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Country's Views Unchanged by Petraeus Report

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Anonymous

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Two seperate polls-- show country is still greatly divided about Iraq and the report of the General changed peoples views very little....GW's finding that once you lose credibility--its hard to regain.....

Monday, September 17, 2007

Forty percent (40%) of U.S. voters say that Congress should support the policy outlined in President Bush’s address to the nation last Thursday night. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 42% disagree while 18% are not sure.

The survey also found that 47% believe Congress should “act to force the President to withdraw all troops from Iraq in the near future.” On that point, 43% disagree.

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/following_president_s_speech_public_remains_divided_on_iraq

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:26 PM

WASHINGTON -- Gen. David Petraeus' report to Congress and President Bush's nationally televised address have had little impact on Americans' distaste for the Iraq war and their desire to withdraw U.S. troops, polls show.


Fifty-four percent still favor bringing the troops home as soon as possible, a measurement that has not changed in months, according to a poll released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. And despite slight improvements in peoples' views of military progress, more said the U.S. will likely fail in Iraq than succeed by 47 percent to 42 percent, about the same margin as in July.


Nearly half, or 49 percent, said Bush should remove more troops than he announced he would last week, when he said he would withdraw some forces but leave at least 130,000 in Iraq at least until next summer. Thirty-eight percent said Bush's plan goes far enough.


Overall, two out of three said their views on the war had not been changed by presentations last week by Bush and Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq.

http://www.newsmax.com/us/us_iraq_polls/2007/09/18/33688.html
 

TSR

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Oldtimer said:
Two seperate polls-- show country is still greatly divided about Iraq and the report of the General changed peoples views very little....GW's finding that once you lose credibility--its hard to regain.....

Monday, September 17, 2007

Forty percent (40%) of U.S. voters say that Congress should support the policy outlined in President Bush’s address to the nation last Thursday night. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 42% disagree while 18% are not sure.

The survey also found that 47% believe Congress should “act to force the President to withdraw all troops from Iraq in the near future.” On that point, 43% disagree.

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/following_president_s_speech_public_remains_divided_on_iraq

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:26 PM

WASHINGTON -- Gen. David Petraeus' report to Congress and President Bush's nationally televised address have had little impact on Americans' distaste for the Iraq war and their desire to withdraw U.S. troops, polls show.


Fifty-four percent still favor bringing the troops home as soon as possible, a measurement that has not changed in months, according to a poll released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. And despite slight improvements in peoples' views of military progress, more said the U.S. will likely fail in Iraq than succeed by 47 percent to 42 percent, about the same margin as in July.

Its like you said Otimer, Petraeus is W's man and he isn't going to garner a lot of trust from the public when the president himself refuses to listen to public sentiment and do what he wants regardless.


Nearly half, or 49 percent, said Bush should remove more troops than he announced he would last week, when he said he would withdraw some forces but leave at least 130,000 in Iraq at least until next summer. Thirty-eight percent said Bush's plan goes far enough.


Overall, two out of three said their views on the war had not been changed by presentations last week by Bush and Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq.

http://www.newsmax.com/us/us_iraq_polls/2007/09/18/33688.html
 

kolanuraven

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Cal said:
Yeah, it's always a good idea to run wars based on public opinion polls.


Since it's the American' public' that hired the Pres. in the first place....maybe he should listen to his ' boss'!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Zogby: Congress Gets Just 11% Approval, Lowest Ever

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:36 AM



President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress registered record-low approval ratings in a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday, and a new monthly index measuring the mood of Americans dipped slightly on deepening worries about the economy.


Only 29 percent of Americans gave Bush a positive grade for his job performance, below his worst Zogby poll mark of 30 percent in March. A paltry 11 percent rated Congress positively, beating the previous low of 14 percent in July.


The Reuters/Zogby Index, a new measure of the mood of the country, dropped from 100 to 98.8 in the last month on worries about the economy and fears of a recession, pollster John Zogby said.


"Since the last time we polled we have had the mortgage crisis, and we are hearing the recession word a whole lot more than we've heard it in the past," Zogby said.


"There are things that happened in the September polling that drove the number down a bit, and they are mostly economic worries," he added.


The Index, which debuts this month, combines responses to 10 questions on Americans' views about their leaders, the direction of their country and their personal situations. Polling for the Index began in July, and that month's results provide the benchmark score of 100.


A score above 100 indicates the country's mood has improved since July. A score below 100, like the one recorded in September, shows the nation's mood getting worse. The RZI, which will be released the third Wednesday of each month, had remained at 100 in August.


"The public mood is not just dark. What's darker than dark?" Zogby said. "The mood is getting ugly."


The national survey of 1,011 likely voters, taken September 13 through September 16, found barely one-quarter of Americans, or 27 percent, believe the country is headed in the right direction. Nearly 62 percent think the country is on the wrong track.

