Analysis: The Bush take on U.S. opinion

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070528/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_s_reality;_ylt=AofCGO4HN5j3ev2YvorvCBzMWM0F

Analysis: The Bush take on U.S. opinion

By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 22 minutes ago

WASHINGTON — Confronted with strong opposition to his Iraq policies, President Bush decides to interpret public opinion his own way. Actually, he says, people agree with him.

Democrats view the November elections that gave them control of Congress as a mandate to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq. They're backed by evidence; election exit poll surveys by The Associated Press and television networks found 55 percent saying the U.S. should withdraw some or all of its troops from Iraq.

The president says Democrats have it all wrong: the public doesn't want the troops pulled out — they want to give the military more support in its mission.

"Last November, the American people said they were frustrated and wanted a change in our strategy in Iraq," he said April 24, ahead of a veto showdown with congressional Democrats over their desire to legislation a troop withdrawal timeline. "I listened. Today, General David Petraeus is carrying out a strategy that is dramatically different from our previous course."

Increasingly isolated on a war that is going badly, Bush has presented his alternative reality in other ways, too. He expresses understanding for the public's dismay over the unrelenting sectarian violence and American losses that have passed 3,400, but then asserts that the public's solution matches his.

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1. wtf

he would'nt no a puplic opinon if it bite him in the ass

[BootinUp]

2. Nice article I rec'd it highly. n/t

[Fridays Child]

3. From the article: But, with the president's job approval ratings so low...

...and the public well aware of what it thinks about the war, Bush is taking a big gamble.

The author is mistaken. It's no gamble.