PRO-BUSH OPTIMISM REMAINS. ANTI-BUSH PRESS CLOUDS OPINION
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
When the American liberal press constantly staccatos anti-Bush agenda, America starts singing the blues — a little bit. Of course, that makes sense, especially when the mainstream media is slamming away in Democratic overloaded geographies. There the anti-Bush public is hearing what it wants to hear and it reacts to pollsters accordingly.
Last evening on Larry King Live, Lauren Bacall was interviewed. He asked her a question that led to her championing "the ‘L’ word," as she called it. In other words, Bacall went into her typical litany drive of championing liberalism.
"Liberalism is open to everyone. It’s because of liberalism that the country has what it has." And on and on she went with a tired refrain from decades ago, recalling past Presidents she’s admired. Then she shifted into present-tense by bemoaning the movies today, the theater today, the creative output in films, etc.
I could hardly believe my ears when hearing her actually blaming "the climate of the country" on the lack of "creative" output in Hollywood and like environs! She obviously was referring in not too veiled terms to the Bush administration as being the cause for lousy movies.
Of course, actors and actresses of past acclaim, when interviewed on TV, give forth with the "name" personages of the past. Usually they then give token appreciation to today’s fare but with an obvious regret that it’s not "what it used to be."
Therefore, with that backdrop, Bacall went into her sophisticated low-voice woeful moan about today’s creative surge plummeting because of the condition of the nation. What in logic’s name does that mean?
Of course, she meant that Mr. Bush being in the White House is the reason for anything she considers negative from sea to shining sea. So much for Bacall reality.
King was smart. He did not wed into her comments. Finally, she responded to him by saying that she did not think he was liking what she was saying. All I could think was that King is savvy enough, liberal that he really is, to recall the Red States win of last November. Much of his audience is from that contingent. He was not going to kiss up to Bacall’s evident blaming the Bush team for anything this-or-that present-tense.
At the close of the interview, King gallantly kissed Bacall’s hand. I thought that was sweet balance.
So it is with America when liberal press gets to their nerves. Americans are constantly hammered at by negative newsfeeds and so they react accordingly, just as I am sure that there were those watching Bacall who shouted from their living rooms a resounding Amen to her defense of "the ‘L’ word."
Therefore, note Donald Lambro of The Washington Times reporting today concerning Republican pollster Whit Ayres’ remarks: "’Public opinion lags behind economic reality. For the past three months we've been inundated by stories about rising gas prices, a slowing economy, large deficits, the impending bankruptcy in Social Security, gridlock over judges.
"’All that has created a bit of sourness in the public mood right now,’ he said. ‘It's nothing like a major depression in public opinion, but more of a momentary indigestion.’"
John Zogby reported that Americans are "generally optimistic" about their tomorrows. In fact, he stated that ’I am surprised when they tell us they are optimistic about their own future. The numbers are higher than they were a couple of years ago.’"
There you have it. "The numbers are higher than they were a couple of years ago." True. There is an underlying optimism in the citizenry that does not bob to the top when pollsters focus in on a small list of minor anxieties touching the nerves these days.
Americans are not doomed. They are not thinking Doom Doom Doom. They are responding to anti-Bush newscasts as well as considering a few bumps in the road at the moment when responding to certain polltakers.
"Republican pollster David Winston thinks the price of gas is the major factor behind the public's unhappiness. ‘They have had a positive view about where the economy is going, but they have been unsettled by increasing gas prices,’ he said."
And as can be expected, according to The Washington Times report, "voter dissatisfaction was especially high in heavily Democratic ‘blue states’ such as Michigan, which have been hit hard by manufacturing job losses, but more favorable to the president in Republican ‘red states’ such as Indiana.
"’Depression,’ Democratic pollster Ed Sarpolus of EPIC/MRA said when asked to sum up the mood in Michigan, where unemployment is nearly 7 percent.
"In Indiana, however, 55 percent approve of the overall job Mr. Bush is doing, according to an Indianapolis Star/WTHR poll."
