You'd better sit down for this one: Zogby Poll's most recent numbers on *

[LynneSin]

54% of us have a negative view

45% have a positive view

WOW OH WOW OH WOW OH WOW!!!!

[Atlant]

1. You can fool some of the people some of the time...but...

Thanks for the great news, Lynne!

Atlant

[FlashHarry]

2. ...we won't get fooled again?

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

[Atlant]

8. On the nose, Harry! :-) (NT)

[Brian Sweat]

23. Fool my one...err...uhhh....Fool me twice.....errr

won't get fooled again.

[Homer12]

3. What a nice inverse relationship.

[spinbaby]

4. Yay!

This calls for a round of drinks! Diet 7-Up for all!

I wonder how long we're going to still be hearing "...but he's a very popular president."

[LynneSin]

6. Popularity requires at least 51% unless you live in California

then you just need to be a little more popular than 135 other candidates

[Atlant]

14. Lynne: "Popularity requires at least 51% unless you live in California"

> Popularity requires at least 51% unless you live in California

For some reason, your line made me flash on the...

Chastity: I know you can be under whelmed,
and you can be overwhelmed, but can you
ever just be, like, whelmed?

Bianca: I think you can in Europe.

dialog from "10 Things I Hate About You"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/quotes

Atlant

[Zero Gravitas]

38. or Florida...

[Vikingking66]

5. what a lovely slope

I can't wait to see what next month's Zogby poll looks like.
I'll bet you anything that Bush's approval will be at 40 and
his disapproval at 60.

[LynneSin]

10. I'm only worried they'll do something to help boost it again

Nothing like a good old fashion illegal pre-emptive war to help boost your numbers

[MarianJack]

20. I Agree

I'm only afraid of what it will be, since I'm sure that boosting numbers was the goal of the Sunday 87 billion dollar disaster.

It's amazing how smarmy the administration that's "returning integrity to the White House" is willing to openly be! :spank:

Anybody but bush in '04! :bounce:

[Wetzelbill]

21. Yeah like conveniently catch Saddam or Osama in

November '04. Not to worry though. These guys are so inept they could fuck up a cup of coffee.

[ameriphile]

26. You can bet on that

While these poll results are good news, we mustn't be led to think that they guarantee a Democratic victory next November. George Bush is expected to raise $200 million dollars for his reelection campaign-- that's one-fifth of a billion dollars, and that will buy Karl Rove's spin machine a whole country's worth of lies.

Americans must continue hammering away at this administration's weaknesses, and we must keep exposing their true motives. Don't dare underestimate them.

[TacticalPeek]

27. Damn right! Kick 'em while they're down. Think if it as tough love.

They deserve it, be sure they get it.

[StopTheMorans]

7. Lynne this is absolutely great news!!!!!!!

do you have a link? I'd love to get this out to everyone in my address book:)

[LynneSin]

15. http://www.zogby.com

http://www.zogby.com

You can't miss it - right on their front page!

[StopTheMorans]

17. thanks Lynne!

n/t

[Snellius]

37. YESSSS!

Who would have guessed that Bu**sh** was even dumber than everyone thought he was?

[Flying_Pig]

9. Get down baby! Get down!!!....

:hi:

[Eloriel]

11. O.M.G.

O.M.G.!!!!

Zounds.

Eloriel

[Wetzelbill]

12. This next year is going to be

nothing but downhill from here. By election time, this guy will only be able to show his face at Republican fundraisers. He's liable to get lynched anywhere else. -Bill

[Atlant]

24. Are you kidding? By next year, he'll even be embarrassed to...

> By election time, this guy will only be able to show his face at
> Republican fundraisers.

Heck, that's NOW!

Are you kidding? By next year, he'll even be embarrassed to show
his face there, 'cause they'll all be demanding to know why he
pissed away their $200 Million investment in him!

Atlant

[Wetzelbill]

32. I can stand a correction

Flight suit anyone?

[slappypan]

13. No one gets re-elected with numbers like that.

No one.

[Generic Other]

16. About time they started admitting the truth

Good news. The hypnotic trance is wearing off.

[DemExpat]

18. Beeauoooutiful!

Prettiest sight to behold.

:kick: :kick: :kick:

WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :bounce:

DemEx

[ignatius]

19. WOOHOO!!! But for 9-11, he'd be negative by now!!!

[greyl]

22. fyi - A DU thread about this poll from 4 days ago....

http://democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=100762

[LynneSin]

34. eep! I missed that one, but I'm glad Zogby wasn't the only one

thanks for mentioning this link!

[jayfish]

25. Its All About The Energy.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=11789&forum=DCForumID70&archive=yes#13

Jay

[StopThief]

28. To be realistic. . .

Zogby is the only pollster that gives "Fair" as an option, and then counts it as negative. Yes the poll numbers have fallen way off, but some percentage of people that answer "fair" would certainly not consider it negative.

[Spider Jerusalem]

29. Huzzah.

That cocksucker's going down. Here's hoping that this time next year the only thing he can get elected to is the Carlyle Group board of directors, with the other washed up conservatives like his dad and John Major.

[TacticalPeek]

33. A board slot for aWol? Not with his track record, I'd think.

snip
In a column posted yesterday on Salon.com, Joe Conason writes: "Preferring to avoid public scrutiny for obvious reasons, executives at the Carlyle Group usually say nothing about their firm's connections with the Bush dynasty. But last April 23, Carlyle managing director David Rubenstein spoke quite frankly about the comfy sinecure he provided to George W. Bush more than a decade ago -- and how useless Bush turned out to be. Whether he knew it or not, Rubenstein's remarks to the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association were recorded."

Rubenstein said, "We put (Bush) on the board and (he) spent three years. Came to all the meetings. Told a lot of jokes. Not that many clean ones. And after a while I kind of said to him, after about three years - you know, I'm not sure this is really for you. Maybe you should do something else. Because I don't think you're adding that much value to the board. You don't know that much about the company.

Rubenstein continued: "He said, well I think I'm getting out of this business anyway. And I don't really like it that much. So I'm probably going to resign from the board. And I said, thanks - didn't think I'd ever see him again. His name is George W. Bush. He became President of the United States. So you know if you said to me, name 25 million people who would maybe be President of the United States, he wouldn't have been in that category. So you never know. Anyway, I haven't been invited to the White House for any things."
snip

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3994.htm
link also links to recording

[TacticalPeek]

30. fyi. another nice pic and thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=297257

[LynneSin]

36. You know what bugs me about that graph

This guy has been given TWO opportunities to redeem himself in the polls with events that elevated his numbers and had folks jumping on board to support him (9/11 and Iraq invasion).

If the guy was smart he'd work with the numbers, throw a few bones to us common folks in order to keep his numbers up there. But instead he'll get these sharp peaks upward and play on those numbers in the media even though he's sinking.

If you notice there are no upward sloping trends. Just sharp upward spikes and then slow downward slopes.

[Doctor_J]

31. Only one more hurdle to clear

He will probably get a little boost by climbing on the 9/11 corpses again tomorrow, but that's pretty much it for anything positive for Smirk.

Na, na, na na na, na, hey hey hey, good-bye.

[barbaraann]

35. I have not heard this today on the cable news channels.

Shock. Shock.

[ewagner]

39. For Rove, this is an emergency

I can hear him dailing up Frank Luntz (Repub Pollster and Psuedo MSNBC Political Analyst)

Rove: "Quick Frank ...cook some numbers and I'll get Chris Matthews to spin them for you!!!!"

[caledesi]

40. Thank you. I needed to see this today. I am happy!

[newyawker99]

41. kick

:kick: