Bush's Approval Rating Falls in AP Poll

[Ruffhowse]

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) is entering his second term with the lowest approval ratings of any recent two-term president, even as he talks about an ambitious agenda of change, an Associated Press poll finds.

Congress is viewed even more negatively — a troubling sign for Bush and Congress as they tackle such proposals as creating private accounts for those in the Social Security (news - web sites) system, overhauling the federal tax code and limiting lawsuit damages.

Bush's approval rating is at 49 percent in the AP poll with 49 percent disapproving among all of those polled. His job approval is in the high 40s or low 50s in several other recent polls — as low as any job approval rating for a re-elected president at the start of the second term in more than 50 years.

Presidents Reagan and Clinton had job approval ratings near six in 10 just before their inauguration for a second term, according to Gallup polls.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&e=18&u=/ap/bush_poll

[Cha]

1. So how did he "win" with such a

freaking "low approval rating"?

[Neverarepublican]

5. It's called

cheating.

[Cha]

6. Yeah, I know!

Just making the point!

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. The polls were skewed from the beginning. The media is only now

reflecting the true poll numbers because they want to make sure his head doesn't swell too much and explode, causing global conditions for another seismic disaster.

[goforit]

17. Well , in 2000 Gore won the presidency & in 2004 Kerry won.

The only difference was that Kerry never contested it.

And here the innocent lay..........defenseless.

[tonyraytx]

25. Well we got a lot of

Stupid Christians in this country.

[Cha]

34. Rock hard "stupid" and

morally bankrupt!

[burrowowl]

30. The question does come

to mind.
Today I saw a small beat-up Japanese pickup truck with 3 Bu$h is my hero strikers on it. Pathethic!

[Champion Jack]

32. The people who cast the votes don’t decide an election,

the people who count the votes do."
-- Joseph Stalin

[Cha]

33. My point!

Too bad bush is sociopath or he would feel bad stealing another election when the people don't want him.

[dkofos]

39. He didn't win

HE FUCKING STOLE IT

[Cha]

43. Right~! That's why I had "win"

in quotes!

[renaissanceguy]

41. Bye bye "mandate"??

Like he cares what the people think, anyhow.... He'll do what he wants, because he's the "commander in chief." Screw the rest of the world, screw his opposition.

http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues/466053
http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues.15032164

[Cha]

45. Yeah! bush lost by bigger even margins in

2000 and he's gotten the US into one of the biggest quagmires of her existence!

[0007]

48. There are so many Moran's in this country, I'm surprised we've got this fa

Why are we in Iraq when the terrorists are in Saudi Arabia?

[Cha]

49. We are in Iraq...breeding more terrorists!

I just put an out-going message on my answering machine that says..

"Happy 1984!"

[d_b]

50. Because he's George W Christ

[ladjf]

2. Bush is easily the most hated man alive on the planet.

Sooner or later he will be stopped. But, it's gonna cost a lot in terms of lives, money and environment. You do recall that Einstein predicted that WW IV will be fought with stones and bow and arrows.
Think about that.

[Sugarbleus]

40. Bush doesn't operate in a vacuum. The entire Neocon movement

is to blame! Don't forget the Delays, Cheney's, Frists, Santorums,Roves, Hasterts, Bakers, etc etc etc..

We should call each of them by name and renounce them ALL.

A POX on all their houses!! :grr:

[searchingforlight]

3. The only thing I find more disgusting than people who voted for Bush

is people who voted for Bush and immediately caveat their vote. How dumb are they!

[RC]

4. With all the people that he has killed,

how the hell can it be that high?

[Kansas Wyatt]

9. There is no way he is even that popular...

They pad the polls for Shrub, and they have padded the polls for Shrub all the way back to the 2000 election that Gore was not even suppose to get close to winning. Shrub's numbers must really be in the tank if they have him at 49%.

[Nordic65]

7. Sorry, but I don't think he care anymore

Rape and pillage, without any restraint is the rule for here on out to January 2009!!

Good grief!

[yorkiemommie1]

11. to the victors belong the spoils is their mantra

what do they care what people think? they're in, the dems are out; they have no use even for their faithful, not any more. if, of course, they do need them, they will push the 'terra' button and the sheeple will rouse from their stupor and march to the GOP beat, aided and abetted by the willing hateradio and MSM.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

8. The Royal Family poses for a photo at the White House (yesterday)

I lifted the photo from diamond14's thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1131421

...apparently Jeb left Colin Powell by himself in Tsunami Town so he could fly home and be a part of this incredibly inspirational portrait.

This family doesn't care, doesn't have a clue, or both.

[Straight Shooter]

12. The red and gold are quite appropriate.

Red for blood, and gold for the money they've made from the spilled blood.

America's dynasty is a DIE-nasty

[Kansas Wyatt]

13. They did a close up on the pResidential seal...

On his boots in the news. I just got a glance, but it looked like he tucked his pant legs up to show them off.

