Rump States - The New Map of the United States

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 5/19/06 at 11:19am

President Bush . . . has a positive job approval in just three of the 50 United States. This according to 50 separate but concurrent statewide public opinion polls conducted by SurveyUSA for its media clients across the country. Only residents of Utah, Wyoming and Idaho view the president favorably.

http://billmon.org/archives/002451.html

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/19/06 at 11:22am

It's so nice to be living in a blue country again.

[ckeaton]

Posted: 5/19/06 at 11:26am

There are many fallacies in that joke image, including the misrepresentation of population density and personal opinion. there's no such thing as a state color. In most cases, you couldn't even shade in a street.

[katygrace84]

Posted: 5/19/06 at 11:35am

I'm loving the fact that he doesn't even have positive job approval in his own state.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/19/06 at 11:40am

CK...color me a 29% aprroval rating

[Calvin]

Posted: 5/19/06 at 12:06pm

There are many fallacies in that joke image, including the misrepresentation of population density and personal opinion.

Much like that county-by-county map that Sean Hannity kept showing after the election -- which pretended like Bush's support was so overwhelming because all these big counties in Wyoming and Idaho that had, like, three people living in them went for Bush while denser areas like Manhattan went for Kerry.

[ckeaton]

Posted: 5/19/06 at 5:24pm

You asked for it PJ...

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 5/19/06 at 5:47pm

i love how Katharine is shocked by everything you post

[ckeaton]

Posted: 5/19/06 at 8:43pm

That's why she will stay longer than originally thought. :) It's wonderful.