And the economy is only getting better. Looks like the voters aren’t buying the elite media’s hype on Iraq. In fact, folks want more troops. Does not sound like the voters want to cut and run like the media does.

Posted by: Jeff at April 20, 2004 10:35 AM

urgent! Kerry supporter’s click here

Posted by: Al-Lat at April 20, 2004 10:46 AM

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=26&u=/usatoday/20040420/ts_usatoday/pollbushsupportholdsdespiteiraq911hearings

Poll: Bush support holds despite Iraq, 9/11 hearings
By Susan Page, USA TODAY
President Bush (news - web sites) has maintained his lead over Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) in the USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll despite two weeks dominated by a deteriorating security situation in Iraq (news - web sites) and criticism of his administration’s handling of the terrorism threat before the Sept. 11 attacks.
The survey, taken Friday through Sunday, shows Bush ahead 50% to 44% among likely voters, a bit wider than the 4-point lead he held in early April.

Posted by: TrollPatrol at April 20, 2004 12:23 PM

TP,

Lost your email. Write and I will “boar” you with details. I’m all ears on this end.

Posted by: jones at April 20, 2004 12:51 PM

The frustrating thing about his story is the line “Bush support holds despite Iraq, 9/11 hearings”

This implies a couple of things:

First that the 9/11 hearings are supposed to be harmful to Bush’s re election chances. Therefore it was never intended to actually help American learn and get better, oh no.

Another thing is the situation in Iraq. The headline assumes that Americans would be dissuaded by the trouble there. What the press doesn’t understand is that WE‘VE GOTTEN PAST VIET NAM.The press clearly hasn’t, but the we have.

Posted by: skip at April 20, 2004 01:05 PM

Two factors go into this - first, it always seems to turn out that the facts that the Democrats and the media trumpet never seem to live up to the hype, despite everyone’s best efforts. Whether it’s testimony from “former Administration officials” (usually Clinton holdovers) that turns out to consist of nothing but politically motivated spin or hot leaks from unidentified “intelligence officials,” nothing stands up to a close look, and the American people are more and more beginning to disregard the sensationalistic headlines.

Second is Kerry himself - to know him is to hate him. I always got a chuckle out of the “he’s elecable” argument used by his lukewarm supporters.

Hey, they should have just stuck with Howard Dean after all. At least he was funny.

-BF

Posted by: BacksightForethought at April 20, 2004 01:13 PM

jones,

Will do (albeit later this afternoon prolly!)!

Gotta run…tenderloin sandwich calling my name! ;-)

Posted by: TrollPatrol at April 20, 2004 01:45 PM

It seems clear to me that the troubling situation in Iraq is actually helping Bush. If the deaths and disorder like the suicide bombings today persist, voters will dwell more on the war on terrorism, and that will definitely aid his cause. The glum reality for Republicans is, if absolute peace broke out tomorrow in Iraq, more people would feel free to vote Kerry. Unhappily (or happily) that doesn’t seem likely.

Posted by: Garnet at April 21, 2004 11:00 AM

First, “the media” is no longer a monopoly. I simply don’t watch or listen to CNN, ABC, CBS or NBC anymore. Many have tuned them out as liberal “agents” who simply cannot tell a story of good American economic or foreign policy news or regularly interview any conservative other than Rush Limbaugh, extremists or John McCain. Many Americans have turned to FOX, talk radio and other outlets for news.

Second, while Bush has made mistakes, most of them are sins of commission, not omission. He is a leader, and does what he thinks best, not whine, worry about “offending” everyone, or relying on world opinion. I don’t even think it out of the realm of possibility that some of his decisions will be viewed by historians as visionary and far-reaching.

Even ardent Kerry supporters talk more about their hatred of Bush, the Florida election, his mistakes, etc. than anything positive about Kerry. Can anyone name any cause championed by Kerry in many years in the Senate? Has he ever run a business or a major organization? How did he become known? He would not have attracted anyone’s attention had he not been a high-profile anti-war veteran who alleged phantom war crimes in Vietnam before the US Congress.

So I find the poll numbers unsurprising. I think W will be reelected, perhaps not in a landslide, but with the clear backing of a majority of the American people.

Posted by: TexMan at April 21, 2004 11:09 AM

The simple fact is, kerry is supported by mid east terrorists, corrupt European french thieves, who want nothing better than to become the world Eurabian power, pushing the USA to the sidelines, terrorize the USA, convert them at the very least to Dhimmitude, and strip us of our freedoms.
people aren’t stupid, and Americans will be americans, land of the FREE and home of the BRAVE, not sniviling whiner, democrats who want to become communist socialists, and a closed society which will fail, and prevent anyone from succeeding if they have the drive to do so.

Posted by: Al-Lat at April 21, 2004 06:30 PM

Find your site ofensive. Typical Republican ignorance. Some of us in this country have some shame. If you think voting for Kerry is being an idiot then voting for this jackass you call president has to be IGNORANT. Bush is a liar and a deisgrace to all of us as americans.

Posted by: Jaime Cortes at April 23, 2004 07:21 PM

We need a third party candidate in favor of ¨all out war¨ to balance Naders ¨instant pullout¨ proposal… Oh yeh, that would be Bush… ummm someone to the right of THAT?

Posted by: middleearth at April 25, 2004 12:40 PM

maybe someone running on a ¨nuke all commies ¨platform like mccarthy in the 50s.

Posted by: middleearth at April 25, 2004 12:45 PM