Posted on 06/25/2006 1:53:17 PM PDT by drellberg
The naysayers claim that Bush is not benefitting from the strong trends in his favor in recent months. He has clearly had his approval eroded from the right over immigration. The fact that he is still up a bit in the polls indicates a relatively strong rebound from the political center. And considering that opinions move more slowly than day-to-day events, we can expect him to gain more ground in the weeks and months ahead.
They keep asking the same stupid people the same stupid question, and continue to get the same stupid answers.
When I asked him why, he answer made me think.
"We're knocking him down, but after awhile, its going to start to look like bullying and then people are going to start feeling sorry for him and we're going to start looking bad".
His example was that it happened with Bill Clinton. Its a bad example, but it did make think about it.
are these the people who refer to bin laden as binnie
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
I don't think Bush is running in a single race this year. But he can still raise money like no one before him. Poor wiberals, whaaaaaa !
He'd get a good bounce if he'd follow these things up with being a true conservative and attacking immigration and the budget in an appropriate manner.
As it is, he has had some nice events occur, but there's been no shift in action.
I suspect that if Bush came out against guest worker programs and strictly for border enforcement, his approval would go up 5-10%. Plainly a conservative element.
Further, if you look at American opinion on the issues, it ends up roughly supporting the Bush policies on most, such as Iraq. But the media will keep showing you a hindsight poll that many Americans think the Iraq war was a "mistake". But ask what they want done now, and most describe the Bush policy.
White House officials hoping for a bounce in the polls from the killing of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and President Bush's surprise trip to Baghdad
Whatever...there seems to bricks in the Democrats balloon.
Forget poll numbers. They'll slowly inch up until he leaves office, but they'll never be over 50% again (unless he serves up bin Laden's head on a platter on live television).
Congressional job approval at historic lows. 25.8% approval, 63% disapproval. Intelligent people know that congress is the problem.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/archive/?poll_id=18#data
In the media rush to trash conservatives, Republicans, and the presidency; they are highlighting the failures of congress and congressional "leadership".
What happened with Caligula was that the MSM actually chastized itself for going to hard on him and focused on "what his family was being put through" (never mind that he brought it all on himself by cheating on his wife and then lying under oath about it). The sympathy bounce that Clinton got was completely media-generated. They can do that, y'know.
This is having its toll, in the form of a backlash. Add to that the factual evidence that Bush's plan IS working, that there not only were but ARE WMDs in Iraq, that Iran cannot be negotiated with, the North Korean crisis is a direct result of Democrat stupidity, etc. etc. etc. and we have what one could expect, the reversal of fortune many have expected. We don't believe the propagandistic lies of the Democrat talking points authors, and time has a way of exposing these baseless lies to more and more people. Time is the Democrats enemy, and Bush's friend.
The only thing that happened with Bill Clinton is that the economy was humming, and most ppl decided a hummer wasn't reason enough to upset the apple cart.
If a Democrat gets elected in 2008, I doubt that they wil withdraw all of the troops from Iraq. If someone like Al Gore or John F. Kerry is the Democratic candidate, they will lose, period.
America is still a proud country and we're going to elect someone who is a winner.
"I suspect that if Bush came out against guest worker programs and strictly for border enforcement, his approval would go up 5-10%."
It would make him look like a flip flopper. Like it or not his best feature is his stay the course attitude. That's why people respect him and why he has had as much success as he has had.
I would advise you not to bet your house on that. After all, we all remember Jimmy Carter...
A republican in office is never treated this way. he is viewed as a miscreant, violating his duty to the public at large.
Good examples would be Clinton: Clear charges of rape, molestation, illegality, etc. Then take Packwood: He was even a liberal republican, a single man, run out of office for "flirting" with single women.
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