RawStory: Topping Nixon, Bush disapproval soars to highest level ever recorded in Gallup poll
For the first time, George W. Bush has surpassed Richard M. Nixon in unpopularity in the Gallup Poll, receiving the highest “strongly disapprove” rating for a president in Gallup’s history.
The little noticed statistic — publicly noted on Gallup’s poll writeup — made a single headline in Google News. The story, at Editor and Publisher, was titled “GALLUP: Bush Finally Tops Nixon — In Unpopularity — As Call for Iraq Pullout Hits New Peak.”
Gallup details Bush’s falling numbers in a series of graphs that appear below. They note that Bush’s “strongly disapprove” rating is the highest Gallup has ever measured for a US president, though the category is not polled in every survey.
Where were ya’ll in 2000 and ’04…?
Just wait until that close to $100 a barrel oil starts to bite. In the next couple of weeks gas could easily go over $4 a gallon in some places in the country. If/when the economy crumbles can you imagine what his numbers will look like then? Bushie better hope the fiat money gravy train can last another year.
On a completely different subject where the heck did Vineyardsaker go?
For some reason those polling numbers just make me even more angry. Guess it’s because it shows how f’ed our system is: how could someone so unpopular _still_ be in office? How could so many Americans be so stupid as to vote for that asshole more than once? And it makes me want all the more for Bush and Cheney to pay for their crimes. Grrrrrrrrr.
Dang, sorry dudes, gas is already over $4 in Nazifornia. Plus Dow down 360 today.
Well, Brownbottom just endorsed the McCainiac.
How can it be that Bush’s approval rating is worse than Nixon’s when he got impeached, yet only 22 Congressmen will join Kucinich to start impeachment procedings???
…get the rope…
Good observation, August. One answer is that Bush’s crimes are for real whereas Nixon’s where just so much bumbling and idiocy. Crack the lid of how really power works and the whole edifice of state power might crumble. This is why presidents are only impeached for low–rather than high–crimes and misdemeanors. It hurts the brain to dwell on it.
I learned this during Iran-Contra when I was a little kid. Official crimes are A-Okay.
Bob:
“On a completely different subject where the heck did Vineyardsaker go?”
Me:
He got in a fight with Eric Garris about reprinting Justin’s articles and got all pissed off.
…Dudes: The hell of it is that in terms of this, Israel’s latest proxy War of expansion, along with its Likud designed Policy of both overt and covert Aggression—With the former soon to manifest itself in the approaching attack on Iran—This pending, unwarranted, unconstitutional disaster, along with the successive Fiscal, Political and Moral Crimes of Zionism that will follow…Doesn’t seem to surprise anyone…Go figure? I mean, shit, it’s two guys sitting in a Bar watching the Iraq-Iran-Pakistan Crisis news on TV…One says to the other: “Ya known, this could end in the use of nuclear weapons don’t ya?” The other guy says: ” Yeah, I know, you’re right man. Hey Eddie? Bring us two more down here when ya get a chance.”
…Scott, To be direct—which is another problem I have—This V. Saker vs. E. Garris discrepancy, doesn’t surprise me much…You’re always better off writing your own articles. It has a way of very quickly making things black and white…Hope they can reconcile things…This movement, if you will…is only as good as the next guy in it.
Re: Eric vs. Vineyard.
i thought that libertarians (i.e., like Eric Garris) were supposed to be pretty free wheeling about IP issues.
what is the principled libertarian stance on the notion of “intellectual property?” how does the non-agression principle apply to that?
if no one wants to “go there” i understand. hope the two can work it out.
I thought Eric shouldn’t care, but I also thought that when he did, VS should have just said fine. Law’s got nothing to do with it.
I also hope that shit blows over. I mean, who cares? Blog this, post that.
>He got in a fight with Eric Garris about reprinting Justin’s articles and got all pissed off.
Dang, that’s too bad. I guess strife will always be a part of the human condition. It’s just sad.