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

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (533305)	1/31/2004 4:03:48 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"In a hypothetical vote, Kerry and Bush are locked in a dead heat, with Kerry pulling 48 percent or registered voters vs. Bush’s 46 percent. Those numbers are increasingly important to Kerry: 43 percent of Democrats say electability is their most important issue in choosing a candidate. Forty-six percent say they care more about issue compatibility (last week 53 percent chose issue compatibility while only 39 percent considered electability the most important factor)." While Kerry is enjoying his bounce in the polls, Bush’s approval rating is at an all-time low in the NEWSWEEK poll, slipping to 49 percent (with 43 percent approving). Almost half (49 percent) do not want to see the president reelected in the fall (compared to 45 percent who do), which represents a slight improvement in his favor over last week, when 52 percent didn’t want to see him re-elected (44 percent did). For the first time in the NEWSWEEK poll, a majority (54 percent) believes the Bush administration misinterpreted intelligence about Iraq. But a majority (51 versus 41 percent) also believes Bush did not willfully lie to the public. And despite these revelations, half (49 percent) of those polled still believe Saddam Hussein’s regime played a direct roll in the September 11 terror attacks and a majority (55 percent, down from an even larger majority of 71 percent last summer) still believe Iraq had banned weapons prior to the war. More than half (55 percent) feel the U.S. did the right thing in going to war with Iraq, down from 62 percent in December. msnbc.msn.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (533305)	1/31/2004 4:06:55 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 769667

Kenneth, I agree we should all be anti-war(idealistic but unrealistic) but a person who has served should be careful when giving congressional testimony. You can state arguments without uttering words that make it appear all soldiers were committing atrocities. The volunteer army is the result of activities by SOME American GI's during Vietnam. I understand that. It appears many Dems are pushing Kerry because of his war record. Looks as though the country is about to relive the aftermath of Vietnam yet again. Wonder if Jane Fonda will make a comback.