3 PERCENT & GASBAG SPIN

Hannity, Beck and Hewitt were crowing about Congress' extraordinarily low approval rating on the Iraq War, a measly 3%. They attempt to spin this as popular disagreement with the Democrats desire to bring an end to the war, but as usual, that "just ain't so." The poll was done by Zogby and here's what the gasbags didn't tell their audience:

42% believe Congress should fully fund the war in Iraq to maintain current troop levels, while 34% would favor attaching requirements for phased withdrawal to Iraq war funding. Just 18% said cutting all funding for the war in Iraq to bring troops home would be the best showing of Congressional support.

Overall, 52% of Americans want a drastic change in direction, not "stay the course" as the gasbags imply. And it gets even worse for the war whores...

Proving once again that it is always best to go to the original, Zogby has an interesting finding about current or past members of the military and their families:

...nearly three in four (71%) give the president negative ratings on his handling of the war and than half (54%) said they don’t trust the President’s judgment when it comes to the Iraq war. Nearly half (47%) say they lack confidence in Bush’s ability as Commander in Chief – 41% said they have no confidence in him at all.

Congress does fare even worse on this issue - 96% of current or former military members disapprove of the way Congress is hadnling the war but this obscures an interesting statistic:

While half said Congress should fully fund the war in Iraq to maintain current troop levels, 29% would favor attaching requirements for phased withdrawal to Iraq war funding and 16% believe Congress should cut all funding for the war in Iraq and bring the troops home.

Further, many with military ties aren't buying the "fight them over there" BS about Iraq:

...half (51%) believe U.S. troops in Iraq are fighting terrorists within Iraq so that the U.S. does not have to fight the terrorists domestically, nearly as many (45%) believe the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq incites anti-U.S. sentiment and creates a greater likelihood of a terrorist attack here at home.

If you think the Walter Reed scandal has been forgotten, think again:

Bush also gets low ratings in dealing with veterans – two-thirds (67%) give Bush negative ratings for his performance in providing adequate health care for the veterans who have returned home from the ward in Afghanistan and Iraq. Among those who have or are currently serving in the military and their families, nearly as many agree (62%), while just 30% believe Bush has done a favorable job of providing health care for veterans.