Brit Hume: Bush "trending strongly upward in wake of a vigorous defense"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

The latest Gallup Poll shows President Bush's job approval dropping a point to 41 percent. But other major polls have the president trending strongly upward in the wake of a vigorous defense of his Iraq policy and the successful Iraqi elections.

A Real Clear Politics average of the five latest polls puts the president's approval at close to 45 percent — his highest average in more than 4 months. Congress, however, is not so lucky. The latest average puts congressional job approval at just 31 percent.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179318,00.html

[MrModerate]

1. Check 'em tomorrow, Brit m'boy, and see what the trend is. n/t

[JuniperLea]

2. It's still less than half!

It's ridiculous how they dicker over puny numbers to take your mind off the big picture! Their glass is nowhere near half full.

[chelsea0011]

3. Notice the word "trending. Not the surest of statements from the lemmings.

[thefloyd]

4. Real Clear Politics

average started including polls obviously more favorable to Bush. Humes trending is rediculous.

[Roland99]

5. WTF is Hotline/FD? * up 16% among Independents?!?!? LOL!!

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/RCP_PDF/Diageo%20Hotline12%2015%2005.pdf


What a fvcking joke!

[tritsofme]

21. Real Clear Politics just averages polls

which ones are they leaving out?

[WI_DEM]

6. "strongly upward" He still is averaging 30% less than when Clinton

was impeached.

[long_green]

12. This is a "Wag the Dog" thing

if you keep saying he's rallying, some sheep will start to parrot the line (they hope).

[politicasista]

7. Faux news sucks!

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[frylock]

8. w0w!! 45% approval. that's awesome!

:jackoffsmilie:

[iconoclastNYC]

9. Dishonest idiot. Polls can't show the effect yet. n/t

[Bonhomme Richard]

10. Probably 1% with the room for error. n/t

[long_green]

11. I suppose if I could figure out what he means

it would be good news for Bush? Or not?

[Cha]

13. I understand this guy

blathers for a living..must be fun at the end of the day to know you've accomplished so much with your blathering.

[No Exit]

14. The temperature here trended upward today. From 30 to 35 degrees

Obviously, it will be spring tomorrow!:)

[Guaranteed]

17. LOL

That sounds like something ridiculous off of the LSAT. :)

[No Exit]

26. Perhaps... except it would be about 200 words longer!

TEST QUESTION: "Your opponent, Mr. Brit Hume, Esq., has just told the jury that his client George Bush's 'numbers' are trending upward. Rank the following counter-arguments in order from Most Persuasive to Least Persuasive:

1. "Mr. Hume is obviously a stranger to Reality. I'd better introduce them: Mr. Hume, meet Reality. Reality, meet Mr. Hume."

2. "Mr. Hume is what we call a 'zealous advocate', ladies and gentlemen. This is fancy lawyer talk for someone who has his head up his client's ass to about the large intestine level."

3. "Mr. Hume has apparently been the victim of a poor education. He is unable to tell the difference between a high number and a low number."

4. "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Hume's client's 'numbers' can rise (or 'trend') into the stratosphere, and this will not change the fact that Mr. Hume's client, George Bush, is a disgusting piece of shit who should be kicked to the curb."

[Guaranteed]

15. That's amazing...a 45% AVERAGE approval rating, when I haven't

seen a single poll above 42% in months!

Must be that "fuzzy math."

[tritsofme]

22. This is the average he's referencing:

http://realclearpolitics.com/polls.html

[Lexingtonian]

16. thanks, Pravda V2.0

I'll bet all quotas are being exceeded this year, as they are every year. Especially in bullshit.

Let's see that 'successful Iraqi elections' two months from now.

And 'vigorous defense of his Iraq policy'-- is that what everyone calls lowering of the bar these days?

[Wapsie B]

18. Now they're feverishly working

on framing his legacy for the history books. They'll be spinning now just like he was running for office again to paper over the truth.

[thebigidea]

19. so when he nosedives 10s of points, its no big deal

but when SOME polls put him a few points higher, suddenly its a massive news. Douchebags.

[flordehinojos]

20. isn't brit hume the reporter who used to play tennis at the white house

tennis court with poppy bush when poppy bush stepped into the oval office after reagan?

brit hume has gotten lots of perks and pork barrell from the bushes throughout the years. why wouldn't he want to continue spewing propaganda for he who puts the pork and the butter on his table?

[GCP]

23. Ding ding ding ding - you are correct, Sir!

Little Britty did play tennis with Poppy when Poppy was in the WH. Shows how un-biassed to the BFEE he is :sarcasm:

[Kingofalldems]

24. He denied it to me on CSPAN

Back around 1990 or so he was on the morning show. I got through and mentioned the fact that he plays tennis with the Bushes. He denied it.

[Dawgs]

25. Whenever freeps mention the polls I always mention two things...

One, that Clinton was 30 points higher than Bush on the day he was impeached, and

Two, this chart--> http://www.hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/Approval.htm

[No Exit]

28. Good! And here's a third thing to mention:

All we heard throughout Clinton's tenure was how "everything this administration does is poll-driven!" "They don't say or do anything until they poll to see exactly what to say and how to frame it!"

Mr. Repukelican--I mean, Mr. Republican--why would your Strong Paternal Iron-fisted Manly Leader need to think about polls at ALL??? He's not some wishy-washy liberal weenie who worries about what people will SAY or "what the neighbors will think", is he???

[depakid]

27. Brit Hume- LOL

Kinda says it all.

You'd be a fool to believe this.

[Skittles]

29. he is a certified bush whore

f***ing pathetic