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

To: Peter O'Brien who wrote (539840)	2/13/2004 11:27:37 AM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 769667

SPEAKING OF ALL TIME LOWS!!!! Poll: Public's trust in Bush dips to the low point in his presidency WASHINGTON (AP) — The public's trust in President Bush is at the lowest point of his presidency, with about half of those surveyed saying he is honest and trustworthy and almost that many saying he is not, according to a poll released Thursday. The ABC News-Washington Post poll found that 52% felt Bush was trustworthy, while 42% did not. The poll found public support for the war in Iraq slipping and people were about evenly split on whether they approve of the job he is doing as president or not. For the first time in this poll, support for the war dipped just below half, 48%, with an equal share, 50%, saying it was not worth fighting. More than half in the poll, 54%, said that the Bush administration intentionally exaggerated the threat from weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but more of that group says administration officials exaggerated the threat than said they lied. The poll highlighted Bush's vulnerabilities after a month dominated by the Democratic presidential campaign and an admission by administration officials that banned weapons may not be found in Iraq. A tracking poll by the National Annenberg Election Survey found that Bush's overall job approval dropped sharply in late January after David Kay, the former chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq, said he did not think those weapons existed. In other findings in the ABC-Post poll, Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry was ahead of Bush 51% to 43% in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup. The public remains strongly supportive of Bush on his handling of the campaign against terrorism and his leadership skills — with six in 10 or more approving of him on terrorism and saying he is a strong leader. Almost half in the poll, 47%, said the economy has gotten worse while Bush was president — reflecting recent signs that consumers are growing more anxious about the economy. Only four in 10 said Bush understand the problems of people like them. CC

To: Peter O'Brien who wrote (539840)	2/13/2004 11:43:08 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"Military spending is near an all-time low as a % of the total federal budget." >>> No. Not 'all-time low'. >>> Perhaps over the span of the last 30 years... but there are plenty of times previous to that when it was lower. >>> I think the more important questions are: is the spending adequate to provide for our security, and are we spending the money wisely? >>> Considering the collapse of the other Super Power, the fact that we spend as much as the next 15 or 20 largest military spenders in the world combined, and the fact that the Pentagon has repeatedly been unable to pass a GAO audit for years... and actually can't account for a couple of hundred billion of spending... I'd say my two questions above are fair to ask.