It's scary, isn't it?
WASHINGTON - To see the type of person who still backs him, President Bush need only look in the mirror. The president fits the composite of today's Bush supporter: a conservative, white, Republican man, an evangelical Christian who goes to church regularly.
Hammered by bad news in Iraq, congressional investigations and recent failed domestic initiatives such as immigration reform, Bush's job approval rating has spiraled to record lows for his presidency. Two-thirds of Republicans and about one-third of independents still support him, but virtually no Democrats are left in Bush's camp.
Really, were there ever any Democrats in his camp (besides Sen. Joe Lieberman)? After Bush *cough* stole the 2000 election and all...
There's no mention of the recent bump in Bush's approval rating (from 28% in June to 31%), nor the increase in Americans who think we were right to go into Iraq (from 35% in May to 42%). And don't forget Congress' rating on Iraq...a whopping 3%!
There's also the requisite "bad news in Iraq" claim, but recent developments show that the news is actually getting better. Why else would House Majority Whip James Clyburne (D-S.C.) indicate that positive news from General Petraeus would be "a real big problem for us"?
Moving right along, the story indicates that some Republicans are falling off the wagon because of Iraq.
On the other hand, a few percentage points of Republican voters have discarded the GOP label over their opposition to the war. It's unclear whether these Republicans have abandoned the GOP for good, or whether they just don't want to be labeled "Republican" when they talk to pollsters, said Robert Y. Shapiro, a Columbia University political science professor who specializes in public opinion and politics.
Still, he predicted that Bush's strongest Republican supporters probably won't abandon him unless there is a major scandal, they get sufficiently upset about the Bush administration's penchant for secrecy, or if the flap over the firing of U.S. prosecutors knocks Attorney General Alberto Gonzales out of his job.
"That might warrant those strong supporters leaving him, but that hasn't happened," Shapiro said. "These are the people who have really stuck by him. We don't know if he's hit rock bottom."
Frankly, the recent immigration bill that Bush backed could have been considered a major scandal. But the bill failed and life, and the electorate, moves on. But when Bush hits that "rock bottom," you will be among the first to know. I guarantee it!
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Not true!
August 9, 2007 - 11:17 ET by HelenSDon't forget us white church-going WOMEN!
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" - Shakespeare
The un PC answer
August 9, 2007 - 11:32 ET by kdoliverCould it be that white, conservative, church going men are the last big voting block that can actually think for themselves? There are smaller pockets of other groups that can think rationally, ie women like HelenS, JC Watts, Thomas Sowell, etc. But unfortunately they are the exception.
As my father once said, the most discrimmated group (by law) in America is the white male.
http://thelazytriathlete.blogspot.com/
We, the brutally oppressed
August 9, 2007 - 13:26 ET by TruthMongerWe, the brutally oppressed white church dudes, speak truth to power:) (raise fist)
Fun Riddle:
What do the dems see when they look in the mirror?
Oh oh! I know this one!
August 9, 2007 - 13:32 ET by Free StinkerThey see someone whose behavior & beliefs they do not like?
yes, good - keep
August 9, 2007 - 13:38 ET by TruthMongeryes, good - keep going...
Peel the onion...and...?
Peel the onion
August 9, 2007 - 14:46 ET by Free StinkerAnd liberals still stink?
and make you cry:) lol
August 9, 2007 - 15:05 ET by TruthMongerand make you cry:) lol
Trick Question
August 9, 2007 - 14:22 ET by TotheRightofReaganTruthMonger, that is such a trick question, everybody knows vampires do not reflect in a mirror.
“Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. “ – Ronald Reagan
thank-you much! i didn't
August 9, 2007 - 14:43 ET by TruthMongerthank-you much!
i didn't know the answer, actually
Really
August 9, 2007 - 11:37 ET by cvgbuckeyeSo Sabato says that about 1/3 of Americans still support the president, OR "only white Christian men only support the President", OR "hardly anybody supports the president". So then 33 1/3% of Americans and white Christian men are "hardly anybody" huh? Maybe we should all be shot then.
Makes me a little concerned about Sabato and the rest of the MSM's regard given to the 12% of minorities in this country if 33 1/3% is hardly anybody.
I wonder if the MSM would think that slavery should be reinstated if "only 1/3 or hardly anybody was against it" or how about euphemization?
Since only 18% of the American Public believes that the MSM has any credibility, "less than hardly anybody", lets get them impeached today;;;;; or maybe they just ought to be shot;;;;naaaaa!
Well, on second thought
I've read Sabato's views for
August 10, 2007 - 11:54 ET by misterbee241I've read Sabato's views for years and mostly agreed with him. However, when he came out during last year's election and said he positively knew Senator George Allen used the "N" word 30 years ago and then declined to elaborate, that changed my view of him. I still listen to him but I take it with a grain of salt now.
Oh no, haven't you heard.
August 9, 2007 - 12:04 ET by Tom PaineOh no, haven't you heard. As a woman, you obviously support Hillary. Just ask the MSM.
Don't forget us white church-going WOMEN
August 9, 2007 - 12:17 ET by ts88You can vote?? hehehe
Their typical ploy
August 9, 2007 - 11:28 ET by Dee Bunkto make those of us who don't fit that mold to think something is wrong with us. Sorry doesn't work here. It just proves that you have to be more independent thinking to be conservative. Liberal philosophy is all based on following the crowd.
I think there was no mention
August 9, 2007 - 11:30 ET by Free ThinkerI think there was no mention of the recent changes in polling and good news in Iraq because this story was probably thrown out there to try and counter the positive news the President has enjoyed lately.
