On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:23:37 +0000, NOYB wrote:


Historically, Presidents never have had good approval ratings during a war
(except for Bush 41). When you compound the war with the fact that gas is
50% higher than just a year or two ago, it's amazing that Bush isn't in
the 20's.

I'm not sure I'll agree with that premise. FDR maintained high ratings
throughout his war years, as did Nixon until Watergate. I will agree,
though, that people will only take the bleeding from a prolonged war, if
they perceive the cause to be just. Nixon maintained because he could
blame Johnson for the war, and was perceived to be the "peace" candidate
who promised to end the war with dignity.

GWB has no one to blame but himself. The whole weight of this war, the
pluses and the *minuses* will be on him, and rightfully so. When they sat
around looking for a "bureaucratic" reason for this war, perhaps they
should have come up with a better one than WMD.