Bush's approval rating fell again this week, to 32 percentage points. Just for some historical perspective, here are the other presidents who have fell that low.\n\nBush today compares\nNixon\nAug 1973     Middle of Watergate hearings\nlow point     Jan 1974 (23 percent)\n\nGHW Bush\nJun/Jul 1992\nlow point      Aug 1992 (29 percent)\n\nCarter\nMay 1979      Iranian Revolution; Thatcher victory\nlow point      Jul 1979 (28 percent)\n\nTruman\nDec 1950      Korean War going badly for UN Forces\n(Truman's rating stayed belowed 36% for all of 1951 and 1952)\nlow point      Feb 1952 (22 percent)
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Unfortunately I estimate that their are 27% that even if pictures of Gannon/Guckert and Bush playing Abu Ghraib in the Oval office came out would still support the guy.  Shows what a sad state America is in.  Only thing that would get those people to turn away from him is if he left Laura for Hillary.
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I know!  I've noticed that too.  Most of the people I know HATE Bush, his ratings are low, and the Congress that supports him had a recent 16% approval rating.  I even know some moderate Republicans that voted Democrat this year.\n\nYet people still say that "liberals are idiots" and "Bush is great."  Don't they realize that most of America and practically ALL of the world disagree with them?  Yet they still act all high and mighty.\n\nQuite a god complex they have, isn't it?\n\nBUSH SUCKS!!
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Can't completely evaluate his presidency right now.  We will have to see what becomes of all the things he has set in motion.\nKeep in mind that some of our best presidents were wildly unpopular in their day - Jefferson, Lincoln, and T. Roosevelt.  I am not suggesting he will ever be in that league, just that there is a good chance that all the rhetoric about what is going on is short sighted and prevents us from properly evaluating the long term impact of his presidency.\nAs a man I guess he's a good guy.  He cares for his family; doesn't seem to lie, cheat, or steal (I can't listen to those panty-wearring sisies who think he lied everyone into war - if they're not even smart enough to read the actual words he used and pay attention to the UN Resolutions).  I think he's a little creepy sometimes, but I'm not inviting him to any cook-outs.\nAs a world leader?  Hmmm.  I don't care.  If the euro-weenies and insecure Canadians don't like him what do I care?  If the presidency had to answer to all those constituencies then we would be in real trouble.\nMy opinion about his presidency in generic terms:  C- on domestic issues (the brutal expansion of the federal government) and grades are still out on foreign issues (if I had to guess it's probably going to be around a B-.
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Yes, and i still bring up this argument when talking politics with an avid Reagan/bush/bush fan. It is hard not to forget that Reagan plunged the national debt to levels previously unheard. But let us not forget that the economy took a horrible hit as well, with FIFTY percent of farmers(just mentioning one of the hard it economic groups) nation wide going bankrupt thanks to his trickle down economics. Lets us learn from one of the worst presidents ever and try not to vote another one in...uh...wait..damn, to late.
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It is just another move in a long line of them that highlights Bush's penchant for self-righteousness.  To him, it matters not that the majority of the American people don't approve of him, his tactics, or his job performance.  Right after the mid-terms he was all welcoming and talking about working together with the Democrats.  I hoped for once he was being forthright and truthful, but lately I've realized that a leopard really doesn't change its spots.  The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior and there you have it.  For the next two years it's going to be a battle in Washington D.C.  I was stunned by his declaration that civil war is not happening in Iraq.  That man has the worst case of tunnel vision I have ever seen in a President.  It's a sure sign of egomania when someone is unable to ever admit they are wrong about anything.  Honestly, this man is the worst President I have ever witnessed in office, and I've been alive long enough to remember Nixon like it was yesterday.
