thinkprogress.org - 12/29/2008
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Only 29 percent of Americans approve of the job Dick Cheney is doing as Vice President. In an interview with his hometown Wyoming newspaper , The Caspar Star-Tribune, Cheney expressed his bewilderment over his low approval numbers:
QUESTION: How do you explain your low approval rating?
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slate.com - 12/23/2008
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truthdig.com - 12/24/2008
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Dick Cheney tells a Wyoming paper, via Think Progress, that he can't understand why people don't like him:
How do you explain your low approval rating?
"I don't have any idea. I don't follow the polls.
"My experience has been over the years that if you govern based upon poll numbers, upon trying to improve your overall poll ratings, people I've encountered who do that are people who won't make tough decisions. And the job the president has and those who advise him is to make those basic fundamental decisions for the nation that nobody ...
Cheney: "I Don't Have Any Idea" Why I'm Unpopular
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Dick Cheney tells a Wyoming paper, via Think Progress, that he can't understand why people don't like him:
How do you explain your low approval rating?
"I don't have any idea. I don't follow the polls.
"My experience has been over the years that if you govern based upon poll numbers, upon trying to improve your overall poll ratings, people I've encountered who do that are people who won't make tough decisions. And the job the president has and those who advise him is to make those basic fundamental decisions for the nation that nobody ...
Cheney ponders his unpopularity
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... with the Casper Star-Tribune last week, and covered a fair amount of ground. Faiz Shakir highlights the key exchange , which came after the paper asked the vice president, "How do you explain your low approval rating?" "I don't have any idea. I don't follow the polls. "My experience has been over the years that if you govern based upon poll numbers, upon trying to improve your overall poll ratings, people I've encountered who do that are people who won't make tough decisions. And the job the president has and those who advise him is to make those basic fundamental ...
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