How many lies can Karl Rove tell at a sitting? This just in from the Associate Press stenographer Tom Raum:
http://news.yahoo.com/...
WASHINGTON - Presidential adviser Karl Rove blamed the war in
Iraq on Monday for dragging down
President Bush's job approval ratings in public opinion polls. "People like this president," Rove said. "They're just sour right now on the war."
Really?! And who, dear Karl, is blaming Bush for the war in the first place? The very same people that answered "very unsatisfied" when polled?
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Rove said that Bush's likeability ratings are far higher than his approval ratings. "There is a disconnect" because of the Iraq conflict, Rove told the American Enterprise Institute.
"I think the war looms over everything. There's no doubt about it," Rove said during a question-and-answer session after a speech on the economy at the conservative think tank.
I see, likeability ratings are something that is far and away different from approval ratings, in that likeability involves having a beer with the man, and approval relates to his friggin' JOB PERFORMANCE!!! Was this a statement made out of sheer desperation, or fantasy, or both?
No doubt about it Karl? The war looms over everything, as if the war was unwanted and thrust upon the poor hapless but likeable president?
Rove, who is deputy White House chief of staff and Bush's top political adviser, brushed aside a question on his own role in the federal
CIA-leak investigation, saying he would not go beyond statements by his attorney. "Nice try," Rove told the questioner.
Yeah Karl - now try staying out of jail after you're indicted for treason you smug bastard.
Rove accused the news media of being too fixated on polls.
"I love this mania which has swept through American media today which substitutes polls for coverage of substance," he said.
"There's, I'm sure, going to be a special Betty Ford addiction for those that are addicted to regular poll numbers, but you'll work your way through it," he said, referring to the former first lady's clinic for treating substance abuse.
Despite low approval ratings, "I'm sanguine," Rove said. "I know our own polls."
He said that Bush's likeability, his personal approval ratings, were in the 60s in some polls. "Job approval is lower. And what that says to me is that people like him, they respect him, he's somebody they feel a connection with, but they're just sour right now on the war. And that's the way it's going to be."
This was interesting - in other words, "I don't pay attention to any polls that are politically disadvantageous"
He's sanguine. I could use other words to describe him, perhaps you all could come up with a few. For giggles, I checked Wikipedia for Sanguine: (and got the rest of the poll answers as well) http://en.wikipedia.org/...
Sanguine indicates the personality of an individual with the temperament of blood, the season of spring (wet and hot), and the element of air. A person who is sanguine is generally optimistic, cheerful, even-tempered, confident, rational, popular, and fun-loving. They can be daydreamy to the point of not accomplishing anything and impulsive, acting on whims in an unpredictable fashion. This also describes the manic phase of a bipolar disorder.
Yeah, I agree Karl, you're bipolar, daydreamy, unpredictable, and a whole lot more.