Friday, June 25, 2004

It's 1968, do you know where you're approval ratings are?

USA Today/CNN poll finds that 54% of Americans think the war in Iraq was a mistake, up from 41% in early June.

The poll also found that more than half say the Iraq war has made the United States less safe from terrorism. Only a third said it made this country safer.

The finding that more than half now think the Iraq war was a mistake recalls the disillusionment of Americans in 1968 with the Vietnam War. The first time a majority said that was a mistake was in August 1968.

The administration's spin is losing its effectiveness.

As Jon Stewart noted last night, in covering Wolfowitz's testimony, "The 'Baghdad press' always report on the bombs that explode. But for every bomb that explodes...ten other bombs malfunction. Why can't the press report on them?"

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