(CNN) Poll: Bush not trustworthy, doesn't share values, no longer inspires confidence

[sabra]

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2006/12/poll-bush-not-trustworthy-doesnt-share.html

Poll: Bush not trustworthy, doesn't share values, no longer inspires confidence

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush faces some discouraging poll numbers as the year many have called the most challenging of his presidency comes to an end.

A majority of the American people, 55 percent, no longer believe Bush shares their values. They also are not sure if he is honest and trustworthy or if he understands complex issues, a CNN poll released Thursday reports. The poll was conducted for CNN by the Opinion Research Corporation and has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.

Nearly 53 percent say he is not honest and trustworthy, and the same number believes he does not understand complex issues. Fifty-one percent also say he is not a strong leader.

Only 37 percent believe that the president inspires confidence, compared to 61 percent who say that he does not. In 2005, 46 percent thought the president inspired confidence. Bush fared much better in this category in 2001 following the September 11 terrorist attacks, when 75 percent said that he inspired confidence.

[Nickster]

1. Better late than never I guess. n/t

[Ilsa]

2. I'm always shocked that it takes so long for so many people to

see the truth about this monster.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

17. He had the corporate propaganda appartus covering for him until recently

It's hard for anyone to get their arms around the situation when they are being systematically lied to.

The situation is difficult for me to accept. I don't want to admit that the country is in such bad shape - and I was on to Bush from day one.

Imagine what it is like for the true believers. Nobody wants to think they were deliberately misled by someone they trusted.

[Ilsa]

57. A person has to really stay interested and dig for the truth.

My husband was screaming "BULLSHIT" at Colin Powell when he testified about the aluminum tubes to the UN. My honey had already read enough and figured it out. Most people don't have the time or motivation to keep digging. They seem okay with being lied to, which I totally don't get, except this time, people wanted to bully someone, anyone, for 9-11.

[calimary]

73. Boy, THAT'S the truth. NOBODY likes to admit they've been had.

Denial, you know. NOBODY likes to admit they've been played, punked, or scammed. Makes one feel kinda stupid, 'eh? What makes me so mad (well, hell, there are thousands of things about this bastard that make me so mad) is how this schmuck and his henchmen were very willing and able to exploit the American people's deepest fears and longings. A longing for an "honest" president after we had it rammed up our asses 24/7 about "Clinton LIED!!! He LIED!!!!" So they were eager for somebody to come along who they believed wouldn't lie - here's this nice, folksy, reg'lar-guy, straight-talker type who they could even go have a beer with (yeah, alcoholic dry drunk. Nice person to go have a beer with, 'eh?). Then there was 9/11 and he and his pals exploited everyone's fears and terrors - and NEVER stopped. BASTARD. FUCKER. I hope he gets EVERYTHING that's coming to him, and that we ALL get to witness it.

That part about "the most difficult year of his presidency" - this past year? You wanna bet? I think THAT one is yet to come. Starting in January.

[Beartracks]

83. Ha! Ha!

>Imagine what it is like for the true believers. Nobody wants to think they were deliberately misled by someone they trusted.

Ha ha! Don't worry, they won't think that at all!

[orleans]

59. it amazes me too. what's even more amazing is that his poll numbers

are as high as they are.

what the hell are people thinking?

[calimary]

74. That's just it. They aren't really thinking.

It's all gut stuff. That's where he's been able to reach them. Unfortunately for him, everything about him is turning unavoidably gut-wrenching. People literally don't have the stomach for him anymore.

[rodeodance]

3. in other words, the majority now think W is simple minded and lies.

[MidwestTransplant]

4. Is Chris Matthews still calling him a "popular wartime president?"

[rodeodance]

7. well, lets all send this Tweety

[Arugula Latte]

65. Don't forget that "sunny nobility" Bush just oozes ...

:puke:

[calimary]

70. And that "PACKAGE" the guys on TV all gush over...

PUKE! Makes you wonder what took everybody so long, doesn't it? But I think it was the media with its collective "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" free-pass Post 9/11 Traumatic Stress Disorder, and some great advertising and public relations. Plus LOTS of people within the party had his back for a long time.