[Clark2008]

35. He's got the seal on his boot?

OMG!!

Not only is Shrub the biggest idiot we've ever had in the White House, he's also only one step above white trash. And that one step is only because he doesn't live in a trailer.

[recovering democrat]

14. Even sadder,

Bush is the only person in the picture who looks like a complete idiot - check out his face and his feet.

[GRLMGC]

38. I've never seen a picture of him

where he doesn't look like an idiot.

[Ilsa]

23. Did they let Neil join them? Or are he and his new wife

too much of an embarassment? (With his behavior, it's a shame they didn' order a lobotomy on him.) Did Neil get to bring his new trollop, er, I mean trophy wife?

[liwkenne]

51. Gomer Pyle belongs in this portrait

but I'm sure he'd be too embarrassed to be seen with people like this.

[sonicx]

10. 49% approval would be hilarious...if he wasn't so dangerous

[Pithy Cherub]

15. Too bad there is no presidential lemon law!

Buyers remorse coupled with serious defects would make * the perfect test case! :evilgrin:

[struggle4progress]

18. Better spend that "political capital" before it sprouts maggots. eom

[paulie5]

21. Well, lets face it.

We are stuck with that freaking idiot ! (oops, I just scared myself)

[Deja Q]

19. LOL! LOL! LOL! And this isn't before term #2 starts, hahahahaha! Note,

his forewarnings on his "liberty's century" won't even be begun to be acted upon until the end of January!

What, did the AP find some different people to poll? I doubt the same ones who licked Bush's balls would change their tune so readily.

[Deja Q]

20. Wait a mo, hasn't tom delay boasted about the historic repuke victory?!

I mean, if the approval ratings are cesspool low right now, how can they still continue boasting about themselves so distastefully?

Well, doi to that, they're fascists with an agenda. THEY DON'T GIVE A FUCKING FLYING FECES ABOUT US.

[GarySeven]

22. Too bad he's only accountable to God

not to the American electorate.

[w4rma]

24. I could care less about these blasted polls. They are STILL a distraction

and they have *absolutely* NO effect on what Dems need to do now.

[loudsue]

26. The "mob"

What a disgrace for this once wonderful country!




More crime than most families.....

:kick::kick:

[artemisia1]

54. Where's Goya when you need him?

Goya painted an insulting portrait of the Spanish Royal Family that made them look like the corrupt buffoons they then were (200 years ago). Instead of being offended, the oblivious and clueless family were greatly honored and Goya earned more commissions and honors for lampooning them. Your picture of "The Family" is ripe for a Goya type treatment.

[harper]

27. Ya know, my republican brother is hedging his vote now

It makes me so darn mad! He voted for shrub and now claims it wasn't that he thought Bush was so great, it was that he thought Kerry would be worse. I say no go...he voted for the idiot so he has to be constantly reminded how things are going to hell in a hand-basket thanks to his vote. I'm seeing that all over...Bush voters trying to distance themselves from the chimp.

[lebkuchen]

47. If he thought Kerry would be worse, then he should be overjoyed

with his selection of Bush, who is absolutely pathetic. Your brother thinks Kerry would have been worse than pathetic.

He should be happy with his choice then.

[Seabiscuit]

28. Some mandate! Bah! Humbug!

[Seabiscuit]

29. Second term? Hell, he won't even be beginning his first term!

He lost in 2000 and lost again in 2004.

Hail to the Thief!

[quinnox]

31. Bush and the GOP will be begging for these kinds of numbers

once four more years are done.

[Hey Nineteen]

42. Hell, once 6 more months are done...

or once the repugs cripple the social security system, whichever comes first.

[dchill]

36. 49% huh?

I feel bad for anyone who believes it's that high.

[UTUSN]

37. This & the No-"There"-in-Food-for-Oil Thread: Bwahahahaahhaha

[CountAllVotes]

44. what you mean the 'absolut God'?

[lebkuchen]

46. When Bush starts forcing Reservists to do multiple two years tours of Iraq

making the RWers, esp. those in the military, nervous, those who voted for Kerry ought to keep quiet, remain calm and avoid all forms of protest, providing a void for the neocons to fill when their butts are put on the frontline not once, not twice, but "multiple" times, for 24 straight unaccompanied months.

In other words, for life.

Bush's legacy will be to singlehandedly make extinct the 50 year wedding anniversary. Hell, most Americans won't even see their fourth.

[JoFerret]

52. The amusing absurdity is always

the high rating from some for his "leadership" after 9/11. What a delusion. If they rated him for his consistency in following a r/w ideology then it would make sense.

[dhinojosa]

53. RECALL!

Hey, worked in California for the bad guys.

[Barrett808]

55. Vote this story up! 2.96 with 438 votes n/t

[Massachusetts]

56. The Morons begon to WAKE!

I want OUR country back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!