The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, released Wednesday night, finds that all five of Bush’s job approval ratings — on overall job performance, the economy, foreign policy, terrorism and Iraq — are at all-time lows in the survey. In addition, the CIA leak scandal seems to be taking a toll on the administration, with nearly 80 percent believing the indictment of Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, Lewis “Scooter” Libby, is a serious matter, and with Bush experiencing a 17-point drop since January in those who see him as honest and straightforward.
Perhaps the best news for Republicans in the poll is that Democrats aren’t necessarily faring much better. “Both parties are having difficulties,” McInturff observes.
Indeed, Iraq — which has emerged as the public’s top priority in the poll — has become a particularly thorny issue for Bush. Fifty-seven percent believe he deliberately misled people to make the case for war, compared with 35 percent who say he gave the most accurate information he had. In addition, 58 percent are less confident the war will come to a successful conclusion, and 57 percent say the United States should reduce the number of U.S. troops there.
The CIA leak investigation also seems to be dogging the Bush administration. Seventy-nine percent think that Libby’s indictment is a serious matter. (Libby has since resigned from the administration.) Moreover, only 33 percent give Bush positive ratings for being honest and straightforward — a drop of 17 points since January, when Bush held a 50-to-36 percent score on this question.
scottyz said:
I think its worth it just to see you excacerbate neo-reality everytime you lose another seat in Congress. Get used to it, Stu. You guys had your shot and you blew it. You people are a little too extreme anyway to be holding any kind of political office. Neo's are unfit to run a government. They don't have the necessary soft-skills to deal with global issues. And the rest of the world is sick of us dropping the hammer on little defenseless nations. Katrina ended Reagonomics. Deal with it. Maybe we can start getting some dignity and respect back that we lost five years ago.Originally posted by Stu Gahtze:
It must really suck for senate democrats to have to stoop so low in order to even have a chance at winning elections much these days
Stu Ghatze said:The mainstream majority KNOWS that the Joe Wilson/Valerie Plame so called "leak" is bogus, & crapola.
They also believe that both Wilson, & Plame were more party hacks than anything else; ..& they also KNOW that Plame was NO covert agent, ..& they even KNOW that media people KNEW she was employed by the CIA, ..& they also know that Wilson, & Plame made NO EFFORT to hide their identity, or their relationship with each other.
Stu Ghatze said:It must really suck for senate democrats to have to stoop so low in order to even have a chance at winning elections much these days.
aps said:I'll tell you what is stooping low--planting a bugging device in your own office and accusing the other side of doing it; doing a whisper campaign accusing the opposing side of being a lesbian; doing a whisper campaign saying that a decorated prisoner of war had a love child with a black woman and has anger problems as a result of his detainment.
That, my friend, is the behavior of a party who stoops low.
Keep it going, Democrats! Nothing you could do could ever compare to what the Republicans do in order to win elections.
Hoot said:Not to start a Clinton thread again, but Bill was even accused of the murder of Vince Foster. This is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Do tell. Were you in AR at the time of your personal experience w/ Slick Willie?TimmyBoy said:I know first hand that Clinton is a criminal though.
Simon W. Moon said:Do tell. Were you in AR at the time of your personal experience w/ Slick Willie?
Simon W. Moon said:Do tell. Were you in AR at the time of your personal experience w/ Slick Willie?
It's a Wall Street Journal/NBC poll. The WSJ is not a liberal publication.Stu Ghatze said::2razz: The alernate reality MEDIA has you convinced, huh? It is WHAT the media, & senate democrats HOPE is happening.
aquapub said:History will forget negligent, do-nothing, feel-good presidents like Bill Clinton, but Bush will be remembered for introducing democracy to the Muslim world. The difficulties in Iraq will eventually fade out of history's spotlight, as will President Bush's unpopularity for doing the right thing about a genocidal terror sponsor.
aquapub said:The issue of WMDs will only be clung to by clueless fools who don't realize that Saddam was probably ditching the WMDs (the ones that are STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR) while we publicly discussed invading for months and months.
aquapub said:Nearly all the Dems who are screeching about intelligence now are on the record citing the same intelligence the President was acting on and drawing the same conclusions.
aquapub said:This manufactured outrage is a BS smoke screen, and the left know's it.
Hoot said:It's possible you could be proven right, however, it's difficult to do the right thing when you start out by lying to the American people.
"...probably ditching the WMDS"
'Probably' is not a strong enough basis to take our nation to war.
No way did Bush and congress have access to the same intelligence.
No, it's not manufactured. We simply expect honesty from our 'elected' officials. Maybe that's asking too much from someone who has a history of lying and misleading throughout his political career?
Stu Ghatze said:The America people know that Sadaam DID in fact have WMD's...lets stop the denial crapola. Where they went just prior to America's invasion in the 2nd Iraqi war is anybody's guess, most probably Syria!!
Sadaam knew WHEN America was coming, ..he had time to spirit out his WMD's, & his chemical, & biological weapons, & everybody KNEW that he had them.
Sadaam did in fact LUST for WMD's...so lets cut the crap, & all the denial.
It was Sadaam who was playing the shell game, ..kicking out weapons inspectors who went to sites that were NOT pre-ordained.
It was Sadaam who had a nuclear facility built by the French in 1980 that was destroyed by Israel in 1981, ..for what;..energy in a country awash in oil?
So Israel just destroyed a nuclear facility in 1981 for nothing, why? Oh, it must be that the zionists are evil, ..right? (liberal logic)
For God's sake, ..STOP giving Sadaam; the "mass murderer" the benefit of doubt, ..just because the liberal democrats think they have something to exploit for 08'!!
Geezus, its so glaringly disingenuine, as is the scandalous behavior of the media, & an opportunistic immoral, & dishonest senate democratic leadership that will stop at nothing to regain power.
aquapub said:History will forget negligent, do-nothing, feel-good presidents like Bill Clinton,
Stu Ghatze said:The America people know that Sadaam DID in fact have WMD's...lets stop the denial crapola. Where they went just prior to America's invasion in the 2nd Iraqi war is anybody's guess, most probably Syria!!
Stu said:Sadaam knew WHEN America was coming, ..he had time to spirit out his WMD's, & his chemical, & biological weapons, & everybody KNEW that he had them.
Stu said:Sadaam did in fact LUST for WMD's...so lets cut the crap, & all the denial.
Stu said:It was Sadaam who was playing the shell game, ..kicking out weapons inspectors who went to sites that were NOT pre-ordained.
Stu said:It was Sadaam who had a nuclear facility built by the French in 1980 that was destroyed by Israel in 1981, ..for what;..energy in a country awash in oil?
So Israel just destroyed a nuclear facility in 1981 for nothing, why? Oh, it must be that the zionists are evil, ..right? (liberal logic)
Stu said:For God's sake, ..STOP giving Sadaam; the "mass murderer" the benefit of doubt, ..just because the liberal democrats think they have something to exploit for 08'!!
Geezus, its so glaringly disingenuine, as is the scandalous behavior of the media, & an opportunistic immoral, & dishonest senate democratic leadership that will stop at nothing to regain power.
KCConservative said:Remember Stu, the liberals aren't concerned with their views on WMD before the war. In fact, they'd just as soon you forget. It is their job to regain power, even if it means distorting history. They want you to believe that Bush was the only one making the case for war, when, in fact, nearly all of congress was supportive and had a belief in the WMD. But they see an opportunity to play politics, so they are now saying Bush lied and everyone else believed otherwise. :roll:
aps said:The Bush Administration provided us only with the intelligence that supported its position to go to war. The President provided Congress with the evidence that supported his position and kept secret the evidence that did not support his assertions.
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