Posted on 05/01/2008 2:00:10 PM PDT by The_Republican
A new poll suggests that George W. Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush his handling his job as president.
"No president has ever had a higher disapproval rating in any CNN or Gallup poll; in fact, this is the first time that any president's disapproval rating has cracked the 70 percent mark," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
"Bush's approval rating, which stands at 28 percent in our new poll, remains better than the all-time lows set by Harry Truman and Richard Nixon (22 percent and 24 percent, respectively) but even those two presidents never got a disapproval rating in the 70s," Holland added. "The previous all-time record in CNN or Gallup polling was set by Truman, 66 percent disapproval in January 1952."
CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider adds, "He is more unpopular than Richard Nixon was just before he resigned from the presidency in August 1974." President Nixon's disapproval rating in August 1974 stood at 67 percent.
The poll also indicates that support for the war in Iraq has never been lower. Thirty percent of those questioned favored the war while 68 percent opposed the conflict.
"Americans are growing more pessimistic about the war," Holland said. "In January, nearly half believed that things were going well for the U.S. in Iraq; now that figure has dropped to 39 percent."
The numbers on the Iraq war come on the five-year anniversary of President Bush's "mission accomplished" moment onboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, when Bush proclaimed that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended."
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This must be from the new school of journalism. Don’t report the news when you can make it up as you go along. What is the frequency Ken?
No bias here. LOL
Um...
Ok...
In Oct. 2006, a pollster called me and asked whether I approve of President Bush. I said, “No, he’s too liberal.” The majority of the people who disapprove of him might agree with me, but the pollsters won’t announce that.
Exactly. Other than his immigration mess he has done what a president is suppose to do. Protect our borders, appoint judges, and leave things alone.
The death of conservatism is the fault of all those who watch too much tv and drink Starbucks instead of remaining informed in order to battle liars that get elected on promises of fixing everything for everyone.
70% disapproval rating from a CNN poll....
I’d fire the bastards! A good pollster can always get 80% if they did it right!
God Bless President George W Bush!
I love that man!
Wait! We've got to remember that in '06 when the Dems took over, Nancy Pelosi said that she was going to solve the gas problem and heck, looking back, gas was plumb reasonable--a bargain! I remember that clearly, let's not knock Pres. Bush on everything, the Dems have roadblocked EVERY attempt to do something about energy for decades, they and their wacko friends.
Now, the border security you bet, he should've been on that on 9/12, no excuse. But for our troops, God bless him, he's stood by them and fought for equipment, funding as well as good leadership (Gen Petraeus for example) so if we obliterate the Islamofascists in this conflict, he'll prove out to be quite remarkable. But then again, we have the Dems to contend with...
I do not agree with everything he does, but he sure beats the H*ll out of Carter and Clinton and LBJ!!!!!!!!!!!!
:::Shrug::: Who cares? He served two terms. Not like he can run for a third.
Yes, Nancy, you said you would FIX everything. Calling Ms. Pelosi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
History teaches us that often those most reviled end up doing the best things. Moses, Jesus, most of the Christian saints, historical figures like Lincoln, Gandhi, Washington, all had their issues with popularity. But they still did the right things and upheld the moral principles they lived by. In the end, that's probably more important than popularity, which tends to be fickle and fleeting.
I wouldn't, because of tax cuts, two good judges on SCOTUS, he pulled us through some really tough times as a nation, and he has fought for the unborn where he had the opportunity. He's not perfect, but no President is. I'd say Bush is one of the best we've had.
“A new poll suggests that George W. Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history.”
Give it a couple years, and that’s going to change....
President Bush, compared to what is in front of us is looking pretty darn good these days.
W could have plugged the border and not bought into AGW. He’s getting it from both sides now - his choice.
There’s NO WAY he beat out Jimmy Carter for that title.
It’s fashionable to be a critic, nowdays.
W is John Wayne compared to the Three Stooges.
I don't think Truman or Nixon had quite as monolithically hostile a media as Bush has had. Granted, Nixon wasn't loved by the press, but the media's presence was less in that era, before the rise of CNN and other cable news & opinion channels, so the pounding wasn't quite as relentless as now.
LOL!
Methinks Bush would kick Ohilarma A$$ if he could run again.
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