posted on April 27, 2006 08:56:08 AM new
When all that the letter networks report is doom & gloom, its no wonder Pres Bush's polls are low.
Why Polls Are Low for President Bush and His Administration
Written by Lee Ellis
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
“Bush polls have fallen to a new low,” shout the newspaper headlines or the news anchors on television. “President Bush and Congress have reached their lowest numbers yet,” they continue, trying to speculate whether this is caused by the high gasoline prices, the current economy, or the war in Iraq.
This is strange since there is good news, mostly hidden by the media, about all three.
1. Recently, the U.S. Energy Department announced the results of a land survey:
“We have more oil inside our borders than all the other proven reserves on earth. Here are the official estimates: In Colorado and Utah, we have 8 times as much oil as in Saudi Arabia, 18 times as much oil as in Iraq, 21 times as much oil as in Kuwait, 22 times as much oil as in Iran, 500 times as much oil as in Yemen!”
That’s why on August 8, 2005, President Bush signed into law the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This historic legislation officially opened up the Green River Formation to a handful of drilling companies. In January, the government gave six companies 160 acres of the government's oil-rich land apiece--to test their oil shale drilling methods for commercial production."
Our newest technology is proving that getting this oil is much easier than a decade ago. Canada’s oil shale is already being harvested by both Canadian and Chinese corporations. The United States is now catching up.
2. Our economy is at its best today with unemployment at its lowest in decades and with three million new jobs added!
3. We are winning the war in Iraq and, as I write this, Jawad al-Maliki, an experienced political operator and advocate for Iraq's Shiite Muslims, has won the approval of Shiite party leaders for the post of prime minister. This move could end the political paralysis that has gripped Iraq since national elections were held on Dec. 15.
So, then, what is really causing these dangerous drops in the polls?
It is simple. Polls are based only upon what the populace learns and knows about its government operations. And how do they get this information? Why from our mainstream media, of course. Our college students have another source to add to this mix--the many socialist college professors and academicians who have managed to be granted tenure over the years and so have no worries about being fired for slander, libel, or the indoctrination of our youth with false information about our history and our government.
We also suffer from what I call the “The New York Times” syndrome. Many reporters and editors have been taught to think that this newspaper is the Mount Olympus of the media, and if you do well in your career, you may one day be able to say that you either worked there or were published there. Most of our national news in our local newspapers is actually syndicated by either the Associated Press or The New York Times News Service. Check your local newspapers. I just looked at mine and the two main front-page national news stories from today’s issue came from the New York Times. AP news stories were inside. Many think that they do not read the New York Times, but, in reality, the national stories in your local newspapers, along with some of the columns, are apt to come from there or other syndicated sources. When we read syndicated columns by pundits such as Maureen Dowd, Helen Thomas, Thomas Friedman, or Paul Krugman, we sometimes tend to think that they must know of what they write. T’aint always so.
Anti-Bush information also pours into our homes from the news on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, and even Fox News. The latter says that it is fair and balanced, implying that it gives you news from both the left and right political wings. But if television news is to be balanced, should we not have at least one television network that tells us only the truth about our country without two commentators spinning in two different directions? Don’t we get enough opinion, generally slanted to the left, from all the other networks?
In case you do not think that this inundation of propaganda is really believed by the general public, have you read some of the letters printed daily in your local newspaper? They are supposed to be letters of opinion from readers. But look more closely--you will find that many contain malicious lies and propaganda against our government and even against our country. I will just randomly pick one letter from today’s local newspaper to quote (I could pick any day and find several similar letters along the same line):
A reader writes: “Wouldn’t you think we would remember the lessons of Watergate? Apparently the administration has taken those felonies as its libretto. Not being content to foment a phony war based on lies, they work to silence their critics in ways Orwell could never have dreamed.”
Then the writer goes on to use as examples the Patriot Act and the NSA “spying.” Most such anti-war letters also imply that this is a war for oil. Don’t these writers ever stop to think that if we had already won all this imaginary oil, would not our gasoline prices be back to one dollar a gallon, instead of three?
No wonder the polls are low. Poll always reflect not what people think but rather how they react to the news they see and hear every day beamed or tossed into their homes by both television and print.
