George W Bush - HIGH Approval Ratings

[Hoovie]

We hear a lot about W's low approval ratings. Him an HWB also had the highest aproval rating since WWII. Here is an interesting chart from Wall Street Journal.





Nixon and Truman had lower approvals than W while Carter managed to dip equally low without a war to go wrong.


http://online.wsj.com/public/resourc...pp0605-31.html

[rgcraig]

Interesting!

Looks like a doctor's signature!

[Sam]

What's the approval rating for Congress?

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Sam

What's the approval rating for Congress?

It's that line under the numbers.....oh, yeah, it's off the page at the bottom.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by Sam

What's the approval rating for Congress?

http://www.gallup.com/poll/1600/Congress-Public.aspx

[Sam]

So Truman and Nixon sunk the lowest on the chart, then Bush, then Carter.

I can't believe Bush would be lower than Carter.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Timmy

http://www.gallup.com/poll/1600/Congress-Public.aspx

And none of the Presidents listed there have sunk so low in the approval ratings as Congress

Reminds me of the person who said all Senators and Representatives should serve one term only and then be executed.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hoover

We hear a lot about W's low approval ratings. Him an HWB also had the highest aproval rating since WWII. Here is an interesting chart from Wall Street Journal.





Nixon and Truman had lower approvals than W while Carter managed to dip equally low without a war to go wrong.


http://online.wsj.com/public/resourc...pp0605-31.html

Carter had the Iran hostage crisis and when we tried militarily to rescue them the attempt was botched.

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by Sam

Carter had the Iran hostage crisis and when we tried militarily to rescue them the attempt was botched.

True. But it was far frome a large scale military venture that always tries and holds people's emotions in check.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Sam

And none of the Presidents listed there have sunk so low in the approval ratings as Congress

Reminds me of the person who said all Senators and Representatives should serve one term only and then be executed.

Did you notice when he took the oath Obama stopped at the word "execute?" He said, "I shall execute," then stopped.

Chief Justice Roberts had to repeat the part that the new President had left off.

From Reuter's coverage:

ROBERTS: I, Barack Hussein Obama…

OBAMA: I, Barack…

ROBERTS: … do solemnly swear…

OBAMA: I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear…

ROBERTS: … that I will execute the office of president to the United States faithfully…

OBAMA: … that I will execute…

ROBERTS: … faithfully the office of president of the United States…

OBAMA: … the office of president of the United States faithfully…

ROBERTS: … and will to the best of my ability…

OBAMA: … and will to the best of my ability…

ROBERTS: … preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

OBAMA: … preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

ROBERTS: So help you God?

OBAMA: So help me God.