Voters saying no to Bush?

This from the Federal government's own Voice of America.

The majority of American voters would not like to see President Bush re-elected to another term according to a poll by Newsweek magazine.

The survey released Saturday showed that 49 percent of registered voters would not back the president for a second term if the vote were held now. Forty-four percent would support Mr. Bush's re-election.

The poll marked the first time in a Newsweek survey that supporters of Mr. Bush were out-numbered by those who would not like to see him back remain in office. In April, 52 percent of voters backed the president for a second term, while 38 percent did not.

This means it's time for another war. Those people obviously need to be reminded that the adults are in charge and know what's better for them. And a distraction would be nice.

Italics used to emphasize sarcasm.

To be honest, there is a lot of anger out there that I think the media overlooks. While polls can be skewed-I've had one class already, and one more to go, on how to make polls...change up the methodology and you can get vastly different results- I really do think there is an undercurrent of anger, and impatience, with the Bush Administration. Remember, there are only lies, damn lies, and statistics.

The same Newsweek Poll saw Iraq as a quagmire.

Nearly 70 percent of Americans feel the United States will be bogged down in Iraq for years without achieving its goals, a poll finds.

The Newsweek poll released yesterday also found that nearly 6 of 10 people are concerned that the U.S. military will be overextended should another security threat arise outside Iraq.

Again, impatience. While those in support of the operations in Iraq will say be patient (and then point to Vietnam), it's really tough to be patient in America these days. We are the instant gratification people. We got impatient with dial-up, so now many Americans with net access are switching to broadband. Everything must be faster, better, sooner. I think this poll (even though I said before, the numbers can be skewed) reflects that. We want an instantly pacified Iraq. I think we ought to realize that unless we leave, we're going to be in there till pigs fly. With their own wings that is, I'm not talking about pig transport in airplanes.

However, being the cynic that I am, I predict that those poll numbers will swing back in the other direction in the next two weeks. It's almost time for the "Patriotic Usage of 9/11 Even Though We Stiffed New York City, Stifled the 9/11 Commission, Encroached on Civil-Liberties, And Called Those who Disagree Un-American even though We Really Don't Have That Right" Republican media fest. The debate, already the ugliest in generations, is about to get uglier in the next couple weeks. And their side will win, as it has been winning for the last few years.

A future announcement: I won't be blogging at all that week.