21% BUSH Approval - ARG

[kpete]

http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/July 21, 2008

George W. Bush's Overall Job Approval Drops to 21%

George W. Bush's overall job approval has dropped to 21% as 76% of American say the national economy is getting worse according to the latest survey from the American Research Group.

Among all Americans, 21% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 72% disapprove. When it comes to Bush's handling of the economy, 17% approve and 77% disapprove.

Among Americans registered to vote, 22% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 71% disapprove. When it comes to the way Bush is handling the economy, 18% of registered voters approve of the way Bush is handling the economy and 77% disapprove.

A total of 76% say the national economy is getting worse, 61% say their household financial situations are getting worse, and 68% say the national economy is in a recession. Of those disapproving of the way Bush is handling his job, 84% say the national economy is getting worse, 73% say their household financial situations are getting worse, and 79% say the national economy is in a recession.

[spanone]

1. still to gd high

[marmar]

2. Bird flu is more popular.....

:freak:

[underseasurveyor]

3. I find it hard to believe it's that high.

[indepat]

34. 21% must like perpetual aggressive war and occupation, a faltering economy,

rampaging inflation, a tanking dollar, and the loss of freedom and liberty in the land where Gestapo-like tactics are being selectively employed. :D

[Crazy Dave]

4. I can't even afford to own a home that I own anymore

I'm getting home insurance, property tax, city fees and utility bills poor

[canitbeme]

6. sooooooooooo totally agree!

[Crazy Dave]

8. Welcome to DU canitbeme

:hi:

[Crazy Dave]

24. Goodbye canitbeme

:P

[DainBramaged]

25. that was quick

Bye bye 'litl feller, you did your worst.

:hi:

[Crazy Dave]

26. I wish I could see his/her other posts, it seemed like they agreed with mine

That and sometimes they say stuff that's pretty funny. They should still tombstone them but put their posts in a different directory where we could read them for laughs

[underseasurveyor]

33. here ya go

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3652387

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. That link doesn't work

But this one does:

http://americanresearchgroup.com/

[undeterred]

7. I wonder how many of the disapprovers

voted for the Idiot-in-Chief twice. They have only themselves to blame.

[Crazy Dave]

13. You won't believe this but it's true

I actually met one who is against the war and unemployed but since Bush is against abortion and supports a constitutional amendment banning gay marriages, that's why he voted for him twice and would vote again if he could.

[undeterred]

17. Well, he certainly must feel principled.

And I bet there have not been any abortions or gay marriages that affected his life as much as unemployment does.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. How could that many approve? and-Why is McCain in the 40+% range since he is a clone??

:crazy: :silly:

[tblue37]

21. Because the MSM, McCain's base, keeps telling people he is

a moderate and an independent maverick, and because they carefully bury any reports on his gaffes and scandals.

Most people are not spending large chunks of their day digging up info on the net. They accept the narrative the MSM provides, and that narrative strongly favors McCain, while presenting Obama in a way that makes the New Yorker cover look like realistic reporting.

We need to make sure Obama is financed well enough to saturate media markets with informative commercials, since the MSM is essentially a 24/7 free commercial for McCain and against Obama. It will take a fortune to counter the sort of "terrorist fist jab"/"Where's your flag pin?"/"Why won't you say the 'Pledge?'" nonsense the MSM will continue to feed the voting public for the rest of the campaign season.

[alphafemale]

10. That sounds high. I just don't think 1 out of 5 people I meet every day approve.

They must have polled a disproportionate number of the wealthy 3% as well as the religiously insane.

[gatorboy]

11. That's what Republicans are saying right about now...

ARG!!!!

[Winterblues]

12. Still three times more popular than the Democratic Controlled Congress

Why is that do you suppose? :shrug:

[ryanmuegge]

14. This shows how good the Republicans are at campaigning.

Or maybe it reinforcecs the astounding stupidity of the American public. For a Republican president to be this unpopular and a Republican presidential candidate to STILL be tied in the polls with the Democratic candidate is very surprising. Or perhaps this shows how weak our party is.

[AndyTiedye]

That's The Power of the Mighty Slime Machine (aka MSM)

They LOVE McCain, because their owners want more war.

[Christa]

15. The 17% who approves economically

must be his rich base :eyes:

[Christa]

16. The 17% who approves economically

must be his rich base :eyes:

[lpbk2713]

18. Miserable failure

... on a par with Rush Limbaugh who is a Junkie Pedophile.

:eyes:

[Marr]

19. And he's is very proud of that. He's 'spent his political capital'.

Remember when Bush said that? He would use whatever popularity he could achieve to push an agenda that (presumably) would be unpopular. I mean, otherwise-- he'd have been gaining political capital as he advanced his agenda, not "spending" it.

This is the political equivalent of dying when the bills come due.

[Rex]

20. And though this is a good indicator of our nations health, it will get ignored

by the M$M and all Repukes. I can't believe 21% of Americans still support George! Must be some REALLY stupid people, not just normal stupid either.

[bdf]

22. Two strings short of a duelling banjo

You can easily spot people in the 20%. They break down into three groupings:

• The obscenely rich
  
• The talebangelicals
  
• People who buy greetings cards saying "Happy Birthday Uncle Dad"
  

Note that the three groupings aren't mutually exclusive. TV Talebangelicals can be both obscenely rich (creaming off donations from the desperately poor) and two strings short of a duelling banjo.

The 20-percenters bring to mind the Mencken quote...

[bdamomma]

23. 21% who the hell are these delusional people

to support such a filthy man.

