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A 13 Percent Approval Rating!
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Americans say goodbye to Dick Cheney. And they are being much too kind.
NYT Poll Finds Disapproval of Bush Unwavering (73% disapp / 22% app)
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... of his presidency. In the current poll, 73 percent disapproved of his performance over the course of his two terms. Disapproval cut across party lines, with Democrats, independents and even 34 percent of Republicans critical of Mr. Bushs performance. In contrast, Mr. Bushs most recent predecessors left office with approval ratings ranging from 68 percent, for both Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, to 44 percent, for Jimmy Carter. Mr. Bushs father left with 54 percent. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/us/politics/17poll.ht... Little bit closer to a realistic ...
Historic Fail: Bush Leaves Office At 22% Approval
Daily Kos —
From CBS: Mr. Bush's final approval rating is the lowest final rating for an outgoing president since Gallup began asking about presidential approval more than 70 years ago. That's 10 points lower than Gallup's Truman rating, the previous low. From NY Times: President Bush prepares to leave office with no evidence that public opinion toward him is softening during his final days in power, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. Big fail for the Bush legacy ...
Poll: Bush Final Legacy Appearances Fail To Sway Thumbs Down Public
The Moderate Voice —
... Despite a farewell address, a slew of interviews and a reported private meeting with conservative talk show hosts at the White House, President George Bush’s approval ratings have not budged from what they were a few weeks ago: the public is continuing to give Bush a decisive thumbs down. ...
Worst Soon To Be Ex-President Ever, Says America
Oliver Willis —
America delivers the final kick in the butt to George W. Bush.
When asked about Mr. Bush’s performance over the last eight years, 22 percent of respondents said they approved. That matched Mr. Bush’s job-approval rating for much of last fall, the lowest of his presidency. In the current poll, 73 percent disapproved of his performance over the course of his two terms.
Disapproval cut across party lines, with Democrats, independents and even 34 percent of Republicans critical of Mr. Bush’s performance.
In contrast, Mr. Bush’s most recent ...
I Swear
N/A —
I swear Bush is down but I will be happier when he is down and out. Twenty two percent approval rating on his way out. I swear no one has never been lower. I swear the once most high have been brought down low. I swear Bush has brought this country down low with him. And Bush swears “”there is no such thing as short-term history.” I swear we most hold heroes new and old to account or we are history. I swear I swear a lot these days.
Repossessing Patriotism
The Moderate Voice —
In the most important foreclosure of all, the White House will be taken back Tuesday by the majority of Americans who lost it to lawyers in 2000 and the legions who have joined them while watching in disgust as George W. Bush lowered American property values in the world neighborhood.
Our new tenants, the Obamas, are holding an open house as they move in and, although visitors won’t be able to see it, the most cherished heirloom of all will be back in the people’s possession, the patriotism that the Neo-Cons hijacked and tarnished for eight years.
President Obama will be wearing a flag pin in his lapel, ...
The 22% Solution
the talking dog —
... It seems there is a consensus among the living: George W. Bush is the worst President in the history of polling, leaving office with a miserable 22% approval rating . His trusted sidekick, Richard Bruce Cheney, Vice President for Torture, leaves office with an even more astounding 13% . As a natural contrarian, I tend to think that most people have things wrong most of the time; indeed, 'twere it not otherwise, everyone would have invested in the right stocks, bet on the right horse, made the right career decisions, and so forth... or voted for the right candidate. As you ...
aWol, described by prosecutors as a 'drug-crazed idiot,' sentenced to 15 months for chaining boyfriend to wall
skippy the bush kangaroo —
our outgoing president has been sentenced for chaining a male escort to the wall and beating him: boy george was jailed for 15 months yesterday for falsely imprisoning a male escort. the former culture club singer - real name george o'dowd - shackled audun carlsen to a wall of his flat and lashed him with a chain while shouting ...
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
The day after. And it still feels great. [Pastor Dan] Schultz: Again, Lowery succeeded where Warren failed. His message was delivered on the sly, through the hymn quotes and scriptural references, but it was there nonetheless: the African-American narrative has come to fulfillment in Barack Obama's investiture as president. King made it to the mountaintop, but could go no further. Obama is not the next Jesus, but the next Joshua, the leader who with any luck will take the nation into a new age of peace and reconciliation. Lowery wrapped up his benediction with some clever (and funny) re-imagining of ...
