“Bill Clintons coming, and I want you to stay in your room!”
President Bush earns 53 percent approval rating in Gallup poll, but 59 percent say Iraq is going “badly.”… Bush, in People: “I feel very emboldened and refreshed by the size of the vote I received.”… Bush on television programming: “They put the on/off button on TVs for a reason. We’re in a free society and creative people come up with all kinds of ideas to try to lure listeners. I would hope there would be a time when studios take a step back and look at what they’re producing and realize the consequences. But the consumers of America can control the content by not paying attention to it.”… Bush: “I believe one way to help make sure the [Social Security] system meets the needs of a younger generation is to allow younger workers to take some of their own taxes and invest in a personal savings account—under certain conditions. The people in our country have heard this notion, so-called ‘risky scheme’ adjectives, in the 2000 campaign and the 2004 campaign. I took the message to them. They realize, like I realize, now is the time to deal with the problem.”… In Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, 46 percent say they are “not at all confident” Social Security will benefit them during retirement…. In Fox News poll, 60 percent say people should have choice to invest Social Security contributions and 55 percent say they would do it themselves…. Bush opens tax-deferred health savings account for himself…. Bush administration predicts economic growth will slow to 3.5 percent in 2005…. Sen. Joe Lieberman (D., Conn.) turns down White House offers to become U.N. ambassador or homeland-security secretary, reports CNN.
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