Two quick ones...

Two protesters, one a nun, arrested at Bush visit


Jeffrey Blackwell / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

(May 24, 2005) — Two protesters were arrested outside Greece Athena High School, as the presidential motorcade moved toward the school around 10:35 a.m.

Sister Grace Miller, director of the House of Mercy, was arrested after the motorcade entered the high school campus. Josh Karpoff, an organizer with Rochester Against War, said Miller and another person were standing at the corner of Northwood Drive and Long Pond Road, then ran across the road and laid down across the entranceway to the school.

They were then arrested.

As they were being removed people were yelling, "let them go, let them go.’’


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Bush's approval rating on crucial issues hits a low


By Susan Page / USA Today

WASHINGTON — President Bush's approval ratings for handling the economy, Iraq and Social Security have fallen to the lowest levels of his White House tenure, according to a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday.

Satisfaction with congressional Republicans also has sagged. By 47%-36%, those polled say the country would be better off if Democrats controlled Congress. That's the best showing for Democrats since the GOP won control of both houses of Congress in 1994.


USA TODAY/CNN/GALLUP POLL
Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

Approve: 46%
Disapprove: 50%
No opinion: 4%

Full Poll Results

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There are red flags for Bush on two standard measures of a president's political health. The proportion that says he has "the personality and leadership qualities a president should have" fell to a new low of 52%. A record 57% say they disagree with him on the issues that matter the most to them.