It's pretty wild. This is more than a mere case of denial. An analyst with AP warns us this is the decider deciding that you and I must agree with him.
Confronted with strong opposition to his Iraq policies, President Bush decides to interpret public opinion his own way. Actually, he says, people agree with him.
Democrats view the November elections that gave them control of Congress as a mandate to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq. They're backed by evidence; election exit poll surveys by the Associated Press and television networks found 55 percent saying the U.S. should withdraw some or all of its troops from Iraq.
The president says Democrats have it all wrong: The public doesn't want the troops pulled out...
We uncooperatave few are "just a handful." He disagrees with us, as do "most Americans," he argues.
Seeking to turn up the heat on this argument, Bush has relied lately on an al-Qaida mantra. Terrorists remain dangerous, and fighting them in Iraq is key to neutralizing the threat, he says. "It's hard for some Americans to see that, I fully understand it," Bush said. "I see it clearly."
So there. We just don't see clearly. He does.
When asked about the polls showing his very low ratings, he responded, "Polls just go poof at times."
