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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Bush Becomes President With Highest Disapproval Rating Ever

He took the title from Harry S. Truman:

WASHINGTON — President Bush has set a record he’d presumably prefer to avoid: the highest disapproval rating of any president in the 70-year history of the Gallup Poll.

In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, 28% of Americans approve of the job Bush is doing; 69% disapprove. The approval rating matches the low point of his presidency, and the disapproval sets a new high for any president since Franklin Roosevelt.

The previous record of 67% was reached by Harry Truman in January 1952, when the United States was enmeshed in the Korean War.

The interesting thing is that Barack Obama thinks Harry Truman was one of the best Presidents of all time.  Hillary Clinton has been known to hold Harry Truman in high regard as well.

So what does this tell us?  That perhaps in-the-moment public opinion polls are all but meaningless in terms of a leader’s legacy?  Don’t tell the media or the left (I repeat myself) that, as they’re too busy glorifying in Bush’s low approval numbers.

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That perhaps in-the-moment public opinion polls are all but meaningless in terms of a leader’s legacy?

EXACTLY. The only approval rating that really matters in real-time is the one on election day, and he did just fine both times.  I guess that means Gore and Kerry have lower ratings than Bush. ;P

Beth on April 22, 2008 at 08:58 am

Bush didn’t help his cause out any when he tried to push amnesty down his bases’s throat and the fact that he spends money like a democrat.


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Hoodlumman on April 22, 2008 at 09:11 am
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push amnesty down his bases’s throat and the fact that he spends money like a democrat.

I don’t understand the far left hatred of ‘Neocons.’ Fiscally, they are very liberal, maybe not as liberal as they’d like but still.

FlyOnTheWall on April 22, 2008 at 10:24 am
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And yet, despite massive media dose of BDS President Bush is the only politican in the past seven and a half years who has always been positive in outloook and kind in words.

I’ve never been one to follow populist fads and have no intention of starting now, plus I think polls are a waste of mind. Though I don’t agree with all of President Bush’s decisions I appreciate and admire his extraordinary character, something completely lacking in this day and age.

syn on April 22, 2008 at 10:49 am

That Bush doesn’t base his polocies on popular opinion (as registered in polls) unlike Clinton who did is one of the reasons he has my respect and support.


Being liberal is never having to admit you’re wrong

docdave on April 22, 2008 at 10:57 am

Nothing complicated here. The American people, right, left and center are disillusioned that the war drags on, Osama Bin Laden has not be brought to justice, and gas is nearing $4 a gallon in some places.

As HST said.... “The buck stops here.”


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT TWO THINGS: WINNING THE WAR ON TERRORISM AND SAVING THE SUPREME COURT.

pparets on April 22, 2008 at 01:17 pm

I don’t get why the left is mad at high gas prices.  As prices rise, more people will by more fuel efficient cars, ride buses and bicycles and Gaia will rejoice!!!!


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Hoodlumman on April 22, 2008 at 01:18 pm

I don’t get why the left is mad at high gas prices.

Back when gas was relatively inexpensive, Democrats talked about raising taxes on gas to get people to conserve.
After the price went up (which was exactly what the Democrats had called for) the Dems howled that it was Bush’s fault and that more of the government should be turned over to them.
(So they could raise prices faster and more frequently, I guess!)



Those who think the party or the country, will be “taught a lesson” by handing the levers of power over to the liberals will learn a lesson, but it will be at the expense of our country and her liberties. And there are no guarantees that the party or the country will come out stronger, more conservative or better positioned to win elections against the incumbent liberals.

Proof on April 22, 2008 at 01:36 pm

In order for the numbers to work as reported they polled 42% Democrats, 28% Republicans, and 30% Independents.

Lies, damn lies, and statistics, indeed.


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Persia delenda est.
Latin: “Persia (modern day Iran) should be destoyed”

Rodney Graves on April 22, 2008 at 01:46 pm

That Bush doesn’t base his polocies on popular opinion (as registered in polls) unlike Clinton who did is one of the reasons he has my respect and support.

President Bush is a leader, while Clinton is a follower.  You know how you can recognize a leader?
He’s the guy with all the arrows in his back.


"If the good men are silent only the wicked are heard.” - Edmund Burke

robert108 on April 22, 2008 at 01:46 pm

Rasmussen has Bush’s approval rating at 34%.  That’s probably a more accurate number.

Carrick on April 22, 2008 at 02:21 pm
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You are actually using “Gallup” and “Serious Poll” in th same sentence?

I’m aure they threw the dems at leat a 20 point sampling advantage.

Bill Mitchell on April 22, 2008 at 02:32 pm
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Hogwash.  Bush kicks ass.  America, f*@% yeah!

Hannitized on April 23, 2008 at 12:06 am
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I think Dick Cheney said it best when he was told that the polls show American’s fed up with the War.

“So?”

Rudy on May 7, 2008 at 12:18 pm
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