President Bush's numbers
August 9, 2007 - 11:35 ET by MidAmericaPresident Bush's numbers will go up as the country realizes that the dems are going to run with hillary. Half the country has said they will not vote for her under any circumstance.
Well duh
August 9, 2007 - 11:57 ET by ForeverOnTheRight"Hammered by bad news in Iraq, congressional investigations......"
Bush is "hammered by bad news" because you have angry biased MSM democrat lapdogs who ONLY report bad news. How many deaths etc, every day. Congressional investigations from democrats who are using misusing their positions for political gain and a democrat controlled congress that politically stands against him. And yes not every initiative that Bush puts out there are is a good one.
You're right (forever)
August 9, 2007 - 14:00 ET by mattmThese kinds of articles are meant to influence opinion more than report on it. This is typical of the MSM, especially cr A.P. It's psychological suggestion. They report what they want the facts to be and they do it over and over again until it becomes the perceived reality whether it's actual reality or not.
today's Bush supporter: a
August 9, 2007 - 11:57 ET by Jack BauerShe really has no idea. It's kinda sad.
President Bush
August 9, 2007 - 12:21 ET by ts88when did President Bush become a conservative?
become a conservative?
August 9, 2007 - 12:24 ET by MightyMouthWell it wasn't the day he told conservatives to "stuff it" on illegal immigration. That's for sure...
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Well it wasn't the day he told conservatives to "stuff it
August 9, 2007 - 13:14 ET by ts88Hi MightyMouth,
Thats what I'm talking about, His numbers would be a hell of lot higher if he was a conservative. Pat
Jack, mighty and ts88
August 9, 2007 - 13:29 ET by Dee BunkThe implication is always that conservatives don't like him because he's not liberal enough though. It would be fine if they implied that Bush was middle of the road and aggravating people on both ends, but they portray him as an extreme right winger and then say that is what everyone (including Republicans) doesn't like about him.
Why...
August 9, 2007 - 17:58 ET by mattmThe MSM should approve of Bush on at least 50% of his agenda. Yet, they are 100% against him. Why?
I believe it's simply politics. They are Democrats. They can't voice approval for any Republican president, no matter how un-conservative. They must keep hammering away until a Democrat is in the White House and can start putting Lefty judges on the Court....
It's unclear whether these
August 9, 2007 - 12:39 ET by general companyIt's unclear whether these Republicans have abandoned the GOP for good
Pretty sure they didn't turn into liberals as the MSM would like. I don't fully support Bush either. Just because I don't, don't think for a second I am voting for one of the clueless Dems. If they really want to do a real poll why not poll the Dems against the Repubs on policy ,,,,,,they probably have a don't like the data.
Dear MSM, I am a white,
August 9, 2007 - 13:40 ET by dabalDear MSM,
I am a white, conservative male who supports Bush. I haven't been to church since I was six years old, when my father stood up, said, "We're leaving" and we never went back.
...and, I am not alone.
Thanks a google,
Dabal
White conservatives
August 9, 2007 - 17:44 ET by seejayIf someone did the math, they'd discover that as a % of population White men are the most law-abiding, taxpaying, fair-minded people on Earth.
It's too bad that doing the math today would put you in jail for a "hate-crime."
The biggest problem America faces today is it's rapid loss of it's Caucasian base. If New Orleans is a "chocolate" city because it was 70% Black, wouldn't that make America a White Nation since 100% of it's founding citizens were White? Or is that a mean question?
Granted, we're not a White Nation any longer, but wouldn't it be fair to at least admit that we ONCE were?
Our politicians are using tax money paid overwhelmingly by Whites, to buy the votes of non-Whites for their bigger-government schemes.
And here I thought I was
August 9, 2007 - 14:34 ET by Airforce_5_OAnd here I thought I was alone. Thanks.
The only thing you should feel when shooting insurgents is the rifle recoil.
News to me
August 9, 2007 - 14:56 ET by OIFveteranAll Bush has left are white church-going men?
That is news to this white atheist man.
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I am SO happy to have the
August 9, 2007 - 15:03 ET by annoyedmanI am SO happy to have the MSM describe myself to me... ...as if I didn't own a mirror and had no idea whom I supported. Too bad I'm not white.
I'm actually more of a pink to tan color - depending on what part of me you're looking at. HEY!! No peeking!!
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. ~~ Ecclesiastes 10:1-2
Bush is not Conservative
August 9, 2007 - 17:34 ET by Lame CherryI coined a phrase years ago to explain George Bush as he is a Cuban Republican. The Cubans in Florida for the most part always were actionary on defense and quite liberal on domestic issues. Some might call them Patrician Republicans like Bill Buckley who thinks government is necessary to spend money and influence stupid people to act like ethical people, but George Bush is not a Conservative.
That is the problem for liberals in they have no idea what a Conservative is, BECAUSE WE ALL LOOK ALIKE.
That phrase should sound familiar as it was what these bigots have always said about black people. If you want to know the reason all of that racism and bigotry showed upon on Archie Bunker, it is because liberals talk like that at their cocktail parties.
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wait, I support him, but I
August 9, 2007 - 19:23 ET by Khyriswait, I support him, but I don't go to church... how do I fit in?
"White church going men"?
August 10, 2007 - 11:18 ET by bassndude"White church going men"? Im gonna have to have a talk with my wife of 25 years. There may be something that I havent been told here. Maybe there is another reason why she said six kids were more than enough?
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!