Reply #85: Bush Spokesman Defends White House Staff

[UpInArms]

These people could be up to their armpits in alligators and crocodiles and Snotty Scotty would stand there and lie about that, too.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&e=1&u=/ap/20060315/ap_on_go_pr_wh/white_house_woes

President Bush's spokesman defended the White House staff Wednesday as "a smart, capable and experienced team" despite rising complaints from Republicans about administration mistakes and GOP calls for a shakeup.

White House press secretary Scott McClellan said he was "tired of some of the questions" about whether Bush is going to replace some of his senior advisers. "The president has a great team and he appreciates the job that they're doing," McClellan said.

Republicans are nervous about Bush's plummeting approval ratings and a string of White House woes, from the administration's fumbled handling of Hurricane Katrina and an uproar over a secret eavesdropping program to unhappiness about
Iraq, the now-abandoned Dubai ports, the failed nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court and Bush's failure to achieve the centerpiece of his domestic agenda, an overhaul of
Social Security.

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Bush's job approval has dipped back to 37 percent, his lowest rating in the AP-Ipsos Poll. Nearly 70 percent of people say the U.S. is on the wrong track, a 6-point jump since February. Bush's job approval among Republicans plummeted from 82 percent in February to 74 percent, a troubling sign for the White House in an election year.

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Focus groups, parlor games, yada yada blah blah - these people need to take a good look in the mirror and start flushing that overflowing toilet.