Unpopular at home and abroad

The latest poll numbers tell a story of deep disaffection at home:



"Public approval of the job President Bush is doing now matches its all-time low, an AP-Ipsos poll says.The survey, released Thursday, reflects widespread discontent over how Bush is handling the war in Iraq, efforts against terrorism and domestic issues. It also underscores challenges Republican presidential and congressional candidates will confront next year when they face voters who seem to be clamoring for change.
Only 32 percent said they were satisfied with how Bush is handling his job overall, the same low point AP-Ipsos polling measured last January and a drop of 3 percentage points since May." Some of the other numbers are discussed in the rest of Alan Fram's article, here.






This isn't news-- we've all known for some time that our Pretender-In-Chief has lost the trust of the American people. Yet the image and moral standing of our nation abroad suffers even more than it should because people in other countries don't fully grasp the radical disconnect between Dubya and the citizens he still claims to represent. The European protesters, who demonstrated today against the presence of Bush in their midst, chose a potent symbol of their contempt. It is bad enough that Dubya is caricatured as a lying Pinocchio in Germany--what's really tragic is that it is Dubya as Uncle Sam that is portayed in this fashion. Like it or not, whoever succeeds Dubya in the White House will have to struggle a long time to overcome the damage to America's standing in the world, brought upon us by our current administration's disgraceful behavior.




Riot Police and Pinocchio in Germany today.















When Clinton visited our European allies, throngs of well-wishers showered him with affection. Now the streets of our closest political, economic, and NATO partners ring out with cries of "Yankee go home!!"





Hundreds of thousands cheered our country and our President, Bill Clinton, when he visited Ireland in 1995:

The rest of the world doesn't want to hate the United States. Let's give them some reasons to show us some love again! :) :)