The DavidCyrus Blog of Wisdom

The Rush Limbaugh Perspective: Global Support of US Has Never Been Stronger!"
...and gas has never been cheaper.

I took a quick glance at Rush Limbaugh's website today, my curiosity piqued by a recent Limbaugh accusation that Evanston Township High School students know nothing of World War II, and probably never heard of Adolph Hitler. Why would Rush state such an obvious exaggeration? Because the school teaches too much on world cultures, and not enough on American history, for his tastes.

As it always happens, it takes about fifteen seconds to locate an even more preposterous claim from his website. For example, in response to a comment by Senator Barbara Boxer stating, "...we've lost the support of so much of the world because of what happened with Iraq...", Rush responds, "We did not lose the support of all the world! It's probably never been better, and the people that we did lose the support of we never had in the first place."

Support for the US has never been better? ...because of what has happened in Iraq?? Geez, Rush must think that more people than ever now support the US role in the Iraq war. But that would be opposite the facts shown in recent polls, that both Americans and foreigners are showing less and less support for the US role in Iraq, and for President Bush.

A majority of Americans do not believe it was worth it to go to war with Iraq, and disapprove of how Bush is handling Iraq.

Globally, an international poll of 23,000 people from 23 different nations provides similar data. To quote the poll director, Steven Kull, "Not only is there right now a fairly negative feeling toward the United States, ...movement in that direction is historically high".

So, no, it isn't time just yet to break out in celebration of widespread global support for our country, our Iraq war, or our President. "It's probably never been better?" Come on, Rush- take off those rose-colored glasses, and put down the prescrption medication. You're trying to party like it's 1999, when Clinton's approval rating stood at 66%. It's been nearly two years since Bush had numbers like that.