Friday, June 20, 2003

A Fox News poll shows President Bush with a 65% approval rating.

That's the bad news. But there's this:

...53 percent of Americans now believe going to war with Iraq was "worth it," down from 64 percent two months ago.

Interesting -- the war now seems like a good idea to barely half the public.

And there's this:

The poll also shows 54 percent of Americans believe Iraq's weapons of mass destruction were either moved or destroyed, 25 percent believe weapons of mass destruction are still there, and 12 percent believe they never existed. Meanwhile, 43 percent of Americans believe the dangers of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq were not exaggerated, and an exact same 43 percent believe the dangers were exaggerated.

So the White House insists that WMDs are still in Iraq, but only 25% of the public believes this. And nearly half the country thinks the WMD rhetoric was trumped up.

Interesting.

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