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[Gallup] Poll: Bush wins converts among speech-watchers
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| February 3, 2005
Posted on 02/03/2005 12:24:13 AM PST by RWR8189
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To: Keith in Iowa
"a collective need for fresh depends"
LOL. boxer and schumer probably needing them the most. Americans are watching their hateful behavior and will remember come election time.
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posted on
02/03/2005 2:52:16 AM PST
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: Common Tator
Yeah, I didn't think this was a great speech and Bush isn't a great speaker, BUT...
People believe him.
People know he doesn't promise a lot of crap he won't really work on.
People listened to this speech and learned from his reasonable and clear explanation of Social Security's woes and what he was going to do about it. That was the cornerstone of the speech and the best part of it.
He sold his SS fix tonight.
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posted on
02/03/2005 3:28:57 AM PST
by
LibertarianInExile
(NO BLOOD FOR CHOCOLATE! Get the UN-ignoring, unilateralist Frogs out of Ivory Coast!)
To: RWR8189
I guess we just escape the polls. Sigh.
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posted on
02/03/2005 3:40:54 AM PST
by
Terpfen
(New Democrat Party motto: les enfant terribles)
To: sam_whiskey
I think you have to balance it with the inaugural speech. It was there was saw the high flown rhetoric. He has to take a pragmatic domestic program to the people and speak over the heads of the Liberal Establishment. I agree it was not great oratory, but I do not think that it was meant to be such a thing. I was pleasantly brief for a State of the Union speech. Actually, I have found very few of the SOTU speeches of any president of the post war period all that memorable.
The omissions where interesting: No Iran or Korea, no talk about Free/Fair trade - particularly the Chinese or EU problems- nothing about NASA or Science funding (excluding energy policy in the area of S & T,) and no discussions about military "transformation" or long range procurement impacts. I am not suggesting that he was dodging issues here. It seems more likely that he wants to focus on some main domestic issues and even here focus on one primary issue: Social Security. I imagine that every year will be similar on the domestic front, and that he will refocus every year on one of his main reform goals (ie. tort reform, regulatory reform, etc.) It would seem to show political maturity.
I have to laugh how he has manipulated the Dems into spending/program "cuts" by letting them drone on and on about "twin deficits" for a year and a half. He does this sort of thing over and over again. Clearly, the Dems are playing checkers while he is playing chess. Too funny.
To: Common Tator
W threw a lot of bones to the Donks. They were also roped into standing and applauding for a lot more points than I think they wanted.
He communicated in a clear and forceful manner. He made total sense. Personally, I was very pleased with the speech, the delivery and the reaction, both immediate and as shown in this snap poll.
There was a screen shot of Hillary looking even more like the dog's breakfast than usual. I hope to see it posted frequently from here on as a substitute for TDIDS.
To: RWR8189
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posted on
02/03/2005 4:14:03 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(America's glory is not dominion, but liberty.)
To: Common Tator
, while 66 percent approved of the president's plan for Social Security.Checkmate Harry Reid.
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posted on
02/03/2005 4:16:07 AM PST
by
Dog
To: RWR8189
The Prez exuded confidence & determination last night; truly was a pleasure to watch him speak.
Over the last three years he has stuck to his beliefs and principles. He has been attacked from every side - yet he quietly moves forward without becoming flustered or irrational. It is comforting to find he really means what he says.
Irregardless of whether you agree with his positions, it is a wonder what a set of core values will do for a person and a nation......
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posted on
02/03/2005 4:25:12 AM PST
by
PigRigger
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To: PMCarey
"Iraqi voter hugs the mom of dead U.S. soldier"
And It was real - both of these women have sacrificed and lost so much. It was an incredible moment to watch unfold....
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posted on
02/03/2005 4:28:21 AM PST
by
PigRigger
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To: RWR8189
Looks like CNN, NYT, et al will have to go into panic mode today and tell all those approving folks what they didn't hear and not to believe their lying eyes vis a vis the Marine's mom and the Iraqi woman.
Personally, I thought the speech might have surpassed dear Pres. Reagan's great addresses simply because it had so much real substance.
To: reformedliberal
The speech was briliant politically because it forced the Dims to sit on their hands when the President said he wanted the younger generation to be able to control their own retirement funds. These will be the voters for the next 50 years, and the Dims insulted them...really, really DUMB!
To: reformedliberal
Hey, my dog resents that! There are some things even a Labrador Retriever won't eat!
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posted on
02/03/2005 4:39:12 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: kittymyrib
"Looks like CNN, NYT, et al will have to go into panic mode today and tell all those approving folks what they didn't hear and not to believe their lying eyes vis a vis the Marine's mom and the Iraqi woman.
Personally, I thought the speech might have surpassed dear Pres. Reagan's great addresses simply because it had so much real substance."
Get ready for a scandal. The RATS have been backed into a corner and are going to come out fighting. Think it will be something with Oil for Food. Maybe Bush knew and did nothing. They won't even mention that it was under Clintoon that this all started.
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posted on
02/03/2005 4:47:16 AM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(60 votes and the world changes.)
To: AnAmericanMother
LOL & apologies to the Lab!! I have an Akita who is very picky about his food, as well.
To: kittymyrib
Yep. W rolled them....again!! I do so love that man!
To: reformedliberal
. . . well, you can't exactly call my girl a picky eater (I've never seen a Lab that wasn't a search and retrieve function for a perpetually empty stomach.) It's a struggle to keep her lean and trim.
Maybe I should tape a picture of She Who Must Not Be Named to the wall above her food dish?
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posted on
02/03/2005 4:56:25 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: RWR8189
Dubya's getting more mainstream Americans, whilst the uberleftist Democrats cheerily embrace dictatorships and terrorism.
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posted on
02/03/2005 4:58:57 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Proudly Posting Without Reading the Article Since 1999!)
To: Dog
Checkmate Harry ReidLOL! Cool!
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posted on
02/03/2005 4:59:52 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Proudly Posting Without Reading the Article Since 1999!)
To: RWR8189
But, but ...this can't be true. The AARP poll said that once people understand the "consequences", most no longer support it.
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posted on
02/03/2005 5:06:45 AM PST
by
Raycpa
To: YaYa123
Excellent first ping of the day!
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