Posted on 03/25/2005 6:23:30 AM PST by Edward Watson
This is the dumbest thing I've read on here yet. First off, Pres. Bush can't be re-elected, so who cares what his poll numbers are? And if anyone polled had really followed this story and understood it, and now think less of Bush, then their dems anyway.
right on.
President Bush's approval ratings have PLUMMETED since he got involved.
If he hadn't, his rating in his base would of plummeted.. And rightly so.
Oh no! We're all doomed!!!
Well, it IS a very compelling drama . . .
That's not true. Most Republicans, in three different polls, opposed Bush's and Congressional involvement in this matter.
Not news. Opinion. Why not post this in one of the existing threads on the topic?
Of course I know he can't be re-elected. However, President Bush is the face of the Republican Party. If he is viewed negatively; it affects the entire party.
Claiming those polled who disagree with what President Bush and the GOP led-congress are just "dems" will give you a democratic body of anywhere from 66-80% of the total population. Are you sure that high of a percentage of the US population are actually "dems"?
Who exactly isn't thinking clearly here?
I wonder about the MSM all the time. I wonder how anyone can listen to the BS they put out and consider it the gospel truth.
Norm? Is that really you? You old lovable Patriot!
Trying a new tack?
Awww! Normie! Cut it out you old commie!
I don't know if I agree with all of your conclusions, but I will agree that I was stunned that Schiavo trumped a school shooting. I was away from all sources of news when the shooting happened for most of the day (Monday I think it was), but I'd been home late Monday with the news on for a couple of hours (all Terri Schiavo coverage) before I heard about the school shooting. When has there ever been a school shooting with so many dead and so little national TV coverage during the week?
Sorry, did I say "stunned"? I meant "stuned."
I don't see an agenda ... even Fox covers the story 24/7.
If your premise is true, then why is Rush Limbaugh pushing this story to the degree he is? I think Terri's passing will leave a very bitter taste in the mouths of evangelicals, but I don't think the Bushes will be blamed. They have done what they could given the parameters of the law. No human's life is worth the price of imposing marshal law. Millions have been killed in wars in order to protect us from that very thing.
When you base conclusions on biased and flawed MSM polls, which are push polls plain and simple, then you reach flawed conclusions.
Garbage in garbage out, this is a tragedy but the only person suffering irreversible harm is Mrs Schiavo.
President Bush is a man of conscience and morals, he's reacted to this the only way he ever would. He stated and acted "to err on the side of life".
Link?
If true (no reason to doubt you), this is highly dissapointing.
BTW, I don't blame the MSM for pursuing the ratings. As an investor I want to see a profit. This IS capitalism, no?
If you want your elected officials to govern according to polls, fine. I don't. I would prefer people of principle who believe life is sacred and don't believe in starving innocent people to death. Again, I believe many of those polled (though I don't know how questions were phrased) probably haven't followed the case closely or researched the nuances of it, especially all the rulings from Judge Greer. If "Republicans" don't value life, then there isn't much hope for this country.
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