Newsweek:The Ripple Effect (surprising poll findings!)

[NVMojo]

The foiled airline plot boosts President Bush's terror ratings, but the new NEWSWEEK Poll finds a lot for Democrats to cheer as the midterm elections approach.

Updated: 1 hour, 23 minutes ago

Aug. 12, 2006 - Even after British officials revealed a terrorist plot to blow up as many as 10 jetliners traveling from the U.K. to the United States, using ordinary-looking liquid explosives smuggled into airplane cabins, a majority of Americans still aren't willing to part with their carry-ons.

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Still, the most murderous terror plot to be publicly exposed since 9/11 disrupted more than air travel. It roiled public opinion too. While the NEWSWEEK Poll suggests President George W. Bush and the GOP-led Congress have plenty to worry about just three months before the midterm congressional elections, it shows a slight uptick in the president's lagging approval rating and a significant boost in voters' opinions of his handling of the terror threat.

According to the poll, conducted through phone interviews with 1,001 Americans, 55 percent disapprove of how the president is doing his job, while 38 percent approve, an increase of 3 points since the May 11-12 NEWSWEEK Poll. But a majority, 55 percent, approve of Bush's handling of terrorism and homeland security (40 percent disapprove), an 11-point boost since May, returning the president to levels not seen since early 2005.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14317706

[ERF]

1. It is impossible - or nearly - to compare polls, so a lot of what they

are saying in bull. Especially when both are in the margin of error.

The point is that less than 1/3 of the people support Bush and those are obviously the dumbest or most uninformed third.

[emmadoggy]

2. What is wrong with people?

55% APPROVE of how he's handling terrorism and homeland security??? :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

I'm really losing faith in the sanity of our nation.

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[Joanne98]

3. That's the same 50% who think we found WMD's in Iraq....

[dipsydoodle]

10. who are the same peope who think

that 2lbs of apples weighs less than 2lb of plums - must be so cos you get less.

Broadly speaking if ask an idiot a question you'll get a stupid answer. :)

[Supersedeas]

38. why are such a huge portion of 'Mericans so gullible

[NVMojo]

4. yet he's not very popular! What a way to spin the numbers!

[Sinti]

5. More than that approve of McDonald's - the food that kills

and Wal-Mart which drives down wages and sends small businesses out of business, so you can pay 50 cents less for some plastic POS you didn't know you needed... face it, he's got damn good PR and an unlimited budget.

[grytpype]

6. Bad news for America is good news for Bush.

If the planes had blown up, he would be doing even better.

[WCGreen]

7. IT never says when the poll was conducted....

Are we to assume that the poll was done Aug 11-12 just because the the May poll was...

[lyonn]

8. WHY do people think that bush is protecting us from

terrorist attacks? I figure if there was any Real evidence that he and his intel bunch had actually stopped an attack, such as the Brits are dealing with now, we would hear about it day in and day out. The Pakistanis, Germany, England, etc. have all provided us with intel, some of which we ignored before 9-11. Bushco had Nothing to do with this new threat discovery! How can the media skip right over this glaring fact?? And claim he is keeping us safe. Worse yet, it appears a whole bunch of people see him as actually doing or performing acts or laws that have caused us not to have been attacked since 9-11. If the Admin. is asked what threats have been thwarted they claim its a secret! Right ......

This logic falls in with that of many religions, blind faith, wanna believe, etc. It is easier than thinking.

[bluestateguy]

11. Because the American people are little children

and I am more and more of the opinion that they should be treated that way to win elections.

[bluestateguy]

9. The British foiled the terrorist plot. Not Bush.

But some people just like saying that they support the president because it makes them feel all patriotic and fuzzy inside. I have a relative whose policy is to ALWAYS vote for the incumbent president when he is up for re-election, because he says that that is just the patriotic thing to do. At least his vote will be up for grabs in 2008.

[flaminbats]

12. now we know where to hit these losers!

if voters still approve of Bush's handling of terrorism, we need to hit them where it hurts. Democrats should be running ads reminding people that 9/11 was Bush's failure to do his job as President. We should remind people that not allowing passengers, who paid for their plane tickets, to have their carry-ons is nothing more than a tax on voters for Bush's failure to enforce the law.

if only 38% of still approve of Bush's job performance, these are the same people who even voted for Bush's dad in 92. If his approve ratings are this low, that is allot of Republican votes who can be won in November..if we run the right kind of campaign.

Republicans didn't let voters forget about the Reno's attacks in Waco, or Clinton's nation-building with no exit strategy. So why should we allow Bush to get away with this now?

[savemefromdumbya]

13. who are these 3 points (dumb and dumber?)

[sabra]

14. 55 pct Americans back Bush on U.S. security - Newsweek

http://in.today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-08-13T072921Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-263399-1.xml

55 pct Americans back Bush on U.S. security - Newsweek

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifty-five percent of Americans approve of U.S. President George W. Bush's handling of homeland security, an 11 percent jump from May, according to a Newsweek poll released on Saturday.

