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JHB

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9. It was mostly a repeat of what happened to his dad in 1990...

Reply to ArtTownsend (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 30, 2019, 03:36 PM

Nov 2019

After Iraq invaded Kuwait, polls about what should we do were all over the place, but the the ones Bush supported were always really low. But if you asked "do you support the president?" then it was a very high "yes."

It's the "rally 'round in time of trouble" effect, which is why so may people have been afraid Trump will start a war to boost his numbers.

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George W. Bush had 80-90 percent approval ratings after 9/11. Trump has barely half that... [View all] ArtTownsend Nov 2019 OP

They only care about re-election? sakabatou Nov 2019 #1

Partisan polarization is insane these days. It was bad after Bush invaded Iraq but it's worse now. ArtTownsend Nov 2019 #3

I was like 22 and not paying to much attention. He did? dewsgirl Nov 2019 #2

Yeah, it's kind of chilling in retrospect, considering what he, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al did... ArtTownsend Nov 2019 #4

It was mostly a repeat of what happened to his dad in 1990... JHB Nov 2019 #9

I really don't think it would help him specifically. It's not like dewsgirl Nov 2019 #11

I don't think it would help him either. Much too blatant... JHB Nov 2019 #12

I know right. dewsgirl Nov 2019 #13

He actually holds the record for both the highest and the lowest approval ratings. NYC Liberal Nov 2019 #15

Wow 19 percent, I didn't know that either. Yikes.😳 dewsgirl Nov 2019 #16

That 80-90% after 9/11 was total, not just Republican! Something that Hortensis Nov 2019 #5

Well it wasn't anything Bush actually did as much as as lunatica Nov 2019 #6

That's true, but Bush was way less divisive at the time 9/11 happened Polybius Nov 2019 #8

Yes. Bush at least went out of his way to pretend to unite. Drunken Irishman Nov 2019 #10

He did that photo op where he said he would go to the ends of the earth to JonLP24 Nov 2019 #14

I was one of those 80-90 percenters Polybius Nov 2019 #7

I'm of the opinion that people vote for the party nowadays fescuerescue Nov 2019 #17