As presage for the certain disastrous events forthcoming, comes the dirge, in two parts. First is the sad news of at least twenty-seven deaths of US service personnel over the weekend in Iraq. Saturday alone saw twenty-five deaths announced, making it the third mostly deadly day since the start of Smirky's Disastrous MisAdventure(SDM). He has now ordered, at minimum, 3057 American troops to their deaths in this illegal war of aggression and occupation.

Part two indicates that the American public is roundly rejecting Bush's escalation of the war (before most have even heard of the deadly weekend). A new Newsweek poll shows Dear MisLeader remains at an all time low of 31% overall approval. More importantly , though, 68% oppose escalation, while only 25% support it. We'll just have to start referring to him as Mr. Twenty-five Percent... (more)

Some other numbers in the Newsweek poll are even more grim for death-dealer Bush.

...who received his lowest ratings so far for his handling of the war (24 percent) and terrorism (41 percent)... Nearly half of all respondents to the NEWSWEEK poll (45 percent) say they “strongly oppose” the plan. Nine in 10 Democrats (92 percent), 70 percent of independents and close to a third (31 percent) of Republicans disapprove.

Oh, but it gets even worse!

...Sixty-two percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country. For the first time, more than half of the respondents (53 percent) disapprove of his approach to deterring terrorism. More than half of the public thinks he is not “honest and ethical” (54 percent) and lacks “strong leadership qualities” (57 percent). Just before the last election, 55 percent said Bush was honest and 63 percent saw him as a strong leader....

One more tidbit shows that we, the de-escalators, have more work to do...

...And while the public trusts Democrats more than Bush on Iraq policy, the NEWSWEEK poll found a 46-46 split on whether or not the Congress should try to block the additional funding Bush needs to pay for more troops in Iraq.

So let's get out there and keep changing minds.

Cut the funding!
Stop the War! Bring the Troops Home Now!
Impeach Bush and Cheney...