he made a mistake. Bush is just like them.

[PerceptionManagement]

8. Oh, he worries about the polls - alot. The little simian has confused

POWER with Political Capital.

[calimary]

50. He will indeed be plenty worried when it means he can't arm-twist

as many people on the Hill anymore with those fabulous poll numbers and all that "political capital" at his disposal these days. Or when he sends kkkarl out to threaten republi-CONs hoping for reelection that they won't get any White House help if they don't do as they're told. That's gonna go over better and better with the GOP incumbents - MORE OF WHOM are now seeing their necks securely on the block.

Go ahead, george. Spend that "political capital" for all you're worth! See george spend. Spend, george, spend! And see how little buys him, anymore. Inflation's a bitch, isn't it, george?

[Dunvegan]

9. The technical term is not quite "sack o' sh!t" but "Bush da Blivet"

Blivet: Definition...10 pounds of the stink in a 5 pound bag.

[AndyA]

11. Bush: "I think the American people -- I know the American people want

somebody to stand on principle, make decisions and stand by them and lead this world toward a more peaceful tomorrow..."

That's right, George. Any ideas who we could get that would do that instead of just talking about it and doing something else?

[rodeodance]

12. "viewed as an "agent for peace."---so he hopes

......He told Vargas he hopes that his presidency, in retrospect, will be viewed as an "agent for peace."

[hatrack]

13. So does a nine-year-old with a piggy bank full of pennies

Just not very fricking much capital, that's all.

:eyes:

[alarcojon]

14. When did he learn how to pronounce "consternation"?

Or did he say "constipation" and have it edited out for him?

Chimpeach!

[Jade Fox]

15. If you saw this interview.....

one of the creepy things (besides the garbage coming out of Bush's mouth) was to watch Bush squirm and brag in front of the pretty young woman who was interviewing him.

Ick. Not only is he a smug moron, he's an adolescent smug moron.

[Divernan]

16. Raging deficits DO NOT equal "ample capital"

"Ample capital" means the GOP majorities have given him a whole bookful of blank checks and as long as he allows them to flood their districts/states with pork barrel projects, they will allow him to continue cutting taxes for the uber rich and waste more hundreds of billions on his obscene, blood-soaked foreign adventures.

[tvfipp]

21. Ample Capital...not in his pants!

He snubs the WH Press Corps
He snubs Congress
He snubs Senate
He snubs his own Scrubs
All that snubbing must be backlash from Laura's snubbing of "The" Bush with no "ROOT" LOL

[efhmc]

17. What were President Clinton's lowest poll numbers?

[UpInArms]

19. from the Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3692292.html

Bush's approval rating is far below those of three of the last four two-term presidents in February of their sixth year:

• Dwight Eisenhower (64 percent);
• Ronald Reagan (63.50 percent); and
• Bill Clinton (57 percent).
Only Nixon, at 27.5 percent in February 1974 — six months before he resigned — was less popular than Bush is now.

[Ignacio Upton]

23. Clinton's actually got higher as 1998 moved on

I remember that during the height of the impeachment his numbers were in the low 70's.

[spooky3]

47. go to this link--poll #s for Bush vs. Clinton vs. Nixon, by year

http://www.pollkatz.homestead.com/

click on Nixon-Clinton-Bush: A Comparison

[sofa king]

18. Depends on the definition of "capital."

Here are a few which might apply, courtesy of www.thefreedictionary.com:

___________________

cap·i·tal

2.
a. Wealth in the form of money or property, used or accumulated in a business by a person, partnership, or corporation.
b. Material wealth used or available for use in the production of more wealth.
c. Human resources considered in terms of their contributions to an economy: " swift unveiling of his . . . plans provoked a flight of human capital" George F. Will.

4. Capital stock.

5. Capitalists considered as a group or class.

6. An asset or advantage: "profited from political capital accumulated by others" Michael Mandelbaum.



Usage Note: The term for a town or city that serves as a seat of government is spelled capital. The term for the building in which a legislative assembly meets is spelled capitol.

______________________

[Roland99]

20. Can we tax his capital?

;)

[Ignacio Upton]

22. He blew all of his "capital" on trying to destroy Social Security

And then began running a "capital deficit" in the way that he handled Katrina.

[thinkingwoman]

24. Is that what he calls...

spying on your enemies and then blackmailing them into doing what you want with a side of "remember the anthrax"?

:shrug:

Whatever.

[Zynx]

26. Sure. He has lots of money and capital equipment.

However, I don't think the American people care much about either one of those right now.

[area51]

27. Bush: "I fully understand...."

Oh, bullshit. He doesn't understand anything.

