Or to put it more accurately, 'lot of people who I spent time with hated the US because of the war'. From Howard's point of view that doesn't really mean much since these are people who haven't voted for him in the past or were likely to in the future. Where it would be a concern for Howard is if had caused some of those who had voted for the government in the past to withdraw their support. I see no evidence of it doing so. Basicly to suggest this incident had any effect on Howard's popularity is to enter the realm of fantasy where Obana's reply can be described as a 'bitchslap'. (I am very tired of the bizarre and deliberately dishonest practise that occurs whenever A replies to B. Inevitably the media will automaticly describe the response as have 'slammed' etc A seemingly simply because B managed a response without regard to whether what B had to say was at all telling. This is ludicrus hyperbole invented to sell newspapers and really doesn't belong in the conversation of adults.)
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Date: 2007-02-17 05:07 am (UTC)