Bush is trowelling around in Nixon territory in the polls. If he can squeeze five poll points out of his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, he still won't crack 47 percent approval (he's at 42 percent now.) ABC News & Wapo combine for the survey. ABC's writeup focuses on the GOP ethics problem, (43 percent of respondents think the level of honesty and ethics has fallen since Bush came into office to "restore honor and integrity to the White House" -- just 24 percent thought the same about Bill Clinton... and Dems are trusted 46 percent to 27 percent over Republicans to "stand up to lobbyists and special interest groups." ... Sorry, Tim Russert, no spinning this one as "bipartisan," though I know you and Katie will do your best to do so anyway, over there at GE...)
Meanwhile, WaPo fixes in on the big, ugly picture for Bush and his party going into the SOTU. On Bush, only 25 percent strongly approve of his job performance, while 42 percent strongly disapprove (overall he's at 42-56). 60 percent disapprove of the situation in Iraq, 57 percent on immigration, it's 51-38 on the downside for the prescription drug plan and 64 percent frown on the deficit. (52 percent are negative on the economy, Larry Kudlow -- see, cause only really rich people can get geeked up about the Dow. The rest of us poor schmucks don't have hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock options...
<%
dim done
done = request.form("done")
if done = "" then
done = "No"
%>
Tell a friend
<%
Else
if request.form("done") = "Yes" then
'sets variables
dim email, sendmail
email = request.form("email")
Set sendmail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
'put the webmaster address here
sendmail.From = "webmaster@aspbasics.com"
'The mail is sent to the address entered in the previous page.
sendmail.To = email
'Enter the subject of your mail here
sendmail.Subject = "Check out this website"
'send a specific page or send a site url
dim url
'url = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")
url = "http://www.aspbasics.net"
'This is the content of the message.
sendmail.Body = "Site recommendation from a friend!" & _
vbCrlf & vbCrlf & "A friend has sent you this email and thought you would should check out this site." & _
vbCrlf & url & vbCrlf
'this sets mail priority.... 0=low 1=normal 2=high
sendmail.Importance = 1
sendmail.Send 'Send the email!
response.redirect Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")
'Response.write ("Sent to ") & email
End if
End if
%>
"[T]he practice of arbitrary imprisonments, have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.' Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 84, August, 1788
