floppingaces.net - 1/19/2009
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When the Spanish PM Jose Maria Aznar told Bush that in Europe he was “nearly as unpopular as Ronald Reagan” Bush replied, “I’m keeping pretty good company”.
-Brendon O’Conner on “Unpopular Presidents”
Hat tip: Betsy’s Page (via ...
tvbythenumbers.com - 1/22/2009
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tvbythenumbers.com —
Final Update : The Obama inauguration was watched
by 37.8 million, second only to Reagan’s 41.8 million
in 1981. Another update : still haven’t seen the viewer numbers but James Hibberd reminded me that a household ratings point is larger today than ...
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Updated: Will Obama break 1981 Reagan record for ...
variety.com - 1/21/2009
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variety.com —
Obama head-to-head with Reagan's numbers Early numbers for
the inauguration of Barack Obama are impressive but, perhaps
surprisingly, could come in below those for Ronald Reagan's first term in 1981. Preliminary Nielsen estimates show that 29.2% of ...
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Inaugural ratings likely second best - Entertainment ...
latimes.com - 1/22/2009
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latimes.com —
The inclination with any new president is to
define him by those who came before. So we
graft Barack Obama's head atop the black-and-white, cigarette-puffing image of Franklin Roosevelt (as Time did), or we dress him up as George Washington (as the ...
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Obama, be like Reagan - Los Angeles Times
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Not My President [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom —
Over at Flopping Aces , Wordsmith has up an excellent post on GWB. An excerpt: Here’s the way WaPo reported it: As Bush, in blue academic robes, accepted his award and rose to speak, the graduates raised a sea of yellow protest signs with slogans such as “Conservation, not Consumption,” and “Execute Justice, not People.” Students booed, hissed and heckled the president, and some turned their backs on him, made gagging sounds or shouted “Go away!” Students from the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies wore miniature power plants on their mortar boards, burning incense ...
Farewell, President Bush
The Anchoress —
... If only you’d been around to do to Hitler what you did to Saddam!
What your hate will reduce you to. When you act like this, you only emphasize Bush’s graciousness and your utter lack of class. And you have to wonder…after 8 years of the most vicious, often dishonest pushback from the press and the left, the president leaves in serenity, and you’re acting out. So…who really won?
He took a shoe for his country, and for your safety and security.
Jacoby: Bush will bounce back ...
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