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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Well, everyone's good at something...
Posted by Jill | 4:42 PM
And the Idiot-in-Chief is really good at alienating people.

Will Bunch:

George W. Bush is now the most unpopular president in recorded American history. (h/t Atrios)

Worse than Richard Nixon in the days before he resigned in disgrace during Watergate, worse than Jimmy Carter during the Iran hostage crisis, much worse than Bill Clinton when he was impeached. Just as Roger Bannister raced through what once seemed the unreachable 4-minute mile, Bush has burst through a barrier once also thought impossible, below the 20-percent mark.

Check this out:
George W. Bush's overall job approval rating has dropped to a new low in American Research Group polling as 78% of Americans say that the national economy is getting worse according to the latest survey from the American Research Group.

Among all Americans, 19% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 77% disapprove. When it comes to Bush's handling of the economy, 14% approve and 79% disapprove.

Among Americans registered to vote, 18% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 78% disapprove.


That is just mind-blowing. How does it compare to other presidents? There's no comparison.

Nixon, as he was hounded out of office in August 1974, never dipped below the mid-20s.

Here's a pretty good compilation of poll numbers from Roper. To summarize the highlights:

Clinton low: 36 percent, May 1993 (early missteps like Zoe Baird)

George H.W. Bush low: 29 percent, August 1992 (recession)

Reagan low: 35 percent, January 1983 (recession)

Carter low: 28 percent, July 1979 (high gas prices)

Ford low: 37 percent, January 1975 (economy, Nixon pardon)

Nixon low: 23 percent, January 1974 (Watergate)

Johnson low: 35 percent, August 1968 (Vietnam)

Lowest ever? That would be Harry Truman during the Korean War, in February 1952, at 22 percent.


And McCain is running as "I'm just like Bush only not a complete blithering idiot"?

Now someone please tell me where anyone got the idea that Republicans had anything to do with competence.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...
I'm going to have to edit a bunch of blog posts to replace "27%ers" with "19%ers". Who the fuck are these people, anyway? I mean, I can see being an insane nutjob who wants to turn the United States into a militaristic authoritarian patriarchal Christian theocracy. But Bush isn't even doing a decent job of that.
2/20/08, 6:19 PM  
Blogger FrJohn said...
I despise Bush as much as anybody, but there is something funny about this poll. Nobody else has him below the high 20s, with most in the low to mid 30s. The ARG poll shows only 45% approval among REPUBLICANS! Most others show him in the 60s in his own party.

I certainly don't know anything about statistics or methodology, but this looks like an outlier to me.
2/20/08, 6:35 PM  
Blogger dguzman said...
I think they all work where I do, and they're all sitting in the cafeteria right now, watching Faux News do the latest report on a pair of panties that might be evidence in the latest murder-of-a-white-lady. Anything to distract from President Disaster's latest idiocy.
2/20/08, 8:41 PM  
Blogger Distributorcap said...
first the poll also shows that democrats give him a 1% approval rating.

who are those 1%-ers

somehow i think Harry Truman is finally smiling
2/20/08, 9:48 PM  
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