Will George Bush finish his presidency with a lower approval rating than Nixon?
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You have to have an unshakable faith in a man whom is already being debated as the worst U.S. president ever. He doesn't come off as too smart, but then again -- he is 'a man of the people' and represents fairly well the people who support him.\n\n-- You have to suppress all logic and reason to think this illegal war was justified and worth the cost, that it won't end badly like Vietnam. There are going to be a lot of angry and hurt people when we skedaddle.\n\n-- You have to listen to people like Rush or Falwell, or many other of the lesser minions on talk radio/Fox news. Take in the lies (or at best gross distortions) then post them on message boards as fact (DUHHHHH....JFK started Vietnam.....DUUHHHHH). Displaying your ignorance of history proudly is always difficult under the best of circumstances.\n\n-- You have to not think too hard about the constitutional framework that founded this nation. Separation of church and state? Suspension of Habeas Corpus? Illegal search and seizure? Government surveillance of citizens? Please Mr. dictator president -- keep me safe by taking away my rights! These are difficult concepts, but fortunately for Bush, his (non-richpig elite) supporters aren't exactly the sharpest tools in the shed.\n\n-- Education has to be done under the good graces of the Church. particularly in the Science classroom, in preparation for when they can use that knowledge as the scientists of tomorrow. Raytheon and DuPont are looking to hire more creationists to work on their new missile system -- the 'Armageddon 2020'.\n\nIt isn't easy, but without you Cons these robber barons wouldn't be able to steal your grandkids money that hasn't even been made yet. When the coming energy crisis and ensuing hyperinflation whaps you upside the head, it will be a bitter pill to swallow to realize then, when you're standing in line for eight hours for your bag of soylent green, that the future could've been very different. The problems being ignored -- or in many cases being made worse by greed and incompetence --- these could've been addressed.\n\nWe wasted eight years with Bush. Those eight years were precious indeed. Maybe too late now to right the ship and get on with the energy issue. The greed heads want to keep milking the oil for profits. Wage war for it, and 'go slow' in seeking the alternatives/getting us off the dependency.\nBut then again, that is part of the dictionary definition of 'conservative' -- i.e. resistant to change. But we have to change our oil habit, or the consequences are very ugly.\nSimply put -- the Cons are the WRONG party for what we need to do.
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In the day's after 9/11 his approval rating was 80%, even when he went into Afghanistan it was still high as people were all for this. But after he started the war in Iraq it began to drop, with each bit of information that came out like no weapons of mass destruction, ect. to today's quagmire and Iraqi civil war his approval rating has dropped steadily to near 30%. I personally give him about 0% as any leader that cost 3,000 American lives based on his lies does not deserve to be president and should more likely be tried in a court of law for his criminal behavior.
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Government leaders should not be held to piublioc opinion, but the should consider it.  There was a percentage of people thatg oppossed George Wahington during the Revolutionary war.  The same was true zbout Abe Lincoln and the Civil War.  Harry Truman's approval rating were low after he dropped the atomic bomb.  Often, our govenment leaders and members of the administration have more knowledge about incidents than the common man. Express yourself at the voting booth.
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Doubtfull, he is a President under fire yes, everything he does is now under closer scrutiny and he will be under a microscope for the rest of time in office. I say Doubtfull because most of the new Democrats that were elected are moderate or centrists. Nancy Pelosi will have to work in the middle or atleast lean slightly to the left to keep her party happy. \n\nDemocrats unlike Republicans will not be on a witch hunt. Yes there are Reps that have Bush in their crosshairs but they are the left of liberal. We won't see an impeachment trial if nothing else, as much as we hate Bush we hate Cheney more. \n\nFor bush to have history shed even a hint of favorable light on him he needs to work with the democrats, he can't veto things left and right. If he does he'll be pegged as a sour puss. I'm quite content with this arangement, not happy but content.