[Ben Ceremos]

29. What he said was...

I have ample capitalists backing me up so I will go on screwing the American people. That's why polls don't matter...:evilfrown: :mad: :puke: :eyes: :crazy:

[ET Awful]

30. He's just confused again, he meant to say he lives in the somewhat

ample capitol of the nation. It's merely a typo. :evilgrin:

[napi21]

31. He's using a "Capitol Credit Card" same as he's running the Country.

When he leaves office, he'll just have a balance owed on the card!

Yesterday, somebody on the radio was saying that Cheney's approval rating is so low, he's going to owe US soon!

[sendero]

32. Yeah, Delusional..

... with a CAPITAL "D".

[Born Free]

62. cantankerous and stubborn

or perhaps obstinate and ignorant - of course it may be just plain delusional - wonder if he is still hearing the divine voices he used to give credit to for his poor decisions, his "higher" father sent him on a mission and they didn't even call in the "Blues Brothers". If it were not so sad that many people in the world have been hurt by his poor decisions, we could laugh at his stupidity all day.

[converted_democrat]

33. Time to impeach the dictator.. He's proven time and time again he

doesn't care what the majority of the American people want.. Take back the House and Senate in the next election and impeach his ass in spring of 07'.

[superconnected]

34. the truth is always opposite what he says.

"I know the American people want somebody to stand on principle, make decisions and stand by them and lead this world toward a more peaceful tomorrow, and I strongly believe we're doing that. And I enjoy it. It's a fantastic opportunity."

The man is a pathological liar, along with being a sociopath...

[zann725]

35. Nixon was THIS 'out of touch'...right before Impeachment began.

And throughout history, when a leader falls this far from reality...then alienates even his closest allies....

The 'writing' is on the wall...has been for some time. Unfortunately Shrub doesn't read much, OR watch TV.

[AnneD]

36. You guys are hearing him wrong...

He's saying he has captitol...meaning he has DC and he doesn't intent to give it up, no matter the numbers.

[tomg]

37. Did he really say "I enjoy it" and

and that being President is "a fantastic opportunity." Really think about that. When I hear him on the news, I am always sidetracked by that terribly idiotic manner of his, so I don't really hear what he is saying ( which is a good thing, I think). When I actually read - slowly read - what he is saying, I am utterly amazed. WTF does "it's just part of life in the modern era" mean? He sounds like he has just been hired to sell vacuum cleaners at a Wal-Mart after flunking out of some unaccredited technical school. Does someone actually get paid to write this stuff for him or is he talking off the top of what passes for a mind?

[Mithras61]

38. I'm sorry, but I think he may be right...

I think W_rong DOES have ample political capital with the one and only group he gives a shit about - his core backers.

Remember, he thinks in pure black & white terms and * has stated on multiple occasions we're either with him or against him, and if we're against him, we're terrorists or supporters of terrorists (which are effectively the same thing to him). He's out to extirminate terrorists, so he doesn't care what those who oppose him think because they're terrorists. He only cares what those who support him think, and they support him and think just like him.


Personally, I think he's convinced himself that he's the second coming and that those who don't follow him are bound for hell.

[0007]

39. junior will lose four points for these horrible comments.

He'll do what he wants not what the American people want! This is the biggest asshole that ever walked on this fucking earth.:thumbsdown:

What has capital got to do with poll numbers?

[Catfight]

42. He's BONKERS! Most hated president EVER. nt

[texpatriot2004]

43. Bush is DELUSIONAL! nm

[truthisfreedom]

45. and this is EXACTLY how he ran Arbusto. look at the man's history.

he believes in fairy tales. or he pretends to, while fleecing his victims.

[quisp]

46. His understanding of "capital" explains why he was such a terrible

business man. He talks about "spending capital", but any first year business student knows you "invest" capital.

[izzybeans]

48. He's been reduced to possessing the capital normally reserved

for a dictator. He calls it "Commander and Chief" and he thinks it applies to "civilians" as well. This makes him the Eric Cartmen of the oval office. "Na Uh I can't do what I want. Respect my Authoritiiiii!"

[JerseygirlCT]

51. Delusional. nt

[wordpix]

52. saying it doesn't make it so, idiot--and if he has the capital, he should

be paying to rebuild Iraq, not us.

[Dr Batsen D Belfry]

53. How un-effing-believably IRONIC

that the morally bankrupt one thinks he has ample capital.

Perhaps he should use some of that ample capital to cure him and his friends of their Cranio-Rectal Immersion Syndrome.

DBDB

[depakid]

54. He has TONS of capital on the balance sheet

There's no opposition party!

