Bush's numbers dropping across the board. Down to 45% approval

[BurtWorm]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Bush-Polls.html?pagewanted=print&position=


March 25, 2005
Polls Show Drop for Bush's Job Approval
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 2:30 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's job approval slipped into the mid 40s in national polls released this week as he lost some support among men and other groups of core supporters.

Public approval for Bush slipped from 52 percent in a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll over the weekend to 45 percent in that same poll released Thursday. A CBS News poll released earlier in the week found Bush's approval slipping six points to 43 percent.

The Gallup poll found Bush losing support among men, self-described conservatives and churchgoers while the CBS poll found a drop among men and Republicans.

The polls come after Congress and the president intervened in the case of Terri Schiavo, a 41-year-old woman whose feeding tube had been removed. The federal intervention was widely unpopular, even with conservatives and evangelicals.

[fooj]

1. Boo hoo hoo! Couldn't of happened to a nicer guy...LOL!

Peace!

[rwork]

2. Time to find

a carrier to land on.Or maybe visit some troops and walk down a long walkway with the Austrian Peace Medal on his chest.

[FreedomAngel82]

3. Yep

I thought his rating was 43%?? :shrug:

[Melodybe]

4. They are still pumping those numbers

notice that Bush NEVER even dips under 40%.

I don't buy it.

[BurtWorm]

6. That's a puzzler.

He should be down in the 20s by now.

[Beetwasher]

13. Just You Wait!!! After Schiavo Dies EVERYONE WILL HATE HIM!!!

Even his fundy base will hate him because he didn't save her!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAA!!!

[LynneSin]

14. I disagree - that's not how Americans function.

They hate him now for what he's doing, but as soon as she's dead, Americans will forget how she suffered for 15 years and start thinking Bush as Terri's savior.

I mean, we can think like the intelligent people that we are. Remove about 30 IQ points and then think about how these people will react!

[BurtWorm]

15. It's very difficult

not to enjoy the shit out of this! :evilgrin:

(I'm not looking forward to their next move, though. :evilfrown: )

[Beetwasher]

5. We're Entering the Danger Zone: MIHOP/LIHOP Territory

n/t

[Hamlette]

8. or a big tax cut...that usually works nt

[rzemanfl]

7. * and Jeb shot themselves in the foot on this one. Normal people are

are pissed about the waste, hypocrisy, stupidity and unconstitutionality of their stance. To fundies both Bushes looks like a guy who runs to the shore to save a drowning woman, stripping off his shoes and clothes as he runs, then stops at the water's edge and says, "Sorry, I forgot I can't swim." It will get worse for dumbass and his kid brother when she finishes the death she started 15 years ago.

[TornadoTN]

9. When I see this, I get concerned

As it was pointed out earlier, when his poll numbers slip, something happens to inflate those numbers higher.

Terror alert, "credible threat", etc. etc. etc.

They have lost their bearing on reality a LONG time ago and when something threatens their hold on power, they go bat shit crazy.

[BurtWorm]

11. There will be a news vacuum after Terri Schiavo dies

assuming Michael Jackson doesn't go skipping off to Bora-Bora suddenly.

[sarcasmo]

10. Are we entering the terror attack zone to pump them #'s back up?

[natrat]

12. wake me when he hits the low 20s

[roguevalley]

16. it cost $7 million for the congressional vote. trumpet that around.