266875
Comparing this present Administration, to the Nixon Administration. I would think President Bush was leading in the race for corruption in our Country today.
322674
W is the worst!\n\nAt least Nixon knew when to step down.
760504
Nixon and Clinton .......... and none of these two president committed a worst crime than bush\n\nsorry ...... i sincerely apologise and admitted my mistake as an honorable liberal do ..... SORRY! should have studied my history
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The same reason he hasn't been impeached for other transgressions that were clearly questionable. Nixon was impeached for far less than Bush .I hope they do something soon before he runs our country totally in the ground.
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Highly unlikely.  Many moderate Republicans feel that could end up being a political liability after the election controversy and her links to GWB.  Notice how many Republicans have been starting to distance themselves from the president?  This is in preparation for the upcoming election cycle.  They may support many of Bush's policies (or not), but they can not risk being too closely linked with an office with such low approval ratings.  \n\nHarris' name is so linked with Bush's at this point, however, that she cannot really gain any distance, making her an easy target.\n\nHope this helps!
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Many historians think that he's the worst in SOME AREAS.  For instance, his handling of the environment has been deemed the worst, and that even George Washington had more regard for the environment.  His tax policies that benefit mostly the rich are also extreme, in that they make Nixon look like a flaming liberal.  I think he has mis-handled the war in Iraq, but we also had Vietnam in recent history.  It is all a matter of opinion, and my opinion is that he definitely isn't the BEST president we've ever had.  And one can truly make the argument that he was put there by his peers so they (Rumsfeld, Rice, Cheney, etc) could run the country.  I actually feel pretty sorry for him, because I think he's just a simple guy that got in too deep.
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Depends on how you look at it.\nI think he will be as influential within the White House as he has been for 6 years.\nHowever, given the fact that the administration is facing a Democratic controlled House and Senate for the final 2 years, I think it's safe to say that the White House as a whole will be less influential in what happens in and to the U.S.
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the gallup poll of late states that 59% of americans disapprove of bush's job performane.\n\nthere are no scientific polls on how many people think he sucks, but if you factor in other countries, those that intensely dislike bush would be over a billion, in my estimation.
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Bush will go done in history as the sorriest President ever. The way he callously mislead countless world leaders with his adolescent college attitude and "better than thou -privileged boy" world view — will have the world recovering from this wound forever.
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I would not hold my breath. While it is true that impeachment can be brought with a simple majority in the House which the Democrats have, a 2/3 majority is required to remove a president from office, which they don't have. Republicans will not vote to remove the president. You can count on this, there will be investigations, there will be subpoenas and the end there will be convictions and resignations of lower officials. This is common in these type of affairs as few people can stand up to full Congressional scrutiny in an open ended witch hunt. In the end the investigations will be costly to the American taxpayers and they will be fruitless as far as the intended and desired ends. In short an absolute waste of time and money. You also need to remember that the American public has consistently stated in polls that they are against this type of activity and prefer that the Democrats concentrate on legislation rather than revenge. They should be very careful because this process has the potential to blow up in their faces and cost them dearly in the next election. Mr. Bush cannot stand for office again and Mr. Cheney is not going to run for president.\n\nplanksheer: Nixon committed numerous actions designed to obstruct justice. Some of these actions were very public including the firing of the Special Prosecutor and court actions to protect the tapes. In the end Mr. Nixon resigned because Republicans were not going to support. He would have been impeached and he would have been removed from office. The public was also very against Mr. Nixon. To date no evidence has been presented against Mr. Bush that could even come close to a parallel with Nixon. That could change of course during investigations, but the Nixon comparison is weak at best. You would be better served to look at the result of Iran/Contra as this is closer to what might actually happen.
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Unpopular President of the United States, George W. Bush.
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President Bush's approval ratings are in the low 30%'s. Don't generalize.
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no, when it was all said and done he will still go down in history as one of our GREATEST PRESIDENTS. i wish presidents could have more than 2 terms because i would have voted for him again!