The poll was taken Thursday and Friday, after British authorities foiled a plot to use chemical bombs to bring down as many as 10 airliners flying from Britain to the United States.

Bush's approval rating rose to 38 percent, a 3-point increase since Newsweek conducted its last poll in May.

Fifty-four percent of respondents said they would oppose a ban on all carry-on baggage on commercial flights, the poll said.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Fuc%ing sheep.

[jsamuel]

16. 2 weeks from now it will be back down, once everyone realizes it was

foiled by the US making Pakistan make the arrest too early, forcing Britain to let all the prisoners go for lack of evidence

[AlamoDemoc]

21. Yep....already one plotter released

UK police release bomb plot suspect

Saturday 12 August 2006, 8:38 Makka Time, 5:38 GMT

"British police have released one of the 24 suspects in the London bomb plot without charge, but have been granted permission to hold 22 people until next Wednesday."


on edit: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8822E368-BE39-446F-ADD2-DBA6F57BB0CE.htm

[jsamuel]

34. yep nt

[rurallib]

17. Got a feeling this will deflate fast as details come out.

Like the detail that it was the British that did this. And that we have cut spending on security etc. BUT...
Look for a series of these types of stopping of terrorism. Remember those young men in Miami?

[Old and In the Way]

18. Do any of these people have a clue as to what an utter disaster this

Department is? Have they forgotten Katrina, Iraq, and the wholesale corruption going on in that Department? What a joke. We are so screwed as a country.

[INdemo]

19. There is now way.......

If they ask 100 people and 55 were from Utah I would say yes this is probably correct..

[young_at_heart]

20. He uses the "Us Against Them" method

Pretty soon we will have generic terrorists of middle eastern descent....their country's origin won't matter. They'll all be lumped together as one.

[rocktivity]

22. Of course, that was before this story broke:

Bush prematurely ended a terror investigation to maximize political gain

I'd like to ask those people if they think the airport crackdown was warranted when the suspects hadn't even bought any plane tickets!

rocknation
:wow:

[Chango]

23. 100%

100% of the passengers on the Titanic trusted the Captain.

[saracat]

24. F***k them! Sometimes I HATE these morons!

Jeez. Does he make them feel safer? It wasn't even us or the Brits who caught these people but the Pakistanis who are the same type of people they are scared of. I am so ashamed of these idiots.

[lostinacause]

32. It's human nature. The same way someone who wants to fight against

corporations gets more support then someone who looks at it from a goal based perspective. People like the fight attitude. More often then not passionate stands against something don't accomplish the tasks in a desirable way yet they are very useful in generating support.

[leesa]

25. Yup, a little bogus terror and Americans fall right into line.

Americans are dumber than dirt.

[rosesaylavee]

26. Give them a week

and then poll again. The liars are being exposed this weekend. Hope the morning news shows discuss the politicizing of the 'terror plot'. Too much to ask for?

[Straight Shooter]

27. bush taking credit for the Brits doing the work, and 55% approve.

:wtf:

[magellan]

28. 55% of Americans won't understand their mistake

...until their pathetic fear has helped Bush** turn the US into a full-blown police state.

[Mojambo]

29. What a bunch of cowardly pansies

America, you are so easy.

[yorkiemommie1]

30. more cases of headupass syndrome

just like goebbels said, keep 'em scared and keep waving that flag. gets 'em every time.

[acmavm]

31. Bulls**t!

[ThsMchneKilsFascists]

33. 55% of Americans are delusional - TMKF...... n/t

[Joe Bacon]

35. These are the same folks brainwashed every week

THey go to church and hear endless Republican propaganda. What do you expect?

[Demeter]

36. Only In Cheney's Wet Dream

Too bad we don't have a reputable press or 4th Estate anymore.

[MODemocrat]

37. Security from what

Everything bad has happened under Bush's watch; so either he's in on it, or he's making all this stuff
up. He has a war going he can't figure out what to do with; and wanting to start another with Iran.
He's just bull of crap, and owns the media, nothing more. I don't trust him with anything.

For once, I'd think people would be more concerned about our freedom he continues to take from us,
and our social security he's trying to "privatize" (cut us off),revising medicare (trimming it down) to many doctors will not be willing to have us as patients; and the cost of gas is out of hand,
thanks to the Bush administration. He's the worst president in my memory, and I'm pretty darned old.

So to hell with their polls; they must be going to a republican fundraiser to get their survey. That's where you'd have to go to find the lazy president. Surely there's just not that many stupid people out there...or are there?

[MasonJar]

39. Our job as well as the Dems in charge need to constantly remind

everyone that it is the Pugs who have made us unsafe with their war and their 9/11. They own 9/11 and have done next to nothing to put the Commission's recs in place...another valid talking point for us.