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ArtTownsend

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4. Yeah, it's kind of chilling in retrospect, considering what he, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al did...

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Sat Nov 30, 2019, 03:24 PM

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George W. Bush had 80-90 percent approval ratings after 9/11. Trump has barely half that... [View all] ArtTownsend Nov 2019 OP

They only care about re-election? sakabatou Nov 2019 #1

Partisan polarization is insane these days. It was bad after Bush invaded Iraq but it's worse now. ArtTownsend Nov 2019 #3

I was like 22 and not paying to much attention. He did? dewsgirl Nov 2019 #2

Yeah, it's kind of chilling in retrospect, considering what he, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al did... ArtTownsend Nov 2019 #4

It was mostly a repeat of what happened to his dad in 1990... JHB Nov 2019 #9

I really don't think it would help him specifically. It's not like dewsgirl Nov 2019 #11

I don't think it would help him either. Much too blatant... JHB Nov 2019 #12

I know right. dewsgirl Nov 2019 #13

He actually holds the record for both the highest and the lowest approval ratings. NYC Liberal Nov 2019 #15

Wow 19 percent, I didn't know that either. Yikes.😳 dewsgirl Nov 2019 #16

That 80-90% after 9/11 was total, not just Republican! Something that Hortensis Nov 2019 #5

Well it wasn't anything Bush actually did as much as as lunatica Nov 2019 #6

That's true, but Bush was way less divisive at the time 9/11 happened Polybius Nov 2019 #8

Yes. Bush at least went out of his way to pretend to unite. Drunken Irishman Nov 2019 #10

He did that photo op where he said he would go to the ends of the earth to JonLP24 Nov 2019 #14

I was one of those 80-90 percenters Polybius Nov 2019 #7

I'm of the opinion that people vote for the party nowadays fescuerescue Nov 2019 #17

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