Bush kiss of death: Aznar, Berlusconi, Blair, Kaczynski

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One by one they fall by the political wayside, never to rise again. Some of them will get generous after-dinner speech gigs; others will get a honorary degree at some godawful conservative university; and some will get knighthoods. All have been cursed with George Bush's "friendship" and "gratitude" for their support and commitment to his War on Terror.

Latest victim of the Dubya Curse is ex-Polish PM Kaczynski's party which was defeated in Sunday's elections by the center-right, pro-Europe, anti-Iraq-War party of "Civic Platform". PM elect Tusk already announced he's pulling all Polish troops out of Iraq "very soon".

What's the line on Australia's dimwit?

Massive win for Polish opposition

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You left one out: Bush got his own party kicked out of both houses of Congress.

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I thought the republicans weren't the majority in Congress because the people they represented disagreed with the votes that they cast, not the actions of the President.

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From wikipedia:
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Beginning just after George W. Bush's reelection, political analysts point to a number of factors and events that led to the eventual Republican defeat in 2006. It is generally agreed that the single most important issue during the 2006 election was the war in Iraq, and more specifically President Bush's handling of it.

Indeed, public opinion polling conducted during the days just before the election and the weeks just after it showed that the war in Iraq was considered the most important election issue by the largest segment of the public.[23] Exit polling showed that relatively large majorities of voters both fell into the category of disapproving of the war or expressing the desire to withdraw troops in some type of capacity. Both brackets broke extremely heavily for Democrats.[24] The issue of the war seemed to play a large part in the nationalization of the election, a departure from previous midterm elections, which tended to be about local, district-centric issues.[25] The effect of this was a general nationwide advantage for Democrats, who were not seen as being as tied to the war as Republicans, led by George Bush, were.

Additionally, president Bush himself, seen as the leader and face of the Republican party, was a large factor in the 2006 election. Exit polls showed that a large chunk of the electorate had voted for Democrats or for third parties specifically because of personal opposition to or dislike for Bush. The size of the segment that said it had voted specifically to support Bush was not as large.[26] Opposition to Bush was based on a number of factors, these not limited to opposition to his Social Security plan, the slow response of his administration to Hurricane Katrina, his perceived inaction in the face of and association with rising gas prices, and as mentioned above, his continued commitment to the war.

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But yeah, I guess some of them were voted out more for being boy-loving pedophiles than for their association with Bush.