Oh so fitting

The Post has a new poll out confirming that, statistically speaking, Bush is almost, but not quite, the least popular President ever.

President Bush is a competitive guy. But this is one contest he would rather lose. With 18 months left in office, he is in the running for most unpopular president in the history of modern polling.

The latest Washington Post-ABC News survey shows that 65 percent of Americans disapprove of Bush's job performance, matching his all-time low.

In polls conducted by The Post or Gallup going back to 1938, only twice has a president exceeded that level of public animosity -- Harry S. Truman, who hit 67 percent during the Korean War, and Richard M. Nixon, who hit 66 percent four days before resigning.

Sweet.

I felt pure, exquisite joy when I read that passage. Now, I am not one to really gloat all that much but I will kick a man when he is down if I feel he deserves it. This is one of those times. I am a loud and proud liberal and I make no bones about it. My ilk has spent the past six years accused by the Right of being unpatriotic, irrational Bush-haters because we refused to believe that W was some sort of brilliant, visionary statesman. In fact, we think he is an incompetent, embarrassing buffoon and kind of a dick to boot. And guess what, we were right.

So, to Rush, O’Reilly, Coulter, et al, I say “ha ha” and (to quote Dick Cheney) go fuck yourselves. The American people have spoken and your team lost. This is cold comfort given what was lost in blood, treasure, and prestige to achieve this state of affairs. But perhaps, at long last, this country has realized that if a Party does not believe government that can work, that Party cannot be trusted to govern.

Oh, and one more thing, Worst. President. Ever.