The Twleve Percent

[JoshK]

Just over 50% of the country voted for GWB in the last election. However, his current approval rating is at a staggeringly pathetic 38%. So who are these people in the 12% that voted for him but now think he is, rightly, doing a lousy job? Was there really that much anti-Kerry voting? Or were there people who didn't do their homework to find out anything about the mean they were *actually* voting for? Does Sasquatch actually exist?

[chucK]

There was a good "news" story on Saturday Night Live a couple weeks back. It went something like this

 

A new poll shows 66% of Americans now believe that going to war in Iraq was a bad idea. The poll also found that 34% of Americans believe Adam and Eve rode a dinosaur to church.

 

[Alpinfox]

[minx]

THAT'S NOT FUNNY! they might have! Evolution is just a theory after all! just ask the kansas state school board.

evolution...it's just a theory

[Dru]

Not only that but "the fossil record is incompatible with the theory of evolution"

[jon]

So who are these people in the 12% that voted for him but now think he is, rightly, doing a lousy job?

 

Could be the troops that are getting sent to Iraq for their second and third tours and their families and friends? Nah.......

[underworld]

nope, those are bush supporters.... ever talked to any family members of soldiers? (other the shehan...or whatever her name was)

[tomtom]

Just over 50% of the country voted for GWB in the last election.

 

Bzzzt. Wrong!

 

50% of the voters voted for W. Take the percentage of Americans who voted and multiply by the percentage who voted for shrub, and you'll get a number pert near 38%.

 

[JoshK]

Ironically it was Clinton that pushed for better military benifits for soldiers and their families, and Bush wants to roll shit back to save money. Why they think so highly of him is beyond me.

 

PATHETIC!!!

[underworld]

i had a long conversation with a lady on an airplane the other day. her husband was in the military and she was scared to death that bush would lose in '04 because of the benefits and security her and her husband would lose. apparently clinton moved people around more and bush tries not to make families have to relocate so much and also she said the pay is better w/ W.

 

i don't know, i'm not in the military, but i've talked to several families and they like W.

[Alpinfox]

nope, those are bush supporters.... ever talked to any family members of soldiers? (other the shehan...or whatever her name was)

 

[Gary_Yngve]

i had a long conversation with a lady on an airplane the other day. her husband was in the military and she was scared to death that bush would lose in '04 because of the benefits and security her and her husband would lose. apparently clinton moved people around more and bush tries not to make families have to relocate so much and also she said the pay is better w/ W.

 

I wouldn't blame that relocating on Clinton. It was necessary and overdue restructuring for a post-Cold War military.