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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: ronnierocketAGO]
#519858
11/10/08 03:30 PM
11/10/08 03:30 PM
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Bush leaving office more unpopular than Nixon
By Paul Steinhauser CNN Deputy Political Director
WASHINGTON DC (CNN) -- On the day that President-elect Barack Obama is visiting the White House, a new national poll suggests that the current occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the most unpopular president since approval ratings were first sought more than six decades ago.
Seventy-six percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday disapprove of how President Bush is handling his job.
That's an all-time high in CNN polling and in Gallup polling dating back to World War II.
"No other president's disapproval rating has gone higher than 70 percent. Bush has managed to do that three times so far this year," says CNN polling director Keating Holland. "That means that Bush is now more unpopular than Richard Nixon was when he resigned from office during Watergate with a 66 percent disapproval rating."
Before Bush, the record holder for presidential disapproval was Harry Truman, with a 67 percent disapproval rating in January of 1952, his last full year in office.
As Obama visits the White House to start the transition from the Bush administration to an Obama administration, 57 percent of those questioned think the transfer of power will be relatively easy and free from tension, with 39 percent saying the transition will be difficult.
"A majority say that the transition from Bush to Obama will go smoothly, although nearly one in four predict a lot of tension between Bush aides and Obama aides in the next few weeks. That sentiment is highest among Democrats, but even among them, a majority believes that the transition will be relatively easy," Holland said. VideoWatch Obama's ambitious agenda »
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted Thursday through Sunday with 1,246 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: klydon1]
#519878
11/10/08 09:14 PM
11/10/08 09:14 PM
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ronnierocketAGO
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I'll tell ya, though; if I'm Dubya, I can't get out of there fast enough.
I get the feeling he'll leave without ruffling Obama's feathers. I expect him to be gracious, if not classy about it. No doubt. At the same time I expect Obama will end the anti-Bush rhetoric. The election's over, and while Bush deserved the low approval rating, nobody is looking for finger pointing now. Such finger-pointing helps nobody, and if Dubya loves his country as I'm sure he thinks he does, he gave and will continue to give whatever advice to the President-Elect regarding national security or terrorism that he can give. You know me, I've shat on Dubya frequently, but we must admit that his administration for better or for worse was the first Executive to fight international terrorism as a serious domestic/foreign threat since the days of Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates, much like Harry Truman (successes and failures) did with the Cold War. Hopefully Obama's administration will see what worked, and what didn't, with the Bush years...and hopefully improve upon it for our sake.
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: Just Lou]
#519879
11/10/08 09:15 PM
11/10/08 09:15 PM
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ronnierocketAGO
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Bush leaving office more unpopular than Nixon
By Paul Steinhauser CNN Deputy Political Director
WASHINGTON DC (CNN) -- On the day that President-elect Barack Obama is visiting the White House, a new national poll suggests that the current occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the most unpopular president since approval ratings were first sought more than six decades ago.
Seventy-six percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday disapprove of how President Bush is handling his job.
That's an all-time high in CNN polling and in Gallup polling dating back to World War II.
"No other president's disapproval rating has gone higher than 70 percent. Bush has managed to do that three times so far this year," says CNN polling director Keating Holland. "That means that Bush is now more unpopular than Richard Nixon was when he resigned from office during Watergate with a 66 percent disapproval rating."
Before Bush, the record holder for presidential disapproval was Harry Truman, with a 67 percent disapproval rating in January of 1952, his last full year in office.
As Obama visits the White House to start the transition from the Bush administration to an Obama administration, 57 percent of those questioned think the transfer of power will be relatively easy and free from tension, with 39 percent saying the transition will be difficult.
"A majority say that the transition from Bush to Obama will go smoothly, although nearly one in four predict a lot of tension between Bush aides and Obama aides in the next few weeks. That sentiment is highest among Democrats, but even among them, a majority believes that the transition will be relatively easy," Holland said. VideoWatch Obama's ambitious agenda »
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted Thursday through Sunday with 1,246 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Wow, that's BAD. Then again, off topic, but I still stand to my opinion that Nixon in his first 4 years was a much better President than Dubya has been in his 8 years.
