President Bush - Overall Job Rating

Where do you stand on President Bush's job performance?

  • Strongly Approve

    Votes: 9 7.3%
  • Somewhat Approve

    Votes: 11 8.9%
  • Strongly Disapprove

    Votes: 95 77.2%
  • Somewhat Disapprove

    Votes: 8 6.5%

  • Total voters
    123

DC_DEEP

Sexy Member
Joined
Apr 13, 2005
Posts
8,714
Media
0
Likes
93
Points
183
Sexuality
No Response
I just don't get the hostility with Bush... it is painful to watch him make public speeches though... Very painful.
It's a way for people to focus their discontent with the whole republican majority over the last (however many) years, but more especially with an across-the-board majority... house, senate, and white house.
Environmental laws, tax laws, and drug laws have raped Americans of more freedoms than anything enacted over the last 8 years. Then we have the run away litigation which have made every corporation and individual paranoid about being sued and drives up costs of everything... which strangles more freedom.
Ah, the good ole "nanny state." Yes, I hate that, too. But those are minor annoyances. Bush and his circle of good-old-boys have dismantled much more than just your right to crack your melon if you fall off your bike. The legislation he has pushed through, and the voices he has seated on the US supreme court have seriously, tangibly, deeply damaged the United States of America.
 

HazelGod

Sexy Member
Joined
Dec 11, 2006
Posts
7,154
Media
1
Likes
30
Points
183
Location
The Other Side of the Pillow
Sexuality
99% Straight, 1% Gay
Gender
Male
The legislation he has pushed through, and the voices he has seated on the US supreme court have seriously, tangibly, deeply damaged the United States of America.

And here I thought The Pelican Brief was just a work of fiction. If Grisham tried publishing that today, he'd probably find himself disappeared to Gitmo as an enemy combatant.
 

mindseye

Experimental Member
Joined
Apr 9, 2002
Posts
3,399
Media
0
Likes
15
Points
258
Sexuality
100% Gay, 0% Straight
Gender
Male
Just to point out... the Democrat Party controlled Congress is even lower.

And here's the rest of the story:

A Gallup poll last week did show a 29% overall approval rating for Congress. However, this is lower than every other poll conducted during the same time period -- even FOX came up with a 32% approval rating. This suggests that Gallup's sample may be one of the 5% of samples that are outside the confidence interval, or worse that there's a problem with their methodology.

But there's even more to the story: When pollsters specifically ask whether they approve of the Democrats' performance in Congress, the approval rating goes up: a 43% average among 2007 pollsters (range: 35-54%). The Republican performance over the same period averages 32%, with a range of 22-41% over the different polls. Every poll tracked at pollingreport.com which compares the 110th Congress Democrats with the Republicans, show higher approval ratings for the Democrats.
 

afromla

Just Browsing
Joined
Mar 25, 2007
Posts
44
Media
0
Likes
0
Points
151
Location
Los Angeles
Gender
Male
I'm shocked by the number of people who vote somewhat.

The only thing this president has done well is make Americans feel strongly about him, love or hate. No middle ground here.
 

SpeedoGuy

Sexy Member
Joined
May 18, 2004
Posts
4,166
Media
7
Likes
41
Points
258
Age
60
Location
Pacific Northwest, USA
Sexuality
99% Straight, 1% Gay
Gender
Male

B_NineInchCock_160IQ

Sexy Member
Joined
Jan 30, 2006
Posts
6,196
Media
0
Likes
40
Points
183
Location
where the sun never sets
Sexuality
99% Straight, 1% Gay
Gender
Male
oh, and said poll (although polls are usually laughable)

Congress Approval Down to 29%; Bush Approval Steady at 33%

ccording to the May 10-13, 2007, Gallup Poll, 29% of Americans approve and 64% disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job. Congressional approval is down 4 percentage points since last month, and is 3 points lower than the 32% average measured during the first five months of the year. The high point for the congressional approval rating so far this year was the 37% approval measured in February. Although ratings are quite low, Americans have been more positive in their assessments of Congress this year than last year, when an average of just 25% approved of Congress.

