I won't be watching the President's state of the union speech tonight because I already know the state of the union. This country is in horrible shape and many Americans agree with that: MSNBC - ...The survey, which was conducted from Jan. 26-29 of 1,011 adults and which has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, shows Bush’s approval rating at 39 percent, which is unchanged from last month’s NBC/Journal poll...
I know why the approval ratings are so low. Here is my list:
1) no real action on hurricane recovery/rebuilding
2) corrupt Republican elected officials taking boatloads of money from Jack Abramoff
3) inept Republican elected officials who refuse to respond to the needs of constituents because they aren't money-paying lobbyists
4) the lack of progress in Iraq with more of our young men and women dying everyday (Iraq casualties)
5) lack of progress in talks with N. Korea, Iran, Syria
6) lack of progress in preparing for the Bird flu
7) lack of progress in getting good paying jobs for Americans
8) lack of progress in funding No Child Left Behind (the Bush administration reneged on the No Child Left Behind act by $26 BILLION). States are scrambling to fund the federal mandate, and have been forced to make other cuts to fund the program.
9) domestic spying. The President has bragged about breaking the law to spy without warrants.
10) Republicans, including Deborah Pryce, have gutted the student loan program making it more difficult and more expensive to get a loan.