{"id":9642,"date":"2006-05-19T10:43:36","date_gmt":"2006-05-19T17:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/05\/19\/theyre-not-disapproving-theyre-just-unsettled.html"},"modified":"2006-05-19T10:43:36","modified_gmt":"2006-05-19T17:43:36","slug":"theyre_not_disa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/05\/19\/theyre_not_disa.html","title":{"rendered":"They’re not “disapproving,” they’re just “unsettled”"},"content":{"rendered":"

That whacky electorate. They only think <\/em>they dislike the job that Dubya is doing in the White House. In reality, if only they knew it, they’re just unsettled<\/em>, disturbed and all a-flutter in wartime. At least that’s what the Presdient said in a Today one-on-one this morning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GREGORY: Let me ask you about your leadership. In the most recent survey, your disapproval rating is now one point lower than Richard Nixon\u2019s before he resigned the presidency. You are laughing.<\/p>\n

BUSH: I\u2019m not laughing \u2013<\/p>\n

GREGORY: Why? Why do you think that is?<\/p>\n

BUSH: Because we are at war, and war unsettles people. Listen, we got a great economy. We\u2019ve added 5.2 million jobs in the last two and a half years. People are unsettled.<\/p>\n

GREGORY: But they\u2019re not just unsettled sir. They disapprove of the job you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

BUSH: That\u2019s unsettled. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Most leaders, even if convinced of the quality of the job they were doing, or of its necessity, would be asking themselves how better to communicate those issues and reasons and so gather up the support of their constituency that way. That Bush seems willing to simply dismiss it all as people being all rattled by war and a-twitter with fear … is pretty … remarkable.<\/p>\n

I’m certainly not arguing for governance through polling — that can be just as disastrous. That’s getting in line behind the people. You want the people to get in line behind you, I’d think. Bush, at his point, doesn’t seem to care where the people are (at least until November).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That whacky electorate. They only think they dislike the job that Dubya is doing in the White House. 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