{"id":1091,"date":"2004-02-09T11:25:40","date_gmt":"2004-02-09T18:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/uncategorized\/bush-let-his-own-words-hang-him\/"},"modified":"2004-02-09T11:25:40","modified_gmt":"2004-02-09T18:25:40","slug":"bush-let-his-own-words-hang-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/dump-duhbya\/bush-let-his-own-words-hang-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush: Let His Own Words Hang Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"USATODAY.com - Analysis: With NBC interview, Bush steps into the ring\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/politicselections\/nation\/president\/2004-02-08-bush-analysis_x.htm\">USATODAY.com &#8211; Analysis: With NBC interview, Bush steps into the ring<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>A USA TODAY\/CNN\/Gallup Poll Jan. 29-Feb. 1 found that Bush would lose to Kerry 53%-46%. In the same poll, 49% said they approved of the overall job Bush is doing &#8212; a record low for him.<\/b> [mjh: but higher than another recent poll]<\/p>\n<p>The White House is feeling the pressure. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;The American people need to know <b>they got a president who sees the world the way it is<\/b>.&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;What people must understand is that, <b>instead of wondering what to do, I acted<\/b>,&#8221; he said. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;In my judgment, when the United States says there will be serious consequences, and if there <i>isn&#8217;t<\/i> serious consequences, it creates adverse consequences,&#8221; he said. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8221;I know exactly where I want to lead the country.<\/b> I have shown the American people I can lead.&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Forbes.com: TEXT-Bush NBC interview on Iraq, economy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/business\/newswire\/2004\/02\/08\/rtr1250915.html\">FULL TEXT-Bush NBC interview on Iraq, economy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USATODAY.com &#8211; Analysis: With NBC interview, Bush steps into the ring A USA TODAY\/CNN\/Gallup Poll Jan. 29-Feb. 1 found that Bush would lose to Kerry 53%-46%. In the same poll, 49% said they approved of the overall job Bush is doing &#8212; a record low for him. [mjh: but higher than another recent poll] The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/dump-duhbya\/bush-let-his-own-words-hang-him\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bush: Let His Own Words Hang Him<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dump-duhbya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}