WTF? Bush up 3 POINTS in Gallup Poll?

[dhinojosa]

http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm

WTF? What did he do? I don't get these polls.

[Oreo]

1. London bombings

I guess some people approve that Bush's war in Iraq were a direct cause of the London bombings. After all... London is "over there"

[wtmusic]

6. Absolutely -- remember the Iraqi elections?

He got a bounce for three weeks or so. This one won't even last that long.

[RaleighNCDUer]

17. 3 points isn't a bounce.

It's a hiccup.

[LiberalFighter]

26. gw*dipshit wasn't in the country

Not able to cause as much trouble when he is out of the country.

[napi21]

2. It's a mistake to watch the polls daily or weekly.

Even the people from Gallup etc. will tell you that. Way too much depends on who happens to be polled in each one. It's much better to look at the trend over a month or two. It's clear that Shrubs poll numbers have been on a steady decline for months. Lets just watch them for the next few weeks and see. This small blip probably doesn't mean anything!

[opihimoimoi]

3. He stepped on some dog poo

[gulliver]

23. Is Cheney OK (after being stepped on)? n/t

[opihimoimoi]

29. Not really, he got his dick stepped on after a major verbal f/u...

Now, he has a muzzle on his face like Hannible did in Silence of the Lambs...

[SpiralHawk]

35. He crashed his bike into a British Bobbie, too

uncool

[Peace Patriot]

4. Gallup is the most unreliable of the polls. They are Republican shills.n/t

[DemsUnited]

5. Three points is within the margin of error

A minor, embarrassingly small blip on the radar screen.

[Oversea Visitor]

7. All you need to do is find

600 wingnuts per state.

[DemoTex]

8. Bu$h's Brit Bomb Blast Bounce.

It will be very ephemeral.

[NoSheep]

9. London bombings.

[PurityOfEssence]

13. If he could manage to get us nuked, he could get himself elected god

The more he fucks up and the more things go into the international crapper, the more weak people rally around Mr. Steadfast.

The cowering fear of 9-11 should be shouted from the rooftops: first he was dumbstruck, then he flew to Louisiana, then he scampered off to Nebraska where he hid and quivered. His excuse for all this is that he wanted to go back to Washington immediately, but was overruled. This very claim shows that he's not the great god-king that he says he is; if he'd wanted to go back to Washington and wasn't just a figurehead, he'd have told these "advisers" to go to hell and he'd have done so. To me, this is the critical chink in his armor: his ONLY appeal is that he's decisive and forthright. The fact--as Alan Simpson confirms--that these guys do more polling than Clinton to see which way the wind blows completely undercuts the lie of his resilience. The cringing in the face of adversity is nothing short of laughable.

Weak people love a strong leader more than strong people do. His constituency is assholes and lily-livers.

[Viking12]

10. It wasn't my fault.

I was actually polled for this Gallup cycle.

He dropped in other questions:
5. All in all, do you think it was worth going to war in Iraq, or not?
Worth it Not worth it No opinion
Jul 7-10 44 53 3
Jun 29-30 46 52 2
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-07-11-bush-poll.htm

I was also asked some questions about the economy but they're not reported on the USAToday site.

[Viking12]

11. P.S. 3% is within the margin of error

[Darkhawk32]

12. Isn't it sad that this "President" can only get a boost through death? n/t

[dhinojosa]

14. Yikes. You are right.

[AndyTiedye]

24. It Means We Will Get "Attacked" Every Time **'s Polling Numbers Drop

Someone on DU has a chart for that.

[dbonds]

15. Its Gallop Polls, what do you expect.

They have never been on the mark when it comes to schrubery.

[fooj]

16. No one pays any attention to polls, remember?

Besides,if they can steal an election (make that TWO elections)they can certainly "fix" poll numbers, right?

peace.

[Mark E. Smith]

18. Something very significant in there

"Do you think the war in Iraq has made the US safer -- or less safe -- from terrorism?"

Safer 40%

Less safe 54%

For the first time a major US poll shows people willing to admit that Bush's actions have endangered the homeland.

[4_Legs_Good]

21. Wow!

That's HUGE!

