Blacks Disapprove Of Bush

American Voices

Polls conducted by NBC have Bush's approval rating with African-Americans at 2 percent with a 2 percent margin of error. What do you think?

Still, Republican think tanks say Bush can easily turn his approval rating around if he would just take it to the rim more often, instead of always settling for mid-range jumpers.

Ralph Gorecki
Cabinet Maker
Finally, a guy whose popularity among blacks is even lower than mine.

Sigmund Halvermann
Property Manager
Bush is just lucky this isn't a real democracy, or else he'd be in trouble.

Sylvia Munsoon
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