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To: michael97123 who wrote (166536)	7/19/2005 6:12:57 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

Poll: Public Sees Bush As Less Trustworthy ___________________________________________ By WILL LESTER The Associated Press Tuesday, July 19, 2005; 4:03 PM WASHINGTON -- Americans have growing doubts about President Bush's honesty and his effectiveness, according to a poll taken at a time people are uneasy with the war in Iraq, uncertain about the economy and nervous about the terrorist threat. Half of those in the poll taken by the Pew Research Center, 49 percent, said they believe the president is trustworthy, while almost as many, 46 percent said he is not. Bush was at 62 percent on this measure in a September 2003 Pew poll and at 56 percent in a Gallup poll in April. One of Bush's strong suits throughout his presidency has been the perception by a majority of people that he is honest. "If the economy were doing better, the Iraq war wasn't as tenuous and people weren't as uneasy about terrorism, then they might be willing to cut Bush some slack on the Rove issue," said Robert Shapiro, who specializes in public opinion at Columbia University. "And it's all tied back to how the war was justified, so it raises all those issues as well." Only half the public is closely following the allegations that Rove leaked the identity of a CIA operative, according to Pew. Democrats are predictably more inclined to say Rove should resign than Republicans. But GOP support for Rove is lukewarm. About four in 10 Republicans said Rove shouldn't resign; about the same number said they were not sure. Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center, said an analysis of the survey suggests the Rove controversy is contributing to the president's credibility problem. The belief that Rove has committed a serious offense is having an impact on Bush's ratings on believability, he said. Only a fourth of people in an ABC News poll out this week said they believe the White House has been cooperating fully with the investigation of the CIA leak. About half, 49 percent, in the Pew poll said they approve of the job being done by Bush on terrorism _ as low as he's been on that issue since Sept. 11, 2001. Many independents have abandoned support for Bush in this area. Bush's job approval in the Pew poll was 44 percent, with 48 percent disapproving. The poll of 1,502 adults was taken July 13-17 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. washingtonpost.com

To: michael97123 who wrote (166536)	7/19/2005 6:43:18 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 281500

Good job erasing that insult, Mike.

To: michael97123 who wrote (166536)	7/19/2005 7:56:26 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

Bush picks extremist nut...Let the battle begin ... Bush Nominates Federal Judge Roberts yahoo.com Excerpt: ...Roberts has taken positions in cases involving free speech and religious liberty that endanger those rights. Abortion rights groups allege that Roberts is hostile to women's reproductive freedom and cite a brief he co-wrote in 1990 that suggested the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 high court decision that legalized abortion. "The court's conclusion in Roe that there is a fundamental right to an abortion ... finds no support in the text, structure or history of the Constitution," the brief said. In his defense, Roberts told senators during his 2003 confirmation hearing that he would be guided by legal precedent. "Roe v. Wade is the settled law of the land. ... There is nothing in my personal views that would prevent me from fully and faithfully applying that precedent."

To: michael97123 who wrote (166536)	7/20/2005 5:58:21 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

A Stealthy Lesson huffingtonpost.com 07.20.2005 / Craig Crawford Pro-life conservatives face an unknown danger in Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. They might well have another David Souter on their hands, a nominee thought to be a social conservative but who turns out to be a solid vote for Roe v. Wade's protection of abortion rights. Roberts is a BLANK SLATE on this issue, when you consider how his contradictory stands cancel each other out. And the history of stealth nominees is that conservatives tend to be the ones eventually shocked and enraged. If they take it for granted that the Bush White House has some backroom assurance from Roberts that he will cripple or overturn Roe, don't bet on it. Even if he gave them such assurance (which i doubt), he'll be above reach if it turns out he misled them to get the job. The confirmation hearing is the only chance for conservatives to get Roberts on the record about Roe BEFORE it's too late. If they think it's cute and clever for him to stay off the record and befuddle the liberals, there's no guarantee that liberals won't get the last laugh. --crawfordslist.com