Posted on 01/29/2006 6:36:34 AM PST by madprof98
Strong approval ratings after the SOTU will be summarily dismissed as a blip.
What's more, the poll doesn't say anything about likely voters. For all we know, they could be polling the same people you see interviewed during Jay Leno's "Jay Walking" segments. And we didn't see the exact wording of the questions, did we? They're probably doing the same push-polling nonsense that the New York Times likes to do.
They must have missed the latest Rasmussen poll.
I don't believe this is true. There's something seriously wrong with the poll.
"I don't know very many people who say that the Democrats have better ideas about where the country should be going. I wonder what they think those ideas are???"
Exactly. I'm trying, but I can't think of a single recent Dem "idea"-except maybe Murtha's cut and run one.
And 18% think the Dems will do a better job with the economy? What kind of people could possibly believe that?Thank goodness they weren't in office during 9/11, the crash of the tech bubble and Katrina-we'd probably be in a Depression right now.
Now, I wouldn't want to indicate that I would relish Justice Stevens, or say, Justice Ginsburg any speedy trip to the nether world, so I won't. And those vultures, hanging about their respective residences, are in no way connected with me, or my family.
BTW, if someone can't be bothered to vote, who the heck cares what they think? And what difference does it make? Other than for purposes of cooking a poll I mean.
This is an absurd statement. What about the extremely low unemployment rate, the housing boom? These are not factors associated with an ailing economy. ABC & the WP have virtually zero credibility.
We're at war, and the MSM acts as if it's all just a game. Drooling over bogus poll numbers, gleefully blaming President Bush for Hamas' victory. (What will he do now that his democracy doctrine just blew up in his face!!) They're out of their minds.
These MSM polls sound like Baghdad Bob while our Army and Marines were wiping out the standing Iraqi army like cannon fodder.
Yeah, right. That is a Democrat talking point with no substance behind it. If you were to ask people what their concerns were, without prompting them, how many (who were not Democrat activists or cheerleaders) would actually say that 'Republican culture of corruption' or 'Bush administration ethics problems' even register on their radar screen.
Any poll such as this one that suggests various issues and then tabulates responses is inherently biased. Think of all of the issues that somehow did not make the list for the pollster to ask about, because they did not mesh with the pollster's preconceptions and biases, yet could legitimately stand shoulder to shoulder with those items that are listed (hints: abortion, appointment of conservative judges, drilling in ANWR, government vs. religion, flag burning/ten commandments/pledge of allegiance wording, Democrat corruption and obstructionism, traffic congestion, to name a few).
I saw a poll on F&F weekend that Time magazine has conducted and it says that only 39% believe the economy is being handled well by Bush. Who are these people and which economy do they live in?
This is part of offensive designed to damage Bush as much as possible in the run up to his SOTU speech Tuesday. Part of ABC's plan has been disrupted with Woodruff being injured by an IED in Iraq today ... he (Woodruff) and co-anchor Vargas were planning a hit piece on Bush/Iraq the same evening as the SOTU.
ABC News/Washington Post poll <----- oh.. this is legit :/
Exactly what direction is that?
What do polls matter now that he's a 2-year lame duck?
"The Americans are not there. They're not in Baghdad. There are no troops there. Never. They're not at all." ... April 7, 2003
Everyone here has already written everything I'd of contributed otherwise, so won't try repeating these excellent points, this thread, other than to comment to that issue (Gore2000 voters and support turned instead and since to President Bush): 09/11 forced eyes open and minds to alert for many moderates who had become otherwise lulled into the liberal mantras that the Dems, with Gore especially, use to motivate voters (the "environment," the false 'righteousness' of being liberal, media as ruler and truth, glorification of socilism as solution rather than personal responsibility and production, and so much more).
I truly shudder at the thought of Al Gore in the White House during 09/11 and since, or at any time in the future. Unfortunately, for many moderates who were abhorred by Clinton, Gore appeared as a solution of "acceptability" (that I know him as not being, just saying, this is what I think was occuring in 1999/2000 that had some bordervoters leaning toward Gore, if not voting for him in 2000) while the reason to vote Republican at that time wasn't clearly identifiable for those new to politics, or voting with responsibility to issues beyond the "big tent" things of economy, healthcare, education.
Defense and national security were shown to be so needy after 09/11 that it opened the eyes for many, jolted them into examining closely how they voted and the consequences of for whom they did. A lot of voters, also, were not in touch with those consequences or if had been at one point, had accepted that their votes were meaningless...
That all changed when President Bush arrived and I am so grateful that he did and it did. Not for 09/11 but for the awakening of many Americans to responsibility of voting and as to the priorities to include our defense and military. The media had done a number on demeaning military capability for a long time prior to 09/11. And Bill Clinton also did his best to diminish our defense industry and military, even as to confidence. 09/11 whopped many people awake from the Clinton-esque sqandor of moral responsibility, I believe. Gore managed to squeak along on the "it wasn't me" rebuttal only so long before 09/11 made it clear as to his contributions to a failed America.
LOL. They are in such denial!!
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