The Numbers Tell a Story
Eric Alterman is entirely correct:
This just in: The new ABC News/Washington Post poll, here, shows 52 percent of Americans disapprove of the job President Bush is doing overall, reports ABC News' Polling director Gary Langer — the most in more than 75 ABC/Post polls since his presidency began. His approval rating is 48 percent.
Bush's Iraq approval ratings haven't fared much better: 41 percent said they approve of the job the President is doing in Iraq, while 58 percent disapprove — matching his career-high Iraq disapproval mark.
George W. Bush’s approval rating is now a full twenty points lower than Bill Clinton’s was on the day he was impeached. Dear media, that means you gotta stop referring to him as a “popular president,” and no less important, stop treating him like one. If you want to be wimps about everything, fine, just don’t blame it on his ‘popularity.’ Blame it on yourselves.
Chicago is famously Democratic, so based on what I see and hear every day, I'd long ago made the assumption that W was being propped up by the liberal media. But maybe Red State readers have a different perception. Does it seem to anybody that W still has reasonable support in your area without an assist from Rush, Hannity, et al.?
posted by Doug @ 11:33 PM
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I would assume that red-staters may disapprove of Bush now, but for different reasons--i.e. that he's not fighting the war hard ENOUGH, is becoming TOO permissive and tolerant, etc., etc.
It almost doesn't matter what they think about Bush here. They're so consumed by a disdain for anything Democrat/liberal, that they don't care much who they're for. Rightly pointing out the President's mistakes and flaws only makes them hate us, not him, that much more.
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