The latest poll average taken from Pew, Rasmussen, Fox News, Gallup, LA Times/Bloomberg, Cook/RT Strategies, CBS News and ABC/Washington Post news (www.realclearpolitics.com) shows that President Bush has a job approval rating of only 33%. The only saving grace for the president is that congressional job approval is down to 25%!
"“More Iraqis think things are going well in Iraq than Americans do. I guess they don’t get the New York Times over there.”—Jay Leno".
posted on April 27, 2006 11:36:04 AM new
If Bush was the strong leader you seem to believe he is it would reflect in waves across the country and the world no matter what was said. Trying to blame his slumping ratings on the media is silly.
posted on April 27, 2006 01:01:58 PM new
Why not Kiara. Please note that it states the President AND Congress not just the President alone. Many think the media print is gospel. Some never visit other sites to see what else is printed. I blame a lot on the media. Like the media hype with Tom Cruize, Brad Pitt. Oprah Winfry, and many others. The papers are filled with doom and gloom because that brings the readers to their news. Why print good news it doesn't sell papers or give high ratings to TV news shows.
Some never visit other sites to see what they say. It is evident when bidpeepa puts up those polls from AOL. Do they reflect the voice of the voters. No I doubt it when anyone that is on AOL can vote no matter what age.
Polls can change over nite. Just like the stock market.
posted on April 27, 2006 02:05:49 PM new
Bear and Libra63, update on a CNN poll just for you guys. The question is how low can DUMBO BUSH go? Can DUMBO drop down to where CHENEY is in the 20s? I personally don't think so. The 32% still for DUMBO are all KOOL-AID drinkers with GREEDY ANTI-AMERICAN mind sets.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush's approval ratings have sunk to a personal low, with only a third of Americans saying they approve of the way he is handling his job, a national poll released Monday 4/24/06 said.
In the telephone poll of 1,012 adult Americans carried out Friday through Sunday by Opinion Research Corporation for CNN, 32 percent of respondents said they approve of Bush's performance, 60 percent said they disapprove and 8 percent said they do not know.
COME JOIN THE GREAT AMERICAN PROTEST ON NOVEMBER 7th 2006.
posted on April 28, 2006 11:15:35 AM new
Bigpeepa says Someone asked Libra63 how far she went through school. Libra63 replied oh about 5 miles.
What a liar you are. Do you think you are cute. Now show me where that was posted? maybe you should join Kaira and start the liars club. You two would make quite a pair.
Of course he won't answer because he knows he comitted liable.
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posted on April 28, 2006 11:22:18 AM new
No I don't so what, they are liberal biased. I imagine you have a whole house full. Can't get enough of that liberal press huh crowfarm. Whoopee Big Ed is on the radio. Now there is a loser if I ever heard one. He and howard stern should team up. BTW how is he doing with his adopted Katrina family or have they moved out because they couldn't stand him.
It is to bad you need to attack. Why is that. What can't you discuss instead of name calling. Does that give you a high so you can make it through the day or are you high on the bottle and you have no scruples.
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posted on April 28, 2006 11:38:02 AM newWhat a liar you are. Do you think you are cute. Now show me where that was posted? maybe you should join Kaira and start the liars club. You two would make quite a pair.
Hey, Libra63! I find that funny coming from someone who lies and then sneaks back and edits her posts trying to cover it all up.
posted on April 28, 2006 12:23:43 PM new
"""No I don't so what, they are liberal biased. I imagine you have a whole house full."""
Libra , what are you talking about?
""Now there is a loser if I ever heard one. He and howard stern should team up. BTW how is he doing with his adopted Katrina family or have they moved out because they couldn't stand him.
It is to bad you need to attack. Why is that. What can't you discuss instead of name calling. Does that give you a high so you can make it through the day or are you high on the bottle and you have no scruples.""
That's an attack.
His adopted family is doing fine...the daughter stayed in North Dakota to finish college...her parents and siblings went home.
The Schultz's backed up their mouths with action , a tremendous act of kindness...and YOU attack. Have you no scruples?
"" Can't get enough of that liberal press huh crowfarm. ""
If you haven't read a magazine or newspaper or anything else in 50 years how would you know if they're liberal....? Just do what you're told? Without thinking? Guess that's easier for YOU.
