After months and MONTHS of hearing what a crook Bush is from the Dems and their friends in the media, they WILL believe it.
The Dems KNOW that the sheeple are ignorant...."Who ya going to believe....Me or your Lying Eyes"???
Haven't Democrats been beating the 'Bush is a crook' drumS since January, when ENRON-"GATE" burst onto the scene?
This is true, for the same reason that people are more afraid to fly after a plane crash or more fearful of shark attacks when a few are over reported one summer. Hearing it time after time, over and over, has an effect on the weak minded or those who only occasionally pay attention: the vast majority of voters.
It's all emotion. And just like how the politicians and talking heads can talk up or down the value of the stock market, they can support or damage a politician's reputation and standing in the polls. It just takes an issue that resonates and seems to make sense. It doesn't have to be true, only seem as though it could be true.
No matter that Harken has been investigated by everybody time and time again (or every time Bush seeks a political office), with the current belief about the market and poor economy, coupled with the historical belief about the tie between Republicans and the Corporate world, Bush's approval ratings have dropped some. The power of the press in action. Good thing the politics of personal destruction are over! Hardee har har.