silentbob1272 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 In a Gallup tracking poll released Tuesday, former-President George W. Bush currently stands with a favorability rating of 49%, compared to 46% who see the 43rd president unfavorably. Meanwhile, another Gallup poll shows President Obama with only a 47% approval rating, with 44% disapproving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Julian Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I dont think the average American even remembers Bush.ADD/ADHD culture in full effect. Where is my Iphone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob1272 Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 I dont think the average American even remembers Bush.ADD/ADHD culture in full effect. Where is my Iphone?I really don't think you're far off the reality here. Anyway, from a fiscally responsible perspective, they both are\were horrible. I've grown to agree with those who say there's not much difference in the parties. One claims to be Conservative, the other claims to care about the less fortunate. The reality (imo) is they are all addicted to their perception of power and only care about maintaining their own positions in their ivory towers and will whore themselves to whomever or whatever policy position makes that most likely for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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silentbob1272 Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 In U.S., Bill Clinton at His Most Popular LOL, nothing sticks to that dude Solid majorities of whites, independents, and all age groups view him favorablyby Lydia SaadPRINCETON, NJ -- Two-thirds of Americans -- 66% -- have a favorable opinion of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, tying his record-high favorability rating recorded at the time of his inauguration in January 1993. Clinton nearly returned to this level of popularity at two points in his second term, but has generally seen lower ratings, averaging 56% since 1993. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Beast Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I guess if I had to choose between two idiots, I would choose the honest one too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slamee101 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Gallup...how cute!http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/gallup-blew-its-presidential-polls-but-why-20121118 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statick Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Past Presidents always get more and more favorable the longer they're out of office. The article even states that.Jimmy Carter even has a favorable polling above 60%, if that means anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOR Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Yall are on to something about people not even remembering Bush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan2JulioTD Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 (edited) That's like the equivalent of being the coolest kid on the shortbus. Edited June 12, 2013 by Ryan2JulioTD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychic Gibbon Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Remember when all the skewed poll conspiracy theorists only used Gallup because it reflected their beliefs? Good times. Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HolyMoses Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Past Presidents always get more and more favorable the longer they're out of office. The article even states that.Jimmy Carter even has a favorable polling above 60%, if that means anything.That is EXACTLY what I was getting ready to post . . . except I was going to use the phrase "numb nuts" somewhere in my reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shc Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 (edited) Past Presidents always get more and more favorable the longer they're out of office. The article even states that.Jimmy Carter even has a favorable polling above 60%, if that means anything.Is that because he has been out of office long, or history is realizing he wasn't a bad president vs a victim of circumstance? Edited June 12, 2013 by shc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 It just goes to show you that those who claimed that history would show Bush as "one of the worst Presidents ever" may have missed their mark by a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shc Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 It just goes to show you that those who claimed that history would show Bush as "one of the worst Presidents ever" may have missed their mark by a little bit.Who is the wrost president ever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane#7 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Is that because he has been out of office long, or history is realizing he wasn't a bad president vs a victim of circumstance?It is just a natural human condition when you look into your past it is always seems better than how it actually was."Laurie, I'm 65. Every day the future looks a little bit darker. But the past, ever the grimy parts of it... well, it just keeps on getting brighter all the time."-Sally Jupiter, Watchmen Chapter II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Who is the wrost president ever?Most of the ones between the 1840`s and 1930`s (Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt are the exceptions). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan2JulioTD Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Most of the ones between the 1840`s and 1930`s (Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt are the exceptions).Teddy Roosevelt is the man. Any dude that can ride a moose is cool with me lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal Line D Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Who is the wrost president ever?http://www.usnews.com/news/history/features/the-10-worst-presidents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Teddy Roosevelt is the man. Any dude that can ride a moose is cool with me lolRoosevelt was a big National Parks guy at a time when it cost you votes to take that position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal Line D Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 My vote goes to Warren G. Harding though.Warren G. Harding's claim to infamy rests on spectacular ineptitude captured in his own pathetic words: "I am not fit for this office and should never have been here."A former newspaperman and publisher who won a string of offices in his native Ohio, he was an unrestrained womanizer noted for his affability, good looks, and implacable desire to please. It was good, his father once told him, that he hadn't been born a girl, "because you'd be in the family way all the time. You can't say no." Harding should have said no when Republican Party bosses in the proverbial smoke-filled room (a phrase that originated with this instance) made him their 11th-hour pick for the highest office. He was so reassuringly vague in his campaign declarations that he was understood to support both the foes and the backers of U.S. entry into the League of Nations, the hottest issue of the day.Once in the White House, the 29th president busied himself with golf, poker, and his mistress, while appointees and cronies plundered the U.S. government in a variety of creative ways. (His secretary of the interior allowed oilmen, for a modest under-the-table sum, to tap into government oil reserves, including one in Teapot Dome, Wyo.)"I have no trouble with my enemies," Harding once said, adding that it was his friends who "keep me walking the floor nights." Stress no doubt contributed to his death in office, probably from a stroke.Almost a decade later, his former attorney general called Harding "a modern Abraham Lincoln whose name and fame will grow with time." That time is still a long way off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan2JulioTD Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Roosevelt was a big National Parks guy at a time when it cost you votes to take that position. He was also the first person to report a bigfoot sighting in modern day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great American Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 I love me some W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF89 Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Who is the worst president ever?I've always though James Buchanan was pretty bad but not in "corrupt" way more in "I just don't give a **** anymore I'm going to sit back and let a civil war happen it's the next guys problem" kinda way. Perfectly willing to go to war with Utah though......http://en.wikipedia..../James_Buchanan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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