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Yes Bush is very bad, sure Nixon was involved in planning a robbery, but both of these men are not the worst.  Andrew Jackson was the worst President in our history, after all his policy of genoside against the American Indians solidifies his standing as the worst.  Of modern Presidents Humphrey did enable the Great Depression, sure his conservative fiscal policy plunged the world into a depression, but you still think Bush is the worst!\n\nI am a hard line liberal, I can't stand Bush, but I will give him credit for not being the worst of all time, the worst in the last 70 years, still no thanks to trick Dick.  So Bush gets forth worst over all.  You never know, we could get stuck with Pataki, who just might do nothing at all and lull the country to death.
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His ratings were very high at the end of '01.  However, they are not currently anywhere near that level.  He may well end his tenure having experienced both the highest and lowest approval ratings in history.
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Not really, the made jokes about President Carter they called him the peanut farmer. \n\nThey also made fun of Harry S. Truman, they didn't think he was educated enough to become president after president Franklin Roosevelt died. As a matter of fact he was Franklin Roosevelt's Vice President and was not even told the United States was on the verge of the atomic bomb that is how much President Franklin thought of him. Gen Douglas MacArthur almost showed disdain for him. President Truman had to eventually relieve him of his duties.\n\nRichard Nixon had a lower approval rating than President Bush and was eventually disgraced, he left his office before being impeached.\n\nThey laughed at Calvin Coolidge and called him slow Cal.\n\nThey called Taft fat Taft as he was the largest President we have ever had in office as far as weight is concerned.\n\nSo you can see there have been many presidents that had unfavorable stances with the public. \n\nIn some instances we did not have rapid media news as we have today, so it took awhile for the news to reach certain parts of the country.\n\nI hope this has been of some use to you, good luck.\n\n"FIGHT ON"
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thats what most people do.  In america we contridict everything.  President bush's approval rating was the highest of any president ever at 96% after he said we are going to was after 9/11.  Then we went and people started dieing then people relized the reality and his approval rating went down to 46%.  the right man will always lead this country.  we just need to stop critque things after the happen and pointing fingers.\n\nMatt
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YOU SHOULD START TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT BUSH AND HIS FAILURES, PLEASE READ!!!\nAccomplishments as president:\n\n    *\n\n      Attacked and took over two countries.\n    *\n\n      Spent the surplus and bankrupted the treasury.\n    *\n\n      Shattered record for biggest annual deficit in history.\n    *\n\n      Set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period.\n    *\n\n      Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.\n    *\n\n      First president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.\n    *\n\n      First president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.\n    *\n\n      First year in office set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history.\n    *\n\n      After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, presided over the worst security failure in US history.\n    *\n\n      Set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips than any other president in US history.\n    *\n\n      In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their job.\n    *\n\n      Cut unemployment benefits for more out of work Americans than any president in US history.\n    *\n\n      Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12 month period.\n    *\n\n      Appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history.\n    *\n\n      Set the record for the least amount of press conferences than any president since the advent of television.\n    *\n\n      Signed more laws and executive orders circumventing the Constitution than any president in US history.\n    *\n\n      Presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.\n    *\n\n      Presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.\n    *\n\n      Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans.\n    *\n\n      Set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. (http://www.hyperreal.org/~dana/marches/)\n    *\n\n      Dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.\n    *\n\n      My presidency is the most secretive and un-accountable of any in US history.\n    *\n\n      Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (the 'poorest' multi-millionaire, Condoleezza Rice has an Chevron oil tanker named after her).\n    *\n\n      Had more states to simultaneously go bankrupt than any president in the history of the United States.\n    *\n\n      Presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud of any market in any country in the history of the world.\n    *\n\n      Created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States.\n    *\n\n      Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any president in US history.\n    *\n\n      First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the human rights commission.\n    *\n\n      First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the elections monitoring board. \n    *\n\n      Removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.\n    *\n\n      Rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant.\n    *\n\n      Withdrew from the World Court of Law.\n    *\n\n      Refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.\n    *\n\n      First president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 US elections).\n    *\n\n      All-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations.\n    *\n\n      My biggest life-time campaign contributor presi
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lowest approval ratings to date
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Approval Ratings polls should be taken with a grain of salt for two reasons. First, people are essentially like lemmings adopting the flavor of the day in opinions. Secondly, these polls are based on interviewing 1000 people. In my opinion, this is way too small a sample to get an accurate picture of the nation.\n\nThe simple fact is that every issue is exploited to an extent by both sides for political gain. This is the sad truth, and I am afraid not much can be done about it. All in all, I think a 36% approval rating is lower than he deserves. \nWar is never popular, but his handling of Katrina is being twisted by the left for political gain. He spoke with Gov. Blanco before and during the heighth of the storm, asking her repetitively to declare a disaster. This would allow the Federal Gov't to take over, but she refused. Your president is not a First Responder. The blame belongs on the state and local governments.\n\nThe ports deal is another example, although I am increasingly of the position that it was a very clever smokescreen by the administration designed primarily to secure an easy passage of the Patriot Act renewal.