[sofa king]

27. They're mostly Right-Wing Authoritarians

These fools here.

And described by John Dean here: http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Video_50_year_study_says_conservatives_0711.html

"The lead researcher in this field told me, he said, "I look at the numbers of the United States and I see about 23% of the population who are pure right-wing authoritarian followers." They're not going to change. They're going to march over the cliff. The best thing to deal with them -- and they're growing, and they have a tremendous influence on Republican politics -- The best defense is understanding them, to realize what they are doing, how they're doing it and how they operate. Then it can be kept in perspective and they can be seen for what they are."

Once you start looking, you see 'em everywhere. Seventy-six percent of Americans believe the country is ready for an African-American President, and RWAs seem to be able to account for almost all of those who don't believe so.

RWAs are the quintessential fascists, the underpinning of every conservative oligarchy and neonazi movement since the 1920s. They're constantly manipulated by big business--witness Fox News, which makes no pretense of being honest, but rather works 24 hours a day to program the RWAs.

They are motivated by two things, primarily: fear, and uncertainty. They happily direct prejudice and violence against obvious out-groups, which in the United States means people of color, religious and ethnic minorities, and non-heterosexuals. Many of them seem highly motivated by homophobia, as they cannot tolerate sexual ambiguity within themselves, hence the success of the 2004 anti-gay marriage movement.

And yes, I am saying that many of you lurking Freepers are wannabe cocksuckers, but you're too afraid to try it. In a metaphorical sense, that's why you let Uncle Dick ass-rape you for so long--'cause deep down, you bastards like it like that.

The most fascinating thing about this particular poll is that it's the first I've ever seen which appears to get close to breaking the 23% barrier (the 21% in this poll is probably still within the margin of error). It would be nice to see the Bush Administration, after manipulating and frightening these poor, logic-challenged, small-minded people for seven years, show the way to change their perspective to something more useful. Perhaps the enormous weight of incompetence and criminal behavior has shown us a way--not a good or functional way, but possibly an insight into how to keep these poor people under the rock so that they can't damage our nation further.

Edit: I should add that a good number of RWAs appear to support whomever is President. Thus, should this election somehow not be stolen from us, we should see some truly interesting position-flips from some RWAs. It seems unlikely now, but I really believe Obama has a chance of pulling in a greater than 77% approval rating, which would be just as amazing as a plus-77% disapproval rating for this most embarrassing President.

[Arugula Latte]

28. Hey, President Fuckup -- We loathe you! We really loathe you!

[Ganja Ninja]

29. I think what we have to understand is that a certain number of

the disapproving, disapprove because Bush hasn't started shooting liberals down like dogs.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

30. And why isn't McSame at 21% approval?

If the economy is the big issue causing Bush's numbers to plummet, why isn't McCain doing even worse, since he has no clue about how to turn it around and offers the same tired trickle down rhetoric?

[Imagevision]

31. And this sick puppy wants to bomb Iran...?!!!

[KansDem]

32. Man! I've got credit-card interest rates higher than this! (nt)

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

35. I think that officially takes him below Tricky Dick Nixxon's all time low

It'll be 15% by election day.

[Imagevision]

36. Imagine being the most unpopular, lowest rated president in US. history...

[pleah]

37. Wow! I thought that they had dropped to single digits.

It won't be long now.

[iquiring mind]

38. It's Congress as well

http://www.gallup.com/poll/108856/Congressional-Approval-Hits-RecordLow-14.aspx
PRINCETON, NJ -- Congress' job approval rating has dropped five percentage points over the past month, from 19% in June to 14% in July, making the current reading the lowest congressional job approval rating in the 34-year Gallup Poll history of asking the question. The previous low was 18%, last reached in May.
The 75% currently disapproving of Congress is just shy of the record-high 78% in March 1992.

Nobody is listening to the people anymore. The political system is such garbage nowadays. It gets depressing! I truly feel the best way (the only way) to get politicians to listen to 'the people' again is to through term limits. Political office was not intended to be a life time career!

I would suggest 12 years in the House. (6 terms)
12 years in the Senate. (2 terms)
Before you get on the National stage you've more than likely served as Governor or in your State House and/or Senate. For argument's sake let's say that was another 10 years as a State Congressman and/or 8 years as Governor.
So now you've been in public office for 34-42 years. If you can't get elected President or get on his/her cabinet it's time to retire and find a new career!

[woo me with science]

39. Ah, that magic 20 to 30 percent! They also believe the following:

Twenty percent of people think the sun revolves around the earth.

Twenty-seven percent of people believe they were reincarnated and were another person in a past life.

Twenty-seven percent of Americans believe we never landed on the moon.

Thirty percent of Americans believe aliens have visited earth via space vehicles from other civilizations (UFO's).

About twenty percent of people believe that dinosaurs and people lived together on the earth at the same time.

Twenty-eight percent of therapists believe that hypnosis can accurately recover memories of past lives.

Twenty percent of therapists believe in repressed abuse memories, including satanic ritual abuse.

Twenty-four percent of Americans believe AIDS is a punishment from God.

Nearly 20 percent of people believe Elvis may still be alive.

Twenty to forty percent of people believe in witchcraft and spells.

Twenty to forty percent of people believe in astrology and fortune-telling.

About forty percent of Americans believe in exorcisms and soul possession by Satan and his minions.

[upi402]

40. yet the corp. media pushes REPUBLICAN McCain right up with Obama

what a screaming abortion the 4th estate has created for this one-time hegemon