So... why are you bringing this up? In the post before this you were sure to caveat the "democrat controlled" Congress had lower approval ratings than Bush.... yet their approval rating is higher than the Republican-controlled Congress from the year before. I'm quite sure you're not trying to show your support for the Democrats, though for any unbaised reader that's where these two posts are pointing.

Americans in general have distrusted and disliked Congress for a long long time. This distrust predates the last midterm elections, the Republican take over of Congress before that, and both the current and former Bush administrations. This is more indicative of a systemic distrust in America of all politicians in general, rather than approval or disapproval of any specific thing that Congress does. The overwhelming majority of Americans have no clue what Congress does. Presidents on the other hand are easier to focus on, they are just one person and they make the news far more often. So presidential approval ratings are far more dynamic and far less stable than Congressional approval ratings. The low (yet comparatively high vs. last year) Congressional approval rating takes nothing away from the fact that G.W.'s approval rating is in the toilet and shows no sign of recovering.
 

jacob_6000

Just Browsing
Joined
Apr 4, 2006
Posts
55
Media
0
Likes
0
Points
151
Gender
Male
The actions of this President to bend and twist the intelligence to fit his own purpose is just unreal. He's at it again this week, will it never end and does anyone still believe him?
 

DC_DEEP

Sexy Member
Joined
Apr 13, 2005
Posts
8,714
Media
0
Likes
93
Points
183
Sexuality
No Response
Of course the sheeple still believe him. They believe it is wrong to have independent thought. George told 'em so.

Unfortunately, it seems that the sheeple outnumber the independent thinkers.
 

ETA123

Just Browsing
Joined
Jun 1, 2006
Posts
190
Media
0
Likes
0
Points
236
Sexuality
99% Straight, 1% Gay
Gender
Male
And here's the rest of the story:

A Gallup poll last week did show a 29% overall approval rating for Congress. However, this is lower than every other poll conducted during the same time period -- even FOX came up with a 32% approval rating. This suggests that Gallup's sample may be one of the 5% of samples that are outside the confidence interval, or worse that there's a problem with their methodology.



Why bother pointing out facts? Anyone who uses the term "Democrat Party" instead of the actual name of the party is already under the detrimental influence of Limbaugh, O'Reilly, etc. . . . either that or just willfully uninformed.
 

mindseye

Experimental Member
Joined
Apr 9, 2002
Posts
3,399
Media
0
Likes
15
Points
258
Sexuality
100% Gay, 0% Straight
Gender
Male
Why bother pointing out facts? Anyone who uses the term "Democrat Party" instead of the actual name of the party is already under the detrimental influence of Limbaugh, O'Reilly, etc. . . . either that or just willfully uninformed.

Personally, I think the whole "Democrat Party" squabbling is childish -- on both sides. But on the other hand, the party that usually makes me want to say "ick!" is the Republ-ick!-an Party, and not the Democratic Party.

Today's cowardly House vote, though, just proves that even die-hard party loyalists like me have their lines in the sand. Shame on the Democrat-ick! leaders, including Pelosi and Hoyer, for capitulating where the lives of our troops were concerned.
 

invisibleman

Cherished Member
Joined
Oct 10, 2005
Posts
9,816
Media
0
Likes
491
Points
303
Location
North Carolina
Sexuality
99% Gay, 1% Straight
Gender
Male
I think that it showed our International community that Americans are either just as stupid as the President for voting him back into office a SECOND time. Or, our voting processes and voting system need some serious auditing procedures and a total overhaul.

It took Clinton two terms to change and deficit to a surplus. And Bush, it took two terms to take us out of a surplus to an escalating cavernous deficit. Bush isn't hurting financially from this war anyhow.
 

DC_DEEP

Sexy Member
Joined
Apr 13, 2005
Posts
8,714
Media
0
Likes
93
Points
183
Sexuality
No Response
<...>
Shame on the Democrat-ick! leaders, including Pelosi and Hoyer, for capitulating where the lives of our troops were concerned.
I knew my hopes for Nancy had been misplaced a couple of months back, when she decided to take a status quo stance on one thing the dems had railed on for some time - K Street influence peddling to committee chairs.
 