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The US Supreme Court put a end to it, which is not in their power. It was a corrupt little deal, however things are catching up with the crook now aren't they? I'm looking at the poll ratings now....what he's at 34% thats 3rd lowest....Clinton's lowest rating in his whole presidency was 37%.
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You just can't trust anything Bush says. \nHere's my take on the Rumsfeld resignation. With Democrats taking control of the House and Senate, they will begin investigations for the Bush administration's failures and most likely more. I am really wondering why Republicans have had private talks with Henry Kissinger very recently. Quite possibly, damage control. If you look back to the 70's, Kissinger was part of the Nixon team, when Watergate was investigated. \nBush is trying to raise his popularity rating whether he'll admit it or not.  He'll say anything to make himself look good. Bush only confuses himself not us, not all of us. Bush can't keep the story straight because, he doesn't understand the plot. I think he may finally begin to realize that it's not about him. I am wondering if anyone else saw that none of Bush's best buds were present at the press conference yesterday. No Cheney, no Laura Bush. Does Bush have children anymore?Parents? Must be lonely in the Duck Pond.
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The reason Bush is still President is due to the fact that he has not been impeached, The reason why he was elected was because unfortunately the democrats can not come up with a reasonable candidate that can stand on issues versus hate speech. This has been demonstrated here and is another indication of republicans taking the white house again in 2008. You hear about the"lies, the half-a** answers, The bad grammar, or lack of leadership" but never examples of such. His approval rating at this time in his presidency is actually higher then Bill Clinton's was during the same time in his administration. Its a shame that a party that stood for the common man with heros such as FDR and Kennedy(JFK of course) Has turned into a bunch of people who have no dream, have no desire to build, just the ability to whine and complain. I disagree with the President on many things but what i like about him is that he does what he says he will. This is a welcome change. If democrats want the White house back, stop being afraid of being called a liberal and show people a better way, not just calling our leader(like him or not) a retard. The most important thing in order to be taken seriously is the ability to respect the differences in others and being able to debate the issues instead of name calling and threatening to move out of the USA if your opponent gets elected. (BTW im still waiting for many of Hollywood to keep their word and leave.)  Just my opinion, remember you asked and know that I respect your right to express yours.
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one of the worst presidents!!! our economy sucks. soldiers are getting killed over WMDs that did not exist! (and even if they did exist... who cares? we got em too!! but no one is invading us and killing our innocent civilians!) he hasn't accomplished anything good for the american people. the unemployment rate has risen since the clinton administration. we are in soooo much debt and so much more that i wont even get into. bush will definitely go down as one of the worst presidents.
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... the polls (even those on Fox News) are clear... around 70 or so percent don't support Bush....\n\nBush supporters say if you don't support him, you're against him and you're a liberal....\n\nThat's a lot of liberals...\n\nThe conservatives have clearly lost touch... they think that no matter what they facts say, that 75 percent of America still supports Bush and that they have a large majority, even though they barely beat Kerry... basically, many of them seem to be delusional and don't care about facts or the numbers