DU this story: Bush's approval hits new low (Ipsos poll)

[spooky3]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050610/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_ap_ipsos_poll

WASHINGTON - As the war in
Iraq drags on,
President Bush's job approval and the public's confidence in the direction he's taking the nation are at their lowest levels since The Associated Press-Ipsos poll began in December 2003.
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About one-third of adults, 35 percent, said they think the country is headed in the right direction, while 43 percent said they approve of the job being done by Bush. Just 41 percent say they support his handling of the war, also a low-water mark.

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While Bush has gotten generally low scores for his handling of domestic issues for many months, most Americans have been supportive of his foreign policy. Not any more.

The poll conducted for AP by Ipsos found 45 percent support Bush's foreign policy, down from 52 percent in March.

[wakeme2008]

1. did and kicked

:kick:

[Ian David]

2. Done. Don't forget to email and print it too.

[CoffeeCat]

3. IanDB1--I love your pic of *...did he really say that quote???

I thought the quote must be a joke, until I saw the quotes around it and a date.

Please tell me that pResident Poopypants really didn't say that!

[Ian David]

6. Yes, he really DID say that

I believe I can find you a clip somewhere.
http://tinyurl.com/9szjq

The latest Bushism: "catapult the propaganda"

Bush: "You Have To Keep Repeating Things To Catapult The Propaganda"

Prison Planet | May 26 2005

We were graced with a new Bushism on Tuesday this week but it seems to have conveniently slipped under the radar.

President Bush gave a talk at the Athena Performing Arts Center at Greece Athena Middle and High School Tuesday, May 24, 2005 in Rochester, NY. Bush traveled to Rochester, trying to win support for his proposed overhaul of the Social Security system.

About half way through the event Bush came out with this pearler.

"See in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."

CLICK HERE to listen to the Bushism.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/audio/260505bushism.mp3

Don't believe it? Click here to go to the White House's own website and read the transcript. You can also watch the entire video of the speech. The Bushism is 22 minutes 50 seconds in.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/20050524-3.html

It was also picked up in an op-ed by the Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/05/25/BL2005052501250.html

This reminded us of another famous quote which is similar to Bush's.

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."

Who said that?



Joseph Goebbels, Hiter's Nazi Propaganda Minister.
http://en.thinkexist.com/quotation/-if_you_tell_a_lie_big_enough_and_keep_repeating/345877.html

More:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2005/260505newbushism.htm

[Catch22Dem]

4. And his party will ride his coattails in 06 & 08.

I wanna say "count on it" but I'm not that bold yet.

[Pirate Smile]

5. "There's a bad mood in the country, people are out of sorts" -it sure

seems like that on DU. Let's focus on Bush and the Republicans, please.

"There's a bad mood in the country, people are out of sorts," said presidential scholar and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution Charles Jones, who lives near Charlottesville, Va. "Iraq news is daily bad news. The election in Iraq helped some, and the formation of the government helped some, but dead bodies trump the more positive news."

California retiree Carol Harvie was quick to mention Iraq when asked about how Bush was doing his job.

"I don't think he's read his history enough about different countries and foreign affairs," said Harvie, a political independent who lives near San Diego, a region with several military bases. "Anything they try to do in Iraq has spelled trouble. I think he bit off more than he can chew."

Car bombings and attacks by insurgents killed 80 U.S. troops and more than 700 Iraqis last month and Pentagon officials acknowledge the level of violence is about the same as a year ago, when they were forced to scrap a plan to substantially reduce the U.S. troop presence in Iraq."

[Spectral]

7. It's about time

Thanks!

:donut:

[Beetwasher]

8. There Is a SERIOUS PROBLEM W/ The Way This Article Is Written

and it really pisses me off.

Notice they don't give you the corresponding DISSAPROVAL numbers. Not a single one. It's a subtle slant, but it's there nonetheless.