About two-thirds of Americans think the value of their homes will stay the same or drop in the next year, and about one-third expect a recession in the next year amid a housing slump and credit crunch.


The poll also found little confidence in U.S. foreign or economic policy, with 68 percent of Americans rating economic policy as just fair or poor and 73 percent calling foreign policy either fair or poor.



Most of the polling was done after a speech by Bush and testimony to Congress by the top commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, indicating the United States would make some reductions but planned to keep high troop levels in Iraq for the foreseeable future.


Zogby said continuing uncertainty about Iraq contributed to the bad public mood and helped push down ratings for Bush and the Democratic-controlled Congress.


"I think we are seeing an anti-institution mood here," he said. "Post-Katrina, and now with Iraq and the economy getting worse, people just don't have faith that anybody is solving their problems."

In the 2008 White House race, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York led the Democratic field with 35 percent. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was second with 21 percent and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina was third with 10 percent.


New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden drew the support of about 3 percent each.


For Republicans, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani led the 2008 field with 26 percent, while newly minted candidate Fred Thompson, a former senator and Hollywood actor, was second with 24 percent.


Arizona Sen. John McCain was third at 13 percent and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was fourth with 7 percent.


In both parties, about 20 percent of likely voters said they had not made up their minds, leaving plenty of room for the races to shift.


The national telephone survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.


http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/congress_low_polls/2007/09/19/33876.html?s=al&promo_code=3A39-1
 

Steve

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people just don't have faith that anybody is solving their problems.

anyone stupid enough to want the government to "solve their problems" deserves a big *D* :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: or what they got...*



*Not meant to be inflammatory or insulting,... but how much has the Democratic congress have to screw up before you stop trusting them??

Vote for "less" government...(and never trust anyone who uses mandatory in the same sentence as Health care)...
 
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Steve said:
Vote for "less" government...(and never trust anyone who uses mandatory in the same sentence as Health care)...

You mean like the current Administration that is trying to require everyone have mandatory ID cards (compatable across all North America)-- and that all our farmyards, ranches, pastures ,fields have mandatory premise numbers - while all our Livestock have mandatory ID numbers and all their movements be mandatorily tracked :shock: :roll: :wink: :lol:
 

Steve

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and that all our farmyards, ranches, pastures ,fields have mandatory premise numbers - while all our Livestock have mandatory ID numbers and all their movements be mandatorily tracked

I'm not for anything Mandatory... I can understand from a business point that the tagging/tracking can help.... but If I or any other wants to opt out...we shouldn't be required..

but then again,..it might have helped them find a pasture for this cow...
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Dubbed "Queenie,'' the brown and white bovine was captured around 11 p.m. Tuesday, about one hour after she was first spotted roaming the streets of Jamaica, Queens,..."We have the cow. We're taking care of her.,...

No one seemed to know where the cow came from.,...

"We wait a day or two to see if anyone claims her,'' he said. If no one does, Gentles said the white-faced Queenie, who's approximately 1 years old and sports white patches over a brown torso, will be taken to live on a farm in upstate New York.


http://www.1010wins.com/Wandering-Cow-Caught-in-Queens-Yard/966562
 

Cal

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Oldtimer said:
Steve said:
Vote for "less" government...(and never trust anyone who uses mandatory in the same sentence as Health care)...

You mean like the current Administration that is trying to require everyone have mandatory ID cards (compatable across all North America)-- and that all our farmyards, ranches, pastures ,fields have mandatory premise numbers - while all our Livestock have mandatory ID numbers and all their movements be mandatorily tracked :shock: :roll: :wink: :lol:
Don't forget MCOOL.
 
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Cal said:
Oldtimer said:
Steve said:
Vote for "less" government...(and never trust anyone who uses mandatory in the same sentence as Health care)...

You mean like the current Administration that is trying to require everyone have mandatory ID cards (compatable across all North America)-- and that all our farmyards, ranches, pastures ,fields have mandatory premise numbers - while all our Livestock have mandatory ID numbers and all their movements be mandatorily tracked :shock: :roll: :wink: :lol:
Don't forget MCOOL.

Thats the only one GW and the boys don't want and been fighting tooth and nail-- the one that puts some requirements on the foreigners and the foreign/imported food....But they're pushing full speed ahead on any other mandate on their own citizens...Makes you wonder if they know WHO they are supposed to be representing... :roll: :???:
 

kolanuraven

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Steve said:
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Vote for "less" government






Well....Stevie....we can't get much less gov't for our money than we've got now!!!

We should tell Mexico what we expect and want...then they'd tell Bush...then it would get done!!!


Oh yeah....you better fix them fences on that New Jersey ranch ya got yourself there...I see Queenie got out again and made some tracks!!!
 
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