Do those remaining 33 precent not drive cars?

Every time you talk to that 33% who still approves of Bush, ask them about Bush's response to soaring energy costs.

Crude oil prices hit a record $75 a barrel today.  There is little doubt they will go higher, and surely reach catastrophic levels following any military action on Iran by either the U.S. or Isreal.  Even the most die hard Bush supporter will realize this.

To the 33% who support Bush:  "What is Bush doing TODAY to address this energy crisis?"

The answer, of course, is nothing.  After giving lip service to the importance of alternate energy sources in his state of the union address, and wagging his finger at America regarding a fact we've known at least since President Carter pointed it out to us:  America is addicted to oil.

With the price of gasoline affecting nearly every working American, and shortages looming large, a top priority for any competent administration would be to address this issue on a daily basis, with concrete steps to minimize the impact on consumers.

But Bush does nothing.  And that is so telling.

It is telling because it shows he is either totally unfeeling for the realities of most Americans, who have to fill up their automobile to get to work rather than being airlifted by a taxpayer-supplied helecopter, or he is feeling but ineffective.  

He either doesn't think anything can be done, i.e. incompetent and uninformed, or doesn't think anything should be done by the federal government, i.e. putting ideology above suffering ala Katrina.

Or perhaps he is just a crook, enjoying creating these high oil prices which enrich his political allies, fueling the fires by threating Iran with nukes, and not lifting a finger to help us domestically with the crisis because he is committed to keeping the prices as high as possible.

There just isn't an acceptable answer to this administrations lack of action to address these energy problems.  And that is the question you should ask the 33%:

"Is he incompetent or malicious?  And why would you approve of either?"

•  They don't read the paper, net or TV either

  They're at church, probably riding bikes back and forth thanking the lord that the greedy capitalists are getting their due and awaiting the Rapture

  by kubla000 on Fri Apr 21, 2006 at 12:27:16 PM PDT

•  They have chauffers.

  Okay that's really only the top 1%.  Favorite Al Franken quote:

  "18% of Americans think they are in the top 1% of earners in the country."

  I'd say that accounts for a little under 2/3 of the 33%.

  by tkmattson on Fri Apr 21, 2006 at 12:27:24 PM PDT

•  Aren't these

  the same chauffer driven whiny babies that want the rest of us to drive around with something stuck in our ears?

  Yes, I feel much safer having an extra hand with which I may scroll through my rolodex while driving.

  by Patriot4peace on Fri Apr 21, 2006 at 12:37:29 PM PDT

•  they just don't like to admit they're wrong

  many of the 33% won't publically admit they supported this jackass of a President and his criminal Republican party. They realize what a horrific failure this Presidency and this Congress has been, but they don't want to admit it (especially to die-hard Dems).

  Then there are the others: the ones with their heads deeply buried in the sand. They cover their ears and just keep saying "LA LA LA Bush is good, you're just a Bush hater repeating things from the liberal media liars!" There is no point in trying to discuss a dang thing with them.

  I don't worry much about the 33%. I think a lot of them (my first category of the "realize but won't admit" people) won't vote, or may vote Dem but won't admit it to pollsters. I might start convos with them, and if I see that they're willing to listen to some reason, I'll carefully share facts and information that might bring them to vote against Republicans (they'd never vote for Democrats!)

  The second category (the brainwashed and oblivious) would cast their vote for Nixon and Hitler's love child if it had a R behind it's name. I'd much rather floss my cat than waste time talking politics with them.

  by land of the free on Fri Apr 21, 2006 at 01:20:31 PM PDT

•  or they're as delusional as Bush himself

  like my grandmother, who says she only watches Faux News because "they're the only ones who tell the truth"

  by rioduran on Fri Apr 21, 2006 at 01:51:18 PM PDT