Posted on 04/30/2006 11:40:12 AM PDT by Wolfstar
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush attended St. John's Church this morning, as is their custom when spending the weekend at the White House. Last night they attended the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, where the President and his "alter ego," comedian Steve Bridges, stole the show.
The best review I found is on USA Today's website. Since I'm not sure how much of their material we can excerpt, I'll just provide a link. The article includes a nearly complete transcript of the President's and Mrs. Bridges routine.
LINK TO USA TODAY CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER REVIEW
I am fine thanks
Yes and yes.
Great!
He did OhioWfan; it was quite funny and the timing was terrific. Someone had mentioned it on an earlir thread, I didn't catch it the first time, but I saw a repeat, and yes, the President did mouth the words "she's hot"! LOL; he was great.
HEADS UP . . .
Prepare yourself for the enslaught of BOGUS "lowest ever" polling data that will emanate from EVERY corner of the Lamestream media this week in another orchestrated attempt both to diminish the Bush presidency and enhance Democrat electoral chances in November! [NEITHER of which will happen, but that of course will not stop them from trying!]
Even RASMUSSEN has moved to the 'dark side' (of polling). Like Gallup last year, he has decided to 'adjust' his weighting formula to advantage Democrats. This 'adjustment' will have the immediate effect of lowering the President's JA rating by at least 3 points from what it normally would have been. For example, today Rasmussen put the President's JA rating at 38% . . . Had he not 'adjusted' his weighting formula, the President's JA rating would have been 41% . . . UNBELIEVABLE!
TIME FOR A REPEAT OF MY POLLS/SCHMOLLS RANT:
During Reagan's presidency, ONE genuinely independent pollster provided reliable polling data on a wide range of issues, including the President's job approval rating. That one pollster was the Gallup Organization.
In the 1980s, Gallup WOULD and could produce a REPRESENTATIVE polling sample of 1,500 - 2,500 adults by eliciting a 'reliable' 60% response rate using standard telephone technology . . . NO MORE!
Rather than one INDEPENDENT, OBJECTIVE pollster, today we have almost 30 'media-owned' polling organizations (including Gallup) who regularly ‘manufacture’ skewed polling data by using dated telephone technology, push polling methodologies, and Democrat-dominated weighting formulas.
BOTTOM LINE: Pollsters have become nothing more than propaganda prostitutes for media organizations desperate to SHAPE rather than report public opinion . . .
Just ask yourself: WHY DO WE NEED SO MANY POLLSTERS?
Answer: WE don’t, but Democrats do!!!!
NBCNews/WallStreet Journal
ABCNews/WashingtonPost
CBSNews/NYTimes
FoxNews/Opinion Dynamics
USAToday/Gallup
LATimes/Bloomberg
AP/Ipsos Reid
IBD/Christian Science Monitor
CNN
Pew Poll
Harris Poll
Time
Newsweek
Quinnipiac
WNBC/Marist
Zogby
Rasmussen
Survey USA
ARG
NationalPublicRadio (NPR)
Cook/RTStrategies
Diageo/Hotline
Strategic Vision
Democracy Corps
The Battleground Poll
Mason Dixon
Annenberg
and many, many more . . . .
FORGET THE POLLS AND JUST REMEMBER:
PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH IS PERSONALLY POPULAR!. . . The new LATimes/Bloomberg poll (which oversamples Democrats by double digits) puts the President's 'PERSONAL APPROVAL' rating at 61% as compared to Clinton's highest 'Personal Approval' rating of 42% for this same poll!!
The recent Battleground Poll discovered the same 'Personal Approval' rating for the President and identified this rating as the greatest hope for Republicans moving forward to the 2006 election. [NOTE: According to the Battleground Poll, Clinton's 'Personal Approval' ratings never climbed
above 40%!]
Bottom line: The MAJORITY of people in this country LIKE President George W Bush and will listen to his message IF and when they actually 'hear' it. Unfortunately, the MSM (right and left) is working overtime to 'black out' and 'counter spin' the President, making it VERY difficult for him to communicate directly with the American people.
Despite these difficulties, George W Bush will continue as president for 2 1/2 more years; during which time, he will ignore the polls and do what's best for the long term security and prosperity of our country! May God continue to bless our great Dissident/DECIDER in Chief!
[REMEMBER: George W Bush has enjoyed high Job and Personal approval ratings throughout his political career first as governor of Texas (where he became the only TX governor ever elected to two consecutive terms) and then as president (where he holds the record for the highest JA rating ever recorded and the longest number of months with JA ratings above 70 and 80%). Most immortantly, President Bush became only the 14th president to stand for and earn re-election -- garnering more votes than any other presidential candidate in history.
At this stage in his presidency, the President is free to ignore job approval ratings (notoriously fickle and irrelevant to a president's legacy) and focus on doing the tough work necessary to guarantee the LONG TERM peace and prosperity of this nation!
Perfect toaster--Thank you, Snugs :)
"If anyone has a tape of the President's incredibly hilarious act last night, I want you to watch it and tell me if you think that President Bush mouthed the words "She's hot" with Steve after his comment about Laura.
It may be just me, but I think I saw his lips move....... :)"
I have watched my tape of the President's 'stand up' routine MANY times and noticed the EXACT SAME THING . . . I'm convinced he did indeed mouth "She's hot" . . . He just couldn't help himself . . .
I'LL SAY IT AGAIN: I JUST LOVE OUR 'HOT' FIRST COUPLE!!!
Don't forget Craig Crawford of The Hill did say that he saw the chances for re-election slipping away.
Craig and Zogby -- two leftist 'peas in a pod'!! . . . and BOTH were so VERY, very wrong (per usual)!
Lol I know we're SO in trouble. And we'll never get Cheney elected either!!
Thanks, Bill, for your service to our country. You chose an adventure for your first time back.
Glad you like it
It's been added to the collection :)
We're so much better off with Sandy Burglar as Secretary of State, Biden as Secretary of Defense and Teresa Heinz as Treasury Secretary.
I've seen Stephen Colbert on the Daily Show in the past. He's usually very cynical, and ugly, while pretending to be funny. Every now and then he slips and puts a funny line in the mix, but only vey rarely.
He had probably never before watched a single humorous speech by President Bush. The agenda-driven MSM wants the general public to think that our great president is stupid. The MSM is so disgusting.
Don't even SAY that! That's my worst nightmare.
Ugh!!!
Can you explain to me how Rasmussen has adjusted his samples?
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