Bush stays course as his popularity dwindles

asahi.com : English: "Michael Moore, director of ``Fahrenheit 9/11,'' a stinging critique of the Bush administration that won the top prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, accepted the Palme d'Or with a joke.
``What have you done?'' he said to Quentin Tarantino, president of the festival's jury. ``You just did this to mess with me, didn't you?''
On the same day, President George W. Bush fell from his mountain bike while riding it at his ranch in Texas.
Doctors had counseled cycling for the president as therapy for knee trouble that had resulted from too much jogging, according to an American newspaper. As shown by the paper's photograph, the abrasions he suffered looked painful. I felt sorry for him.
There was no cause-and-effect relationship between the award for Moore's movie and Bush's injury. But surely a set of causes has brought about serious consequences for the president.
In the latest CBS Television poll, only 34 percent of the respondents supported Bush's Iraq policy, while 61 percent said they did not support it. Asked if the United States was moving in the right direction, 65 percent replied in the negative-the highest since pollsters started asking the question in the 1980s."