Can you imagine Clinton (and I'm not a big Clinton fan) getting away with doing Nation Building that adversely affected our safety???

The only real argument that the Bush regime has been able to stick to has been that they liberated Iraq from a dictator, but at the cost of almost 2,000 US lives, 100,000 Iraqis, our national security, three quarters of a trillion dollars, with absolutely NO (NONE) benefit to the United States or our allies?

And yet somehow the man got re-elected.

david

[wildflower]

25. Very important...this statistic is posted as LBN thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1621673

(Edited to adjust subject line, which originally said "you should post this as a thread" and to add link.)

[Mark E. Smith]

27. I posted something earlier on LBN

Died a swift death.

[wildflower]

28. You did? I'm sorry, I didn't see it.

Thanks for pointing out this important piece of info.

-wildflower

[HughBeaumont]

19. FEARTERRSTSFEAR is all he has to run on.

Nada else.

Presidope Tush is the Terr Preznit. If something "terr" happens, good or bad, Lancelot Link will benefit just by showing up.

Hey, I don't get it either, but who am I to question a country who elects a cabal of warmongering, bloodthirsty berzerker, worker-hatin', CEO-fellatin', empire buildin' voevods . . . and TRUSTS them to run things?

[ncteechur]

20. I don't even think it is the bombing--it is because he is on TV

a lot lately. When the sheeple see him they equate that to his actually getting off his ass and doing something. Of course he has to make a lot of public appearances since he will probably be taking his month-long vacation in a couple of weeks. So the non-bounce is simply his increased visibility in the past week. He ahs made a lot of appearances--FBI, G-8, etc.

[berni_mccoy]

22. Rove is taking the fall...

Read this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1922502

[newsguyatl]

30. london terror

terror always boosts bush.

[CityDem]

31. Wait a couple weeks

Once the London bombing story fades away, AWOL's approval rate will move back into the low 40's.

[BrotherBuzz]

32. It's only a small London bomb bounce....

and won't last the week....then it's back to normal drip, drip, drop, drop...

[otohara]

33. London Calling....

fearful Murikan's put their faith back into incompetent leader.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

34. 55% in US now concerned about terra attack up from 35% in June

From memory no link, front page of WP or USA Today. Corporate media spreads the fear and the neocons control more of the public, works every time.

[Ian_rd]

36. It's the bombings ...

There's nothing better for George W. Bush's political career than dead white people killed by terrorists.

[LittleClarkie]

37. So if we had another 9/11 type attack

he'd be declared king?

I wonder when folks will realize he ain't makin' us any safer.

[Ian_rd]

38. Damn right ...

Remember post 9-11? 90% APPROVAL RATING! The destruction of the Democratic Party, the slashing of Constitutional Protections, the giveaways to the Rich, etc.

Fear and Death are Bush's greatest political allies, stirred up and conjured by Karl Rove from the tempest of his witch's cauldron.

[dhinojosa]

39. I don't think another attack will garner 90%

but it would jump again.

[against all enemies]

40. He's successfully fighting them over there. In the mind of idiots.

I mean, I bet at least half of Bush's supporters know that London is over there. Somewhere.

[deadparrot]

41. 3%, and he's still at, what, 47%?

Fear, fear, fear. London bombings, "you're gonna die."

Once London fades from the headlines, it'll go back down again.

[unlawflcombatnt]

42. Polls

I watch the polls myself. However, I never use the Gallop poll, because they are known for overrepresenting Republicans in their sample population.

Bush's approval may have risen slightly in the last week, but no other polls (except Fox News) puts him at 53%. Here are the latest polls I'm aware of on Bush's approval rating.

7/12/05 - - - - 51% Approve - - - - - - - 48% Disapprove
from Rasmussen poll
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm

7/10/05 - - - 47% Approve - - - - - - - 46% Disapprove
from Pew Research Center poll
http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm


6/29/05 - - - 43% Approve - - - - - - - 56% Disapprove
from Zogby poll
http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm

6/26/05 - - - 48% Approve - - - - - - - 51% Disapprove
from ABC News/Washington Post poll
http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm

6/15/05 - - - 42% Approve - - - - - - - 51% Disapprove
from CBS News/New York Times poll
http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm