Batgirl
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Fri Jun-03-05 12:34 PM
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Is public opinion of bush even lower than polls indicate? |
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personal anecdote: yesterday the neighbor wanders over from across the street. Someone I've rarely talked to, seems a nice enough guy, but I kind of figured him for a wingnut.
Here are the 3 things I found out about my neighbor yesterday:
1) He's a Rapture Christian who believes we're in the End Times.
2) With racist tendencies (started talking shit about another neighbor until I nipped that in the bud with my patented uncomprehending stare.)
3) Despises George Bush.
Among his insights: "There wasn't no problem with Social Security until he got his greasy hands on that money."
"That war in Iraq is about OIL."
If I was K. Rove this is the kind of thing that would make me dig my special blankie out of the closet for a vigorous thumb sucking session to quell the anxiety.
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kansasblue
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Fri Jun-03-05 12:36 PM
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1. if we think Bush can control the media |
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Edited on Fri Jun-03-05 12:37 PM by kansasblue
then controling the polls shouldn't be that hard either.
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Kansas Wyatt
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Fri Jun-03-05 12:38 PM
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2. The polls always give Bush & Repubs a comfortable handicap cushion. |
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Fri Jun-03-05 12:43 PM
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3. I think it is very low, except for the extremist on the far right.. they |
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are holding on for dear life. Think they will stay on the sinking ship?
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Batgirl
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Fri Jun-03-05 01:00 PM
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my neighbor also moved up here from W. Virginia. A white, male, rapture christian from the South, who should be safely lodged in the pro-Bush column. But somehow, even without internet access, he's seeing through the b.s.
What the hell is going on here -- aren't the networks doing enough to distract the population? Do they need to find even more missing children and celebrities-on-trial? Sweet jesus on a trailer hitch, where is the next sniper, wife killer or man eating shark that can save us from having to perceive reality?
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Fri Jun-03-05 01:03 PM
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but West By-God Virginia isn't a Southern state.
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Fri Jun-03-05 01:07 PM
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7. I hope you're not saying anything against real southern states... |
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...because I'm really sick of all the hatred toward's the south on this board. I'm from Georgia.
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Fri Jun-03-05 01:18 PM
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9. Absolutely not - in fact, that's why I pointed it out. Please, be sure to |
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Edited on Fri Jun-03-05 01:20 PM by comsymp
note my avatar.
ON EDIT: my previous post was meant specifically in reference to the subject's description as "A white, male, rapture christian from the South"
/sick of the Southbashing, too.
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Fri Jun-03-05 01:04 PM
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6. actual approval is about 18% |
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the billionaires, a few nazis and the hardcore religiously insane
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Fri Jun-03-05 01:12 PM
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8. How can the popularity polls be correct if the exit polls were soooooooooo |
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wrong. Just another media lie.
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Fri Jun-03-05 06:33 PM
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10. Maybe Bush's numbers are higher.... |
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and the people being polled are just shy about their support (sarcasm)
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Fri Jun-03-05 06:58 PM
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11. It HAS to Be lower than 53% |
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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htmI still can't figure out how they always seem to prop up his numbers at that site without actually lying, or do they simply just lie?
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