No Second Honeymoon (CBS/NYT Poll)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/19/politics/printable667849.shtml

As President Bush begins his second term, a CBS News/New York Times poll finds a widespread feeling among Americans that the nation is headed in the wrong direction and little expectation that Mr. Bush's policies will change things over the next four years.

Fifty-eight percent of Americans say their outlook on a second Bush term is generally optimistic – an historically low number that lags behind the same measure before Mr. Bush's first term and Bill Clinton's second. At the same time, 56 percent say the country is on the wrong track, versus 39 percent who say it is on the right track.

Looking four years down the line, most Americans see very little changing, despite the ambitious agenda Mr. Bush is laying out for his second term.

Most say they will be as safe from terror at the end of a second Bush term as they are today, but not safer. They think the economy and education system will be the same, but not better.

Despite Mr. Bush's focus on tax cuts, 41 percent of Americans say their taxes will be higher in four years, while just 9 percent say their taxes will be lower; 47 percent expect their taxes to be the same.

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Keyrist! HE had a honeymoon that lasted the first four years!

[Pam-Moby]

4. yes, but the honeymoon is over now! n/t

[Strelnikov_]

2. Hey, So Let's Not Re-Elect Him

Oop's, too late.

"widespread feeling among Americans that the nation is headed in the wrong direction and little expectation that Mr. Bush's policies will change things over the next four years"

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Yeah, thanks media. Your timing is impeccable.

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. Honestly, what do the Corporate Whores care?

They're only in it for the money, i.e. bu$h media whore Williams?

[Occulus]

29. Would it be going too far to ask

if adding ", but we're still making money here, so everything's fine" to the end of everything they say is warranted now?

[gizmo1979]

3. So who elected this freak!!

[BrklynLiberal]

8. Excellent question!

[BikeWriter]

32. Doh! Stoopid azz funtys whu kant efen reed!

:shrug:

[Eurobabe]

38. D-I-E-B-O-L-D

[smurfygirl]

5. once again...

why did these people vote for this guy?

Oh yeah 911

[mslux]

7. I guess this is news to those who voted for him. n/t

[Benhurst]

9. " 9 percent say their taxes will be lower." Of this group, 8 percent

are deluded as to their economic and social position, and 1 percent is dead right.

[ozone_man]

10. Top 1% controls more wealth than bottom 95%.

"This is an impressive crowd, the haves - and the have mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my base,"

[BamaLefty]

11. This Was Great

BENHURST WROTE:" 9 percent say their taxes will be lower." Of this group, 8 percent are deluded as to their economic and social position, and 1 percent is dead right.

LOL!!! I loved that! Way to go my friend! :D

[Benhurst]

12. Thanks!

:hi:

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

23. That's because while our federal taxes may not have gone up

our local governments are hurting and have had to raise taxes because of the Repuke's wasteful ways at the federal level.

[robbedvoter]

13. geez! the 11 million martians who voted W must've taken off!

[Redstone]

14. "56 percent say the country is on the wrong track"

So how did they get so much smarter between November and now? Couldn't they have seen these problems in November and voted for Kerry?

Oh, sorry, I forgot. They did.

Would have nbeen nice if their votes had counted, yes?

Redstone

[Kat45]

15. This makes no sense; then how the fuck did he get elected?

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[deadparrot]

16. The answer is twofold:

Many, many Americans are ignorant idiots who fail to inform themselves, and simply vote against a better candidate because "the other guy says he's bad and a traitor and a lib'rul and stuff."

Also, the Republicans cheated. Plain and simple. The exit polls didn't lie.

[spotbird]

20. Um, er, um,

cough.

Maybe if it had been a fair election....

[no_to_war_economy]

17. i live in the middle of the lake of fire

i am at the point of road rage every time I see those damn ' W ' stickers on the roads of Dallas

help me ! somebody talk me off the ledge

[AuntiBush]

22. Believe it or not,

I too live in an area here in Blue-State Maryland where many suffer from the same BUSHITE STUPIDITY. Don't feel so bad. Everytime I see those stickers (if it's on a car, that car will be smack dab in front of me every time!) I want to get off the road, turn around, scream, vomit.

Next time you feel that road rage, think of someone such as myself, in fear of putting one on my car, too and I'm in a Blue area.

So sorry for you. Hug!

[reprobate]

28. That's what fender mounted 50 caliber machine guns were made for.

[carolinayellowdog]

18. Optimistic about heading down the wrong track?

58% optimistic, 56% wrong track-- gotta be some overlap there. What kind of idiots?

[distantearlywarning]

21. Yeah, these polls make no sense

None of the polls make any sense to me anymore, regardless of the outcome. I don't think any of us have any idea what the hell is going on out there, or what any average American ACTUALLY thinks about anything. This is just one more shining example of why I am staying away from MSM. I would go nuts trying to separate the lies from the fiction in the stuff they report every day.

[durablend]

33. Duh-uh...58+56=100 now or didn't you hear?

Nu math!

HUH HUH HUH!

[marmar]

19. Remind me again...

how this fucker won a second term?
:shrug:

[Pastiche423]

25. Diebold

[anakie]

26. because 40% of Americans

eligible to vote couldn't be bothered to do so. And he cheated.

[KoKo]

27. Worn down Americans submit to their fate...

too cowered by 9/11 they expect the worse and know they well get it.

What a poll. Proves Kerry won!

[Stinky The Clown]

30. That poll begs the question - How the FUCK did he get re-elected?

Other than a dishonest election?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

35. They made John Kerry into a very dislikable man

that's how. The question is can Kerry turn around the negatives for another try in '08 or is he finished for all time.

[jab105]

31. Don't worry, with very low expectations, I'm sure he will succeed...

this is truly the ultimate living up to low expectations...

Oh, we haven't had another 9/11 in the last three years, wow, what a great guy!! He's spiffy, if a democrat had been in office, we would have had 10 9/11s in the next 2 years...

Oh, Iraq is going bad, but hey, we are fighting terror, and that makes us patriotic...spiffy!!

Deficits, if it was a democrat...uh yea, Clinton...welll...ok, never mind.......

UGH!

You always win the war of low expectations...its hard not too...I just wish their were higher expectations on the fucking president!!

[suegeo]

34. To all the folks in Steerage class...

ICEBURG dead ahead.

Might I suggest you break down that mesh wire door whatever it takes? And be sure to tell the guy tuning up his fiddle that "Nearer my God to Thee" is one of your favorite songs.

Oh, and keep your eyes open for anybody who has a whistle. That might come in handy at some point too.

[ramapo]

36. Tell the Democrats

They really stood up to that Condi Rice nomination

[GOPBasher]

37. Oh well, we're stuck with him. nt