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"We've chronicled some of the biggest bumps in the road over the past year to try and find out what has led so many Americans to change their tune about our president.

December 8, 2004: A soldier serving in Iraq asks Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld why troops don't have proper armor and have to dig out scraps to protect their vehicles and Rumsfeld tells him, "You go to war with the army you have."

December 11: Bush's choice for new Homeland Security secretary, former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, withdraws his nomination when it is revealed that he employed a nanny whose immigration status was suspect, that there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest due to unpaid bills, that he allegedly had ties to a firm purportedly run by the New Jersey mafia, and that he used an apartment intended for Ground Zero officers to rest in for one of two reported extramarital affairs.

December 27: The administration was slammed for its slow response to the East Asian tsunami that killed nearly 130,000 and pegged as "stingy" by a United Nations representative when it initially offered $15 million in aid. That figure was bumped up to $35 million, and after further criticism, the president pledged more than $300 million.">MTV.com - think - Headlines - The 50-Point Drop: How Did Bush Fall This Far?: "We've chronicled some of the biggest bumps in the road over the past year to try and find out what has led so many Americans to change their tune about our president.

December 8, 2004: A soldier serving in Iraq asks Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld why troops don't have proper armor and have to dig out scraps to protect their vehicles and Rumsfeld tells him, 'You go to war with the army you have.'

December 11: Bush's choice for new Homeland Security secretary, former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, withdraws his nomination when it is revealed that he employed a nanny whose immigration status was suspect, that there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest due to unpaid bills, that he allegedly had ties to a firm purportedly run by the New Jersey mafia, and that he used an apartment intended for Ground Zero officers to rest in for one of two reported extramarital affairs.

December 27: The administration was slammed for its slow response to the East Asian tsunami that killed nearly 130,000 and pegged as 'stingy' by a United Nations representative when it initially offered $15 million in aid. That figure was bumped up to $35 million, and after further criticism, the president pledged more than $300 million."