Shocker: In 2006 51% Of Democrats Wanted Bush To Fail

• March 9, 2009

The left has been apoplectic about Rush Limbaugh saying he wants Obama to fail, but in 2006 a poll found a full 51% of Democrats wanted Bush to fail.

A recent Fox News poll gets at the disturbing truth: A majority of Democrats say they want to see the president fail. Such deep hatred is bad news for the country at a time when America needs to bridge the partisan divide. It’s also bad news for the Democrats, who risk repeating the Republicans’ mistakes of a decade ago, driving away the centrists they need to regain power or going too far if they do manage to win.
Fox’s question was revealing: “Regardless of how you voted in the presidential election, would you say you want President Bush to succeed or not?” Democrats said “not,” 51 percent to 40 percent – where the public at large wanted success by almost two to one.

So 66% of the public in general wanted Bush to succeed, but only 40% of Democrats. Wonderful.
And it’s worth noting that this is a bit of a different situation from Rush’s. Rush wants Obama to fail in implementing a big-tax, big-government solution for our economic woes. He wants Obama to fail in implementing big-tax, big-government policies in general.
But in 2006, Bush’s biggest issue was Iraq. Meaning that the Democrats didn’t want to fail in his tax policies. They wanted him, and the troops he was leading as commander-in-chief, to fail.

Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Politics

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While I don’t totally disagree with you, I believe that your comments are an over-simplification.

Hey, I’m just a simple guy, doc. Do I want to see our nation converted into a socialist state? That would be hell and no. But conservatives should be smart enough not to jump into the traps set by liberals to draw attention away from their socialist agenda. Conservatives should focus on developing and promoting our own agenda — one that is consistent with the Constitutional principles that are based on less government, not more government. The sad reality, however, is that too many voters treated the presidential election like it was “American Idol”. When popularity trumps principles, you end up with a president like Obama.
robert108

That’s why we elected a democratic congress that term…

Entirely wrong! Most of the reason for the narrow Dem victory was the persecution and demonization of Mark Foley, who was never even accused of any crime, but who was used by the MSM to smear the Republican Party. That fact, combined with the outright lying by Dems who posed as having conservative positions(especially fiscally conservative ones, like Obama did prior to this last election) won them a narrow victory.
It was no victory for leftie ideology, but was about lies and smear. Typical Dem tactics.
Rezistik

That was in ’06 after we had already decided that he had failed for the most part…
That’s why we elected a democratic congress that term…
bustoff

The race between detesting Bush and
his policies has always been neck and neck.

Voters, Republicans included expressed their
displeasure in â€˜06 and â€˜08.

Agreed. This age-old tit-for-tat game has been played by both Democrats and Republicans alike. It’s often like trying to determine which pig in the sty is the muddiest. No one gets to claim any moral high ground here, though. We all root for our side, and we all jeer our opponents. But no one should bitch about changing the game because the calls don’t always go their way. If we could stick closer to maintaining an honest political discourse, instead of a never-ending shit-throwing contest, all of us may learn more than we think we already know. In our failure to do so, we progressively lose more and more of our power and influence as a collective electorate over our government.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

Democrats need to be branded with 666 on their forehead…so we’ll recognize them for who they really are!

The majority of American?
http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

you said “Fox News” and “truth” in the same sentence. Move back 3 spaces.

Fox is the one news source that is good and I can trust. MSNBC is the the NOBAMA loving channel.
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Hunter S. Thompson is dead.
docdave

This age-old tit-for-tat game has been played by both Democrats and Republicans alike

While I don’t totally disagree with you, I believe that your comments are an over-simplification. First there are critical people that are not simply Democrats or Republicans who represent other ideologies and/or are independant thinkers who follow no party line. Secondly, amidst all this rancor there are moral issues like abortion and homosexuality that even if they generally follow party lines are separate issues that polarize the people into pro and con camps. Thirdly, there is this battle to convert our nation from a republic to a socialist/communist state that cannot be ignored. Lastly there is the threat of Islamic dominance that cannot be ignored.

For some of us, the many concern is not whether Democrats or Republicans are in power but how much more the freedoms we take for granted can be eroded.
Mickey

imagine — quick wit, well done, touche.
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Wow… Only 14 hours late to this story!
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 DINO

I don’t remember. Were we in the middle of an economic meltdown in 2006? Were there any pressing issues involved in that question?

Was the question: Do you want Bush to fail in Iraq? In privatizing Social Security? In tying his shoes?
erick1740

Just push the reset button
http://royjacobsen.squarespace.com/ Roy Jacobsen

. . . and now you know . . . the rest of the story.
TomTom

Democrats need to be branded with 666 on their forehead…so we’ll recognize them for who they really are!
imagine

A recent Fox News poll gets at the disturbing truth:

you said “Fox News” and “truth” in the same sentence. Move back 3 spaces.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

you said “Fox News” and “truth” in the same sentence. Move back 3 spaces.

If you can’t refute the facts, attack the source.

Well done, imagine.
WOOFX

The race between detesting Bush and
his policies has always been neck and neck.

Voters, Republicans included expressed their
displeasure in ’06 and ’08.

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