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Poll: Bush Not Taking Brunt of Katrina Criticism
ABC NEWS ^ | 09/04/05 | GARY LANGER

Posted on 09/04/2005 8:54:31 AM PDT by Pikamax

Sept. 4, 2005 — Americans are broadly critical of government preparedness in the Hurricane Katrina disaster — but far fewer take George W. Bush personally to task for the problems, and public anger about the response is less widespread than some critics would suggest.

Sampling, data collection and tabulation for this poll were done by TNS.

In an event that clearly has gripped the nation — 91 percent of Americans are paying close attention — hopefulness far outweighs discontent about the slow-starting rescue. And as in so many politically charged issues in this country, partisanship holds great sway in views of the president's performance.

The most critical views cross jurisdictions: Two-thirds in this ABC News/Washington Post poll say the federal government should have been better prepared to deal with a storm this size, and three-quarters say state and local governments in the affected areas likewise were insufficiently prepared.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abcnewswp; absleaze; jobapproval; katrina; pajamahadeenrock; poll; poormoonbats
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To: Pikamax
Half of Americans think they'll be driving less in the weeks ahead, but the vast majority of them say it's not conservation that'll be motivating them — but the price.

ABC apparently does not understand that the easiest way to promote conservation is through higher prices. That's basic market economics, not that people who went to J-school necessarily have any understanding of economics.

61 posted on 09/04/2005 9:23:45 AM PDT by Numbers Guy
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To: dawn53
Plus the race baiters have a very small opportunity to scream "racism," in fact, I think that opportunity is past.

Someon needs to do a photoshop poster of this. On the left, that idiot black rapper ("black" to distinguish from idiot white rappers such as Eminem) on the stage next to Mike Myers at the fundraiser. "Bush hates black people."

On the right, the photo of Bush hugging those two black women in Mississippi, with an appropriate quote.

Prayers for ALL!

62 posted on 09/04/2005 9:23:58 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Parley Baer
"Anyone who has been following this from day one and is intellectually honest can clearly see where most of the fault lies. When the truth emerges Bush's approval rating will be higher. Imagine what it would be if the MSM was even handed."


You said a mouthful there!


As we are well aware, there are over 59,000,000 that are not "intellectually honest", or are otherwise restricted in their intellectual capacity. That is not even counting the career criminals, druggies and social misfits that have never seen a voting booth, or participated in a poll.



63 posted on 09/04/2005 9:24:41 AM PDT by G.Mason
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To: Pikamax

You can just feel the desperation from ABC. The moonbats are stunned to the bones, that they can't get their desired condemnation of Bush communicated to the masses.

President Bush has come across to the nation as determined to get help to the people in New Orleans, and, to the moonbats' collective dismay, the largest evacuation in US history has been seen by the public.


64 posted on 09/04/2005 9:26:44 AM PDT by Darnright ( Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before)
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To: ken5050
Chertoff was asked on Fox this morning if Blanco had screwed up..He declined to answer the question, saying that conversations had to be private..

And he was absolutely right to do that. He's not a whiner. I pray he can keep his eye on the ball because he seems to be taking more heat than anyone.
65 posted on 09/04/2005 9:26:49 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Pikamax; All

It's always 'the sample stupid'!

Notice that this news story neglects to provide a detailed overview of the polling sample used to generate the results cited!

Nevertheless, we can know with certainty that it overpolled Democrats. Why? 1.) ALL current pollsters are oversampling Democrats/Democrat-leaning Independents, 2.) polls completed over a HOLIDAY weekend always oversample D/DLIs, and 3.) at least 4 RED states (I'm including Texas) were severely impacted by Katrina, forcing pollsters to oversample respondents from BLUE states (even more so than they normally would)!

Given the polling realities cited above, coupled with the MSM's grossly negative coverage of the President during this crisis, we should regard these results as stunningly positive! [And as the LOW benchmark for approval -- an unbiased, REPRESENTATIVE polling sample would have generated even better ratings for the president!!!]


