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Bush’s popularity hits new low
Poll: Majority of Americans question president’s integrity

By Richard Morin and Dan Balz
Updated: 10:04 a.m. ET Nov. 4, 2005

.... For the first time in his presidency a majority of Americans question the integrity of President Bush, and growing doubts about his leadership have left him with record negative ratings on the economy, Iraq and even the war on terrorism, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows.

.... On almost every key measure of presidential character and performance, the survey found that Bush has never been less popular with the American people. Currently 39 percent approve of the job he is doing as president, while 60 percent disapprove of his performance in office -- the highest level of disapproval ever recorded for Bush in Post-ABC polls.

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By Jim VandeHei and Peter Baker Updated: 12:21 a.m. ET Sept. 24, 2005

.... A president who normally thrives on tough talk and self-assurance finds himself at what aides privately describe as a low point in office, one that is changing the psychic and political aura of the White House, as well as its distinctive political approach.

.... In small, sometimes subtle but unmistakable ways, the president and top aides sound less certain, more conciliatory and willing to do something they avoided in the first term: admit mistakes. After bulling through crisis after crisis with a "bring 'em on" brashness, a more solemn Bush now has twice taken responsibility for the much-criticized response to Hurricane Katrina.
.... Aides who never betrayed self-doubt now talk in private of failures selling the American people on the Iraq war, the president's Social Security plan and his response to Hurricane Katrina. The president who once told the United Nations it would drift into irrelevancy if it did not back the invasion of Iraq last week praised the world body and said the world works better "when we act together." A White House team that operated on its terms since 2000 is reaching to outside experts for answers like never before.

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By Shankar Vedantam and Dean Starkman - Updated: 12:42 a.m. ET Sept. 18, 2005
.... Three weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck, red tape and poor planning have left thousands of evacuees without basic services, according to local and state officials, public policy experts and survivors themselves. ..With little guidance from federal and state governments -- and no single person or entity in charge of the overall operation -- cities and counties have been left on their own to find survivors homes, schools, jobs and health care. A patchwork of policies has resulted, causing relief agencies to sometimes work at cross-purposes.

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Updated: 6:33 a.m. ET Sept. 9, 2005
.... Five of eight top Federal Emergency Management Agency officials came to their posts with virtually no experience in handling disasters and now lead an agency whose ranks of seasoned crisis managers have thinned dramatically since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. FEMA's top three leaders -- Director Michael D. Brown, Chief of Staff Patrick J. Rhode and Deputy Chief of Staff Brooks D. Altshuler -- arrived with ties to President Bush's 2000 campaign or to the White House advance operation, according to the agency.

    Some have accussed this site as being "political" ... but where does "competency" and "leadershhip" become a factor?

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Updated: 4:39 a.m. ET Sept. 4, 2005
.... Despite four years and tens of billions of dollars spent preparing for the worst, the federal government was not ready when it came at daybreak on Monday, according to interviews with more than a dozen current and former senior officials and outside experts.

Updated: 3:33 a.m. ET Sept. 4, 2005
NEW ORLEANS - Tens of thousands of people spent a fifth day awaiting evacuation from this ruined city, as Bush administration officials blamed state and local authorities for what leaders at all levels have called a failure of the country's emergency management.
.... "We've had our first test, and we've failed miserably," said former representative Timothy J. Roemer (D-Ind.), a member of the commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks. "We have spent billions of dollars in revenues to try to make our country safe, and we have not made nearly enough progress." With Katrina, he noted that "we had some time to prepare. When it's a nuclear, chemical or biological attack," there will be no warning.
.... early assessments point to a troubled Department of Homeland Security that is still in the midst of a bureaucratic transition, a "work in progress," ..... Some current and former officials argued that as it worked to focus on counterterrorism, the department has diminished the government's ability to respond in a nuts-and-bolts way to disasters in general, and failed to focus enough on threats posed by hurricanes and other natural disasters in particular. From an independent Cabinet-level agency, FEMA has become an underfunded, isolated piece of the vast DHS, yet it is still charged with leading the government's response to disaster.

