According to the latest polls, President Bush's popularity has soared to an earthshattering 42 percent! Whew! Glad that's over. So much for the GOP's big problems in November...! Meanwhile, here's where Americans are on the war:
Just 35 percent of 1,033 adults polled say they favor the war in Iraq; 61 percent say they oppose it -- the highest opposition noted in any CNN poll since the conflict began more than three years ago. ...
As for Bush himself:
A bare majority (51 percent) say they see Bush as a strong leader, but on most other attributes he gets negative marks. (Interactive: Poll results)
Most Americans (54 percent) don't consider him honest, most (54 percent) don't think he shares their values and most (58 percent) say he does not inspire confidence. (Complete poll results -- PDF)
Bush's stand on the issues is also problematic, with more than half (57 percent) of Americans saying they disagree with him on the issues they care about.
That's an indication that issues, not personal characteristics, are keeping his approval rating well below 50 percent.
Not a good look. But one thing the polls do prove, is that even in the short term, selling fear works, at least on some Americans:
Terrorism is the only area in which Bush has a positive standing and the only one that significantly changed. His rating is below 40% on six other issues.
All else, however, is busto.
• Nine in 10 predict that the cease-fire will be temporary and fighting will break out again soon.
• Seven in 10 say the conflict hurt the image of the United States and the prospects for a long-term peace.
• Two-thirds say the United States should play a minor role or no role in developing a peace agreement. Just 14% say the United States should take the lead.
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Tell a friend
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'sets variables
dim email, sendmail
email = request.form("email")
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'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!" & _
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sendmail.Send 'Send the email!
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%>
"[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