ETA123

Just Browsing
Joined
Jun 1, 2006
Posts
190
Media
0
Likes
0
Points
236
Sexuality
99% Straight, 1% Gay
Gender
Male
Today's cowardly House vote, though, just proves that even die-hard party loyalists like me have their lines in the sand. Shame on the Democrat-ick! leaders, including Pelosi and Hoyer, for capitulating where the lives of our troops were concerned.

Now that, I will agree with wholeheartedly. They've well and truly pissed me off again.
 

SpeedoGuy

Sexy Member
Joined
May 18, 2004
Posts
4,166
Media
7
Likes
41
Points
258
Age
60
Location
Pacific Northwest, USA
Sexuality
99% Straight, 1% Gay
Gender
Male
He's at it again this week, will it never end and does anyone still believe him?

Despite his dismal performance, of course GWB is still believed by many. For some voters, just the fact that he's in the Oval Office guarantees him something of a virtually unlimited monthly credibility stipend. Political welfare, so to speak. Besides, he could never have arrived at his position had he ever been less-than-truthful. Er, right?
 

madame_zora

Sexy Member
Joined
May 5, 2004
Posts
9,608
Media
0
Likes
51
Points
258
Location
Ohio
Sexuality
100% Straight, 0% Gay
I knew my hopes for Nancy had been misplaced a couple of months back, when she decided to take a status quo stance on one thing the dems had railed on for some time - K Street influence peddling to committee chairs.


Gotta agree with you there. I wanted so badly to give her a chance, but she's shown her true colours by engaging in the very behavior she found abhorrent in the repugs.

Dumbya announces that it's going to be a long bloody summer right after the dems take it up the ass on the war funding bill, and we are all now clear as to exactly how much bush gives a shit what ANYONE in the world thinks of his policies- up yours, pal. Nobody will stop this madamn, nobody has ANY balls at all.

What's Pelosi's angle though, surely she's not intending to run for pres anytime soon? I guess she's just another sad example of a human being who wants to make herself a lot of money. How sad for us all.
 
D

deleted15807

Guest
Well for some unbelievable reason the puplic supports funding for the war according to the NYTimes today. So I'm sure Nancy and gang have that all triangulated. So the funding continues.
 

D_Humper E Bogart

Experimental Member
Joined
May 10, 2004
Posts
2,172
Media
0
Likes
4
Points
258
Well war is so sexy!

It's funny when people sober up and realise that people die in battles though.

I'd give Bush and Bin Laden the Apocalypse Medal awarded for those who are hellbent on bringing about a nasty end to a great many people.
 

DC_DEEP

Sexy Member
Joined
Apr 13, 2005
Posts
8,714
Media
0
Likes
93
Points
183
Sexuality
No Response
Haha, gotta love the "stimulates the economy" argument, too. Yes, it does increase "cash flow" in a stagnant economy, and it does create some temporary jobs. The sad thing is that the cash evaporates when it flows its way to the end of the spigot.
If you build a $25,000 automobile*, it stays around for a while, uses some gasoline*, tires*, you pay taxes* on it, have it serviced*, and probably eventually sell* it. That $25K actually hangs around and does something. ( This* is money that stays in our economy).

If you build a $25,000 bomb, it blows up a building, kills some people, and it's GONE.
 

mrgoodheart

Just Browsing
Joined
Mar 24, 2007
Posts
7
Media
0
Likes
0
Points
146
Location
Charlotte
Sexuality
100% Gay, 0% Straight
Gender
Male
The bottom line: Bush, Cheney & crew operate like paranoid political thugs. They are arrogant, hell-bent on operating ruinous domestic agenda to debase the middle-class. Their foreign policy has been disastrous, and worst of all, they operate in a hermetic environment listening to no one but their own.

You got it right. He is a bully. He thinks he can do anything he wants because he is a child of privilege. Someone said he does not have any real power. However he can wage war for 60 days without an act of congress (I may have the actual # of days wrong). It only takes 2 seconds to push that famous red button and destroy thousands upon thousands of lives

When you get right down to it - the problem with politicians is that they have jobs.

I would hope that with the increasing technology that maybe one day we could move closer to a true democratic society. It could be much easier to weigh in our votes on each bill or law. Rather than trusting a 3rd party to make our decisions for us. Its a long way off and I am sure not in our lifetime - but something to hope for.