POOR GEORGE BUSH: Down to 31 % Approval
POOR GEORGE BUSH: Down to 31 % Approval
#0POOR GEORGE BUSH: Down to 31 % Approval
Posted: 5/8/06 at 2:10pm
And up to 65 % DIS-approval!
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USA Today
Bush approval rating hits new low
Updated 5/8/2006 1:42 PM ET
By Susan Page, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — President Bush's approval rating has slumped to 31% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the lowest of his presidency and a warning sign for Republicans in the November elections.
The survey of 1,013 adults, taken Friday through Sunday, shows Bush's standing down by 3 percentage points in a single week. His disapproval rating also reached a record: 65%. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.
"It is a challenging political environment," acknowledges Tracey Schmitt, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, "but we are confident that ultimately voters in November will recognize that a Democrat Congress would simply not be equipped to ensure either economic or national security for our nation."
Bush's fall is being fueled by erosion among support from conservatives and Republicans. In the poll, 52% of conservatives and 68% of Republicans approved of the job he is doing. Both are record lows among those groups.
Moderates gave him an approval rating of 28%, liberals of 7%.
"You hear people say he has a hard core that will never desert him, and that has been the case for most of the administration," says Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin who studies presidential approval ratings. "But for the last few months, we started to see that hard core seriously erode in support."
Only four presidents have scored lower approval ratings since the Gallup Poll began regularly measuring it in the mid-1940s: Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and the first George Bush. When Nixon, Carter and the elder Bush sank below 35%, they never again registered above 40%.
Bush approval rating hits new low
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#2re: POOR GEORGE BUSH: Down to 31 % Approval
Posted: 5/9/06 at 1:16amI think Jesus is happy. George Bush makes Jesus barf.
#3re: POOR GEORGE BUSH: Down to 31 % Approval
Posted: 5/9/06 at 1:35amI would be sad for Bush if I wasn't so busy being happy with this news.
#4re: POOR GEORGE BUSH: Down to 31 % Approval
Posted: 5/9/06 at 1:43am
Here Georgie, this will make it all better.
#5re: POOR GEORGE BUSH: Down to 31 % Approval
Posted: 5/9/06 at 1:54amThat mouth is STILL not big enough to kiss the gigantic ass that is Bush.
#6re: POOR GEORGE BUSH: Down to 31 % Approval
Posted: 5/9/06 at 2:12ama 31% of the people like this guy?!
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Joined: 12/31/69
#8re: POOR GEORGE BUSH: Down to 31 % Approval
Posted: 5/9/06 at 8:08am
I feel kinda bad because I *Shields face* voted for him. I now realize the error of my ways. 
Edit: I fixed my mistake. :-p
Updated On: 5/9/06 at 08:08 AM
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#10re: POOR GEORGE BUSH: Down to 31 % Approval
Posted: 5/9/06 at 12:00pm
Notice the "big news" of the day to go with it? Gas is "falling again" by 6 piddly cents or something. Would love to have heard the Rove set-up conf call with big oil to knock off a few cents.
That's the way they pull better numbers for this man -- tell us we should be afraid, very afraid, keep gays from marrying, and make it easier to drive SUVs. Traditional American values.
#11re: POOR GEORGE BUSH: Down to 31 % Approval
Posted: 5/9/06 at 12:14pm
Auggie, the news I heard said it fell by 1 cent over the weekend. Has it fallen again?
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#12re: POOR GEORGE BUSH: Down to 31 % Approval
Posted: 5/9/06 at 1:57pm
bwaysinger, you're right. I don't think it's any better that what you heard.
Yet today, on AOL, they're treating it like late-breaking good news, since it's down to 2.99 or something. Where i live, it's still 3.03. But there's cynical speculation that Bush's numbers are tied to gas prices more than any other single factor. Says something about the depth of the "values driven" culture.
#13re: POOR GEORGE BUSH: Down to 31 % Approval
Posted: 5/9/06 at 2:41pm
Well, it's not just gas.
It's also waging war against Iraq in violation of the United Nations Charter, misleading Congress and the American people about the threat posed by Iraq, manipulating intelligence, in addition to the federalization and deployment of National Guard members overseas, the violation of the Federal Torture Act, the detention of prisoners indefinitely without access to legal counsel and the authorization of warrantless wiretapping, as well as committing espionage, fraud and obstruction of justice in betraying the identity of a covert CIA officer and a CIA front spying on the Iranian nuclear program.
But it's mostly gas.
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