| Topic: |
Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"Fester" |
| Date: |
03 Aug 2007 04:35:17 PM |
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OT: Congressional handling of Iraq war nets 3% approval |
LMFAO! You can get a poll saying 3% of Americans approve of OBL for crying
out loud. For the Donks who have insisted that their mid-term win was a
referendum on the war, they've shown just how to go about fucking up a wet
dream.
http://zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1343
<quote>
Survey shows just 3% of Americans approve of how Congress is handling the
war in Iraq; 24% say the same for the President
A majority of American adults (54%) lack confidence in President Bush's
ability as Commander in Chief of the U.S. military, a new UPI/Zogby
Interactive poll shows. A majority (60%) said they do not trust the
president's judgment when it comes to the war, while 38% say they have faith
in his military decisions.
Just 24% give the president favorable ratings of his performance in handling
the war in Iraq, but confidence in Congress is significantly worse - only 3%
give Congress positive marks for how it has handled the war. This lack of
confidence in Congress cuts across all ideologies. Democrats - some of whom
had hoped the now Democrat-led Congress would bring an end to the war in
Iraq - expressed overwhelming displeasure with how Congress has handled the
war, with 94% giving Congress a negative rating in its handling specifically
of that issue.
The online survey was conducted July 13-16, 2007, and included 7,590
respondents. It carries a margin of error of +/- 1.1 percentage points.
To best show support for the troops, 42% believe Congress should fully fund
the war in Iraq to maintain current troop levels, while 34% would favor
attaching requirements for phased withdrawal to Iraq war funding. Just 18%
said cutting all funding for the war in Iraq to bring troops home would be
the best showing of Congressional support. Congress has proposed a bill
continuing funding the war in Iraq, but that would require the withdrawal of
the majority of troops there by Spring of 2008 - a plan favored by 49% of
Americans. But nearly as many (45%) are opposed to this plan.
Slightly more than half (54%) believe the U.S. should set a timeline for the
withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, and 55% believe the U.S. should begin
the phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of this year.
President Bush has threatened to veto any bill that funds the war in Iraq
that also sets a date to begin withdrawing U.S. troops, but 52% would
disagree with a presidential veto, while 44% would approve.
More than half (55%) believe if the U.S. withdraws from Iraq that it will be
considered a defeat, while 41% disagree.
Half of Americans (51%) believe the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq incites
anti-U.S. sentiment and creates a greater likelihood of a terrorist attack
within the United States. But 44% believe the U.S. troops in Iraq are
fighting terrorists within Iraq so that the U.S. does not have to fight
terrorists here at home.
Overall, slightly more than half (55%) said they oppose the war while 44%
say they support it. While the vast majority of Democrats are in opposition
to the war (93%), slightly more than half of independents (55%) and just 14%
of Republicans take the same stance. Self-described conservatives (87%) and
very conservatives (93%) show strong support for the war, but support among
moderates (25%) is significantly less.
Dissatisfaction with how the war in Iraq is being handled is also
considerable among past or current members of the military and their
families - nearly three in four (71%) give the president negative ratings on
his handling of the war and than half (54%) said they don't trust the
President's judgment when it comes to the Iraq war. Nearly half (47%) say
they lack confidence in Bush's ability as Commander in Chief - 41% said they
have no confidence in him at all. The vast majority (96%) also have a
negative view of how Congress has handled the war, but there is disagreement
about what Congress should do to support the troops. While half said
Congress should fully fund the war in Iraq to maintain current troop levels,
29% would favor attaching requirements for phased withdrawal to Iraq war
funding and 16% believe Congress should cut all funding for the war in Iraq
and bring the troops home.
Those with military ties are split over setting a timeline for withdrawal -
48% would favor withdrawal but 50% would oppose such a plan. There is a
similar split when asked if the U.S. should begin the phased withdrawal of
U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year - 50% agree while 46% disagree.
Slightly more than half (57%) believe withdrawal from Iraq would be
considered a defeat, but 38% disagree with that perspective. Two in five
(40%) favor a proposal by Congress to continue finding the war in Iraq, but
that would require the withdrawal of the majority of troops by the spring of
2008. Half (51%) would support a Presidential veto of a bill that funds the
war by sets a timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops, although nearly as many
(46%) would oppose a veto.
Those with military ties mirror the feelings of Americans overall. While
half (51%) believe U.S. troops in Iraq are fighting terrorists within Iraq
so that the U.S. does not have to fight the terrorists domestically, nearly
as many (45%) believe the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq incites anti-U.S.
sentiment and creates a greater likelihood of a terrorist attack here at
home.
Bush also gets low ratings in dealing with veterans - two-thirds (67%) give
Bush negative ratings for his performance in providing adequate health care
for the veterans who have returned home from the ward in Afghanistan and
Iraq. Among those who have or are currently serving in the military and
their families, nearly as many agree (62%), while just 30% believe Bush has
done a favorable job of providing health care for veterans.
</quote>
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