Go figure and stay tuned.
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When the American liberal press constantly staccatos anti-Bush agenda, America starts singing the blues — a little bit. Of course, that makes sense, especially when the mainstream media is slamming away in Democratic overloaded geographies. There the anti-Bush public is hearing what it wants to hear and it reacts to pollsters accordingly.
Last evening on Larry King Live, Lauren Bacall was interviewed. He asked her a question that led to her championing "the ‘L’ word," as she called it. In other words, Bacall went into her typical litany drive of championing liberalism.
"Liberalism is open to everyone. It’s because of liberalism that the country has what it has." And on and on she went with a tired refrain from decades ago, recalling past Presidents she’s admired. Then she shifted into present-tense by bemoaning the movies today, the theater today, the creative output in films, etc.
I could hardly believe my ears when hearing her actually blaming "the climate of the country" on the lack of "creative" output in Hollywood and like environs! She obviously was referring in not too veiled terms to the Bush administration as being the cause for lousy movies.
Of course, actors and actresses of past acclaim, when interviewed on TV, give forth with the "name" personages of the past. Usually they then give token appreciation to today’s fare but with an obvious regret that it’s not "what it used to be."
Therefore, with that backdrop, Bacall went into her sophisticated low-voice woeful moan about today’s creative surge plummeting because of the condition of the nation. What in logic’s name does that mean?
Of course, she meant that Mr. Bush being in the White House is the reason for anything she considers negative from sea to shining sea. So much for Bacall reality.
King was smart. He did not wed into her comments. Finally, she responded to him by saying that she did not think he was liking what she was saying. All I could think was that King is savvy enough, liberal that he really is, to recall the Red States win of last November. Much of his audience is from that contingent. He was not going to kiss up to Bacall’s evident blaming the Bush team for anything this-or-that present-tense.
At the close of the interview, King gallantly kissed Bacall’s hand. I thought that was sweet balance.
So it is with America when liberal press gets to their nerves. Americans are constantly hammered at by negative newsfeeds and so they react accordingly, just as I am sure that there were those watching Bacall who shouted from their living rooms a resounding Amen to her defense of "the ‘L’ word."
Therefore, note Donald Lambro of The Washington Times reporting today concerning Republican pollster Whit Ayres’ remarks: "’Public opinion lags behind economic reality. For the past three months we've been inundated by stories about rising gas prices, a slowing economy, large deficits, the impending bankruptcy in Social Security, gridlock over judges.
"’All that has created a bit of sourness in the public mood right now,’ he said. ‘It's nothing like a major depression in public opinion, but more of a momentary indigestion.’"
John Zogby reported that Americans are "generally optimistic" about their tomorrows. In fact, he stated that ’I am surprised when they tell us they are optimistic about their own future. The numbers are higher than they were a couple of years ago.’"
There you have it. "The numbers are higher than they were a couple of years ago." True. There is an underlying optimism in the citizenry that does not bob to the top when pollsters focus in on a small list of minor anxieties touching the nerves these days.
Americans are not doomed. They are not thinking Doom Doom Doom. They are responding to anti-Bush newscasts as well as considering a few bumps in the road at the moment when responding to certain polltakers.
"Republican pollster David Winston thinks the price of gas is the major factor behind the public's unhappiness. ‘They have had a positive view about where the economy is going, but they have been unsettled by increasing gas prices,’ he said."
And as can be expected, according to The Washington Times report, "voter dissatisfaction was especially high in heavily Democratic ‘blue states’ such as Michigan, which have been hit hard by manufacturing job losses, but more favorable to the president in Republican ‘red states’ such as Indiana.
"’Depression,’ Democratic pollster Ed Sarpolus of EPIC/MRA said when asked to sum up the mood in Michigan, where unemployment is nearly 7 percent.
"In Indiana, however, 55 percent approve of the overall job Mr. Bush is doing, according to an Indianapolis Star/WTHR poll."
Go figure and stay tuned.
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