I think critical mass has been reached, and that millions of Rip Van Winkles have finally awakened. Too bad it took so long and almost 3,000 of our troops had to die before they did.

[underpants]

5. Other than that though....

:wow:

They should have just gone ahead and measured how much he "sucks"

[Binka]

9. Hoover or Bush?

Who would suck your carpet cleaner? Fuck * and his fucking legacy. Hey asshole I got your legacy here, UNMITIGATED FUCKING FAILURE!

[underpants]

11. And we haven't even gone back into the weeds of 9/11 yet

That guy better have some friends overseas that he can trust... oh right I forgot that is who he works for.

[Higans]

51. He does.

[UpInArms]

20. well said!

:thumbsup:

[roamer65]

26. Yes. Raisinbrain is worse than a Hoover.

Herbert Hoover to be exact.

...and I apologize to all self-respecting raisins everywhere for the comparison.:evilgrin:

[rodeodance]

6. Rec

[cdnwannabe]

8. Sure would like one of those 37 percent to explain to me....

what about him inspires them

[ryanmuegge]

18. Well, we know the answer about that 37%

It's a diverse crowd, really. He shares their values, or at least pretends to. We know he really does share the values (or, perhaps that should be in singular case) of the super-rich investor class. Meanwhile, he pretends to share the values of the hardcore NRAA idiots, pro-"lifers," the Christo-Taliban, and the rest are inspired by him because he isn't a "pussy" like that John Kerry was. This quiality is demonstrated in the most important qualities in an elected official: he likes football, baseball, and cuts brush.

[cdnwannabe]

82. Geez, Kerry's considered the pussy and he served in Vietnam...

BushCo is supposed to be tough and he went awol - don't even get me started on Cheney!

[bluedeminredstate]

10. Listening to his whining the other day

in his press conference, he reminded me of the guy that used to play him on SNL - Will Forte - who had his whining down pat. His voice has this inflection where he goes up about 2 octaves after saying what is supposed to be a declarative, forceful statement. Instead, he sounds like a kid caught with his friend's mom's wallet contents in his pockets and is trying to say that the money flew into his pants and he doesn't know how it happened.

How could such a whining, defensive, inarticulate man who uses lame humor instead of gravitas to present himself before the public inspire anyone to have confidence in anything he does? The fact that he has anyone fooled is jawdropping.

:dunce:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

13. Your last sentence says it all.

:wow: :wow: :wow:

[Dammit Ann]

14. jaw dropping.

absolutely. the numbers are encouraging, although, the fact that ANYONE can even listen to him without becoming nauseated and slightly terrified makes me hate the 37 percent almost as much as i hate him.

[rzemanfl]

42. Only "slightly terrified?" He scares the shit out of me. m/t

[calimary]

75. Welcome to DU!

I know how you feel. We all do. It's utterly bewildering.

[Warren Stupidity]

33. Will Ferrel ?

I think you mean Will Ferrel, whose dead on Bush is simply hysterical.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1090105637983364810&q=Ferrell+Bush+Horse

One of his best.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

46. Will Forte took over after Will Ferrell left. Will Forte had more whine, less arrogant swagger.

I still think Will Farrell did a better gwb, but Will Forte definitely had his moments. MKJ

[MGKrebs]

12. I kinda wish the media would ask questions like

"understands complex issues" BEFORE the elections.

[xxqqqzme]

15. we were discussing this last night.

I believe the people who would tell you 'oh, I'm not political' are starting to notice how fucked up EVERYTHING is. They are beginning to wake up because their discretionary spending has disappeared; their home equity is gone; their money is going onto their gas guzzling SUVs and energy consumption. They, finally, are starting to hear more & more about global warming and their curiosity is in its nascence. That invasion of Iraq, it seems, was not such a good idea. The dots are connecting themselves. And they are focusing their wrath where it belongs - on the rancid resident @ 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

[catmandu57]

16. Yet, the son of a bitch is digging his heels in

acting like the reptiles still own the government, turning a deaf ear to the awakening public, fuck with the American people at your own risk goober*.

