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

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (704925)	9/29/2005 4:34:06 PM
From: Arthur Radley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I would have swore that Bush and Gang told us years ago tht the mission was accomplished...now some jack-leg general tells me that the next 75 days are critical to accomplish their mission....Updated: 2:47 p.m. ET Sept. 29, 2005 WASHINGTON - The number of Iraqi battalions capable of combat without U.S. support has dropped from three to one, the top American commander in Iraq told Congress Thursday, prompting Republicans to question whether U.S. troops will be able to withdraw next year. Gen. George Casey, softening his previous comments that a “fairly substantial” pullout could begin next spring and summer, told lawmakers that troops might begin coming home from Iraq next year depending on conditions during and after the upcoming elections there. “The next 75 days are going to be critical for what happens,” Casey told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (704925)	9/29/2005 4:49:51 PM
From: Smiling Bob	Respond to of 769670

Would that sound be masking the silence of the bush defenders. The man is going downhill faster than they can type. The next lie to be exposed... Abu Azzam seems to have been elevated rather quickly He was pretty much non-existent up until the other day when bush and pals called him the #2 most wanted terrorist The best I could find is he may have been just one of many regional captains Do a Google search.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (704925)	9/29/2005 7:09:54 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Bush Approval Rating Rises After Hurricane Rita, Survey Shows Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. President George W. Bush's job approval rating rose from a career low after he took a more visible role in the government response to Hurricane Rita than he did for Hurricane Katrina, a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll showed. Public approval of the job Bush is doing increased to 45 percent in the poll conducted Sept. 26-28, up from 40 percent in a Sept. 16-18 poll. Bush's job-approval peaked at 90 percent in the weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks four years ago and his rating is down from a high this year of 57 percent in the days after his Feb. 2 State of the Union speech, the poll showed. As Rita hit the Texas-Louisiana border Sept. 24, Bush monitored federal, state and local preparations from U.S. Northern Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He made a trip to the region for talks with local authorities on Sept. 27, making stops in the two states. Following complaints from state and local officials that federal assistance was inadequate after Katrina struck Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi on Aug. 29, federal emergency agencies and the military moved equipment and personnel into place before Rita hit. The survey showed 40 percent of respondents approved of the way Bush did his job responding to Katrina, while 71 percent approved of the way he handled Rita. The poll of 1,007 adults had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The questions about Bush's handling of the hurricane response were asked of half the sample and have an error margin of at least 4 percentage points. bloomberg.com