I’ve been watching Bush’s approval ratings slide over the past months and was happy today to see them, hit a new low of 29%. A figure that low means that he has not only annoyed the Democrats (which we all knew he would) but also the neutrals and even many conservatives. The only people I imagine he has left are religious extremists and capitalist extremists (or the Oil Lobby as most call them). As far as I can see the only reasons that people voted for him were his proclaimed ideologies but it seems that no amount of public Christianity can hide his total incompetence from the American people. For a long time after 911 it was considered un-patriotic to disagree with Bush on security restrictions and wars but that sheen has now gone. Almost 5 years after 911 he still does not have a single success story. Afghanistan is still a mess (but a mess that is out of the news now), Iraq is also a complete disaster area and worst of all he still hasn’t caught Osama or found his mythical WMDs! Add to that the American troops dying on a daily basis, the rubbish economy, the ineptitude of his response to Katrina and more recently that wonderful fiasco with that ports deal and you get a good measure of the man’s leadership abilities. Finally add to that his dilution of the boundaries between church and state and his flagrant homophobia and you have a man very few people can see as doing a good job. Well done Americans, what took you so long?!