Bashers Beware

IBD ^ | May 19, 2008

[Kaslin]

The Presidency: It takes little courage — or brains — to join the mob vilifying President Bush. But the Democrats (and Republicans, too) depicting him as villain will one day regret it.

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In the eyes of members of both parties, George W. Bush seems to be the cause of everything from the recent GOP special election losses to a flagging economy to today's bad weather.

Barack Obama plans to reach the White House by claiming the presidency of Sen. John McCain would amount to a third Bush term. McCain, meanwhile, seems to think it a wise campaign strategy to highlight his differences with the president, such as outgreening the greens on global warming.

Rep. Tom Davis, former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, reflected the panic engulfing many Republicans in Congress last week when he called President Bush "absolutely radioactive" and warned, "They've got to get some separation from the president" if they want to win this November.

How about a dose of reality?

[okie01]

“Michael Savage says Bush is the worst CIC in history”

Consider the source.

[prov1813man]

What these morons don’t get is that they are getting toasted BECAUSE they separated from this Great President in a lame attempt to be popular. Many of them owe their positions to him as he campaigned and won for the in 2004.

Then, like backstabber McInsane, many of them failed to step into the fight that W had picked, leaving him to be daily pilloried by the enemy within.

Wash them all down the drain, as far as I’m concerned.

[DrDeb]

THANK YOU for your passionate support of our visionary, courageous President!

FYI 1: President Bush has a PERSONAL APPROVAL rating of approximately 60% — the supposedly ‘popular’ Bill Clinton never got above the 40th percentile on this measure!

Remember, JOB APPROVAL ratings reflect current public opinion vis a vis the economy; PERSONAL APPROVAL ratings reflect current public opinion vis a vis the man (the President)!

FYI 2: According to RealClearPolitics, the President’s net job approval rating is 20 POINTS HIGHER than that of Congress — it’s the Congress that’s grossly unpopular, not the President!

[prov1813man]

Michael Savage is a raving lunatic.

[lonestar67]

Thanks for your encouragement.

I have wondered what his personal approval rating was and never have been able to find it.

You make good points.

[Alia]

When history is written, it will find President Bush as one of the greatest President of this century, if not all times. No matter what the left and the republican Bush bashers say

I agree with your post. There are angles that in current time will appear quite differently in the future when the past, or rather-history, is summed.

[Revolting cat!]

The privileged and their sons run this nation's government for other privileged and their sons (and daughters.) They love this country because it has been good to them or to their grandfathers; in the salons of Washington they rub shoulders and nudge,nudge wink, wink at each other, while for the public view they pretend to disagree with one another. Look how the Bushes welcomed the Klintoons into the fold of the privileged class. But the Bushes and their illk to this day haven's experienced a supermarket checkout line and seeing a code scanner work on their cans of dog food, and they'd feel as awkward at a service station as I did the first time I had to pump my own gas.

On this forum you pray for them, every time one of them gets a scratch, but do they pray for you, do you pray for the bum on the street, or only for Teddy the Swimmer and Britney and Americans Idle contestants? There must be good reasons why this President is unpopular among liberals and conservatives and the centrists. Good reasons.

[Alia]

The cup seems to always be half empty for them.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

"You have been free to assail and make false statements about his good character because you are free."

I have done no such thing, and you should now re-post each and every false statement that you contend I have made.

It is obvious that your admiration for the man borders on worship. I choose not to worship mortal men.

Criticism does not equal hate. Bush's approval rating does not mean that 70% of citizens despise him. I can't possible imagine that even the President himself believes a statement that reckless.

BTW, since you think that all 'detractors' deserve McCain, remember that Bush supports McCain 100%

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

That will be the judgment of history on George W. Bush.

One thing is sure -- history will hold him in much higher esteem than his successor.

[Alia]

We are currently living in a "who's your daddy" time. Meaning, Big Daddy President Bush has chased off the bad men, given the kids their allowance to play, and it just wasn't enough for them to say "thank you".

This is a tragic description of a mentality running through this age, but it too shall pass, hopefully sooner than later.

[DrDeb]

A more specific analysis . . .

FACT:
PRESIDENT BUSH REMAINS PERSONALLY POPULAR.
A recent poll by the well respected Ed Goeas (The Tarrance Group) determined that “. . . with the 2008 Presidential Election quickly approaching, voters will be making assessments of President Bush and his time in office. There certainly is anxiousness among voters about their current situation, especially Iraq and the economy. However, A MAJORITY OF VOTERS (approximatelly 60%) LIKE PRESIDENT BUSH PERSONALLY AND PROVIDE A REMARKABLY POSITIVE JUDGEMENT ABOUT BOTH HIS RECENT INITIATIVES AND HIS OVERALL TIME IN OFFICE.”
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/03/020112.php
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FACT:
TEXANS APPROVE OF THE PRESIDENT’S JOB PERFORMANCE.
According to Rasmussen, the President’s job approval ratings in Texas are as follows:
23% excellent 20% good 16% fair 39% poor — a 60:40 ratio virtually identical to the President’s electoral margin in 2004 (in Texas)!

Only six governors have a higher ‘excellent’ rating than President Bush; in fact, the ‘popular’ Arnold Schwarzenegger has an ‘excellent’ rating of only 7% (7% excellent 25% good 32% fair 34% poor)!

FYI: The Supreme Court has an excellent/good rating of only 37%. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/favorables/governors_approval_ratings

[LibLieSlayer]

The republicans almost ALL are against drilling and refineries. They are little more than leftist lite.

LLS

[daisyscarlett]

One thing is sure -- history will hold him in much higher esteem than his successor.

You got that right.

And until then, he will just have to be happy with the adulation he gets when he travels abroad, i.e. Africa.

[daisyscarlett]

It is, sadly, very rare these days to see a 100% positive article about W. Usually there is a snarky remark thrown in. Thank you for posting these 100% positive article.

[1035rep]

Great post!

[Kackikat]

Thank you and my sentiments exactly! President Bush has told them; but Jesus said “if they hate me they will also hate you”, and that is why he is attacked. This is a spiritual war as well as a physical war, and the end and the judgement day will prove he was as victorious at keeping the enemy out of the US as was humanly possible.
God bless President George W. Bush, and I hate to see him go, because the next one will not stand as he has stood against terrorism. It will be a new day and new attitude...it’s scary. Unless McCain wins, and has the cahumas to drop the bomb on Iran it will be game over; and the christians will be raptured and then Armegeddon will be on...noone knows the day nor hour but the times and the seasons are ripe.

[1035rep]

Excellent summary.

[Octar]

I agree with all of you. President Bush is a good man. Perfect? Of course not.

[cva66snipe]

Then perhaps someone should tell George to stop acting against Israel's best interest by appeasing her enemies ye think? I don't know about you but I find his Road Map to peace a blueprint for the one to come and I don't mean the Lord's return either. What right has he to tell Israel to try and force them to make peace with those wishing her wiped off the face of the earth? We would be far better off IF ONLY Bush had the wisdom of Reagan and let Israel do some M.E. mopping up.