I Think We Can Put The Pejorative ‘BDS’ To Bed Now

Maybe not.  Let’s turn it around.  I propose that, from this day forward, anyone who continues to unconditionally support this president is suffering from a form of derangement.

I bring this up because there’s a story that’s getting a lot of buzz on the blogs about how Bush’s approval impeachment rating is now at 45%, according to a new poll.  He probably got a bump from this Libby thing, because the last poll I saw put him at 39%.  Of course, Bush hasn’t actually had an approval rating as high as 45% for about two years now.

And when I say derangement, I mean it.  Just check this out:

On a related note, there were polls showing a paltry 14% confidence rating for our Congress.   I’m just drawing a blank as to what might possibly make that number go up a bit.

Just drawing a blank.

😉

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The Denver Post Labels Pro-Brownback Blog As A “Spoof”

One of my favorite blogs*, Blogs 4 Brownback, has caught the attention of the maintream media and labeled as a Colbert-style parody:  The Denver Post – Online spoofs cloud political stances

I suppose the author makes a valid point about how noise from blogs and the internet in general can undermine the messages that the presidential candidates are trying to get out there in the 2008 campaign, but the focus is all on the Brownback site:

It appears these so-called supporters – who also run the site Blogs 4 Brownback (blogs4brownback.wordpress.com) – are really using the sites to parody the senator’s conservative political and religious beliefs, and perhaps make it appear that he is aligned with people who hold some, well, extraordinary notions.

The sites look official and have blogrolls linking to a number of bona fide conservative websites, including Brownback’s presidential campaign. Postings from bloggers with names such as Mrs. T.D. Gaines-Crockett and Sisyphus provide just enough accuracy, and religious scripture, to appear oddly legitimate – even to other conservatives who comment on the musings.

Sisyphus responds:

I’m not a spoof.  That’s the standard leftist talking point- anyone who disagrees with them must be doing so in bad faith.  The liberal religion brooks no heresy.  Either one is with them, or one is only pretending to oppose them. 

As I stated when I featured B4B here in the Chamber a little while ago, I can understand how some people might dismiss the site as a parody at first glance, but after a week or two reading the site and the comments I think it becomes quite clear that it NOT a spoof.   I believe the saying is “you just can’t make this stuff up”. 

But, hey, you be the judge.  Take a look for yourself and tell me what you think. 

BTW- The B4B post mentioned in the DenPo article, “Heliocentrism is an Atheist Doctrine“, gets my vote for “Post of the Year” (if there is such an award).  If you have the time, go ahead and read the 1200+ comments (incidentally, the bloggers over at Scientific American weren’t sure if it was a spoof or not either).

Also, I guess it should also be noted that B4B already has a ‘watch’ site, Blogs 4 Moonbats. Ain’t blogging fun?

*As any regular reader of my blog can tell you, I am not a Brownback supporter.  I do, however, consider myself to be open-minded, and although I don’t agree with virtually everything that Sisyphus (and friends) posts on the site,  for whatever reason I find it entertaining.