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Monday, May 8, 2006

Biggest Failure’s Not-So-Best Moment

Posted by on May 8 at 11:55 AM

Could there be a connection between this:

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush told a German newspaper his best moment in more than five years in office was catching a big perch in his own lake.

“You know, I’ve experienced many great moments and it’s hard to name the best,” Bush told weekly Bild am Sonntag when asked about his high point since becoming president in January 2001.

“I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound (3.402 kilos) perch in my lake,” he told the newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.

And this:

WASHINGTON — President Bush’s approval rating has slumped to 31% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the lowest of his presidency and a warning sign for Republicans in the November elections.

The survey of 1,013 adults, taken Friday through Sunday, shows Bush’s standing down by 3 percentage points in a single week. His disapproval rating also reached a record: 65%. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.

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RE: Approval slump

Thank you, Mr. Colbert.

its because bass lures are shiny objects...

The soil and groundwater at the Bush "family ranch" is permanently polluted by the property's former use (up until 1999) as an industrial hog farm and rendering site.

Bush's cement pond is fake and is stocked with enough fish that even he can catch one.

on daily kos, it mentions that the world record for fresh water perch is 4 pounds, ozs. so bush can't even tell the truth about that.

World records for North American perch from worldofflyfishing.com:

Perch, white 4lb-12oz Messalonskee Lake, ME June 4, 1949 Mrs. Earl Small

Perch, yellow 4lb-3oz Bordentown, NJ May, 1865 Dr. C.C. Abbot

The man is just a pathological liar, pure and simple.

Those are recorded weights, and not nearly all fishing trips, let alone the fish caught during said trips, are officially recorded. He could be telling the truth, for a change.

Right, 'cause he's got a secret underground lab in Crawford dedicated to creating mutant perch nearly twice as large as the world record-holders in the species' category.

Besides, the irony of W telling a true fish tale would just make my head explode...

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