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

To: rrufff who wrote (580993)	6/7/2004 12:34:10 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

CBS News on Friday released another finding from its poll taken May 20-23 and though it found a huge lead for President Bush over John Kerry amongst veterans, 54 to 40 percent, a group Kerry is courting by touting his combat veteran status, CBS managed to turn the poll into a negative for Bush, not Kerry. "While a new CBS News poll finds [Bush] still enjoys their overwhelming support," reporter John Roberts in Normandy stressed how "55 percent now say the Iraq war wasn't worth the cost and some veterans, whose backing of the President is still firm, complain he needs a new plan." That 54 to 40 Bush lead compares to a Kerry lead in the same poll of 49 to 41 percent amongst the entire population. Only later in Friday's CBS Evening News did anchor Dan Rather note that the poll determined that "veterans in general are also more positive than Americans overall about how the Iraq war is going and unlike the general public, most vets say U.S. involvement in Iraq was not a mistake." Roberts began his June 4 story about Bush's arrival in Italy: "Sixty years to the day it was liberated by allied troops, Rome was again a city under siege today. The protests, and the overwhelming show of force to keep it reined in, underscore how much the Iraq war has changed America's image aboard. Even Pope John Paul II had tough words for President Bush, urging a swift end to the occupation. He denounced the deplorable events at Abu Ghraib prison and advised the President to fully involve the UN in the transition to democracy...." Roberts soon pointed out: "Even among veterans, a core constituency of the President's, there is dissent. While a new CBS News poll finds he still enjoys their overwhelming support, 55 percent now say the Iraq war wasn't worth the cost and some veterans, whose backing of the President is still firm, complain he needs a new plan." World War II veteran at Normandy cemetery: "I mean go over there, win the war, kick butt and get out. That's what we did here. [gesturing toward graves] That's what they did. Do it again." On screen, CBS quickly displayed two poll results amongst registered voters: Under "Veterans' choice for President," these percents below side-by-side photos: Bush: 54% Kerry: 40% For "Was Iraq war worth the cost?" amongst veterans, No: 55% Walking with tombstones in background, Roberts concluded: "President Bush is banking that a heavy show of symbolism here will rally the world to his call to re-build Iraq in much the same way it did Europe 60 years ago. But 60 years ago the world was a far more united place and America's intentions unquestioned." Later, introducing a story on extended enlistments, Rather recounted a couple of more poll findings: "As we reported earlier, a CBS News poll shows most U.S. military veterans still support President Bush. Veterans in general are also more positive than Americans overall about how the Iraq war is going and unlike the general public, most vets say U.S. involvement in Iraq was not a mistake." On screen, "How is war going for U.S.?" Well: 47% Badly: 51% "Was U.S. involvement in Iraq a mistake?" Yes: 46% No: 51% For CBS's rundown of its poll results amongst veterans: cbsnews.com