Posted on 04/12/2006 3:01:29 PM PDT by GretchenM
The president met with Ghana's president John Kufour, and in Virginia, talked about the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit.
Condi Rice denounced Iran 's successful enrichment of uranium as unacceptable to the international community. Among others, she met with Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, and addressed the global travel and tourism summit in Washington.
Welcome to Sanity Island!
awww - that's lovely. Koalas are one of the most beautiful animals; a little ornery sometimes but cute and uniquely Australian.
"A question to all Bushbabes: Does anyone know why GWH Bush choose to live in such an regular home? Surely, with the Bush money they could have lived in a more exclusive home. Did Prescott Bush keep tight reins on the family money? Was GWH determined to make his own money and not be beholden to dad?
Also, does anyone know what kind of house GWB and Laura lived in before he became governor? Has the ranch in Midland been their primary home since marriage?"
After Bush 41 graduated from Yale, he packed up Barbara (and 2 year old George W) and moved to Texas. Determined to 'make it on his own', he refused to take any money from his family! In fact, when he and Bar arrived in Odessa (their first home in Texas), they lived in a run-down apartment (of sorts) and ended up sharing bathroom facilities with prostitutes (a mother and her daughter).
Bush 43 approached his finances in a manner similar to his father. He and Laura lived a typical middle class life until he earned his millions with the Texas Rangers. It wasn't until he decided to run for President that he and Laura purchased 'the ranch' and decided to build their dream home -- They wanted a refuge from what they knew would be a brutal campaign!
OMG Condi Rice mom look like Catwoman Eartha Kitt I got question why American people giving Dubya low marks WHY IS THAT TELL MEEE
I just freepmailed you.
HAPPY DAY! Hi, Gretchen.....nic pics....Thanks to YOU!
Couldn't have a Koala without you! ;o)
I posted the following analysis last night; hope it answers your question about the current crop of bogus polls!
IT'S THE SAMPLE STUPID!
ABCNews/WashingtonPost
53% Democrat/Democrat-leaning Independents
42% Republican/Republican-leaning Independents
+11 Democrat . . . 'nuf said
[FYI: Even though this is one of the most skewed WP polls I've ever analyzed, they still only managed to reduce the President's JA rating by 1 point: from 38% to 37% . . . Of course, if an HONEST pollster were to re-weight the data, the President's JA rating would be in the mid-40s!]
AP/Ipsos-Reid, CBSNews/NYTimes and Gallup/USAToday also deliberately skew their samples to keep the President's JA rating below 40% . . . Bottomline: The MSM can skew the opinion polls for their preferred party/candidate but they can't win the only poll that counts -- the poll on election day!
IF YOU WANT TO VIEW THE RESULTS OF A MORE LEGITIMATE POLLSTER (who still oversamples Democrats, just not as absurdly as the MSM pollsters), visit the RASMUSSEN website:
Today, he puts the President's JA rating at
43% approve 55% disapprove
[During the last 1 1/2 'controversial' weeks, the President's JA rating has remained steady at 42%-45%, i.e., there has been no decline in the President's ratings despite the 'immigration' hysteria and rising gas prices!]
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm
BTW: A President's job approval rating IS NOT a popularity rating.
A President's JA rating reflects the public's perception of the economy; a President's PERSONAL APPROVAL rating reflects the public's view of the man!
FYI: During Reagan and GHWB's era, Gallup, et al, always coupled their JA rating with a personal approval rating . . . Both Reagan and GHWB often scored very low on the former, but almost always scored quite high on the latter.
Conversely, Clinton only scored well with his JA rating (and only in his second term when the public thought the economy was doing well); however, he could never get his personal approval ratings above 40%. For this reason, the MSM pollsters dropped the personal approval rating and started promoting the JA rating as a 'popularity' rating -- anything to make Clinton look better!
Currently, The Battleground Poll is the only pollster still producing a personal approval rating for the President. According to Battleground, the President's PERSONAL APPROVAL RATING has never dipped below 60%!!!!
Bottomline: President George W Bush remains PERSONALLY POPULAR and he will continue to lead despite the MSM's unrelenting attempts to uncut his presidency with bogus opinion polls
I LOOOOVVVEEE your Easter Bunny gif.....LOL....wish there was a way I could put that in email.
My personal theory is this:
If I was asked to rate Bush right now, I would give him a low ranking, because of immigration issues. But I would still vote for him again. I'm pretty sure there are a lot of angy Republicans out there who feel much the same. Mad, but he would be the best choice.
I could be wrong....but if that's true, that would explain the low poll numbers, for a variety of issues.
Send me your e-mail addy and I'll send you the link...I think there is a way you can use it in an e-mail....
Oh, my gosh.
Your Namath quote brought back memories...they're funny now, but not then...
I had this obnoxious boss when I worked for the labor union..he was totally gross and he would come into the office bellowing that song, "I can't wait to look in the mirror; I get better looking each day."
It made us girls sick, but it seems funny now.
Even Clinton's momma didn't know that little secret...(who was daddy)
But I did hear she'd narrowed it down to six or seven possibilities.
(Oh, I'm bad and I just got back from Church--guess it didn't do me much good.)
he looked so pathetic sitting on my desk without ears I just had to eat the rest of him LOL.
Very compassionate of you, Snugs.
The phony polls are touted by FNC and that doesn't help either.
Even when it has been pointed out that the poll was overweighted with democrats, Tony Snow will continue to use the poll as a basis for criticizing the President.
Wouldn't be so bad if the President was just lolly-gagging about. The man has more on his shoulders than any president since Roosevelt during the second world war.
Real men don't live off their parents.
The media goes overboard with an egregious lie, gets caught, there's some minor correction and it's off to the races again.
HEADS UP:
The President is on C-Span NOW -- Not only is he looking GOOD, he's sounding GREAT and having fun!
Night all!
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