The Dems bend over and give him what he wants every time. He's never lost yet, and the DINO's aim seems to be to make sure he never does. He has carte blanche.

If I were him, I'd keep pushing the envelope. In fact, he's be foolish not to. The more extreme he gets, the sorrier the Dems look.

[adriennui]

55. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

this man-chimp is insane.

[TheModernTerrorist]

56. he only meant

that he has a lot of money...

[jazzjunkysue]

57. He's confusing the yellow 100's from the orange 500's. I do that all the t

time. Only the blue 50's are easy to keep straight.

Let's hope he doesn't roll any more doubles. We'll have to put him in jail.

[President Kerry]

58. and to think that we're paying his salary.

:puke:

[Wrinkle_In_Time]

59. Na, he said he has *The Capitol* (but only for a little bit longer) n/t

[Megahurtz]

60. He's banking on his Fundie base.

And the problem is they're so stupid that they would go along with him
just because they are brainwashed into thinking "But it's the Lawrd's will"!

This worries me.

[Kurovski]

61. I've also heard Bush say "The polls go up and down"

but the reality is that Bush is only going down.

And not only in the way that Jeff Gannon enjoys.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

63. Yes, negative capital. Assets minus liabilities equals capital

in strictly financial sense. It is the ownership interest in a business.

Now if your liabilities, ie debts both long and short term, exceed your assets both long and short term, then you have negative Capital.

Capital is usually composed of 2 kinds:

1)Invested capital, ie money invested by sole proprietors or Common stock for corporations

and

2)Retained earnings, the accummulated earnings of the business retained in the business.

Dividends to stockholders decrease retained earnings. Sole proprietors can draw down retained earnings or withdraw some of their initial investment.

Okay, so I'm a CPA in one of my lives.

Now chimpie has been borrowing the heck out of the rest of the world, has been running enormous deficits, and so only has negative capital.

Speaking more figuratively he is even more devoid of positive capital.

He only ever had any right after Sept 11, but then proceeded to squander that.

I heard a CNN correspondent say it was embarrassing that in the US 6 months after Katrina so many people have nowhere to go.

[Rex]

64. Ample capital = middle class.

Bye bye middle class. :(

[6000eliot]

65. This is why every business he ran he ran into the ground.

Too bad this time it's the country.

[Generator]

66. He NEVER had it

To my dying day I will believe that the majority of the decent Americans did all they could to vote for Kerry and that if they were allowed to vote or all their votes were actually counted, there is no way Bush was elected. None. Zero. Zip. I felt that way on 11/2/2004 and I've seen nothing to change my mind. And the only capital this asshole as ever had is thievery and lies. Every goddman day another lie.

[Hekate]

67. Delusional. The man sounded flipping delusional.And no, I don't want

And no, I don't want whatever he's smoking because it's obviously fried his brain.

Hekate

[Canuck55]

68. "If I worried about polls, I wouldn't be doing my job,"

Someone should run a poll asking if they feel the President is doing his job.

[Pryderi]

69. As long as Congress is his rubberstamp, he has tons of capital

[osaMABUSh]

70. The ports deal is his Last Stand - lame duck status is official

Bush is so far out there on Portsgate that I think this is the last deal that he has to make. His Last Stand for UAE, Pappa Bush and The Carlyle Group.

[Amonester]

72. "and lead this world" - han-han: this world doesn't f**king WANT

this childi$h psychopathic torturer to "lead this world"

[regnaD kciN]

73. "Of course, I've got ample capital..."

"I mean, look at the map. I'm living in one!"

:eyes:

[JawJaw]

74. Bush's Capital:

F

[kentuck]

75. Yep...he has three pennies in his pocket and holes in his shoes...

but he feels like Rockefeller?

[demo dutch]

76. Bla bla bla!!

[Arugula Latte]

77. If the preznint sez it then it's true!

:eyes:

[zann725]

78. I think Shrub was mis-heard, misinterpreted. Meant he still has "Capitol."

But even THAT, is fading...quick.

[shrike]

79. I used to think he was stupid

Now he's just delusional.

Which is worse?

[neuvocat]

80. Same things basically.

He's basically saying he has the support of the people when the polls prove that he doesn't. That's the same thing as having only 50 bucks in the bank and you tell yourself you still have enough money to pay your rent.

[sakabatou]

82. The thing is though

HE ISN"T DOING HIS JOB! Sonofabitch...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

84. Translated to bushspeak:

"I don't give a shit what you think because I'm rich. Nanny-nanny boo-boo!"

[goforit]

85. What an ass. A head made of granite.