[calimary]

76. Which might actually be good for the rest of us in the end.

The more stubborn he is, the deeper he digs in his heels as everything in Iraq and elsewhere turns to shit ON HIS WATCH, the easier it will be to make a case for IMPEACHMENT. And when it gets bad enough, you watch how fast Pelosi and friends will put it back ON the table. AND how many republi-CONS jump on it, too. They're not going to want his legacy hanging around their party's neck in 2008.

[Raine]

19. It's about time

that people FINALLY saw the chimp for what he is a lying psychotic morAn.

[Buzz Clik]

21. He's stuck in his own personal quagmire.

[TexasLawyer]

22. "We've never been about staying the course"

:sarcasm:Gee, I wonder why Bush is no longer trusted! :sarcasm:

[maxsolomon]

23. "They also are not sure if he is honest and trustworthy

or if he understands complex issues"

i'm think there are plenty of us who are 100% sure that he is NOT honest, trustworthy, or able to understand complex issues.

if you voted for bush once, let alone twice, you better hope god is real & will forgive you, bcuz i won't. got that, mom & dad?

[lpbk2713]

24. True, true, and true.

Worst President ever.

He really does deserve an * for that distinction.

[Peace Patriot]

25. "Poll: Venezuelans Have Highest Regard for Their Democracy"

By: Gregory Wilpert - Venezuelanalysis.com (12/20/06)

"(venezuelanalysis.com)--Venezuelans view their democracy more favorably than the citizens of all other Latin American countries view their own democracies, except Uruguay, according to a new survey released by the Chilean NGO Latinbarometro last Saturday. Also, Venezuela is in first place in several measures of political participation, compared to all other Latin American countries.

"According to the Latinobarometro survey, Venezuelans rank their democracy as being more fully realized than the citizens of all other surveyed countries do except Uruguay. On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 means a country that is not democratic and 10 is a country that is completely democratic, Venezuelans, on average, gave their own democracy a score of 7.0. The Latin American average was 5.8, with Uruguay having the highest score, of 7.2, and Paraguay the lowest, at 3.9.

"Similarly, Venezuelans say more often than the citizens all other countries except Uruguayans that they are satisfied with their democracy. 57% of Venezuelans are happy with Venezuelan democracy, which is the second highest percentage, with 66% of Uruguayans expressing satisfaction. The average for all countries surveyed was 38%, with citizens of Peru, Ecuador*, and Paraguay, expressing the least satisfaction, of 23%, 22%, and 12% respectively.

"For Venezuela, the percentage of citizens surveyed who indicated satisfaction increased more since 1998, the year Chavez was elected, than any other country. The percentage expressing satisfaction increased from 32% to 57% in those eight years."

(MORE)

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2179

[Peace Patriot]

30. Venezuelans also hand-count FIFTY-FOUR PERCENT of their ballots cuz they

don't trust the elecronic voting machines.

Smart Venezuelans. Dumb us.

Know how much of the vote WE hand-count after it's tallied by Bushite-controlled electronic voting machine vendors, using "trade secret, proprietary programming code?

0% to 1%, depending how much of a stranglehold Diebold/ES&S and brethren have on our local/state election officials and legislators.

The 37% who are inspired with confidence in Bush is close to the percentage of the vote he got in 2004, in my opinion. (Why did crooks Tom Delay and Bob Ney engineer a non-transparent voting system and fast-track it into place with $3.9 billion in boondoggle funding, if they didn't intend to use its non-transparency features? Hm?)

Dumb us + dumb (or rotten) Democratic leadership + $3.9 billion = dumb pResident.

[RamboLiberal]

27. But wouldn't you like to have a beer with him?

And Al Gore is such a liar! Kerry is a flip-flopper! :sarcasm: A'aaargh - I knew Dubya was an idiot, fool, empty suit, unqualified for the job back in 2000! And I knew it on 9-11 and after 9-11, but not the corporate media and not many of the sheeple!

Everyone on DU knew this idiot would take the country down the sh*thole.

