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
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Wait till Hillary gets the nomination... just like the absurdity of Gore losing to Bush despite the approval ratings of Clinton (hell, Gore didn't even win in Tennessee, his own state). The party with a very unfavorable president will win the presidency again, so long as the Dems put Rodham on the ticket. Take it to the bank.
 

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Wait till Hillary gets the nomination... just like the absurdity of Gore losing to Bush despite the approval ratings of Clinton (hell, Gore didn't even win in Tennessee, his own state). The party with a very unfavorable president will win the presidency again, so long as the Dems put Rodham on the ticket. Take it to the bank.

Fact-check:

This is a Republican talking point (notice that faceking calls her "Hillary" in the first mention, then "Rodham" in the second?).

In Zogby America polling conducted this week (May 17-20), Clinton beats Romney in a head-to-head matchup, and trails Giuliani and McCain within the margin of error.

In Diageo polling conducted over the same time period (May 16-20), Clinton beats McCain, but trails Giuliani -- both by 2%, within the margin of error. (She also leads over Romney, but the Romney questions were conducted over a different time period.)

In a Newsweek poll conducted earlier in the month (May 2-3), Clinton leads over all three candidates. Marist (April 26-May 1) shows Clinton leading over both Giuliani and McCain (they didn't ask about Romney).

It's not at all certain that Hillary Clinton will get the Democratic nomination, but it's even less certain that she'd lose in the general election: no independent polling firm has shown any Republican leading over her by more than the sampling margin of error.

(Source for all polling data; as a matter of full disclosure, I'll mention that I'm a campaign volunteer for one of the other Democratic candidates.)
 

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I've got to give it to the dems for being crafty. They rode in on the antiwar left and got the majority in congress, then ignored them and voted for more spending and more troops in Iraq with no timetable all for some pork. But they know they can get away with it because the far left has no where else to go, so they just have to deal with it and poke their lips out.
 

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I've got to give it to the dems for being crafty. They rode in on the antiwar left and got the majority in congress, then ignored them and voted for more spending and more troops in Iraq with no timetable all for some pork. But they know they can get away with it because the far left has no where else to go, so they just have to deal with it and poke their lips out.

fact-check:

Boy, the talking points are out in force tonight.

The Democrats who "rode in on the antiwar left" in 2006 opposed the capitulation bill; it was the old-school Democratic incumbents who sold us out. Among the 41 Democratic members of the 110th House freshman class, the vote was 23-18 against the bill.

And yes, I wish it hadn't been that close. Still it refutes your claim that the "far left has no where [sic] else to go." We're making gains, but it'll be several years before these 41 incoming representatives have the seniority required to lead committees and fix crappy legislations like this.

Still, if you'd like to believe that we're ineffective and weak, go right ahead. It makes our job a lot easier when you don't take us seriously.

(Source: Roll call vote here.)
 

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If Congress had done to Franklin Roosevelt what Congress has done to George Bush and the Armed Forces over Iraq since they took over in January, they would have been charged with treason for giving aid and comfort to our enemies. Roosevelt suffered more losses in one day, day after day, greater than our total losses in Iraq since the war began five years ago. Roosevelt's Army was mainly a drafted army. Bush's Army has been totally a volenteer army.
 

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He gets a big fat Zero in my opinion.

He Dropped the ball on Katrina
He dropped the ball on the recent Kansas tornados, even though he claimed to have "Learned" from Katrina.
I wont even go into the 911 scandal....

They're all in it for the money. Doesnt matter who you pick.
Your not picking the Best Candidate, you need to pick the worst Liar.

The only thing you can do, is watch your spending, save your money and put it away (Outside of banks or investments), and buy Gold or other precious metals.
The dollar hasn't been represented by anything other than heresay for years....so back it up with something substantial.
 

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If Congress had done to Franklin Roosevelt what Congress has done to George Bush and the Armed Forces over Iraq since they took over in January, they would have been charged with treason for giving aid and comfort to our enemies. Roosevelt suffered more losses in one day, day after day, greater than our total losses in Iraq since the war began five years ago. Roosevelt's Army was mainly a drafted army. Bush's Army has been totally a volenteer army.

