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Republicans in Congress Less Popular Than Bush
PRINCETON, NJ -- Just one in four Americans approve of the job the Republicans in Congress are doing, an approval rating just below that given to President Bush. Americans are somewhat more charitable in their ratings of the Democrats in Congress. x_wbegnlauytsuuxfgldrq The 25% approval rating ...
Serial Killers vs Bush
Serial Killers vs Bush
welcomebacktopottersville.blogspot.com — Update : the answers are below. Bet you were stumped at some point, eh? “I will in all probability be convicted, but I will not go away as a monster, but as a tragedy.” – Joel Rifkin Below are actual quotes from serial killers, along with some ... (more) Serial Killers vs Bush
Katrina and Bush
Katrina and Bush
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Presidential Not presidential So everyone is talking about the Vanity Fair article in which Bush aides say that Katrina is what did him in. I don't think that's entirely true, but what I'd like to focus on is why Katrina was such a problem for ... (more) Katrina and Bush
Breaking: American People Really Don't Like Bush
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — As President Bush gets ready to leave office, a new CNN poll lays out the extent to which the American people despise him. CNN asked respondents whether various positive attributes applied to President Bush. In all cases the answer was No, and in ... (more) Breaking: American People Really Don't Like Bush
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2008: Bush’s Last Year By The Numbers
Think Progress — ... 18 percent. – Change In Health Insurance Premiums: increased 5 percent. – Change In Number Of Delinquent Mortgages: increased 75 percent. – Change In Use Of Food Stamps: increased 17 percent. – Change In Dow Jones Industrial Average: declined 35 percent. – Change In Bush Approval Rating: declined 9 percent to 29 percent. Paul Krugman noted recently that the Bush administration’s ...

2008: Bush?s Last Year By The Numbers
The Hollywood Liberal — ... to 29 percent . Paul Krugman noted recently that the Bush administration’s failings have often been obscured in the short-run because the White House was particularly effective at inventing an alternate reality that it then “ ...

Will GOP Obstructionism Backfire Against Republican Extremists in 2010?
DownWithTyranny! — ... Congress, Rove and other Bush Regime operatives, always love to point out, is far more hated by the public than Bush. And they have a point; it's true. As contemptible as Bush and his regime are, Congress, the people's house who should have been protecting the people's interests, has failed utterly and have been held in even lower regard than Bush. That argument, however, only goes so far for the Republicans. As Gallup showed last month, congressional Democrats are significantly more esteemed than Bush-- and significantly more esteemed than their Republican colleagues in ...

Guess why Congress poll numbers are so bad: Republicans
Crooks and Liars — ... As Gallup showed last month, congressional Democrats are significantly more esteemed than Bush-- and significantly more esteemed than their Republican colleagues in Congress. According to the latest Gallup Poll, 67% of Americans disapprove of Bush, while 69% disapprove of Republicans in the House and Senate and only 55% disapprove of Democrats in the House and Senate. ...

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Environmentalists Take Issue With Interior Department's List of AchievementsWash Post Federal Page 1/1/2009
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To some staunch conservatives watching President Bush relinquish the reins of power to President-elect Barack Obama, a few too many ardent liberals are now crashing the gates.
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