Bush in TV bid to halt poll slump - Guardian

[question everything]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1143568,00.html

President George Bush will launch a determined media campaign today to reverse a slump in the polls and defend his administration against charges that officials manipulated intelligence on weapons of mass destruction.

With his approval rating falling below 50 per cent for the first time, Bush, who rarely gives one-on-one interviews, suddenly agreed to appear on this morning's Meet the Press programme.

The move was widely seen as the beginning of a counter-offensive for an administration that has appeared increasingly besieged and rudderless.

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But Bush has also been hit by the fallout from what has been deemed an uninspiring State of the Union address, and the renewal of questions over whether he had fulfilled his duties as a National Guardsman in the 1970s.

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His approval ratings in all polls are now the lowest of his presidency. Bush also loses against Democrat frontrunner John Kerry in some polls. 'I think Bush really looks vulnerable,' said Professor Richard Stoll of Rice University.

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[Nay]

1. So he's going on TV -- dare we hope that the Piehole Effect will

also apply to his poll numbers as well as to stock market numbers??? Please, oh, please. . .

[PaDUer]

5. On tv with

his ear piece so he can hear how to answer what's being asked..what an embarrassment he is! Watch how he pauses so he can hear the next sentence to be repeated!!

[lovedems]

2. He's not going on tv, he's been on tv. The MTP was taped

to get all of the "blunders" that the idiot has mastered of the final version. The WH is so happy with it!

I hope that we are seeing the beginnings of the American voters seeing a pResident who can't be trusted. I hope we are at the point that it doesn't matter what he says, the damage has been done.

[JoFerret]

3. Raw footage of the chimpster would be such fun

.

[CO Liberal]

6. Maybe Dick Clark Already Has It....

...for his next "Bloopers" special.

:-)

[question everything]

4. WH was also very happy with STOU...

[lovedems]

7. Well, then maybe we will be in for a show!

They are incredibly out of touch with the general population.

[Mari333]

8. another idea...........is this being shown to take the heat off the PLAME

indictments on Sunday morning news?
coulllllllld beeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[chookie]

9. Mr Rove's script for the show

Here's what you can expect tomorrow, in case you want to sleep in.

Boy oh boy -- Tough Tim Russert takes on George W on those ugly things that have surfaced over the last 4 years....

Ordinary mortal wither away under the laser saber of Truth that Russert wields with such merciless mastery. This is the man who made John Kerry lay on his back and pee submissively, who got Wesley Clark to confess that he didn't switch from Republican to Democrat, but rather from Communism to Islamic Terrorism, and then break down in girlish tears. Under the brutal bombardment of Russert's sharp mental weapons, John Edwards just started to scream in a high-pitched voice and ended up hyperventilating and then nervously vomiting.

But Mighty Tim cannot find any fault with this flawless stallion of a man, and can only stammer and weakly mew in the Great Man's presence. He shivers as he takes the measure of the man -- which is vast -- bigger even than Texas -- maybe as big as Heaven itself.

What to take home with you: George W is the greatest man who ever lived, ever -- the same as Jesus except not God's Only Begotten Son, but Barbara Bush's son.

I've seen Cheney on Meet the Whores -- and I just have to laugh at the absurdity of it. Russert just goes all gooey, just about panting and drooling over his power, nodding like a bob-head toy.

But put a Democrat on his show, and he turns into a rabid terrier, barking and barking and barking and snarling and nipping at the intruder in the studio.

[truhavoc]

11. It is too late to be laughing this hard..

Thanks for the comic relief, it was just the motivation I needed to head off to sleep. Goodnight all, and have nice dreams of the chimp stuttering on MTP in the morning.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. If Dumbya doesn't do something quickly,

he may have to "find" bin Laden now instead of waiting til October.

[Snappy]

12. "I am not a crook.'

" I did not lie about WMDs." GW Bush