Posted on 06/08/2012 11:12:19 PM PDT by WilliamIII
George W. Bush has stepped out of the public eye since leaving office, but absence hasn't made the nation’s heart grow fonder.
The 43rd President of the United States is the most unpopular living former president, a CNN/ORC International poll has found, as only 43% of people surveyed said they had a favorable opinion of him and 54% viewed him unfavorably.
The negative rating puts Bush far behind his fellow living ex-Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Dubya’s father, George H.W. Bush.
Clinton nabbed a 66% favorable rating, Carter scored a 54% rating, and 59% of those polled said they had a positive view of Bush Sr.
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Scratch that. Nixon was down there, too — among the bad Republican presidents, I mean.
The best Republican presidents: Reagan, Lincoln, Coolidge, Eisenhower, McKinley, and yes - Harding (a free market pro-liberty president).
I think he should be above all three: Carter, Clinton and George H.W. Bush.
He gave us the worst recession since the Great Depression. That’s why people can’t stand him. And he gave us the most deficit spending ever — until Obama came along. That’s why this conservative can’t stand him and his “compassionate” conservatism.
Oh yes, he’s also the reason Barak O. is president - people were reacting to Bush’s recession and his disastrous presidency.
When did Carter and Clinton pass away?
When did Carter and Clinton pass away?
The shameful thing is that Bush’s spending made those two liberals look like pikers.
And W failed to control the border plus he left Afghanistan half finished to push the country into a disastrous counterproductive failure in Iraq. Sometimes I wonder if W was Osama’s biggest asset.
Conservatives were reacting to congressional Rinos also.
Idiots like Dodd and Frank gave us the worst recession since the Great Depression. This set the stage for the great Messiah, Greek columns and all.
what a load.
Carter is the biggest loser
I love Bush.
It was a giant game of chicken. the Democrats would always castigate the Republicans for exercising fiscal restraint, so Bush said, fine, you cut it then, I won’t. And avoided the old routine of “the Republicans let granny eat dog food” but the Democrats wouldn’t cut a thing, they knew their constituency wouldn’t put up with it. So the deficits are equally the Dems fault.
Damn Meena, Project Much?
Your Little Dictator is falling on his ASS over and over. The loyalty to the “PARTY” is disgusting.
Wipe your ass, empower people through positive hard work and watch the results. I’ll bet you are a liberal arts major.
Why should I give a damn what you think about GW Bush? ....Is it imperative that Bush haters post this crap ?
What exactly do you gain from it?
There are still some who still think that trying to re-write the GWB legacy will bring something good. It won’t.
He was a disaster and it’s long over-due to fire Boehner and McConnell too.
At least he stays away from the camera, I respect him for that.
Unfortunately I don’t think Romney learned the lesson.
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