SurveyUSA Poll: 2 out of 3 say Feds not doing enough for Katrina victims

[lady lib]

America Reaction to Katrina as of 9/2/05: 2 of 3 Americans today Friday 9/2/05 say the Federal Government is * not * doing enough to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. This is up from 59% yesterday (Thursday 9/1) and up from 50% on Wednesday (8/31). 49% today say the government's response to the hurricane has been "surprisingly disorganized," up from 34% Thursday and up from 20% on Wednesday. 81% of Americans today say local officials are unprepared to meet the challenges before them, up from 75% on Thursday and up from 61% on Wednesday. 53% of Americans today disapprove of President Bush's handling of the situation, up from 44% Thursday and up from 39% on Wednesday. 1 in 3 adults nationwide say the city of New Orleans should not be rebuilt.

Nationwide sample of 1200 adults.

LINK
http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=4fb93579-161f-4c4b-9c3e-d76b4730a85f

[SmokingJacket]

1. How could HALF think they were doing a good job on Weds?

They weren't doing a DAMN THING on Wednesday.

[lady lib]

5. That half still had their brains locked in denial mode on Wed -

and they're clueless.

[SmokingJacket]

7. I'm afraid you're right...

i didn't get out much on Weds because I was reading news on the internet all freaking day.... I thought everyone was as incensed and mortified as I was...

[lady lib]

10. For once the cable news reporters are incensed and mortified,

at least the ones who are standing in the middle of it all and smelling the waste and rotting corpses. If anyone hasn't seen the Shepard Smith and Geraldo Rivera footage, it's worth the wait while it loads.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/ Click on "Horror Show"

[Hello_Kitty]

2. But do they associate "Feds" with Bushitler?

That's the thing. The sheeple have been so conditioned to view Repubicans as anti-Big Gubmint that they may not connect him to the Feds in their minds.

[PA Democrat]

3. 40% approve of Bush's response

Guess they missed the fact that Bush was MIA until the TV started to show the genocide occurring in NO.

[lady lib]

6. Jack Cafferty said what all of us at DU were thinking -

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/09/cnns-cafferty-says-relief-arrival-is.html

Jack Cafferty: Do you suppose, Wolf, that the arrival of the relief convoys and the political photo ops on the gulf coast happening at the very same time were a coincidence today?

Wolf Blitzer: Uh, well, we'll, I'm sure our viewers have some thoughts on that as well. These pictures, by the way, Jack, that we're getting in...

Wolf Blitzer: Jack a final thought before I let you go.

Jack Cafferty: It's embarrassing

[NYC Liberal]

16. Yes, but that number is DROPPING.

So that is good. Means more people are waking up, instead of the reverse.

[wli]

4. um, wasn't this 90% a short while ago?

They're spinning polls...

[lady lib]

9. Dunno.

The wording and sampling techniques can make a big difference in the results. Do you remember which poll showed 90%?

[NYC Liberal]

15. That was an online poll, no?

CNN.com I think.

[durablend]

8. 30-40% hooked on the Kool Aid

Seems to be how this translates.

[Mikimouse]

11. I find this line to be extremely significant...

"81% of Americans today say local officials are unprepared to meet the challenges before them, up from 75% on Thursday and up from 61% on Wednesday."

*'s propaganda machine appears to be working well, shifting the focus from his complete negligence to the local officials.

[lady lib]

12. I found that disturbing, too. It points to rank ignorance on key points.

- The funding to maintain the levees by the Army Corp of Engineers was cut despite state govt pleas to Congress going back several years. http://www.alternet.org/story/24871/
- FEMA was neutured under *. Why was Brown hired in the first place, and when the hell is going to get fired (she asks rhetorically)?
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/chitribts/20050903/ts_chicagotrib/exofficialssayweakenedfemabotchedresponse
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/katrina.response/index.html
- LA's governor request for federal assistance back on Aug 28 was ignored. http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/09/state-of-louisiana-begged-for-help-on.html
Edit: And Dept. of Homeland Security is claiming primary responsibility for any natural disaster or large-scale emergencies.
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/09/oops-dept-of-homeland-security-web.html

[ikri]

13. Got to know one thing

Who the hell are the worthless scum who make up the 4% of that survey that believe that the government is doing too much to help?

[lady lib]

14. Um, relatives of this guy...

http://upload.wikimedia.org.nyud.net:8090/wikipedia/en/a/ac/Norquist_grover.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Norquist