[Raksha]

56. No, I would NOT like to have a beer with him, now that you mention it.

But I wouldn't mind having a beer with Al Gore or John Kerry or a lot of other people I can think of without having to think too hard about it.

[mrJJ]

28. Rice says Iraq is worth the sacrafice of lives and money.....

Rice says Iraq is worth the sacrafice of lives and money.....

Rumsfeld....
"We don't take our forces and go around the world and try to take other people's real estate or other people's resources, their oil. That's just not what the United States does," he said. "We never have, and we never will. That's not how democracies behave."

Nonsense aside, the sands of Iraq hold oil... lots of it. According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), "Iraq holds more than 112 billion barrels of oil - the world's second largest proven reserves. Iraq also contains 110 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and is a focal point for regional and international security issues."

Its about ENERGY... nothing more nothing less! Were all in the game. China, Russia, France & the US are all supporting or courting the major sources for ENERGY. It is imperative for each country to stake out their claim... thats all there is to it people. No one seems to be able to come to grips with reality. Everyone is trading money, weapons and technology (including nuclear technology) and veto votes to the UN, to secure Energy for their countries present and future needs. Forget religion, freedom, democracy these are all just words spoken to make what we are doing in Iraq palatable to our citizens. Synthetic and reusable energy supplies and technology are not presently a viable solution for any of our current needs. Bubble Boys detour (from capturing/killing UBL) to the Oil fields of Iraq has thrown the whole damn Middle East into turmoil. These sons and daughters of America are not dying and being wounded in Iraq to capture or kill UBL... They are now dying for ENERGY... Our tax dollars arent being used to eliminate UBL they are being squandered for the control of oil. The Politicians are playing us all for fools.....sadly...they continue to get away with it.

A damn shame we didn't stay the course and go after and eliminate UBL with our limited lives and money!!!!!

[Hissyspit]

29. Welcome to DU, mrJJ!

:toast:

:patriot:

Wish you'd gotten here sooner, but better late than never. Excellent post.

[calimary]

77. Very true, especially since Iraqi oil is considered the best - "light, sweet crude."

Welcome to DU! Excellent post. Excellent reminder. And believe me, if you're saying (posting) it, others are thinking it. More of them every day. Iraq is not just somehow magically going to become better. It's just not. And as it grows worse, and he stays pig-headed, not even listening to the generals on the ground (to whom he's insisted he's always listened) much less anybody else trying to talk sense into him, there will be MORE and MORE people waking up, and realizing how badly they've been had.

IMPEACHMENT grows more likely and perhaps even more inevitable every day.

[emmadoggy]

31. John Stewart uses this term to describe the Iraq "war", but I really think it

is the perfect description for the entire Shrub "presidency" - and that oh-so-fitting word is CATASTROPHUCK.

FUBAR also comes to mind as a fitting description.

As someone up above said, I too find it jawdropping that anything more than 1-2% of the populace can find any sort of respect or support for this monster. I still find his approval ratings from right after 9/11 mind-boggling and sickening, and the fact that it has taken THIS long for SO MANY people to wake up, is beyond me. Before the 2000 selection, I told my sister, "If that idiot gets elected, this country is going in the shitter." I was 100% confident of that, but I had no idea that it would reach the depths and proportions that it has.

[Warren Stupidity]

32. Synopsis: nothing in common with the lying idiot.

Wow. That sure is a swell report card you got there jr.

[autorank]

34. A total K&R. Thank you Sabra. A shame more couldn't see through

the facade of insincerity from the very start.

The people are speaking, louder and louder, and the cry for impeachment will be heard.

Our public servants will be given their instructions and the end will begin.

SIC SEMPER TYRANIS

[HughBeaumont]

35. "No Longer"????!?!/!?111/!?!???

When did this dick EVER inspire confidence? From the moment he stole the office, his administration has not done ONE THING RIGHT for the American people. Take a look at Bush's First Year in office. One of the main things he wanted to do was seal Poppy's misdeeds for history, as they were about to come out that year. Let's not even go into all the spending he cut for social programs in favor of tax cuts for the wealthy and military build-up. Or that he re-started the Cold War just for the hell of it.

