".....new attacks that will be more devastating than 9/11 attack"

[radfringe]

while watching the state department briefing, my partner walks in just as the "terra-lert" was issued, she turns to me and says "the asshole's poll numbers dropped?"

while watching the state department briefing, my partner walks in just as the "terra-lert" was issued, she turns to me and says "the asshole's poll numbers dropped?"


Bush approval rating drops to lowest since 9/11
www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-09-11-poll-results_x.htm
By Richard Benedetto, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON President Bush's public standing, on a downward trend all summer, has slid to its lowest point since the Sept. 11 attacks two years ago, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows. (Related story: Poll results )

Due in large part to an economy that continues to lose jobs and a situation in Iraq that is messier and more costly than the administration predicted, Bush is taking a hit.

A thin majority, 52%, approve of the overall job he is doing, down from this year's high of 71% in mid-April, when the war in Iraq still had a glow of victory.

It's even further from his 90% job approval rating in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Bush gets his lowest marks on the economy; fewer than half approve of his stewardship. The president got further bad news Thursday with a report that claims for unemployment benefits increased last week.

TERRORTERRORTERRORTERROR


US Issues Terror Warning as Bush Observes Sept. 11
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3430435
Thu September 11, 2003 06:17 PM ET
By Randall Mikkelsen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Thursday commemorated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with subdued ceremonies of remembrance as his government warned of possible bigger terror attacks.

"Today our nation remembers. We remember a sad and terrible day," Bush said after attending a morning service at St. John's Church near the White House accompanied by first lady Laura Bush and top aides.

"We remember lives lost. We remember the heroic deeds. We remember the compassion, the decency of our fellow citizens," he said.

Amid the observances, the State Department warned of attacks against U.S. interests abroad by al Qaeda, the militant Islamic group Bush is struggling to crush after it was suspected of carrying out the Sept. 11 attacks.

"We expect al Qaeda will strive for new attacks that will be more devastating than the Sept. 11 attack, possibly involving nonconventional weapons such as chemical or biological agents," the department said, renewing a July 29 warning. An attack within the United States could not be ruled out.

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I've been tracking the correlation between poll numbers and terra-lerts

[eridani]

1. This is nonsense

[newyawker99]

3. Hi eridani!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[JNelson6563]

2. yep, scare the sheeple

into submission. Elections next year yanno and only the Simian can keep us safe.

Maybe if we weren't so free they wouldn't hate us so much, eh? Yeah that's the ticket.

Julie

[Terwilliger]

4. An attack within the United States could not be ruled out.

Also, it could not be ruled out that the State Department wants you to think there might be some sort of "massive" attack so that the American populace will stay frightened and in line.