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LuCifer

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Thu Sep-15-05 11:38 PM
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37%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited on Thu Sep-15-05 11:40 PM by LuCifer

TOASTY!!!!!!!!! (Sorry if this has already been posted!)

Now, before you lucking freepertards spew "WELL THAT'S JUST THE LIBERAL MEDIA!" stop, shut up, and kiss my grits! Who, just WHO, conducted this poll?! NBC and the WSJ! Liberal!? Oh yeah right! NBC, owned by GE, the largest NUKE MAKER...and the Ball St. Urinal! Uh huh!

Bush approval at lowest level of his presidency
NBC/WSJ Poll: Katrina, gas prices and Iraq damage president's support

Enjoy some highlights! I know I sure did:

WASHINGTON — Rocked by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, record-high gas prices, and the continued debate over Iraq, President George W. Bush’s public standing has sunk to new lows, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds.

Bush's approval rating has declined to its lowest level in his presidency. So has his handling of the situation in Iraq. Moreover, fewer than half those surveyed approve of the way in which Bush has dealt with the hurricane, and a whopping three-fourths believe the United States is not prepared for a nuclear, biological or chemical attack.

“The president has been living on the edge for the last 18 months,” said Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, referring to Bush’s approval rating, which until recently had held steady at or just below 50 percent since 2004. But Hart notes that recent events, especially Hurricane Katrina, have taken a toll on Bush. “What happened out of all of this is that the personal characteristics that had been holding the president up basically burst,” he said.

According to the poll, Bush’s job approval has plummeted to 40 percent, an all-time low for the president. That’s a drop of 6 points from the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll taken in July, and it’s consistent with results from other recent national surveys. The poll also finds that just 37 percent of respondents approve of Bush’s job handling Iraq, compared with 58 percent who disapprove — another all-time low. In addition, 55 percent want to reduce the number of troops in Iraq, while just 36 percent want to maintain the current level there.

This survey of 1,013 adults — which was conducted from Sept. 9-12 and has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points — comes after an eventful August when gas prices skyrocketed to record highs, Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, and other anti-war protesters held a month-long vigil outside of Bush’s ranch in Texas and Hurricane Katrina demolished much of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

One Katrina-related story that has grabbed headlines is that many of the Gulf Coast residents who couldn’t escape the storm were poor and minorities. According to the NBC/Journal poll, only 37 percent agree with the statement that the Bush administration would have acted with greater urgency had the affected areas been mostly white suburban communities. But there is a huge discrepancy by race here: Seventy percent of African Americans agree with the statement, while 67 percent of whites disagree.

Edit: I forgot the link!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9332076/