How did a floppy penis like this EVER make Americans say "Gawrsh. I'm GLAD George W Bush is my president (twinkle)!" ???

[liberal N proud]

36. No longer inspires confidence?

[sakabatou]

37. No shit, really?

/sarcasm

[reprobate]

38. Hey, Dem congress, read this and impeach. The public is ready now.

Impeach both BoyGeorge and CrashCart Cheney! As much as the public was against the Clinton impeachment, they will now support the administration impeachment and imprisonment.

Special note to Nancy: Time to put it back on the table. Listen to the people.

[judaspriestess]

39. asshole never shared my values

I never trusted the weasel either. bushie and honesty, is that a country song? How much longer are Americans going to be so stupid?

[williesgirl]

40. My lord, are Americans finally starting to wake up and see the truth? Repukes are in

serious trouble for 2008 since there's no way * will change his ways.

[monmouth]

41. These numbers appear high to me. I can't imagine he's THAT popular...

[Faygo Kid]

44. Me, too. I'm shocked there's still so many supporters

What the hell does it take for all but the consciously evil to see through this dangerous charlatan? Can't be that many Dittoheads and FReepers in the world. It's the "What's the Matter With Kansas" crowd that is falling behind economically (but Bush will stop gay marriage) and gives their sons and daughters to be put into the endless immoral sausage grinder that is Iraq (but Bush is such a religious man.) I shake my head in despair, but am glad to see so many wise up, if so late.

[calimary]

78. Welcome to DU! Time to start nagging our reps for IMPEACHMENT.

Storm their phone lines. Overwhelm them.

IMPEACHMENT - NOW!!! And don't forget the Removal from Office part, either. THAT will be looking more likely every day also.

[BeHereNow]

43. Well "DUH!" That's what we've been saying for years!

If only the rest of the American public would have listened to
us at the start of the pillaging of the country.

BHN:banghead:

[Kenergy]

45. Duh n/t

[JerseygirlCT]

47. One question: what the heck took them so long?

Geez, we could have saved the country a heck of a lot of trouble if they'd bothered to listen back in 2000...

[TankLV]

53. Exactly! What the fucking hell took them so long, & what the fuck's wrogn with the dumbasses that

STILL like or support him?!?!

These people are truly pathologically insane...

[Joe Bacon]

67. The idiots at the Presidential Prayer Team STILL love President Peter Pan!

Look at this psychotic rambling from an idiot who wrote to the Presidential Prayer Team

http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org

by Greg Asimakoupoulos

The White House boasts a Christmas tree.
And near it there’s a Bush
whose roots reach deep because his job
is anything but cush.

He knows the stress of being shaped
by those with pruning shears.
He feels the frigid pelting sleet
of soldier families’ tears.

And still this Bush grows strong and tall
displaying shoots of life.
He’s nourished by his humble faith
and his committed wife.

While lights adorn the Douglas Fir,
this Christmas Bush is graced
by candor and integrity
that beautify like lace.

O God, please tend this fragile Bush
with all you know he needs.
May we find shelter in his shade
as prayerfully he leads.

What planet is this psychotic asskissing moron on?

[mfhatchett]

48. Disaster

Presidencies that are generally considered by historians to have been "disastrous"

James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, Herbert Hoover (George W. Bush).

[Broken_Hero]

Welcome to DU :)

:hi:

[nadinbrzezinski]

72. welcome to DU

[calimary]

79. Welcome to DU! Yep, the historians have already pegged it.

The main question so far seems to be whether he's in the bottom five or simply AT the bottom, all by his little self. I suspect by the time he's through it'll be the latter.

[DallasNE]

49. Not A Strong Leader

How is that for an understatement.

All during the 2004 campaign I yelled that the number one issue was leadership. The cluelessness expressed by slogans like mission accomplished and stay the course spoke volumes about the leadership issue. Leadership is measured by results. The results at the time showed that bin Laden had not been captured and just as the UN inspectors reported, Saddam had no WMD. It was glaring then that lack of leadership was the most pressing problem facing America.

How it took the American people this long to "discover" that George W. Bush was not a strong leader just boggles the mind. Bush has never shown a capacity for leadership.

