Poll: Bush support holds despite Iraq, 9 /11 hearin

“For historical perspective, Nixon polled at 24% a few days before he resigned.



Tick... tick... tick...”

“What was Jimmhay Kotter's lowest poll number? Isn't he your hero Violin?”

“Hint: (It begins with a '2' and ends in an '8')”

“Actually I voted against Carter, Serge. But you're changing the topic again.”

“What topic was it when you were talking about Nixon?

I didn't ask who you voted for, I'm sure you used to be a right-wing religious nut in the 70s. I was talking about now, your hero, Jimmha Karter.”

“Is Carter still sending hellocapeter parts to Iran?”

“Oh! that wasn't his deal.”

“Sorry, I thought we were supposed to determine if a president is good based on opinion polling instead of logic. My bad.”

“every new poll is the president's lowest. It just keeps getting lower and lower. When will he have the lowest of any president? Then he is talking legacy! Woohoo, bush, most unliked president of all time.”

“In all fairness to former preznits, Bush making the record books for biggest failure is kind of like Barry Bonds making the baseball record books.

Both records would need to have an asterisk. Bonds for his steroid use and Bush for all the drugs he consumed while he was supposed to be flying planes in the National Guard.”

“CNN) -- In a new poll comparing President Bush's job performance with that of his predecessor, a strong majority of respondents said President Clinton outperformed Bush on a host of issues.

The poll of 1,021 adult Americans was conducted May 5-7 by Opinion Research Corp. for CNN. It had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Respondents favored Clinton by greater than 2-to-1 margins when asked who did a better job at handling the economy (63 percent Clinton, 26 percent Bush) and solving the problems of ordinary Americans (62 percent Clinton, 25 percent Bush).

On foreign affairs, the margin was 56 percent to 32 percent in Clinton's favor; on taxes, it was 51 percent to 35 percent for Clinton; and on handling natural disasters, it was 51 percent to 30 percent, also favoring Clinton.

Moreover, 59 percent said Bush has done more to divide the country, while only 27 percent said Clinton had.

When asked which man was more honest as president, poll respondents were more evenly divided, with the numbers -- 46 percent Clinton to 41 percent Bush -- falling within the poll's margin of error. The same was true for a question on handling national security: 46 percent said Clinton performed better; 42 percent picked Bush.

Clinton was impeached in 1998 over testimony he gave in a deposition about an extramarital sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinksy.”

“Bush and the republicans have damaged the republican party for many years to come. Not only do the vast majority of people currently know Bush and republicant's are failures (at every level), they know how good it was under Clinton. They have something to compare Bush and the republicans to.

Maybe now, we can become evangelical-whacko & greedy-rich free for the next 10-20 years. Long live the blow-job.”

“The comparison to Nixon is worse than I thought. The Harris Interactive poll has Bush's disapproval rate at 71%. Nixon at his depths only managed a 66% disapproval.

This poll was taken before USA Today reported Bush was keeping a record of every single phone call we make.

Stay tuned.”

“Bush is? I think this started in 1999.”

“Then you don't read so good:

In a written statement, the attorney for former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio said the government approached the company in the fall of 2001 seeking access to the phone records of Qwest customers, with neither a warrant nor approval from a special court established to handle surveillance matters.
[...]
In contrast, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. complied with the request to turn over phone records shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, USA Today first reported on Thursday.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-12-hayden-support_x.htm”

“Or perhaps I don't read USGay Today.

The wiretap program started in 1999 when our government began the plan to spy on 1% of America at a given time. Since then, the desired capabilities and actual capabilities have steadily increased.
last edited: 5/12/06 7:43:30 PM”

“By the way, the story is from December. I wonder when they're (the liberal press and dems) going to bring back up his military service again? Perhaps when this dies off ... again ...”

“Bush's military service is not a story. I mean, he went AWOL, what service did he provide?”

“Whoa Violin! Those are huge numbers! My question to you is this: who was the bigger drunk, Bush of Nixon?”

“LOL! Buddha Bear calling others "drunks"! LMAO!!”

“If I had to live my life as you, sarge, I'd be a raging, DUI in Maine drunk. But since I'm not you, and don't have to deal with all the social ramifications of being an inadequate fool, I have no need to be a drunk. But, because I'm a good sport, I'll buy you a beer if you volunteer (that means you take no taxpayer money) to be the official inspector of "packages of liberation thanks" in Iraq. Body armor not included.”

“That's not what I hear. People tell me you're a drunk. I guess they're all lying.

[stages of alcoholism ... denial ...]”

“lol - I'm sure your sources are credible. They have been in the past!”

“History will not be kind to Dumbya.”

“I think a lot of libs see Bush's bad poll numbers and interpret them to mean that the nation is moving toward the leftist, antiwar position they advocate. This may be true for some people. However, I disapprove of Bush when he is not aggressive enough in promoting conservative positions - smaller government and border security - and when I see his administration submitting to the ineffectual UN on crucial matters such as the Darfur genocide and the Iranian nuke project.

Many conservatives are disappointed in Bush's one-size-fits-all, big government approaches to education and drug benefits for seniors, both of which waste gobs of taxpayer money and do not specifically target the problems they were intended to solve. We would also like him to get a spine where pork is concerned, and veto the Iraq-and-Katrina appropriations bill that has been larded up with earmarks in the Senate.

