Posted on 09/10/2005 5:12:46 AM PDT by Brian Mosely
"These people probably even think Bush is up for re-election."
I think you've nailed it. How about having a polling company gauge the public's stupidity and ask a question like this:
"As a result of what you've seen in the news about how the Bush Administration has handled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, will you be more likely or less likely to vote for George Bush in 2008?"
THAT would be a poll I'd like to see!!!
I doubt it, but even if he is, he's not a "they". Well, maybe he's a pantheistic 'god'.
";^)
We've been here before. MSM creaming their pants over the FIRING of FEMA Brown.
OOPS!, seems he was not fired. He was removed from leading Katrina operations.
We can't be complacent, but when the rubber meets the road the American people have surprised me to no end.
RASMUSSEN is the most accurate of the pollsters currently surveying the American public and he still oversamples Democrats!
RASMUSSEN
September 7-9
48% approve
FYI 1:
Today's JA rating of 48% represents a HIGH for the president post-Katrina . . . Bottomline: the President's JA ratings are trending UP not down as the MSM would have us believe!
[Note: With both gasoline and crude oil prices trading off their post-Katrina highs we should start seeing a PERCEPTIBLE drop in gas prices at the pump . . . this will only help the President's JA ratings!]
FYI 2:
According to Rasmussen, to estimate the President's JA rating among 'likely voters' we simply add 2-3 points to his JA among 'adults' . . . this means that the President's JA approval among 'likely voters' is over 50% -- where it was on election day 2004! THE MORE THINGS CHANGE THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME!
IT'S THE SAMPLE STUPID!
The media reporting low poll numbers for Bush are a self fulfilling prophecy. It's makes the media feel like it's done it's job. Only an election would correct a fradulent poll and expose the liars. With no election forthcoming the pollsters can have at it with the false data.
Utter stupidity has entered the building.
Gee, it took them weeks and weeks of smearing to achieve this, even with their skewed results.
"That would be great, almost worth amending the constitution for. But for one thing, a president's negative ratings can drag down the whole party. Clinton's unpopularity contributed significantly to the Republican landslide of 1994."
Which, of course, is exactly the plan in motion.............
Who cares... He got reelected, and he cannot run again. Besides I question polls. After all was it not every poll that said Bush would not get elected, or reelected?
The only reason these results came out this way is because of the controlled group of people asked. The pollsters did ask us because they knew the results they would have gotten were not what they wanted.
It's about issue ownership. The GOP owns national security. The Dems own poverty and race. When the national attention is on the first, the GOP has the advantage. When it is on the second, the Dems do.
The hurricane will be off the radar screen in about 2 weeks. The Dems will fight hard to prevent that, but if the hearings are expedited and money is modestly approved and spent we won't even be talking about this in 2-3 weeks. We'll be talking about GW Bush's USSC nominees.
We're also due for a slide in the price of oil. Chinese consumption this year is not growing. All the talk of China's consumption growth is based on last year's numbers. This year's numbers show an infrastructure distribution choke. They aren't growing consumption. When that data becomes well known, oil will head down. When gas prices follow, Bush's ratings will head up -- though we won't know because it won't be reported.
Well said.
Amen! He is not up to the job. He lets the press push him around. Arie would never have allowed that! I say fire the guy and give Dan Senor a shot at the job! Then, fire the rest of the White House Communications staff and hire some bulldog pros. Get Arie to come back and head up the whole office!
My grammer be terrible. I always use 'their' for 'he/she'.
My wife doesn't let me get away with anything.
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My support for Bush has dropped like a rock given his unwillingness to protect the people of New Orleans from uniformed thugs.
Tell me the "new media" is taking over. LOL.
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The old established/liberal/socialist media is America's most ruthless, relentless, and destructive enemy.
How exactly is the President supposed to "handle" gasoline prices? Too many ignorant people in this country.
It looks like the press lies about the Katrina response and the effort to make it look like the Federal, not local and state, governments are the first responders is also working.
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