Why Bush’s Popularity Hit 34 Percent
by Charles Coughlin
A recent poll has put Bush’s popularity at 34 percent. Opinion polls often take several days so it wasn’t clear at first whether the Dubai Ports controversy was included. Apparently it was. A CBS news article reports “The latest CBS News poll finds President Bush’s approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent, while pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a new high. Americans are also overwhelmingly opposed to the Bush-backed deal giving a Dubai-owned company operational control over six major U.S. ports. Seven in 10 Americans, including 58 percent of Republicans, say they’re opposed to the agreement.”
While Bush got a 34 percent approval in the poll, Cheney got a stunningly low 18 percent. Shortly before the poll was taken, the “Dick Cheney shooting” was announced. Cheney shot his friend, Harry Whittington, at a perilously close range (about 18 feet in contrast to the 90 feet claimed) embedding a pellet in his heart, which later caused a mild heart attack. Cheney lied about the distance of the shooting. The ranch-owner lied about the amount of drinking and about 18 hours passed before Cheney made a report to police, causing many to speculate about whether Cheney was intoxicated. Some pundits suspect that Cheney may have planned to cover up the whole incident. The victim was flown to a private hospital further away than the nearest emergency facility. Apparently Dick Cheney told neither the media nor the president about this incident for the first 18 hours. For the first two days after the shooting was announced, various neocon pundits (with obviously no experience hunting) tried to blame the incident on the victim. This is the real character of Dick Cheney and the neocons. They only admitted it was Cheney’s fault when public reaction to their spin turned negative. (more…)