There goes that MYTH of bush as "popular president"

[LynnTheDem]

bush; most UNPOPULAR president EVER in second term.

Here are the ratings for presidents as recorded by Gallup in the March following their re-election: '

Truman, 1949: 57%.

Eisenhower, 1957: 65%.

Johnson, 1965: 69%.

Nixon, 1973: 57%.

Reagan, 1985: 56%.

Clinton, 1997: 59% .

Bush, 2005: 45%

There's a "mandate" for you. 11 points less popular than the next least popular president at this point in their term.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000866232

[jean]

1. whoa - Johnson!

[Vogon_Glory]

9. Gee Dubya The Millstone: A Faint Glimmer of Hope for 2008

A faint glimmer of hope for Democrats and that part of the electorate NOT taken in by Banana Republican/"Conservative" flim-flam is that Gee Dubya will act like a millstone around the necks of Republican politicians all over the US come November 2008.

[Vogon_Glory]

10. Gee Dubya The Millstone: A Faint Glimmer of Hope for 2008

A faint glimmer of hope for Democrats and that part of the electorate NOT taken in by Banana Republican/"Conservative" flim-flam is that Gee Dubya will act like a millstone around the necks of Republican politicians all over the US come November 2008.

[FreedomAngel82]

2. I think it's kinda funny

;) So much for being one of the best's. :silly:

[merbex]

3. I am imagining Repug pundits everywhere getting twisted like a pretzel

trying to come up with ways to spin this

Face it, your guy is UNPOPULAR!!

[wicket]

4. "But but, Reagan was SO much more popular than Clinton!!!"

I can almost hear the freeps saying this now. Grrrr...

[Old and In the Way]

12. Reagan didn't have a Democratic Congress trying to impeach

him on BS, fabricated scandals (like travelgate, whitewater, filegate,etc)

True, we were rooting out clandestine operations that were defying the will of Congress (Iran-Contra/arms-for-hostages) and international corruption/terrorism (BCCI), but who could hold a clueless person, like Reagan, responsible for that?

[wicket]

20. they probably could've impeached Reagan if they wanted to

His testimony to the Tower Commission was incredibly damning.

[Clark2008]

16. Looks to me like Clinton has three points on the Great Manipulator.

Clinton was more popular than Bush AND RayGun. :rofl:

[wicket]

19. yeah it's a myth they've created of Reagan

That he was some sort of hugely popular political genius.

[Algorem]

5. So we'll soon see headlines like "Bush Makes Nixon Look Good,Say A-

mericans"?

[Nite Owl]

6. And they want us to believe

that this guy was really elected? The dems should start peppering their speeches and appearances with the saying 'the unpopular president'. Doubt that 45% is even the real number, this was Gallup and he is usually higher in that poll.

[seabeyond]

7. you are right on niteowl

[kenny blankenship]

8. gee it makes you wonder...

how he could re-elected at all?
But I recognize that my question is a silly one. His first term wasn't due to an election either.

Life in these Fascist States goes like this.

[Just Me]

14. fraud and manipulation

[CBHagman]

11. The full effects of the Bush policies are becoming apparent.

At least I'd like to hope people are rational enough to realize that there's going to be a huge, huge mess to clean up after this clown leaves office, and probably during his term, too. Contrary to what Dick Cheney claimed about deficits and Reagan, we will get stuck paying off what Bush has spent on the national credit card. It doesn't help that the dollar is weak, the trade deficit is soaring, and we may have a perfect storm of housing bubble and high rate of debt, national and personal, that will slam the economy.

Don't get me started on the long-term national security implications of two Bush terms, either.

What's sad is that innocent people are being harmed by his policies and will ever after. Despite his claims to be unconcerned about history, Bush and his entire administration are forever posing for not only the statues but also the coins and the stamps. They think that their every act simply glows with virtue. :puke:

[Gothmog]

13. Bush has no political capital

Bush is already a lame duck.

[fooj]

15. Oh wow! They've run out of Kool-Aid!

:rofl:

Peace!

[Robbien]

17. Don't bet on it. The right wing mass media will continue to bray

"popular president". Facts, they don't need no stinkin' facts.

[mtnsnake]

18. It can't be true! Corporate Media is always letting us know how

the Chimp is spreading democracy across the troubled world! He prays a lot, too, so he can't possibly be doing anything to justify such a low rating!