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Bush will lead investigation (Sept. 6, 2005):
President Bush says he will lead an investigation "to find out what went right and what went wrong."
..... under the circumstances, wouldn't it appear someone else should?

By Jennifer Loven, Associated Press Writer (Sept 4, 2005)
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration kept its Hurricane Katrina response and its public relations campaign in overdrive on Sunday, even as first confirmation came from Washington of a dreaded statistic — that the storm probably killed thousands of people.

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Newsweek's LIVE Poll Results September 11, 2005 It appears America IS awake! Someone has to wake up our Leadership that 49% of the vote is not a mandate. It looks like some need a wake-up call!

September 18, 2005

Are we looking at the future with 14 months and counting? This can't happen here in Northern Mississippi. Why not you ask? In the November 2004 elections there was no Congressional Democrate on our ballot! Now you understand why this is a "Red" state. It's sad enough to nearly make a grown man cry!

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If don't like my concerns, and you have a view,
then you might wish to express it via a survey at

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Your taxes are the best bargin in town! Yet, we're told the money in your pocket is better! Think!  What is it costing us not to pay taxes!  Debit! And, our children and grandchildren will pay it! Remember, you get what you are willing to pay for.

... E-mails from and chats with viewers ...

...... As for our illustrious President, just looking at him and his little smirk makes Jim and I mad.  If ever a President deserved to be impeached he does, with all his lies and his pandering to the religious right, and yet the people who support him still think he's great.  It's scary!!  I liked Clinton, indescretion not withstanding.  At least the man had some brains in his head. ...  I could rant on forever and it is getting late so I'd best say good night.
(Caution Re: Impeachement --- "President Chaney" ?)

...... Ron, I do understand your anger, everyone I speak with shares your anger.  Walt thought the same thing about the school buses sitting idle, when all those people HAD to be evacuated, with no means of transportation. No plans were ever written for a major disaster in this area!

...... Ron,  Sorry to say but I do not feel as though I will be on the site after the picture of President Bush and your political views were expressed.  Whether or not you disagree or agree with the President, we do not need negativity right now.  Due to you expressing political views on an alumni site I will no longer visit the site.  Take Care!  Sincerely,  Brian Hall.
(When does an expression of "negativity" seem to be appropriate?)

...... Brian,  I have been thinking most of the day about your not wanting to view the site because of what you've seen on it.  This is like the fairy tale where the villagers were watching the parade, and the Emperor rode with no clothes.  Nobody was suppose to notice.....  Well, I like parades, but the Emperor was wearing no clothes.  And, this is not a fairy tale!

...... Ron, maybe God is trying to tell us to get our country on its right track and pay attention to ourselves and what we really need.
(Yes, and believe it or not some people don't like to be told that!
For those that ignore opinions and surveys, see Right Way? and note survey durations!)

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      In summary, if you wish to consider this a political view different than yours, that's an assumption you have made.  I just don't like to be told how the "majority" feels, and what "we" should be doing.  It is evident the "majority" is not an entity which is defined by declaration.

Now, taking the blame makes things no less "unacceptable"!

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Maybe Mr. Bush has had his job specs explained to him. Maybe now he understands his position, and gets this job done. We need to support him.      As for those who have a "higher agenda", our fore fathers found from world history that we would be best served to accomplish some goals without government dictating them. Much depends on the "representatives" we choose to define "of the people, by the people and for the people...".      Let's hope our people begin to understand the above and knows the difference. We fought for and can't afford to lose our freedom and and liberty. Although this site was not intended to be politcal, others think otherwise. Do you have an opinion on the political issues of the day? Could the following speak for "Silent Majority"?

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    We have to remember that our leadership starts with the local party committees. We can't expect other party districts to change their party convention members. They won't, and YOU won't.
    We will re-elect our current elected representaives 94% of the time.  If you want a change it has to happen in your districts.

Wake Up America! - "Enough is Enough!"