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One word: liar
Reasons to be cheerful:
Another poll shows George W. Bush's job approval rating dropping. The Pew Research Center finds that it has sunk to an all-time low of 48 percent. That confirms the trend we've been seeing in other polls this month, but even more alarming for the White House has to be the fact that Bush's personal favorability rating has dropped from 73 percent after the fall of Baghdad last spring to 53 percent today. And here's the most stunning line from Pew's report on the new poll :
The most frequently used negative word to describe Bush is "liar," which did not come up in the May 2003 survey.
Back in May, when asked for one word descriptions of Bush, 52 percent of those surveyed used positive words like "honest," "leader," and "good." That number has fallen to 36 percent, which is the same percentage of registered voters whose most frequent words to describe Bush - in addition to "liar" - are now "arrogant," "stupid," "incompetent," "dishonest," "idiot," and "ass." ("Cowboy" has fallen off the list since the May survey.)
And it's not just that Democrats are becoming more anti-Bush. The drop in the president's approval is being fueled by independents.
The most frequently used negative word to describe Bush is "liar," which did not come up in the May 2003 survey.
Back in May, when asked for one word descriptions of Bush, 52 percent of those surveyed used positive words like "honest," "leader," and "good." That number has fallen to 36 percent, which is the same percentage of registered voters whose most frequent words to describe Bush - in addition to "liar" - are now "arrogant," "stupid," "incompetent," "dishonest," "idiot," and "ass." ("Cowboy" has fallen off the list since the May survey.)
And it's not just that Democrats are becoming more anti-Bush. The drop in the president's approval is being fueled by independents.
- - from here.
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