Iraq hammers Bush poll ratings

[cal04]

PRESIDENT George W. Bush is watching public support haemmorrhage for his handling of Iraq, and the bleeding seems especially acute in Ohio, the state that sent him back to the White House.
Bush, currently vacationing on his Texas ranch, "is losing not just people who were opposed to the war, but people who would have wanted to support him," Kay said. "He ought to get out of Texas and up to Ohio, and explain to people what is going on."

The president on Thursday expressed sympathy for the Ohio marines killed in a deadly week for US forces in Iraq, saying their sacrifice was for a noble cause.
Some 193 kilometres north of Delaware, the Cleveland suburb of Brook Park, where the 15 dead marines were headquartered, battled to cope. Residents paid homage at a makeshift memorial of US flags, teddy bears, flowers and cards.

"I don't agree that we needed to be in Iraq," said Vietnam veteran Greg Roberson, whose son Chris serves in the same division as the dead Marines."We were told there were WMDs there -- I feel we have been BS'd." At least two dozen people interviewed at random last week in Cleveland expressed similar feelings. Only a few said they were satisfied with the course of the war.

Anger is also evident in staunchly Republican Cincinnati, in Ohio's south.A web chat set up for Cincinnati Enquirer readers to remember fallen marines turned into an online protest, with messages critical of the war outnumbering those in support. "A war begun on lies will cause deep divisions at home," wrote one reader, Robbie Smith, of Hamilton, Ohio.Another, Kathleen Murray, of Blue Ash wrote : "How many more of your children will you have to lose to a senseless war based on lies?"

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[ktowntennesseedem]

1. And the vacation rolls merrily along....

Makes me sick to my stomach.

[FreedomAngel82]

4. It does

He just doesn't care. I saw a photo of him in his truck in all smiles. SOB.

[Bluebear]

7. POlls could go down to 10% approval, he could care less

He is doing what his PNAC masters placed him there for.

[shoelace414]

2. this..

and explain to people what is going on.

if he had ANYTHING new to say, it might help him.. no more of this "light at the end of the tunnel" and "desperate" crap.

First he has to figure out what the hell is going on, and to do that he has to figure out if he made a mistake, so it won't happen.

[wanpete]

6. shoelace...love your graphic! You can't do that on television!!!!

[jonworks]

3. put a WTF? on your car!

got the WTF? bumpersticker?

found the WTF? bumperstickers at
http://www.starvingliberal.com

[Son of California]

5. wow, good stuff

it sucks so much that these people had to lose their kids to figure out that this war is BS. But maybe now, people will start doing the right thing in Ohio and vote for a Dem next time around.

[Ksec]

8. I live in that area.

And one of the guys killed lived about five miles from here.

The town is mourning the loss and itll turn into anger soon.

[BillZBubb]

9. Not impressed with Ohio.

They just had a huge opportunity to send the fascist warmongers a message. So, what do they do? Instead of electing an anti-war veteran, they elect an ethically challenged Repug crone.

Busholini has nothing to worry about. The sheeple are what they are.

[wanpete]

10. karma has a very weird way of helping the sheeple wake up. it is just

way to coincedental that all of these marines were from ohio and that this terrible event happened right after the vote. at least I can have hope...