Is public opinion of bush even lower than polls indicate?

[Batgirl]

personal anecdote: yesterday the neighbor wanders over from across the street. Someone I've rarely talked to, seems a nice enough guy, but I kind of figured him for a wingnut.

Here are the 3 things I found out about my neighbor yesterday:

1) He's a Rapture Christian who believes we're in the End Times.

2) With racist tendencies (started talking shit about another neighbor until I nipped that in the bud with my patented uncomprehending stare.)

3) Despises George Bush.

Among his insights:
"There wasn't no problem with Social Security until he got his greasy hands on that money."

"That war in Iraq is about OIL."

If I was K. Rove this is the kind of thing that would make me dig my special blankie out of the closet for a vigorous thumb sucking session to quell the anxiety.

[kansasblue]

1. if we think Bush can control the media

then controling the polls shouldn't be that hard either.

[Kansas Wyatt]

2. The polls always give Bush & Repubs a comfortable handicap cushion.

[dogday]

3. I think it is very low, except for the extremist on the far right.. they

are holding on for dear life. Think they will stay on the sinking ship?

[Batgirl]

4. I forgot to mention

my neighbor also moved up here from W. Virginia. A white, male, rapture christian from the South, who should be safely lodged in the pro-Bush column. But somehow, even without internet access, he's seeing through the b.s.

What the hell is going on here -- aren't the networks doing enough to distract the population? Do they need to find even more missing children and celebrities-on-trial? Sweet jesus on a trailer hitch, where is the next sniper, wife killer or man eating shark that can save us from having to perceive reality?

[comsymp]

5. Not to pick nits

but West By-God Virginia isn't a Southern state.

[Dawgs]

7. I hope you're not saying anything against real southern states...

...because I'm really sick of all the hatred toward's the south on this board. I'm from Georgia.

[comsymp]

9. Absolutely not - in fact, that's why I pointed it out. Please, be sure to

note my avatar.

ON EDIT: my previous post was meant specifically in reference to the subject's description as "A white, male, rapture christian from the South"

/sick of the Southbashing, too.

[leftofthedial]

6. actual approval is about 18%

the billionaires, a few nazis and the hardcore religiously insane

[tsuki]

8. How can the popularity polls be correct if the exit polls were soooooooooo

wrong. Just another media lie.

[kansasblue]

10. Maybe Bush's numbers are higher....

and the people being polled are just shy about their support (sarcasm)

[Dragonfli]

11. It HAS to Be lower than 53%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm

I still can't figure out how they always seem to prop up his numbers at that site without actually lying, or do they simply just lie?