From Reuters:

Interviewed on Fox News Sunday, Laura Bush said she did not think people were losing confidence in President George W. Bush, despite a series of polls showing support for him at its lowest point in his five-year presidency and among the lowest for any president in the past 50 years.

"I don’t really believe those polls. I travel around the country. I see people, I see their responses to my husband. I see their response to me," she said.

"As I travel around the United States, I see a lot of appreciation for him. A lot of people come up to me and say, ‘Stay the course’."

Yes, Laura, it’s true.  When you go to speak at a pro-Bush rally, you will in fact see many people who support Bush there.  But that’s a rather skeewed sampling, don’t you think?

The other stupid thing she said was this:

In a separate interview on ABC’s "This Week," Laura Bush said her husband’s popularity was suffering because the country had been through a difficult year.

If I recall correectly, 2001 was a rather difficult year too, Laura.  Yet Bush’s ratings after 9/11 never plummeted below 70% afterward.  So you see, it’s not external events that cause Bush’s approval to suffer, it’s his response to them.