# CNN: Bush would lose an election if held this year **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 25, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-bush-would-lose-an-election-if-held-this-year/327880 "2005-10-25T20:44:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-bush-would-lose-an-election-if-held-this-year/327880/81 "2005-10-27T19:31:29Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Shodan’s already gotten the email. “Elections in 2008…like that’s going to happen…silly liberals.” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-bush-would-lose-an-election-if-held-this-year/327880/82 "2005-10-27T19:46:09Z")
> [@John Corrado](#): > > What? We invaded a foreign country and have occupied it for two years now. Despite a constant insurgency, only 2000 Americans have died. …and another [15,000-40,000](http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/) wounded, maimed, crippled, or otherwise totally !#$@%&!'d up. Not to mention [another 20,000-100,000 Iraqi civilians](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3962969.stm) killed for WMDs that were never there. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-bush-would-lose-an-election-if-held-this-year/327880/83 "2005-10-27T19:48:22Z")
Uh, **Kimstu** ; that ain’t me you’re quoting in your post above. (#77) No offence taken, but just to set the record straight… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-bush-would-lose-an-election-if-held-this-year/327880/84 "2005-10-27T19:54:42Z")
> [@John Corrado](#): > > What? We invaded a foreign country and have occupied it for two years now. Despite a constant insurgency, only 2000 Americans have died. > > If you know of a way in which the war could have gone better- aside from the whole “well, we could never have invaded in the first place”- please let me know. Well, we maybe could have found the WMD’s, established a strong and stable democracy, and made Iraq a beacon of hope for the entire Middle East. That \*was \* the plan, you know, not to keep casualties down while we wait for the withdrawal order. You do remember what the purposes of this war were supposed to be, right? \*Do \* you? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-bush-would-lose-an-election-if-held-this-year/327880/85 "2005-10-27T21:05:39Z")
> [@](#): > > You do remember what the purposes of this war were supposed to be, right? Do you? Well, it’s hard. They keep changing. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-bush-would-lose-an-election-if-held-this-year/327880/86 "2005-10-27T21:54:10Z")
Whoops! Sorry, **John Carter of Mars**. I was actually quoting your not-quite-namesake **John Corrado**. Silly me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-bush-would-lose-an-election-if-held-this-year/327880.md?page=4)