Bush
The reality check continues.
There was 2001, the year of living carelessly. There was 2002, the year of the big lies. There was 2003, the year of "mission accomplished." There was 2004, the year we "turned the corner" in Iraq, the insurgency "on the run." And there is 2005, the year Americans finally appear to be able to look at this Presidency with some semblance of objectivity. The American people, like all people, are fundamentally good, and we are not stupid, despite what the Project for a New American Century might think. We know we're being lied to when enough information is available to make critical, analytical judgments.
Two years ago, more than half of Americans polled approved of Bush's handling of the war. A year ago, it was down to 42%, with 53% disapproving. A new poll (Pew Research Center for the People & the Press) indicates that little more than a third of Americans now approve of Bush's handling of the war in Iraq, with 57% disapproving. In another new poll (CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll), 54% of Americans polled believe that, despite administration assurances to the contrary, the war in Iraq has made America less safe than it was before the US invasion.
It should come as no surprise, then, that fewer than half of the Americans polled in a Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey perceive the President as being "trustworthy," and nearly the same number see him as UN-trustworthy (49%-46%). That's down from 62% who trusted the President less than two years ago, compared to only 32% who found him un-trustworthy.
Contributing to the lack of trust, undoubtedly, is the Karl Rove scandal. The latest ABC News poll shows that 75% of Americans think that this is a "serious" matter (42% "very serious" and 33% "somewhat serious"), and 42% believe the White House is not fully cooperating with the investigation, as opposed to 25% who think it is.
America deserves better than this administration. And Americans are starting--FINALLY--to appreciate this fact.
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