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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (201710)	11/9/2001 3:52:57 PM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 769670

The only tax going up will be the gas tax to support road construction. That is a lie and hogwash. They have been saying this for YEARS. I didn't buy it then and I don't buy it now. When are they going to stop putting the gas tax money collected into the general fund? Ask your illustrious governor that and he waffles every time. M

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (201710)	11/9/2001 3:54:20 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Media downspin of its own poll...... www.mediaresearch.org ABC’s latest poll discovered that, two months after the terrorist attacks, support for President Bush and the war effort remain extraordinarily high with an 89 percent approval level for the President and 90 percent backing military action in Afghanistan. But introducing President Bush before his Thursday night address, ABC’s Peter Jennings chose to emphasize how polls have suggested "some declining confidence in the U.S. counter-terrorism efforts and on the war front." At 8pm EST, Jennings announced on ABC just before Bush’s address from Atlanta: "This is an interesting and challenging moment for the President because in recent public opinion polls it’s suggested that he’s having some difficulty managing public expectation about the war against terrorism. At home, some declining confidence in the U.S. counter-terrorism efforts and on the war front. In the last couple of weeks the number of people who believe that the government is doing everything it reasonable can to prevent terrorist attacks, has gone down by about 12 points -- from 68 percent in mid-October to 56 percent now." ABC had stressed the same dour poll numbers earlier in the day on Good Morning America, the MRC’s Jessica Anderson noticed. During a discussion previewing Bush's then-upcoming speech ABC showcased only two poll results: "Is the U.S. doing all it can to deter terrorism?" (68% on October 15, 56% on November 7) and "Confidence that terrorism can be prevented?" (66% on September 11, 52% on November 7). George Stephanopoulos explained: "He's going to talk about the war, but then hone in on homeland defense, and he has to do this because he still has very strong support in the country and there's a very strong support in the war effort, but our recent polls show there's actually been a drop in the people's confidence in the government's ability to handle these attacks and a drop of about 10 or 12 points in people's belief that the government is doing all it can to protect the homeland, so he's going to focus on that tonight." Those numbers are accurate, but ABC’s spin contrasted with how the Washington Post played the same survey. "In Poll, Most Americans Back Bush," announced the headline over the November 8 story by Richard Morin and Claudia Deane. They led their piece: "Overwhelming majorities of Americans continue to back President Bush and the war in Afghanistan. At the same time, doubts are growing about an expanded Afghan conflict and the government's efforts to deal with terrorism at home, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. "As Bush prepares to address the country tonight on homeland security, his overall job approval rating stands at 89 percent, unchanged in the past month. Nine out of 10 Americans support the U.S. military action in Afghanistan, also unchanged in recent weeks." To read the entire story, go to: washingtonpost.com Some of the specific results of the Washington Post/ABC News poll: -- "Do you support or oppose the U.S. military action in Afghanistan?" Support, 90 to 9 percent. -- "Do you think the U.S. military action in Afghanistan is going very well, fairly well, not too well or not well at all?" Very well or fairly well, 85 to 12 percent over not too well or not well at all. -- "Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the job Bush and his administration are doing in terms of giving the public reliable information on the military campaign in Afghanistan?" Satisfied over dissatisfied, by 84 to 14 percent. Now that’s a number ABC News definitely does not want to publicize after all the media complaining about lack of information from the Pentagon. And it matches what Dennis Miller complained about on Tuesday’s Tonight Show when he recalled how reporters "always say that during this war it's the public's need to know about our ground forces being in there." He rejected the notion: "I'm sitting at home and I'm always exasperating. And you never have the chance to say it, I don't think many of us have a chance to say it and I want to say it to you tonight. We don't want to know! Okay? They're young boys, it's scary enough leave 'em alone!" For more on Miller’s appearance and for a RealPlayer clip, go to: mrc.org For the complete poll results, go to: washingtonpost.com (While we’re on Bush’s Thursday night address, my reaction tone how neither CBS and NBC carried it, as quoted in an AP story by David Bauder: "We would applaud ABC for putting its responsibility as a news network ahead of sweeps month shows, realizing at a time of war that airing the comments of the President are more important than whether prime-time begins at 8pm or 8:25," said Brent Baker, Vice President of the conservative Media Research Center." Make that 8:38pm EST when ABC joined Whose Line Is It Anyway? in progress, a show not nearly as popular as CBS’s Survivor or NBC’s Friends. As Lisa de Moraes pointed out in Friday’s Washington Post, by putting on an ad-free news special, ABC got their low-rated time period pulled from the ratings.)