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: ronnierocketAGO]
#519882
11/10/08 09:18 PM
11/10/08 09:18 PM
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The Italian Stallionette
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I'd like to know who in the hell the 24 percent are that think he's doing a good job.  Wait, the Bushs's are a large family right? There ya go  Counting the days!! TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: The Italian Stallionette]
#519885
11/10/08 09:26 PM
11/10/08 09:26 PM
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ronnierocketAGO
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I'd like to know who in the hell the 24 percent are that think he's doing a good job.  Wait, the Bushs's are a large family right? There ya go  Counting the days!! TIS Maybe that includes Anne Coulter.
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: ronnierocketAGO]
#519896
11/10/08 10:47 PM
11/10/08 10:47 PM
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I'd like to know who in the hell the 24 percent are that think he's doing a good job.  Wait, the Bushs's are a large family right? There ya go  Counting the days!! TIS Maybe that includes Anne Coulter. By the way, where's Coulter been this election season? Someone mentioned that she's been recovering from the operation she had to significantly reduce the size of her gigantic adam's apple down to a more feminine size.
Last edited by olivant; 11/10/08 10:48 PM.
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: olivant]
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11/10/08 11:26 PM
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I'd like to know who in the hell the 24 percent are that think he's doing a good job.  Wait, the Bushs's are a large family right? There ya go  Counting the days!! TIS Maybe that includes Anne Coulter. By the way, where's Coulter been this election season? Someone mentioned that she's been recovering from the operation she had to significantly reduce the size of her gigantic adam's apple down to a more feminine size. Haha. Thing is, I remembered her saying how if it came down to Hillary/McCain, she would endorse Hillary because McCain was a weakling on gun rights.
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: Don Andrew]
#520025
11/11/08 10:32 PM
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Freddie C.
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Fuck George Bush. Oh, and for the record, that 24% too. Stay classy Miami
"The Dewey Decimal System... What a scam that was!"
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: Freddie C.]
#520111
11/12/08 04:23 PM
11/12/08 04:23 PM
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Posts: 11,468 With Geary in Fredo's Brothel
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I am not one of the 24%, and while the editorial makes a good point that some over the top vilification does us no good, it is intellectually dishonest for even the Wall Street Journal to claim this man has tried to be bipartisan. He has broken the Geneva accords, sanctioned torture and other war crimes, bypassed the US Constitution and is responsible for all the acts of Dick Cheney and Scooter Libby as well as the swiftboating of Kerry, and the appointment of justices to the upreme court who are way out of the mainstream. He has been a disgrace.
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: Longneck]
#520127
11/12/08 06:54 PM
11/12/08 06:54 PM
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While W may have been handed some very tough reins to handle, he also didn't rise to the occasion. Just think of the legacy he leaves behind - a ruined economy, a destroyed housing market, a war built on false intelligence, inability to provide even basic care for the injured returning from that war (remember the mold, the rodents, the faulty plumbing?), the inability to take care of a city ruined by storm, record high energy prices, and an enormous deficit to replace the surplus he inherited from the prior administration.
Yes, he had an awful lot placed on his shoulders, but he didn't handle any of it very well, did he??
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: Sicilian Babe]
#520131
11/12/08 07:09 PM
11/12/08 07:09 PM
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pizzaboy
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I agree, Babe. And for the record, I really don't view Dubya as a "bad" guy. I know I might be in the minority, but I really don't.
He's certainly a "true believer" in both God and country, and he appears to have some very likeable qualities. But as a President, in my opinion, he was a disaster.
Nor do I view Omaba as any kind of "savior." I was on board with his candidacy early on, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'll vote for him in four years if he doesn't get the job done.
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: pizzaboy]
#520152
11/12/08 10:20 PM
11/12/08 10:20 PM
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The Italian Stallionette
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Would you believe that the Alaska race between Stevens (R and Begich (D) is still being counted? Now, Begich is up by only 3 votes. The Minnesota race is still being recounted too with Al Franken behin by approximately 200 votes. Why so many close elections this year? TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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