Posted on 11/04/2005 4:56:53 AM PST by JustaCowgirl
I agree with you. I don't think Scott Mclellan, WH Press Secretary, is doing a good job. Like Miers, he's Bush crowd from Texas, and the president isn't going to fire him.
Scott, please help your beloved president, and pull a Miers, will you?
One might give some thought to why a physician would allow CNN to play in the waiting room....
Is this the 1st impression that this supposedly learned professional wishes to project? If so, run like a scalded dog and for goodness sakes....no injections!
I've also seen CNN in waiting rooms.
Only Bush's numbers make the news. Congress (the real problem with America) low numbers never make it.
But the exit polls say kerry is the president,what does this poll say?
YAWN...
Moreover I can guarantee for you that those 12% of the so called independents are mostly from drak blue counties.
I don't think it's premature. This battle is going to go on for another 20 years pretty much like it is now. Let the Iraqis fight it. They are ready. We'll just give them technical assistance, and man the border outposts to keep an eye on Tehran.
My trusted Doc of almost 40 years....has only 3-10 year-old magazines in his waiting room....and the great news is, there is rarely any waiting!
Your old firend is a political idiot.
That's what I thought too, but Bush is pushing the illegal invasion even harder. Wonder who the hell he's listening to because it's not his base.
Is there a record of Clinton's poll numbers at this point in his presidency? How does Bush's numbers compare? Heard this poll alert this morning on the radio. Just was curious, because I thought last week that Bush's ratings were still higher than Clinton's at this point in their presidency terms.
"Begin to bring the troops home from Iraq, and this will change. The work there is just about done. The Iraqis should be carrying the bulk of the burden at this point."
No Way that is a good idea and no way this will make a lasting poll difference. I say let's say we are bringing them home, but don't. See what happens
Iraq is no where near us pulling out or even some out. I say 20 years and we will see a difference -- I am low balling it.
As for Bush, his importance may not be known for another 30 years. By then everyone will have no choice but to see he was/is one of the most influential men our country has had the good fortune to have in office.
The leftist America hating media has turned it's attention to getting Cheney.
If the people who made of this poll were representative of the voting population, Democrats would win every election by a landslide.
Polls of adults are worthless. The only valid polls are the ones of likely voters with the following breakup: 35% R, 35% D, 30% I. Also the 30% of independents should be equally divided between Red counties and Blue counties and not overwhelmingly picked from blue counties as the liberal media do because a lot of bias in the polls occurs with the selection of independents. Once you get me a poll like this then I will consider it as serious.
I got no problem with letting the Iraqis take over as soon as possible and I agree they very much ARE getting more capable. I also agree with your suggestions about watching the borders especially Tehran and I'd add Damascus there too. However, we need to be careful about the "bring them home" mantra. I expect troops will be on the move around the globe for quite some time. However, if you are talking about a public relations push that shows troops "coming home", I'd agree that would probably calm some of the chattering classes who really don't care or even know what countries we have troops in.
I'm not saying we should do it for PR reasons. They just aren't needed as much there as they were. If we begin the handover to the Iraqis, we won't need as many there. And if we do pull some of them out (as we should), then the polls will go up. That's just the reality.
No, it's not a reality - it's a hope. The polls are controlled by the media and I wouldn't get your hopes up. Instead, I'd worry less about polls and more about what is in the best interests of the country.
What do you expect from a president who said "I accept full blame for Hurricane Katrina . . ." and "Miers was the best choice available."
Nice guys finish last.
Steps Bush could take to get his approval rating back to 54%.
1] Announce that the "$35 billion cut was a sham" and demand $200 billion in cuts for starters.
2] Retract the $15 billion to Africa.
3] Announce the USA is in danger from terrorists entering from the south border (and north border) and put the US Army on the border.
4] Announce the USA is in danger from welfare seeking illegal aliens entering from the south border (and north border) and put double the size of the US Army on the border announced in #3 above.
5] Demand Congress end automatic citizenship for babies born to illegal aliens.
6] Eject the 15 million illegal aliens living in the USA.
7] Void the citizenship to the babies born to illegal aliens in the last ten years.
Before we even get to items number 8 through 100, Bush's approval rating would be right back at post-election 54% by the time item #7 was read from the teleprompter.
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