NOW, we must 'get busy' and start calling/e-mailing the various news agencies with some much need feeback regarding their grotesquely BIASED news coverage!


66 posted on 09/04/2005 9:27:27 AM PDT by DrDeb
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To: dfwgator
I am going to print out as many flyers as I can of those Buses in the parking lot in N.O to have handy when folk start BITCHING against W!! I've had it! If this is the what the SEWER RATS want, by gosh, we'll give them a PR WAR like they have never seen...pfft, Katrina will be dwarfed by the backlash from the well imformed Pajamdeen American folk!!
67 posted on 09/04/2005 9:27:29 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Pikamax
public anger about the response is less widespread than some critics would suggest.

With images like this, it's not hard to understand why...








68 posted on 09/04/2005 9:27:54 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: ncountylee

truth bump as far as the eye can see!!!!


69 posted on 09/04/2005 9:29:18 AM PDT by chasio649
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To: Pikamax

These scumbags spend the entire week smearing the President, then they can't wait to find out if they succeeded or not. The only thing that stinks worse than the SuperDome right now is the American news media.


70 posted on 09/04/2005 9:29:35 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Pikamax

There's plenty of blame to go round. People will figure this out. EVERYBODY screwed up. It will all equal out.

Everybody knows Lousyanna is a cesspool of corruption and Nwalins is the heart of it. The GOP's not going to lose any voters over this. The balance of power is not going to shift.

The more the Rats howl the more good folks will realize how evil they are.


71 posted on 09/04/2005 9:29:52 AM PDT by mercy (never again a patsy for Bill Gates - spyware and viri free for over TWO YEARS now)
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To: jimbo123

But Heineken just found it's new "It's All About the Beer" ad.

72 posted on 09/04/2005 9:29:57 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: jimbo123
FYI....Babineaux is French for Boy, I really f****d THAT up!"
73 posted on 09/04/2005 9:30:06 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: Pikamax

My jaw is on the floor. I thought the public would be swayed by the media onslaught. I'm absolutely shocked.


74 posted on 09/04/2005 9:33:16 AM PDT by CaptainK
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To: ex-Texan
It is hard for the Stone Age Press to find objective "journalists" like Steponallofus, Mathspews & Russert!! Just because they all worked for big DemocRats doesn't mean they can't be objective if they wanted. After reading this poll they all committed suicide!

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

75 posted on 09/04/2005 9:33:59 AM PDT by bray (Pray for the Freedom of the Iraqis from Islam)
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To: jimbo123

No one starving in the welfare queen and race-baiting poverty pimp line up. And none of them yet has done anything (other than saving the mayor's stash, crack pipe and bong) positive either.


76 posted on 09/04/2005 9:35:07 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: Pikamax
...here's another thing thats not being mentioned very much.
MARTIAL LAW has got to be declared!! We now have a situation where people are deciding that they are not going to leave their houses. THATS TODAY!!. Who determines who's a rescue attempt, or a holdout? If you change your mind tonight because you run out of canned food..when do you wish to be rescue?. I suppose people will be allowed to chose when they become victims. Viral infections will over take thousands within days. Only bringing more death.

If the local officials can't handle it (or won't)...



Doogle
77 posted on 09/04/2005 9:39:05 AM PDT by Doogle (8th AF...4077thTFW....408MMS....Ubon Thailand "69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO)
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To: BenLurkin
"It must really frustrate them that there are still Americans who can't be bamboozled every time they rig the news."

Democrats are living proof that you can fool some of the people all of the time.

78 posted on 09/04/2005 9:39:19 AM PDT by Reaganghost (America will never be safe as long as a single Democrat holds elected public office.)
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To: ChadGore

Who's in the picture?


79 posted on 09/04/2005 9:39:54 AM PDT by bethtopaz (We will not allow another generation of heroes to be forsaken. -- NewLand, from Free Republic)
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To: cardinal4
and public anger about the response is less widespread than some critics would suggest.

*Snicker*

80 posted on 09/04/2005 9:41:03 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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