In an equally relevant related story, if George Bush had fought Darth Vader on Bespin, he would have had his hand chopped off and been told that Vader was in fact his father. The Rebels lost more capital starships in 10 minutes fighting the Death Star than the Allied forces in Iraq have lost during the entire campaign. Since the two wars are so extremely similar multiple relevant conclusions can be drawn from this arbitrary statistic.

hooray for completely useless analogies!
 

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Roosevelt's Army was mainly a drafted army. Bush's Army has been totally a volenteer army.

True my friend,

But The way Bush got Voulenteers was based on emotion, just as Hitler Did. He preyed on human emotion to rally people up.

Nearly every US citizen was totally Pissed when the twin towers were attacked. What better diversion to use to get people to gladly voulenteer on a suicide mission to Iraq.

Everybody thought they were doing service to their country. Little did they know they were going into a concentration camp, only to be shot or buried alive.

And based on the war monger tactics he's using now.....I wouldnt be suprised to see him place a draft on todays society.

It's only money to him.
 

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Roosevelt suffered more losses in one day, day after day, greater than our total losses in Iraq since the war began five years ago.

FDR cooperated with key allies to craft a winning strategy that ended WW2 in less time than the clusterfuck our feeble minded, water board loving president has chosen to immerse us in.
 

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I've got to give it to the dems for being crafty. They rode in on the antiwar left and got the majority in congress, then ignored them and voted for more spending and more troops in Iraq with no timetable all for some pork. But they know they can get away with it because the far left has no where else to go, so they just have to deal with it and poke their lips out.
You manage to be pretty crafty yourself. You conveniently leave out the fact that the majority in Congress crafted a bill that provided less budget than dubya asked for, and demanded a pull-out timetable. They only gave in and voted for more spending and more troops when dubya threatened to veto the compromise offered by the democrats, which would have flatlined ALL the Iraq spending. So basically, the president pouted and said "if you won't give me everything I want, I won't give the troops anything at all." How's that for supporting our troops?

Yeah, crafty indeed.
 

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Can only view this at a distance, but what Washington does affects the whole world. Certain geo-economic peoples like "strong" leaders however belligerent and corrupt they may be. What Bush and his nefarious cronies have inflicted upon the world reflects on every American not just the cowards who wrap themselves in flags.

Bush will go down in history as the arch coward, and for redefining the words war and rendition. Not since the infamous East India Company has a democracy produced such a rapacious administration that has subjugated its own people, mudered foreigners with impunity and stripped its own military of any remaining vestage of honour.
 

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Can only view this at a distance, but what Washington does affects the whole world. Certain geo-economic peoples like "strong" leaders however belligerent and corrupt they may be. What Bush and his nefarious cronies have inflicted upon the world reflects on every American not just the cowards who wrap themselves in flags.

Bush will go down in history as the arch coward, and for redefining the words war and rendition. Not since the infamous East India Company has a democracy produced such a rapacious administration that has subjugated its own people, mudered foreigners with impunity and stripped its own military of any remaining vestage of honour.
Torp, we don't usually agree, but this is it in a nutshell. Unfortunately, his supporters stubbornly turn a blind eye toward bush's dark global legacy.
 

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It's been said that Mr Bush was largely responible for Mr Blair stepping down from his position as Prime Minister.

On that note, I'd like to buy him a beer and shake his hand.

On the other hand, as an outsider: How you have allowed a functionally illiterate imbecile to run your country for so long without riots outside the White House is frankly beyond my comprehension.

Maybe I've missed something?
 

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It's been said that Mr Bush was largely responible for Mr Blair stepping down from his position as Prime Minister.

On that note, I'd like to buy him a beer and shake his hand.

On the other hand, as an outsider: How you have allowed a functionally illiterate imbecile to run your country for so long without riots outside the White House is frankly beyond my comprehension.

Maybe I've missed something?


I HAVE BEEN ASKING MYSELF THE SAME QUESTION... your insights are RIGHT ON TARGET... we Americans get the government that we deserve and I frankly, am frightened that America has been slowly turning into the Fourth Reich... I am fucking FRIGHTENED!!!!!