[mfhatchett]

52. I absolutely agree

I think the parallels between Hoover and Bush's leadership are many. Had nothing happened in their terms they might have been average, forgettable presidents. Instead, they did not have the personality or the leadership capacity to deal with crises facing the nation during their tenure: the Depression in Hoover's case and the War on Terror in Bush's. How anyone could defend Bush simply sitting still after being told "America is under attack" is beyond me.

[DallasNE]

68. I Have Never Linked Bush To Hoover

But that was because their disasters were so different. Hoover's was domestic while Bush's is foreign. When you boil it down as you have it makes perfect sense. Both were clueless when faced with a crisis. The other thing that will make them similar is how long it takes to reverse the damage cause by their respective administrations. The President that takes over on January 20, 2009 will face a daunting challenge. Recovery will not occur overnight.

[Higans]

50. I wounder why....

[magellan]

63. My god, what is the story behind that bottom photo?

I've never seen it before. Please tell me it was photoshopped.

[foo_bar]

64. it was photoshopped

http://septterror.tripod.com/touristguy.html

[magellan]

81. The clarity of the plane did seem odd

Still, it's quite a convincing and chilling image. Thank you for the link explaining it. :)

[NoAmericanTaliban]

54. I'm confused, didn't God make him prez

doesn't he walk on water. Isn't he a real American, just look at all the medals he got fighting the
enemy in Vietnam. Who more to represent moral america than a drunk cowardly crack head. Now they finally figured it out. DU knew this from day 1.

[CRK7376]

55. Something the rest

of us have know for years....About time!

[lovuian]

58. Trust is Broken

The relationship the Bushes have made all these years has been exposed
as Greed and Lust for Power

[opihimoimoi]

60. Its all over but the shouting...Bush is Toast...lost his trust, lost his way, lost his people

lost his political capital, lost his credibility, losing his backers, losing our future, its OVER

[curiousdemo]

61. I smell Sulfur....

Bush must be around..

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[calimary]

80. Love it! Welcome to DU!

We've smelled sulfur for at LEAST six years.

[Recursion]

62. Rumsfeld's sacking turned my office Bushbot

Nov 5: "Cheney and Rumsfeld will stay throughout my second term."
Nov 9: "Rumsfeld's leaving; here's his replacement"

Even the office Bushbot knew it takes more than 4 days to find a replacement Secretary of Defense. He even said the other day "I wonder what else he's lied about." I wanted to say "You got all day?" but I bit my tongue because he'll finish this path when he's ready.

[catzies]

69. Ah, but that is why I keep hope alive for Cheney's abrupt departure.

Remember: Agnew, out, Ford in then Nixon out.

I do believe we'll see this again in the coming 12 months.

They need someone in the White House who's running for the open seat. If Karl Rove has any sayso anymore that's what they'll do. ;)

[The Animator]

66. When the whole "who would you rather have a beer with?" was floating around

I wonder how many people paused and said to themselves, "Now wait a minute, Bush is a 'reformed' acoholic, I don't think having a beer with him would be a good idea."

I can only guess that this poll question was Karl's doing. The fact that it was even reported in the media as a determining factor, when your trying to decide who's going to be the helmsman of the most powerful ship on Earth, is an insult to the intelligence the American voter. Heavens forbid you try to decide based on who's better qualified.

When you reduce the campaigns to a popularity contest, it undermines the voting process. Didn't we used to determine who would lead our country based on their records? Their ideas? Their ability to get things done? To make intelligent decisions?

Not anymore, and that's how we ended up with this butplug.

[nadinbrzezinski]

71. And somewhere in hell

Nixon is smiling

[6000eliot]

84. When did he ever inspire confidence?

For whom?

[BadGimp]

85. Not Found - WTF?

Not Found
The requested object does not exist on this server. The link you followed is either outdated, inaccurate, or the server has been instructed not to let you have it. Please inform the site administrator of the referring page.

I tried to look at the entire poll results on the page by clicking on this link:
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/images/12/22/rel31f.pdf

hhmmm

I wonder.