There may be a number of right-leaning, pro-war libertarians out there who think that the administration has gone too far with the NSA programs. I don't support that position, since I believe that government snooping has prevented additional terrorist attacks within the US.

If Bush would give up on trying to placate his critics on the left (a hopeless endeavor), and REALLY pander to his conservative base, which he is accused of anyway, his numbers would be much higher.”

“Omahiker - That's on my mind every day. You are 100% correct. In the conservative circles, it's quite obvious that's the thinking.”

“It's a mistake to think the country will move to the dems..That's the only thing that is worse than the mess we're in.”

“Both major political parties are corrupt and in bed with lobbyists and special interests. The time is ripe for a third party with carefully crafted positions on immigration, national defense, "states' rights" on social issues (gays & abortion), and fiscal responsibility.”

“We need a party that would take many social issues out of the federal control. A medical issue is that and should be handled by the experts, the doctors. Drugs ,for example is a medical problem and is only a criminal problem because the crime industry needs the business(courts,prisons,DEA and all the little industries that are satellites of this non productive , but huge waste of time and money).On the fiscal side, again the fed has extended past the fathers limites of scope into situations where foreign issues absorb all of the available energy. An example would be, Iraq has many of the states national guardsmen when it has been obvious they're needed on the borders.”

“Sarge, I've drank with Buddha quite a few times. Yes he can put the wine away.”

“The terrorist don't have to attack again. Americans who own their house and cars and have some savings , by necessity, become paranoid that someone else wants what they have. The fear that invades these lives makes that group vulnerable to irrational thinking. The man with gold about his neck and watches that cost more than cars make the best victims.”

“Rasmussen which has consistently shown more Bush support than the other big polls, now has Bush II at a new low. Dems shouldn't take too much comfort, a lot of the converts to Bush bashing would still hold their noses and vote Republican rather than vote for a Democrat.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm”

“Since according to the polls John Kerry is President this is inconsequential (LOL)....

Want to compare disapproval ratings of #42 at this time in his criminal career?”

“Go ahead.”

“I'll even make it easy for you:

http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/hsrun.exe/Roperweb/PresJob/PresJob.htx;start=HS_fullresults?pr=Clinton

The second year of Clinton's second term would be 1998.”

“Looks to me like he was pulling an approval rating in the low 60's in all polls with a disapproval in the low 30's during June 1998.

Was there a point you wanted to make?”

“I think my point is just that far (holding my index and thumb about an inch apart) beyond your ability to grasp.”

“When confronted by the facts, make a personal attack?

Sure. That helps.”

“ping pong again.”

“No. In this case its pong-pong.”

“Violin, I just noted that these numbers are a result of a 5% increase in the polls...NOW I could brag on that...but then it hit me. What is the BASELINE? Is it the other politicians? If so, does that mean Bush is getting better, or the other politicians are getting SOOOO much worse (i.e. we are seeing how totally clueless the National Congress is?)that Bush looks better by comparison?

Don't Know, just know that this guy is not the guy I voted for. Then again 41 in 1992 was not the guy I voted for in 1988.”

“Bush approval rating by state: http://www.surveyusa.com/50State2006/50StateBushApproval061017Approval.htm”

“LOL...the famous words of President Gore and Kerry.......”

“what??? our king -i mean preisident- still has more approval then disapproval in FOUR STATES! including mine. thas pretty good!

#........State........Approve....Disapprove
1........Idaho........57%........40%
2........Utah.........57%........40%
3........Wyoming ........52%........46%
4........Montana ........50%........48%”

“

President slips to all-time low in the Zogby Poll as key demographic groups jump ship

The national job approval rating of President Bush has plummeted to 30%, an all–time low in the latest Zogby International telephone poll, sinking below the 31% approval rating he dropped to in early June.

The President’s positive job rating is down from 36% in late October, in the weeks heading into the congressional midterm elections. Since then, the Democrats swept to control of both houses of Congress, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigned and was replaced by Robert Gates, who said the U.S. is not winning the war in Iraq. Release of the Iraq Study Group’s report calling for significant change in the way the U.S. is conducting the Iraq war came as this latest Zogby poll was in the field.

Sixty–eight percent said they believe Bush is doing only a fair or poor job leading the nation.

Support for the President waned in key demographic groups, the Zogby poll shows. Among all Republicans, just 60% gave him a positive job rating, while 39% gave him negative marks. Just 9% of Democrats and 22% of political independents gave him good marks for his work. Among married respondents – typically a group who favors Republicans – just 35% said Bush was doing a positive job. Among men, another favorable GOP demographic, just 31% gave him positive marks, while 69% gave him a negative rating. Even among stalwart Born Again respondents, just 43% had positive ratings for the President on his overall job performance.

The survey of 982 likely voters nationwide was conducted Dec. 5–8, 2006, and carries a margin of error of +/– 3.2 percentage points.

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1217”

“It took over a month for the stage coach to reach the for states above Rev..”

“I'm a little surprised the 'Born Again respondents' don't show more support (considering how Dubdub is rushing headlong toward Armageddon).”

“It's funny how certain people on here justify their opinions via polls.”